Process Innovation

Process innovation means the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or delivery method (including significant changes in techniques, equipment and/or software). Minor changes or improvements, an increase in production or service capabilities through the addition of manufacturing or logistical systems which are very similar to those already in use, ceasing to use a process, simple capital replacement or extension, changes resulting purely from changes in factor prices, customization, regular seasonal and other cyclical changes, trading of new or significantly improved products are not considered innovations.

Mr Caldwell MBA BS – Senior Consultant
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Mr Caldwell is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in production, information technology and globalization. He has achieved a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: FMCG; Agriculture; Food & Beverage; Consumer Goods and Biotechnology. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America and Japan, or more specifically within the following cities: Columbus OH; Cincinnati OH; Stamford CT; Osaka and Atlanta GA. His personal achievements include: architect of Pantene global success model creating $5B brand; drove highest ever revenue from innovation launches at ScottsMiracle-Gro as Global R&D lead; launched first product within 6 months of founding university spinout company 3Bar Biologics Inc.; created technology model which stopped a 20 year decline on Head & Shoulders and created a growth trajectory for brand and created product lines and program for ScottsMiracle-Gro to launch in China and Japan. His service skills incorporate: innovation; globalization; R&D; production and Technology Entrepreneurship.

Mr O’Sullivan MBA BSc – Executive Consultant
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Mr O’Sullivan is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management, production and human resources. He has achieved a Master of Business Administration in Total Quality Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Manufacturing; Automotive; Oil & Gas; Defense and Energy. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United Kingdom; United Arab Emirates; Mexico and Caribbean, or more specifically within the following cities: London; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Cardiff; Chihuahua and Swindon. His personal achievements include: recognized for implementing changes to increase production from 400 to 1000 units per week in 3 months and increased assembly quality by 35% through the introduction of lean and flow line techniques at Cable 4 Wireless; acknowledged for turning around a failing department improving processes and methods, reducing overdue orders from $0.8m to $0.25 million in under 3 months, achieving the highest monthly production output of £2.17m after 14 weeks through the increase of yield from 30% to 95% implementing lean manufacturing techniques and maximizing efficiency liaising with plants in Mexico servicing sales in AsiaPac/USA and EMEA for Mobrey Ltd; established a manufacturing facility in UAE developing bespoke defense designs and solutions, producing a field ambulance, electronic-hydraulic lift platform and 2 Hovercraft for the Technical Studies Institute; reduced service time by 20% implementing lean techniques in assembly & service departments, provided innovative guidance and solutions for the manufacture, deployment and service of high technology laser wind monitoring sensors for UK and International market for Natural Power/ZephIR Ltd and introduced BIT training staff to NVQ level 2 and 3 for Thyssen Krupp/Arvin Meritor. His service skills incorporate: lean manufacturing consultancy; operations management; manufacturing management; project management and corporate training.

Mr Salerno MBA BBA – Senior Consultant
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Mr Salerno is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in marketing, management and human resources. He has achieved a Masters of Business Administration in Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management and Organization. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Telecommunications; Technology; Electronics, Internet and Digital. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; Japan and Jamaica, or more specifically within the following cities: Miami FL; New York NY; Los Angeles CA; Tokyo and Kingston. His personal achievements include: established the first extranet at BellSouth Business Systems; was the leading marketing manager at Sony’s Consumer Video Group and was chosen to present to company founder Akio Morita; developed and implemented all global sales, channel and marketing programs at Supra Telecom and ANEW Broadband; closed the largest sale in company history to the Yankees Baseball organization while at Sony’s Sports Systems Group and chosen 1 out of 18 candidates for ESI International’s Business Skills Facilitator program.. His service skills incorporate: marketing, training, project management, consulting and executive coaching.

Mr Barnett BA – Senior Consultant
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Mr Barnett is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in finance, e-business and production. He has achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Banking & Financial Services; Government; Technology; Telecommunications and Consultancy. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: New York NY; Dallas TX; Charlotte NC; San Francisco CA and Chicago IL. His personal achievements include: assisted FDIC liquidation of failed banks; led quality control – QC reporting & analytics; implemented strong risk management program; reduced attrition from 42% to 15% and led multiple change initiatives. His service skills incorporate: risk management; strategic planning; project management; process improvement and operational excellence.

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Dr. Liebowitz PhD BA – Senior Consultant
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Dr. Liebowitz is an approved Senior Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management, human resources and production. He has achieved a Doctorate in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Insurance; Manufacturing; Healthcare; Technology and Banking & Financial Services. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America; United Kingdom and Canada, or more specifically within the following cities: Chicago IL; Atlanta GA; New York NY; London and Vancouver. His personal achievements include: organizational redesign; implementing a new strategy; coaching a team of executives; team-building of senior executives and enhancement of performance management. His service skills incorporate: change management; executive coaching; team building; strategic planning and performance management.

Mr Johnston MSc Dip – Executive Consultant
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Mr Johnston is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in marketing, management and production. He has achieved an Master of Science in Strategic Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Consultancy; Automotive; Banking & Financial Services; Manufacturing and Oil and Gas. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United Arab Emirates; Qatar and United Kingdom, or more specifically within the following cities: Dubai; Doha; Kuwait; Bahrain and London. His personal achievements include: led sales growth for MENA training and team building consultancy in 2009; designed MENA product promotion roll out plans for FMCG client in 2010; received CEO Award for significant sales contribution in 2010; acquired 3 new luxury brand client accounts in 2010/11: Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Infiniti and secured major new client with initial contract value of: $4.4m in 2012. His service skills incorporate: leadership; sales management; contract negotiation and mobilization projects; product development and safety performance improvement.

Mr Gonzalez MBA BA – Executive Consultant
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Mr Gonzalez is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in management and human resources. He has achieved a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Government; Retail; Travel & Tourism; Education and Non-Profit and Charities. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: Mexico and United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Seattle WA; Waco-Dallas TX; Morelia and Mexico City. His service skills incorporate: project management; business development; human resources; corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship & technology.

Ms Pasquan BS PG-Dip – Associate Consultant
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Ms Pasquín is an approved Associate Consultant at Appleton Greene and she specializes in management, production and information technology. She has achieved a Degree in Chemistry and a Postgraduate Diploma. She has industry experience within the following sectors: government; defense; aerospace; aviation and technology. She has commercial location experience in the following countries: Spain: Chile and Argentina, or more specifically in the following cities: Madrid; Barcelona; Sevilla; Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires. Her personal achievements include; implemented financial products for the public sector in Comunidad Autonoma de Canarias and Comunidad Castilla- La mancha; implemented logistic system for the Spanish Army; implemented logistic system for the Navantia and implemented the Spanish Prison System. Her service skills incorporate: project management; business planning; software implementation; PMO management and business consulting.

Ms Nazzaro MBA BA – Executive Consultant
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Ms Nazzaro is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and she has experience in marketing, management and human resources. She has achieved a Master of Business Administration in Strategy and Marketing, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Management and she is a Post Doctorate Research Fellow. She has industry experience within the following sectors: Education; Transport; Aviation; Automotive and Telecommunications. She has had commercial experience within the following countries: Italy and Spain, or more specifically within the following cities: Milan; Rome and Madrid. Her personal achievements include: in the last 8 years, the Luiss Business School Corporate Education Unit grew in revenues and profits by a 40% CAGR, in 2012 and 2013, I overachieved 130% the full year financial targets; designed and managed more than 120 Custom Programs for the major Italian and International companies operating in Italy. In these years I developed a multidisciplinary faculty of more than 200 professors, teachers and coaches of many different management and soft skills subjects; developed and managed the Advanced Dealer School, the strategic alliance between Luiss and Areté Methodos for the Automotive market; team leader in the integration projects for the Alitalia, KLM and Northwest JV.I negotiated and closed the following Commercial Partnerships: Japan Airlines, Canadian, Northwest, Continental, Varig and implemented the architecture for the new AZ-KLM-NW JV Worldwide Business development Unit and contributed to the implementation of the new payment and accounting process and system between partner airlines. Her service skills incorporate: corporate education custom programs design; project management; strategy consulting; marketing planning and business development.

Quality Management

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The term quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition, which does not aim to assure ‘good quality’ by the more general definition, but rather to ensure that an organization or product is consistent, can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality improvement. Quality management is focused not only on product/service quality, but also the means to achieve it. Quality management therefore uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to achieve more consistent quality.

Mr Outler MA BA – Executive Consultant
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Mr Outler is an approved Executive Consultant at Appleton Greene and he has experience in information technology; production and globalization. He has achieved a Masters of Art in Computer Resources and Information Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Management. He has industry experience within the following sectors: Technology; Manufacturing; Consumer Goods; Banking & Financial Services and Government. He has had commercial experience within the following countries: United States of America, or more specifically within the following cities: Orlando FL; New York NY; Boston MA; Miami FL and Tampa FL. His personal achievements include: established product life cycle processes; facilitated KPI performance metrics; established stakeholder development review process and contributor to re-engineer customer onboarding. His service skills incorporate: program management; project management; product development; client relationship and team building.