Consultant | Innovator | Speaker
Ned brings to his consulting 25 years of professional and personal experiences in a wide range of fields from High-tech design to heavy manufacturing to alternative energy. An expert at simplification, focus and delivering on tight schedules, he has the experience, training, creativity, and commitment to help you get where you want to go.
Experience - Big company approach with start-up sensibility.
As an executive, manager, and engineer he has worked at companies large and small, from giants HP and Westinghouse, to small start-up companies. As a consultant he has managed and directed product development, operations, customer service, and supply chain management. Ned has worked in almost every field imaginable, including: Alternative energy, wireless communication, factory automation, heavy manufacturing, medical, personal computers, and integrated circuit development.
Training and education
As a student, he was trained as a Mechanical Engineer at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and holds a Masters Degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University. He also has been trained in loads of personal and business effectiveness techniques. A quick study, he will help you take a cluttered landscape or unfocused group and give a clear view of your best possible future. Combine this with his breadth of experience and you get a one of a kind mindset.
Creativity – a different view
Ned has the diverse experience to quickly enter a business and discover the core issues that need attention. He also has great tools for prioritization and decision making that alleviate the “what if” thoughts and the feelings of overload that come with working in today’s marketplace. As an executive coach, he has boiled down hundreds of books and thousands of hours of audio programs into digestible bites that his clients use to succeed. As an inventor Ned holds several U.S. Patents, including patent numbers 5320298, 5821921, 5586715.
As a musician he has played on and recorded several albums, and has performed for crowds of 40,000, at Carnegie Hall, as well as in Ireland and Hungary.
Commitment
He now loves to work with people who want to win and be better now!