Colleen Chianese

About Colleen Chianese

Operations Executive and Change Management Leader with more than 15 years of proven leadership and business management experience both in the military and corporate environments. After getting my start as an active duty signal officer in the US Army. After four years, I transitioned into the reserves and began my civilian career. Throughout my career I have focused on two main things, people and processes. First, people are all companies’ most important assets. Without them, there is no business. There is no profit. I believe in the power of building revenue, profit, motivation by developing and strengthening individuals and teams. This requires diligence in training people on business objectives as well as process, empowering them to make the right decisions at their levels and encouraging them to ask questions. My greatest achievements have been mentoring employees to realize their potential and get promoted. Secondly, I am believe in the power of process. Growing up in the professional world as a project manager, I quickly learned how critical it is to develop and document processes. I’ve also learned that stale, outdated processes can unintentionally slow a business’ growth, requiring that business leaders critically review their core processes, ensuring they are aligned with the goals.Professional Highlights• Created a professional development model that became the template for the rest of the business; Overhauled new-hire training procedures that improved the retention of new hires• Mentored and coached the Product Leader to develop vendor and freelance network to enable increased support during peak service times without incurring full costs of an additional headcount; as a result, the International team delivered 30% increased revenue at or above normal profit margins without taking on any fixed costs until the revenue stream matured• Transformed Total Business Lifecycle – After conducting a detailed review of all core business processes from sales to estimating to production, designed, planned and oversaw the operational implementation of an interconnected CRM, Pricing Application and ERP; massively overhauling of all processes and information systems affecting over 400 users in order to compete with flexible, modern competitors.• Led value stream mapping exercise to simplify processes across the business; resulted in an immediate savings of man-hours per year.Specialties: Project Management; Leadership, Leader Development, Coaching and Training; Lean Six Sigma; Process Improvement; Change Management; P&L Responsibility

Experience

1. Division Vice President

   Derse

   May 2022 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

  2009 — 2013

• University of Michigan

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

  Intermediate Level Education and Advanced Operations Course

  2018 — 2019

• The United States Army War College

  Master's degree, Military Strategic Studies, General

• University of Michigan

  BS, Aerospace Engineering

  2000 — 2004

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Military
• Troubleshooting
• Windows
• Network Administration
• Project Management
• Marketing
• Process Improvement
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Security+
• Security
• Marketing Communications
• Account Management
• Ms Project
• Inventory Management
• Itil V3 Foundations Certified
• Product Development
• Budgets
• Budgeting
• Sales
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Development
• Team Leadership
• Human Resources
• Six Sigma
• Html
• Multimedia
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategy
• Multimedia Project Management
• New Business Development
• Green Belt