Date: December 5, 2017, 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Location: Georgia Tech – Savannah Campus

Event Summary: In manufacturing, as in any business, these three key enablers can help you improve your company by capitalizing on the combined strengths of each individual. Is your company fully leveraging the strengths of each person in your organization?

Join us for a lunch-and-learn to:

· Understand the theory of Organizational Excellence and how you could improve your company by capitalizing on the combined strengths of each individual

· Learn how leaders can encourage this type of thinking and change within their organization

· Discuss the three key enablers that are critical for achieving this highly desired level of performance: transformational leadership, organizational alignment, and accountability

Cost: $15 (meals included)

Speaker: Mike Stonecipher, GaMEP Project Manager

Mike Stonecipher, located in Athens, is a project manager for Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute. He specializes in strategic planning and managing projects that will enable top-line growth through product innovation and deliver bottom-line results through process innovation, team development, and lean implementation.

Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he served 15 years in the automotive industry with AlliedSignal and Honeywell International, where he held the position of Director of Operations for the Automotive Friction Materials Division. Stonecipher also worked in the energy and sustainability industry and has served on the board of directors for Power Partners, Inc. (formerly a division of ABB). He has extensive experience in leading product and process development, six sigma and lean implementation, factory start-ups, new product launches, and managing operations that serve a global OEM customer base. He was awarded AlliedSignal’s CEO Technology Achievement Award and received a patent for abrasive coating on brake pads.

Stonecipher holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University and an M.B.A. from Brenau University. He has completed Lean Enterprise training through the Lean Design Institute at UT Knoxville and Finance for Executives, Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Host:  This event is brought to you by GaMEP (Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a program of Georgia Tech's Enterprise Innovation Institute and a member of the National MEP network supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. GaMEP, with offices in nine regions across the state, has been serving Georgia manufacturers since 1960. We offer a solution based approach through coaching and education designed to increase top line growth and reduce bottom line cost. Visit www.gamep.org for more, including how we serve our clients, what sets us apart, and how we are funded.

Please contact Sarah Boim with questions or for further information at [email protected] or 404-385-5364.

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