Steve Wood, Consultant

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General Expertise

Steve Wood is an experienced practitioner of enterprise-wide change efforts aimed at optimization and growth. From leadership strategy development and deployment, to creation of internal change agents, to ground level, hands-on improvement workshops.

Individual Areas of Expertise

• Lean Enterprise – Training and implementation of Lean, and Six Sigma tools resulting in significant savings and gross margin improvement.
• Kaizen Perspective – Initiating change through Kaizen concepts which result in reduced cost (e.g., direct labor cost, cycle time reduction, capacity enhancement, reduced defects.
• Leadership Coaching – Driving critical initiatives directly linked in the deployment of large-scale change.
• Engineering Perspective – Bridging the gap between design/development organizations and production capabilities resulting in dramatic, fundamental changes.

Professional Background

• President, Allegro Manufacturing Consulting
• Senior Associate, Dove Consulting
• GE Power Generation and Aircraft Engine
• Productivity Consultant
• Program Manager, New Product Introduction
• Design Engineer
• Quality Control Engineer

Representative Clients

• Rolls Royce
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Honeywell
• GM Delphi
• Bank One
• Raytheon
• Johnson & Johnson
• Lockheed Martin
• Multimedia Restaurant Group
• Teradyne
• SPX

Education and Associations

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado

“Today's customers want things their way and they want it now. We help companies adapt their capabilities to these ever toughening demands — providing delight for consumers, pride for the employees and profits to the bottom line.”