David is the President and Founder of Op-Excellence, LLC a management consulting, business transformation and small business per group services firm founded in February 2002.

David specializes in Operations Excellence business solutions that include delivering consulting, coaching and transformation services in Operations Strategy, Lean Manufacturing/Service, Six Sigma, Maintenance Management, Business Process Re-engineering, Change Management, Organizational Development, and small business improvement coaching. Each of the 15 transformations David has led, have focused on delivering high-impact results that meet five distinctive criteria:
– a 20% or greater reduction in conversion cost;
– dramatic double-digit improvements in lead time reduction, customer experience, inventory reduction, quality, overall equipment effectiveness and productivity;
– development of an internal operations excellence improvement team & infrastructure;
– creation of a robust continuous improvement culture; and
– at least a 5x-10x return on investment.

Prior to re-establishing Op-Excellence, David was a Sensei for Simpler/JWA Consulting where he led several hospital lean transformations. He was also Vice President of the North American Industrial practice for Kepner-Tregoe where he helped to grow the practice by 25% within the first year. Prior to joining KT, David worked as a management consultant for 23 years as both an external and internal consultant delivering operations excellence solutions to a variety of industries. Positions held with consulting firms include: Director of Tefen USA, Principal at GP Deltapoint, and a Manager at Coopers & Lybrand Consulting for both the US and Korean practices. As an internal consultant, David was a Corporate Lean Transformation consultant at the Case Corporation, where he co-designed and co-led the worldwide implementation of the Case Production System at facilities in North America and Europe; and a Factory Automation Consultant for Samsung Electronics in Korea.

David has served many prominent organizations to include: Boeing, GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Amazon, ABB, Eaton, Hertz, Heinz, PPG, NCR/AT&T, Citibank, Samsung Electronics, LG, Samsung Motors, Signature FBO, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Xcel Energy, Comanche Peak Nuclear Power, Schneider Electric, Michelin, Bausch & Lomb, Sanofi Pasteur, Merck, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Abbott Laboratories, Guidant, Stanford Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital Rhode Island, and the San Diego Naval Medical Center. David holds an MS degree in Human Resources Management Systems from Chapman University and a BS degree in Computer Studies from the University of Maryland.