michael wader

● Successful experience as Lean Advisor and Mentor to executives leading the implementation of the Lean Systems across the globe. Development and Hands-on Experience implementing Lean in the following industries: ● Railroad, automotive, oil field, aviation, tire manufacturing, paint, motorcycles, cosmetics, electronic components, power generation, banking, consumer products, medical devices, aluminum, steel, and titanium foundries, pharmaceuticals, Public Transportation with Electric Buses, and aviation manufacturing/servicing.

● Leadership and Lean Technology advisor/mentor and Catalyst for Change: ● October Railroad, Saint Petersburg, Russia: Coached/mentored 175 Executives and managers (including the President and his 23 deputies) over four years. Their organizational-wide culture change of 80,000 employees led to an increase of employee improvement suggestions from 129 to 5400 in 3 years (over 4000%); savings amounted to over $64 Million a year (in years 3 and 4 of program implementation). Mentoring Senior Executives/Directors through their leadership transformation resulted in their participation in over 100 Lean improvement projects completed with an average savings of $95 Thousand per year.

● Triumph Motorcycle, Bangkok, Thailand: Leadership and Lean Technology training/mentoring provided to 20 Senior and midlevel Engineers and the Director of Operations. In four weeks, they reduced the cost of operations by $87 Thousand and increased throughput by 12%. Four 5-day Rapid Improvement Processes resulted in an increased process flow, removing hidden waiting time, better use of the workforce, and overall process cycle time for manufacturing and assembly of the final product.

● Continental Tyre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: Trained and coached technicians to implement SMED (Quick Change-over) techniques on vulcanizing and rubber extrusion machinery. Five days of hands-on training and implementation resulted in $301 Thousand in increased production capability and additional tires for sale annually.

● St. Petersburg Electric Bus Company, St. Petersburg, Russia: Coaching/mentoring 92 Senior Directors and Managers (including the Director General and his deputies) to personally complete 111 Rational Lean Projects focused on operational cost reduction, after completing

Lean Leadership training. Cultural change in leadership habits was successfully spread across 12,000 workers at 19 geographically separated locations across the city during 2014-2016.

● Stanley Aviation, Denver, Colorado, USA: Lean Leadership skills taught to 16 executives/managers before being coached through the change of culture to overcome resistance to change and active participation in the suggestion program. Over two years, one hundred twenty employees were trained in Lean technology resulting in continuous improvement for all operations. The savings were $322 Thousand, achieved in year 2 of the project with 325 employees.

● Caltex, Duri, Indonesia, Oilfield Maintenance Operations: Lean Technology training and leading a 5-day Rapid Improvement Process resulted in maintenance cycle time for critical submersible motors were reduced by 20% and eliminated outsourcing the maintenance, saving $325 Thousand annually.

● Certified Virtual Presenter - E-speaker. Regularly use Zoom to present online classes - Dynamic Leadership and Lean Technology classes in Malaysia, Ukraine, Singapore, and Northern Macedonia from 2020 - Present.

● Developed customized company training programs for; Lean Expert Certification training, ТРМ, SMED, Introduction to Lean, Value Stream Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Lean Assessments, Lean Leadership, Rapid Improvement Process, Dynamic Leadership Techniques.

● Professional Keynote Speaker at international conferences for production system development and Leadership Development: ● Annual American Society for Quality Conferences in 1996, 1998, 2001, and 2002. ● Quality Management Conferences for ASQ in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005. ● Asian Conference for Quality, Taipei, Taiwan - 1996 and Soul, Korea - 1998. ● Indian Conference for Quality Management, Chennai, India, 2002. ● Annual Russian Lean Forum 2006 - 2017 (12 years). ● Ukraine Lean Forum, Kiev, 2019 ● Published Author ● Lean Production and Leadership Skills book author (published in multiple languages) ● 1. Lean Tools - 2005; second edition (supplemented and revised) - 2014. ● 2. Lean Assessment Practical Guide - 2010. ● 3. Lean Technology Enablers: 5S & Visual Controls - November 2022 ● Dynamic Leadership Series: ● 4. Leadership: Lead Yourself First - 2021, with Brian Tracy's endorsement ● 5. Vol. 1, Looking Up: Branding Your Leadership Style - 2019 ● 6. Vol. 2, Get Fired Up: Building a Burning Desire for Success - April 2021 ● 7. Vol. 3. Stepping Up: Developing and Executing Your Plan for Success - Scheduled to be published in December 2022