LEAN Facilitators – BRITISH COLUMBIA’S TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

For fifteen years, Andrew conducted major overhauls of Teleflex’s product line, quality system, and lean operations. Teleflex was an extremely progressive organization which offered Andrew early exposure to lean principles and six-sigma quality methods, including benchmarking of best-in-class Japanese and North-American companies. Andrew took on numerous transformational leadership roles and helped Teleflex to grow and thrive in multiple market spaces.
  
Building upon his success at Teleflex, Andrew tackled a new leadership challenge to merge sales, service, and diverse cultures in Wexxar’s packaging machinery industry, while cutting lead times and improving operating effectiveness.
  
Upon joining Toyota in 2004 as an executive responsible for plant operations and people development, Andrew continued his learning and mastery of global best practices. Eventually, Andrew transcended from an operational focus to work exclusively on developing the next generation of lean leaders to improve the long-term viability of North-American businesses.
  
In 2008, Andrew moved to full-time work in his own practice (Leansoft Consulting Inc.) and also became Executive Coach for Lean Sensei International. As a professional “Sensei”, Andrew enjoys the opportunity to help transform organizations in all industries, enabling organizations to achieve unprecedented levels of performance, growth, viability, and real culture change.

Steve‘s education includes a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), a Diploma in Forest Technology from the College of New Caledonia (CNC) and a Blackbelt in LEAN Continuous Improvement. Steve is an active community supporter and has been a coach for the UNBC JDC West entrepreneurship team since 2012. Steve also served on the City of Prince George’s Economic Development Corporation Board 2011-2014, and volunteered in food service at St Vincent de Paul 2005-2013.