Mike Reeves

Background

About Mike Reeves

I am passionate about solving problems and making products and processes better. Would your organization benefit from dramatic improvements in quality, efficiency and effectiveness? If so, I can help. From an early age I've always asked,"How could this be better?" This was true whether it was the design of a part of my motorcycle or the way I trained to swim faster. My passion for improving things only grew as I excelled in school and developed skills as a Mechanical Engineer. As my career progressed, my passion and initiative led me to repeatedly create innovative solutions to critical business needs. These successes naturally led me to become a leader in Business Process Improvement. I have over 20 years experience with Fortune 100 companies and my contributions have included: • Business process development, deployment, and improvement.(including Lean Six Sigma). • Building highly effective teams through collaborative trust-based relationships. • Strong presentation, trainer, and coaching skills. • Product research, design, simulation & analysis, testing, and reliability improvement. • International organizational change management. • Computer programming, software development & deployment. • New Product Introduction process execution, improvement, and ownership. • Continuous Product Improvement, process development, execution, and ownership. • Engineering System & Software Design, Selection and Support. • Program and Project Management process improvement and execution including Agile methods. ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS: • Ranked in the top 15% of 4,911 managers in Hay Group survey of 248 companies. • Delivered more than $121M in cost savings. • 70% improvement in overall product change process cycle time. • 200% improvement in engineering drawing quality. • Led a $50M Division-level Engineering Readiness project for Business Transformation. • Managed globally diverse teams as large as 250 people.