Mark Morgan

Experience

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  IBM

  Apr 1977 - Apr 1990

  Senior Engineering Manager (Manufacturing, Inventory Planning, Supply Chain, Scaling Operations)

  Executive resource for broad range of assignments. Key accomplishments included:• Developed outsourced contract assembly processes. Brought outsourced supplier drive assembly processes up to capacity with virtually zero defects.• Created world-class printed circuit failure analysis process for integrated printed circuit boards reducing magnitude by 10X in less than 1 year resulting in multimillion-dollar reduction in scrap and wasted time; increased customer satisfaction and brand reputation.• Managed business volumes planning for disk drive manufacturing, including inventory planning of $175-200M pipeline of high-risk inventory.• Led Circuit Technology organization in development of circuit card testers. Pioneered new form of test equipment; managed manufacturing line of 200 people building head and disk assemblies for rotating memory. • Redesigned parts for manufacturability achieving composite conformance from 60% to over 95% in less than 8 months resulting in millions of cost reduction.• Managed workforce acquisition, training, scale up of manufacturing facility, including recovery of facility after major earthquake. 3390 scaled production at 10 times rate of prior storage devices while introducing entirely new line of robotics, production automation, and shop floor control software. Earned award for contribution to launch of 3380 disk storage, and nomination for Outstanding Technical Contribution Award.• Earlier Career with IBM as Manufacturing Engineer. Show less

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  Leadership Consulting Services

  Apr 1990 - Aug 1997

  President, Senior Consultant (Business Development, Startup Operations Management, M&A)

  LCS concentrated on development of small businesses and leadership trainingCreated independent consulting company for development of broad range of services. • Created startup company under license to National Football League (NFL), including venture capital, business plan, supply chain, and product line. Secured signatures from athletes, managed operations. Transacted to larger company to further scale. • Developed affiliate program and client base for Covey Leadership Center and delivered turn-key system for clients to facilitate internal courses on 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Principle Centered Leadership, and First Things First Time Management. Built contracts with VLSI, IBM, Sun, and AMD.• Built unique company to utilize common set of processes to serve both personalization industry, as well as sign industry, including strategy, branding, retail space, production process, sales process, delivery and customer service process. Generated 2X industry average income per capita.• Set up machinery distribution company for western United States, including sales process, demonstration site, and customer service process, and sold/installed equipment. Generated leading sales performance that ultimately led to profitable merger. Show less

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  IPSolutions

  Sept 1997 - Nov 2007

  Chief Learning Officer

  $15-20M Education and consulting firm to mid/large cap companies in Project, Program, Portfolio Management, and Strategic Planning.Strategic Execution consultant delivering broad range of services to clients, e.g., leadership and management courses. Led product development and delivery areas of business. Managed team of 10 (delivery, developers, outside contractors) in product line, project development, new material creation, and delivery for high-end of product line, custom program development, consulting, and workshops. • Founder of Stanford Advanced Project Management program through Stanford Center for Professional Development. Developed and deployed Strategic Execution Framework (SEF) for Stanford Advanced Project Management, including documenting, copyrighting, and branding and adopted by companies globally as approach to strategic alignment and execution. Stanford Advanced Project Management Program won Association for Continued Higher Education Award for Outstanding Non-degree program. • Wrote book proposal (Strategic Execution Framework) that was accepted by Harvard. Lead Author of “Executing Your Strategy” (published by Harvard 2008) and “Executing Your Business Transformation” (published by J. Bass 2010). Wrote 75% of content of book in collaboration with co-authors that became business book best seller and remains in Amazon’s Top 100 text books.• Developed/delivered material and courses Leadership for Strategic Execution, Converting Strategy into Action, and Mastering Integrated Program. Significant contributions to Hewlett Packard, IBM, Cisco, Wipro, and American Power Conversion. • Developed/delivered pilot materials for initial SAPM class at Cisco to use as decision point to move forward. Program was accepted and deployed in to hundreds of mid to senior leadership throughout enterprise. • Consulted to major power components company to transform from product-base to solution-base that enabled sale to larger company for ~30X earnings. Show less

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  Executing Your Strategy

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Lead Author

  Created the original Strategic Execution Framework in 2004 during my 10 years of service to IPSolutions. Created the book proposal, a large portion of the original manuscript, edits to the manuscript, structure of the book, project management of the book project, white papers supporting the original Strategic Execution Framework, Renaming and restructuring the Strategic Execution Framework. Developed the Actionable Model module for the Stanford Advanced Project Management program known as Converting Strategy Into Action Show less

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  StratEx Advisors, Inc.

  Jan 2008 - now

  Chief Executive Officer/Executive Coach/Consultant (Enterprise Transformation/Innovation/Strategist)

  Founder & independent consultant working closely with companies in Business Rescue, Transformational Strategy, and Leadership. Coaches management teams throughout US and Europe with focus on strategic execution and organizational transformation using integrated solutions that treat organization as a set of systems. Leads practices and innovation using application of material in books “Executing Your Strategy” and “Executing Your Business Transformation” into specific applications in organizational effectiveness, strategy execution, and organizational change. Maintained clientele in technology, manufacturing, consumer goods, health insurance, and non-profit organizations. Assignments included:• Rebuilt strategic plan for Power Component Company in collaboration with executive team. Created 20-fold increase in stock price and successful sale to global company.• Refreshed strategic plan for Consumer Goods Company. Achieved 100% increase in follow-through level on strategic initiatives.• Created strategic plan for Packaging Company in collaboration with executive team that exceeded growth targets for 3 consecutive years and company was transacted to PE firm at 20X earnings level.• Led turnaround of start-up Battery Company that saved ~$80M loss.• Conducted deep dive into non-profit Health Insurance Company’s organizational issues and reported results to COO for action. Supported plans that achieved growth at 3%+ greater than market. • Created process for Private Equity (portfolio of 6) to focus on issues and developed strategic plans and actions. Companies that implemented process grew to 10%+ of targets. • Built strategic plan for software company around organizational goals that reduced inventory by 1/3 and cut $50M out of project spend.• Lead author of “Executing Your Business Transformation” with contributions from 3 people from American Power Conversion to document success. Wrote book proposal, sold project to Jossey-Bass to be published. Show less