TRAINER BIO: HERB LICHTENBERG
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

38 years experience in operations management and management consulting including plant turnarounds, and the design and implementation operations improvements. Professional competencies include:

  • Operations and Production Management
  • Plant Start-up and Turnarounds
  • Production and Business Process Redesign
  • Management and Administration
  • Group Facilitation and Mentoring
  • Process Design and Re-engineering
  • Lean Manufacturing, TQM and TOC
  • Asset Performance Improvement
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SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Responsible for the design and implementation of numerous production and capacity improvement initiatives with both process and discrete manufacturing companies resulting in over $300 MM in economic value.
  • Lead the operational improvement of a production unit consisting of 6 plants with an average throughput increase of 58% and reduction in cost of quality of 81%.
  • Lead the transformation of manufacturing plant from batch processing to lean/one-piece-flow. Improved throughput 57%, reduced WIP 93%, reduced rework 67% and improved delivery performance to 98% on time.
  • Developed and implemented a lean conversion strategy for a multi company division.
  • Managed a rolling and blooming mill facility and improved throughput by 61% and cut the cost of quality 47%.
  • Lead the development of a chrome-moly railroad rail that became highly competitive with heat treated rails.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • BS Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • MBA Studies, University of Colorado (Colorado Springs)
  • MBA Finance, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Toyota Production System, Toyota
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • United Technology Center, Quality Assurance Engineer                                     1 year
  • CF&I Steel Corp., Industrial Engineer, General Foreman, Plant Manager      10 years
  • Quincy Lee Management Co., President                                                                  2 years
  • AAA Custom Signs, President                                                                            2 years
  • Resource Dynamics, Consultant, Project Manager, Vice President                 17 years
  • Assa Abloy, Vice President Door Group                                                                    3 years
  • SAMI, Project Manager, SVP Practice Director Production                                     3 years
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