Implementing Lean Practices in Your Business

For the past 50 years, Paul has been involved in several careers spanning Academia, Engineering and Development, Manufacturing, Corporate Executive Leadership, Consulting and Entrepreneurship. In his ‘first career’, he taught Mathematics and Computer Science at all levels of learning, from Pre-School to Post-PhD. He was even involved in designing graduate level curric­ulums at the University of South Carolina as an Adjunct Professor.  His second career began in 1985 with NCR (National Cash Register). Beginning as a Senior Programmer Analyst, he was promoted to Manager - Software Development, Product Manager, Manager – Product Management, Corporate Strategic Planner for Banking and Retail, Director – Retail Systems Product Integration, Retail Systems Manufacturing, Director of Quality and Customer Satisfaction, and Corporate Coach. While at NCR, he was involved in the NCR/AT&T merger, and was responsible, as a Director of Quality, for the cultural transformation and change leadership for the Retail Systems Division Lean Manufacturing Plant.  Leveraging his involvement with Bell Labs Organization Effectiveness Group and Harvard Business School T.E.A.M. Research Study, he left NCR/AT&T in 1995 to pursue a consulting career, in the areas of Leadership, Strategy, and Performance Improvement. Over the past 30 years, he served 137 organizations encompassing over 300 projects and programs.  Some of his clients include Anixter, AT&T, Boeing, Boston Whaler, Emory, FedEx, Fibervisions, Georgia Hospitals, GE, IISE, John Deere, Motorola, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Perkins and Will, UPS, U.S. Department of War (formerly “Defense”) and many major Universities.  Markets served include; Engineering, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Government, Defense, Logistics, Supply Chain, Energy, Retail, Banking, Academics and Higher Learning.  His first book, “Affordability: Integration of Value, Customer and Cost for Continuous Improvement” was released December 2016. His second book, “Healthcare Affordability: Motivate People, Improve Processes, and Increase Performance.”, was released September 2018.  His new book, soon to be published, is “Affordability 2.0: A How-To Roadmap for Application and Implementation”.  He is currently, President and CEO of Performance Excellence Associates, Inc. and a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Sensei.