Don Kieffer

Current

• Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management
• President at Improvement Strategies, LLC

Past

• Sr. VP of Operations at Intermatic
• VP Operational Excellence, General Mananger Powertrain Mfg at Harley-Davidson Motor Co.

Education

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
• University of Pittsburgh

Connections

40 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Don Kieffer’s Summary

Operations and product development executive. Provide coaching, training and consulting of Toyota methods in leadership, administrative and technical areas. Close ties to long-term Toyota executives. Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan School.

Don Kieffer’s Specialties:

Demonstrate and teach Toyota principles applied to the work of executives and executive leadership teams. Specialize in non-manufacturing areas.

Don Kieffer’s Experience

• Senior Lecturer

  MIT Sloan School of Management

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2008 — Present (2 months)

• President

  Improvement Strategies, LLC

  (Management Consulting industry)

  October 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  Former operations and product development leader, specializing in Toyota leadership methods. Specialize in non-manufacturing areas.

• Sr. VP of Operations

  Intermatic

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  September 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 4 months)

• VP Operational Excellence, General Mananger Powertrain Mfg

  Harley-Davidson Motor Co.

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  January 1989 — August 2004 (15 years 8 months)

  Executive leader of Continuous Improvement
  General Manager Powertrain manufacturing facility
  Executive leader of Program Management in Product Development
  Executive leader of Twin Cam 88 powertrain project

Don Kieffer’s Education

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  Executive Program for General Managers 1992

• University of Pittsburgh

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering, 1981 — 1986

Additional Information

Don Kieffer’s Groups:

•    Motorcycle OEM Network

Don Kieffer’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch