About the Service Providers Drew Locher Drew is currently Managing Director for Change Management Associates. CMA provides various Business Improvement Consulting and Organizational Development services to industrial and service organizations. CMA will assist organizations to successfully implement Systems and Quality Management principles within their operations to improve business performance. Since 1986, Drew has been working to implement innovative Business Management strategies in a wide spectrum of business environments. From 1986 to 1990 he worked to develop and deliver Business Improvement programs for General Electric. During this time, he had the opportunity to gain first hand experience in significant business improvement initiatives throughout a large industrial and service company. In 1990, Drew left GE to form CMA. CMA is a consortium of individuals who share a similar business management and improvement vision. They are committed to seeing innovative strategies implemented in all business environments. The CMA approach is practical and application oriented - a 'learn as you're doing and succeeding' approach. In 1997, CMA partnered with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies', Manufacturing Extension Partnership, to develop a "Lean University". For more information, check out the NIST/MEP Lean Website. Since 2001, Drew has proudly been a faculty member of the Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI), the not-for-profit organization of the co-author of the landmark book "Lean Thinking", James P. Womack.  LEI is committed to educating organizations worldwide in the concepts of Lean through its publications and workshops.  For more information check out the Lean Enterprise Institute Website. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Ohio State University delivering Lean related workshops as part of the Fisher School of Business. In 2004, Drew Locher co-authored book titled, “The Complete Lean Enterprise – Value Stream Mapping for Office and Administrative Processes”. In April 2005, the book won the prestigious Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing. He published "Value Stream Mapping for Lean Development - a How-to Guide to Streamline Time to Market" in 2008. His most recent book is “Lean Office & Service Simplified: the Definitive How-to Guide”. Mike Rothmeier Mike has over 20 years of experience in product development and process improvement, and with clients such as ranging from major corporations to small manufacturers. Mike’s corporate experience has included many well-known companies in highly competitive markets such as Northrop Grumman, Baxter Medical, Square D, and Allied Signal. Mike trains, coaches and facilitates cross-functional teams chartered with accelerating production tasks, reducing waste, eliminating needless expenses and improving internal processes. Team members enjoy Mike’s hands-on approach to projects that span from the front offices through the factory and all the way to the customer’s door. Clients benefit from improved teamwork, agile processes and flexible systems. And they continue to applaud the customer-focused solutions developed with their employees. Mike has an Industrial Engineering degree from California State Polytechnic. E.J. Lydon EJ Lydon has extensive experience in Operations and Manufacturing management and has been involved in manufacturing for over 25 years. He has held leadership positions with P&L responsibility as Operations Manager and as Vice President. He now passionately provides Advanced Process and Strategic consulting services to small to medium sized companies. Focusing on Lean Enterprise methodologies with roots in the Toyota Production System, EJ has worked with over 150 companies in the US and internationally. He has been an invited presenter at national industry seminars. EJ has worked with Pharmaceutical, Machining and Fabrication, Automotive, Electronics, and Food Processing industries, to name a few. EJ began his career in Lean being mentored by a premier Sensei group, Shingijitsu. He began to implement these strategies while working in world class organizations such as the Wiremold Company. After Wiremold, he embarked on a consulting career with the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center. As a leader in that organization, a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Specialist, he was certified in the NIST Manufacturing Extension Program model of Lean education and deployment. He achieved Six Sigma Certification. EJ returned to industry and assumed operations responsibility for a replacement window manufacturer. He then assumed the role of VP Sales and Service for a Southeast PA specialty glass manufacturer.