Steven Bonacorsi

- Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Methodology.
- Expert in Kaizen event for rapid project execution.
- Certified PMP (Project Management Professional)
- Masters in Business Aministration
- Masters in Computer Information Systems
- Numerous IT certifications.
- Over 17 years of Professional Business Consulting experience at the C-Level.

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Specialties:

Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL, CMMI, Agility, Project Management, Information Technology, Minitab, PowerSteering, IGrafx, SigmaFlow, QI Macros, StatPlus, SPC-Kiss, Crystal Ball, Arena, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, MRP, MS-Office 2007 Ultimate, Visio, Groove, and MS-Project.

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Experience

Lean Six Sigma Director

AIT Group

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

- Since 1998, we have helped many companies world-wide deploy Lean Six Sigma to remove waste, increase speed, reduce variation and eliminate defects.
- We take pride in the thousands of people around the globe whom we have developed in Lean Six Sigma competencies.
- AIT Group’s Lean Six Sigma services can be delivered through our Knowledge Transfer methodology (employee skill development) and also through our Professional Support services (direct project support).

Why is our approach so successful?
- We identify your organization’s competitive requirements and use benchmarking to quantify the gaps.
- We focus our joint efforts on the high impact, most strategically aligned improvement opportunities.
- We work hand-in-hand with our clients to jointly develop a strategic path forward that is based upon a quantified and validated business case.
- We help mobilize your company for change by involving all levels within the organization.
Vice President

Six Sigma eLearning

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Education Management industry)

March 2007 — Present (1 year 6 months)

- Six Sigma eLearning, LLC provides live interactive online Six Sigma business excellence education, consulting, and certifications for: ASQ, IIE, and SSEL - Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and SSEL Certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
- The program is available to government agencies, corporate clients and individual learners world-wide.
- SSEL's unique Interactive eCourse Technology (IET) provides the most fertile learning environment through its Virtual Classroom.
- IET accelerates the learning process and provides training cost reductions of up to 70% when compared to the costs associated with the traditional classroom.
Associate Director

Cowan and Associates

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

- Cowan and Associates (C&A) is a management consulting firm serving the public and higher education sectors.
- A team of seasoned professionals, C&A provides strategy, supply chain management, program management, IT advisory support, performance management, change management and business process improvement services to help clients achieve superior results.
- C&A was founded in 2000 as a Veteran-owned Small Business and has offices in Arlington, Virginia and San Diego, California.
- We have an exceptional staff of consultants and our client portfolio includes the Department of Defense, The United States Agency for International Development, The Environmental Protection Agency, The University of Virginia and other Federal and State Government Organizations and their contractors.
- Our history is one of superior performance and our small size makes us exceptionally responsive.
Sr. Consultant Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Taygan Consulting, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

February 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Taygan Consulting’s mission is to help struggling companies thrive and help thriving companies maintain their cutting edge.
- We believe that something is only worth doing, if it is done well.
- Each of us works with a sense of urgency and pride in what we do.
- We are not merely interested in the completion of a project, but motivated by the desire to meet a higher standard of excellence.

Taygan Consulting is a boutique consulting firm offering big company experience at independent rates.
- It is very important to us to improve the efficiency of your business as well as make the process of change as painless as possible.
- Each member of the Taygan Consulting Team is an empowered decision maker with a proven track record.
- We pride ourselves in sending the right people, with the right experience to get the job done.
- What Taygan Consulting offers is an assessment combined with the ability and desire to execute that plan.
Executive Consultant
Bonacorsi Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Education Management industry)

February 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)

- Steven Bonacorsi is a Senior Master Black Belt instructor and coach.
- Mr. Bonacorsi has trained thousands of Master Black Belts, Black Belts, Green Belts, Project Sponsor/Champions and Excutive Leaders in Lean Six Sigma DMAIC and Design for Lean Six Sigma process improvement methodologies.
- Curriculums, tools, project management coaching, and executive level consulting
Lean Deployment Program Manager

Hertz Local Edition

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; htz; Retail industry)

June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year)

Led the Hertz Local Edition (HLE) off-airport Lean deployment for the Global Hertz Improvement Process (HIP) program. Lean Sensei from the AIT Group participated in the assessment & diagnostic phase (Hotels, Free-Standing, FBO, Dealerships, Insurance, and hybrid site types); The Quality Group provided the "Lean Principle" e-learning training deployed to over 40,000 employee's. Managed the re-modeling design of the free-standing HLE operations to effect over 3000 locations during the replication plan. Kaizens were executed including (Vehicle Rent & Return; Outside Customer Sales; Customer Pickup & Return; Vehicle Preparation; and Fleet Management) with directors & GM's across the US regions. Led the design & execution of the Lean Deployment Plan, Report-outs, & Kaizens utilizing VSM, 5s, Kanban pull systems, VA analysis, team training, & action plans for visual workplace, standardized work, and document center for SOPs, safety/policy guidelines, & lean best practices.
Engagement Director

George Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 9 months)

- Business consultants in Lean Six Sigma, Complexity and Fast Innovation, Assessments and Strategy Consulting. Clients in Services, Transactional and Manufacturing in both public and non-public sectors.
- Industries include: Pharma, Federal, Retail, Financial and many more, we are Global with strong positions in Europe & North America.
- Mr. Bonacorsi worked as an Engagement Director/Principal on global accounts including Xerox, Brystol-Meyer Squibb, CoorsTec, OnsemiConductor, United Space Alliance, Eli Lilly, US NAVY, HB Fuller, Washington Mutual, Ecolab, Best Buy, and US ARMY.
- Generating annual consulting sales ~$4M in new business and $2-3M in build-on support services.
- Develop Lean Six Sigma DMAIC and DMEDI Curriculums for Master Black Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt, Yellow Belt, White Belt, Sponsor, and Executive Leader, Deployment Champion, Kaizen Master, Kaizen Leader, Lean Practitioner training programs.
- Generated client savings of over $250M
Master Black Belt / Director of Lean Six Sigma Consulting

NAVAIR

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years)

- Steven Bonacorsi performed as the Engagement Leader overseeing the first deployment of Lean Six Sigma within the Federal Space.
- Led the NAVY Kaizen program which captured more than $10M in direct cash savings during the first year.
- Owned and managed the development of a full set of Federal LSS Curriculums.
- A key member of the Core Deployment Leadership Team.
- NAVY oversight included NAVAIR, SPAWAR, CNIC, NAVICP, NAVSUP HQ, COMFISC, NAVSISA, NOLSC, DLA, NAVFAC, USMC, SEAFAC, DASN, OSN, ONR, and SECNAV.
- Steve was the Master Black Belt that led Secratary of the US Navy, Dr. Donald Winters through the Congressional Response Kaizen that reduced the cycletime from an average of 8 weeks to less than 6 days.
Lead Master Black Belt / Senior Consultant

Eli Lilly

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 2004 — January 2005 (5 months)

- Steven Bonacorsi designed the first 4-week Lean Six Sigma Black Belt curriculum for pharmaceuticals using JMP statistical software.
- Steven performed as the Master Black Belt training the 1st wave of Black Belts, as well as project identification and selection of the charters, coaching the first wave of Black Belt projects for a combined savings of $85M.
- Developed the DMAIC tollgate templates used in project execution and reviews.
Master Black Belt

GE IT Solutions

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GE; Information Services industry)

June 1998 — July 2004 (6 years 2 months)

Steven held numerous roles while working at General Electric, including as the Location Manager for the MITRE Account where he first earned his Green Belt Certification. Then as a Black Belt (wave 2 from GE Capital) over seeing GEAE accounts, Gillette, BMW, United Health Care, Ecolab, Boston School District, MITRE and Pfizer. Then as the Master Black Belt overseeing Med Systems, Kaizer Perminente, Levi Strauss, GE Consumer Finance, and many more. Steven led curriculum development programs such as the version 2 BOK for DFSS - DMEDOV methodology, earned is CAP train-the-trainer, certified workout instructor, numerous managerial rewards, developed the 3-day Green Belt Resource CD for the Siggy online training, and co-led the ACFC Six Sigma program.
Master Black Belt and Ops Manager

General Electric

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Services industry)

July 1999 — June 2004 (5 years)

Master Black Belt for GE Information Technology Solutions, Operations Manager for the Professional Services Group.
- Led over 100 Projects and Coached hundreds more.
- Applying Lean, Six Sigma, ITIL methodologies to over 50 fortune 500 companies globally such as Ecolab, United Health Care, Childrens Hospital, Gillette, GE Air Craft Engines, GE Capital, GE Medical Systems, GE Consumer Finance, BMW, Pfizer, Kiezer Permanente, Levi Straus, BMW, Boston School District, GEMS-IT, and dosens more.
- Certified trainer in Change Acceleration Process (CAP) and "WorkOut".
- Awarded the GE Managerial Award 6 times.
- Selected for executive management training at GE Crotonville’s as top 1% of GE employee performance 2003
- Lead GE Capital Quality Six Sigma “For The Customer, At The Customer” project initiatives 2001.
Black Belt

General Electric ITS

(Public Company; Information Services industry)

1998 — 2004 (6 years)
Master Black Belt / Sr. Consultant

Xerox

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Management Consulting industry)

July 2004 — October 2004 (4 months)

- As a Master Black Belt and Sr. Consultant, Steven led the Lean Six Sigma instruction during the Launch of the Xerox global Lean Six Sigma deployment.
- Steven worked with leadership in a hybrid e-learning/classroom instruction environment, where black belt and business leader speakers were incorporated.
Steve also coached team projects, reviewing charters, project elements, and team effectiveness techniques.
- Training instruction and facilitation involved teams in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Russia, Ireland, United States, Brazil, China, Spain, Turkey, and Australia.
- Steven also assisted in curriculum development with a Xerox service customization, additionally led the development of the LSS/ITIL/CMMI assessment tool.
Program Manager

MITRE

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)

- Steven held numerous roles while in working at MITRE
- Received the CIO award, the highest achievable for his leadership of the Department of Defense Y2K system upgrades and again when he deployed the first pilot of Windows 2000 across 50 remote locations on over 10,000 systems.
-Steve managed P&L of $6M with ~50 direct reports
-Delivering IT Managed Services (helpdesk, onsite break fix, move, install/, add, change, decommission, networking, web services, and professional service consulting)
- Partnerships included SpaceFitters, Price Waterhouse Coopers, IBM, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, Remedy, Microsoft, Cisco, Nortel, and CompuCom,.
IT Consultant

Intergrated Partnerships

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)

November 1998 — November 1999 (1 year 1 month)

- IT Consultant; ERP; Operating System Deployments; WAN and LAN Implementations; Break Fix Technical Engineer support; Networking Support.
- Steven co-led the enterprise-wide deployment of Windows NT accross Putnum Bank.
- Steven developed the remote site dispatch model for GE and used across their IT service accounts as the break/fix response industry best practice.
General Manager

Weathervane

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Restaurants industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

- Steven oversaw the 2nd largest restaurant of the 23 privately owned in operation.
- P&L responsibility of $23M with ~100 direct reports.
- Steven built a Just-In-Time inventory process with cellular workflow stations that improved revenue performances from a restaurant performance rating of #13 to #2 in just 10 months.
- Steven also built high fuctioning teams with a historical seasonal turnover of 33% that he reduced to 22%.
- Steven oversaw the daily operation of this 300 seat restaurant and bar for fresh New England seafood.
- Responsibilities included vendor/supplier management, employee supervision and development, and general restaurant operations oversight.

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Education

Southern New Hampshire University

MBA, Business, 2002 — 2002

Finance and Accounting, Marketing solutions, International Business, Economics

Activities and Societies:

- Strategic Management - Strategic Management Integration
- Business, Gov. & the Environment - Relationship between the Enterprise and Society
- Marketing Strategies - Techniques of Marketing
- Multinational Corporate Environment - Corporations that Operate in an International Context
- Managerial Economics - Application of Economic Theory
- Research Methods in Business - Application of Statistical Techniques
Southern New Hampshire University

MS-CIS, Computer Information Systems, 2001 — 2002

- Applying APPML, ASP & XML - Object Oriented Database Design
- Oracle & SQL Designs - Database Application Development
- System Analysis & Network Plans - Data Communications and Networking
- Win2k, Novell, Linux, Exchange - LAN Design, Implementation & MGMT
- MGMT of System Development - Advanced Operating Systems
- Quantitative Analysis and OM - Production & Operational Management
- Legal Issues in Business - Business Law
- Inventory simulation & Queuing Systems - Computer Simulation and Modeling
- Decisions in Economics - Macroeconomics
- Financial Decision Making - Financial Management
- Decisions in Economic Principles - Microeconomics
- UML and System Analysis - Object-Oriented System Analysis
- OOA/OOD using JAVA - Object-Oriented System Design
- Individual & Group Interaction - Human Behavior in Organizations
- Cost Accounting/Financial Planning - Managerial Accounting
- Web Design/Internet/System Design - Management Information Systems

Activities and Societies:

- W3C Web Design and Application - E-Commerce
- System Development Process - Advanced Computer Information Systems
- Probabilistic and Statistical Tools - Quantitative Analysis
- Project MGMT & Advanced SQL - Projects in Computer Information Systems
Granite State College

BS, Management of IT Networked Systems, 1999 — 1999

- Business & Network Management - Contemporary Management Issues
- Business Speeches & Presentations - Presentational Communication
- Business Management & Environmental Issues - Environmental Heritage
- Behavior in Organizations- Men & Woman in Management
- Network Management Integrated Exp. - Microsoft NT & Networking (MCSE)

Activities and Societies:

- Accounting - Accounting 2
- Advanced Accounting - Advanced Computerized Accounting
- Advanced Business Writing - English Composition 2
NH Technical Institute

Associates, Computer Information Systems, 1998 — 1999

Additional GE Capital IT Solutions - Computer Based Training Programs:
- Overview of JAVA - Java Tools
- Managing Risk & Capital Budget - Budget & Financial Management
- IBM Visual Age for Java - Designing Object Oriented Programs
- Project Management - Scope
- Project Management - Quality

Activities and Societies:

- Web Design/Internet/System Design: MIS
- Structured Computer Programming 1
- Advanced Computer Programming 2
- VB5.0/Application Design: Visual Basic
- Novell/Netware 4.11 - Networking Technology for Business
- Relational Database Design - Database Management Systems 1
- Advanced Access Development - Database Management Systems 2
- TI-83 and Computerized Statistics
- Operating Systems Theory - System Software
- Business/Management - Finite Mathematics
- Accounting Principles
Castle College

Associates (Double), Computer Science/Business, 1994 — 1995

- Macro/Micro Systems
- Introduction to Computers
- Computer Science
- Computer Database Management
- Business/ Computer Science
- Word Processing Applications 1 & 2
- Computer Spreadsheet Applications
- Social Science

Activities and Societies:

- Steven provided volunteer tutoring to other students for ~10 hrs each week in mathimatics, statistics and technical writing.
- Education provided associate degrees in both general Business Management and Administration and the second in Computer Science. Steve also earned his A+ certification as well as hardware repair certifications from a number of vendors including Digital and Computer Associates.
Springfield College

BS, Human Services, 1989 — 1990

- Human Services & Management - Issues in Research
- Human Services & Counseling - Social Philosophy
- Human Services & Business Management - Race, Religion, & Culture
- Men & Woman Relationships in Business
- Human Services & Project Management - Mobilizing Resources
- Human Services & Project Management - Projects and Change

Activities and Societies:

Internships included Brookside Hospital, Lakeshore Hospital, and St. Johns Hospital. Steven also worked as teh Director of Jackson House, Lawrence Mass where he oversaw this duel diagnosis of Adults transitioning from full institution to home independence.
New Hampshire Technical Institute

Associates, Human Servics, 1987 — 1989

- Steven won the New Hampshire State Governors Award 3 years in a row in 1987 for his development of the New Hampshire State teen help program "Straight Talk"; again in 1988 for his K-12 work with "Here's looking at you 2000" self-esteem building program and in 1989 for "NHTI" that organized teen groups nationally to share support networs for kids in need.
- Interviewing & Screening Tools
- Interviewing Practice and Theory
- Managing Group Dynamics
- Group Counseling
- Human Services/Counseling
- Human Service Seminar
- Human Growth and Development

Activities and Societies:

- Steven Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Introduced both the first Student Assistance Program (Plymouth Regional Highschool) and Employee Assistemce Program (Manchester & Concord NH) via the State of NH Office and Drug Office grant programs.
Salem Highschool

HS, College Prep, 1985 — 1987

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Chess Master, Sky Diving, Writing White Papers, Lean Six Sigma, Strategy Consulting, Innovation, Supply Chain

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Groups:

ITIL, PMP, PMI, SNHU, NHTI, National Wildlife Federation, George Group, ASQ, Biznik, IIE, ISSSP, AIT Group, AUSA

Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (22,000+ members)
Executive Suite
World Wildlife Fund
American Society for Quality
LIONs "LI Open Networkers"
TEN - Top Executives Net
Serious business persons
Worldwide Management Consultants
Lean Six Sigma Professionals
Systems Thinking
Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
linked PMP (www.linkedpmp.com)... 8000+ members!!!
Plaxo.com
Sales Best Practices
Public Sector - employees and consultants
Institute of Industrial Engineers -- Boston Chapter
Recruiting Animal Show
Internet Technology Hub
Lean Six Sigma
LatitudeU
China Networking Group
Microsoft Office Specialist Network
Green Group
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
iSixSigma Network
Success Through Balance
Creating Results from Cultural Diversity
Success Networking
Community Engagement
THE GLOBAL SOURCING COUNCIL (GSC)
Tucson Networking
Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Experts
Organisational Development
Superfactory
GroupLinked.com
General Electric Alumni
Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, & Lean Group
Six Sigma
Advanced Project Management Topics
Advanced Innovation Methods (AIM)
Supply Chain Management Group
Network of Organizational Change Managers
Supply Chain
Business Process Improvement
Highly Competent # (selected)
Fast Innovation
On Demand Innovation
Organizational Change Practitioners
Complete Career Network
Real Innovation
Green
Global Lean & Six Sigma Network
Supply Chain Council
SalesBlogcast.com
A User-Centric Enterprise Architecture
Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR)
SCOR
Value Chain Transformation
Lean Trainer, The Continuous Improvement Sourcing Network
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
The Talent Buzz
9/11 - Never Forget
United States Navy Network
linkedHRemea | 1200+ - 60+ countries - 10 local chapters
ISM - Institute for Supply Management
San Diego Professionals
XBRL
Frontier & Unconventional Resources
del.icio.us fans
Swiss Business Club
Business/Market Development
Grafton Executive Search Recruiting Network
Toyota Production System Network
Climate Change - I care!
IT Governance International
Restructuring and Turnaround Management
GrapeRadio (Wine Talk) Listeners Group
Apple fans
Operational Excellence
The Revolution Group
Support Our Troops
MOTO Club
TWITTER - Follow the twitterers
Keynote Speakers

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Honors:

Cum Laude in 4 universities, GE Leadership, George Group Consulting, 3 Governors Awards, 2 National awards (US Presidential); CIO Award by US Government; Elected to The Industry of Industrial Engineers Board of Directors - Boston Chapter in 2007; Premier for Konnects Business Networking in 2008; Valued Customer for ISSSP in 2007 and 2008

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Lean Six Sigma Director

AIT Group

Vice President

Six Sigma eLearning

Associate Director

Cowan and Associates

Sr. Consultant Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Taygan Consulting, Inc.

Executive Consultant

Bonacorsi Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)

Lean Deployment Program Manager

Hertz Local Edition

Engagement Director

George Group

Master Black Belt / Director of Lean Six Sigma Consulting

NAVAIR

Lead Master Black Belt / Senior Consultant

Eli Lilly

Master Black Belt

GE IT Solutions

Master Black Belt and Ops Manager

General Electric

Black Belt

General Electric ITS

Master Black Belt / Sr. Consultant

Xerox

Program Manager

MITRE

IT Consultant

Intergrated Partnerships

General Manager

Weathervane

Steven Bonacorsi ’s Education

Southern New Hampshire University

Southern New Hampshire University

Granite State College

NH Technical Institute

Castle College

Springfield College

New Hampshire Technical Institute

Salem Highschool

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