Denis Olson

About Denis Olson

Business Consultant for Duquesne University Small Business Development Center, delivering…

Experience

1. Senior Partner

   The Mikan Group, Llc

   Dec 2017 — Present · Pittsburgh, PA, US

   The Mikan Group provides Advisory Services that assist clients in taking their organizations to the next level of international expansion, organizational growth and functional excellence. Our team of seasoned successful executives has broad global business expertise with members based in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. The Partners of the Mikan Group had a long, storied history working together as a senior leadership team at Medrad Inc, a global leader in medical imaging technologies that is now part of Bayer Healthcare. This team helped build Medrad from a near start-up to a billion dollar company with a 70% market leadership position in its core business. In addition, this team led Medrad to receive two Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards, one of only a handful of companies ever to receive this prestigious award twice.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Stout

  BS

  1972 — 1976

Skills

• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Service Management
• Fda
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Cardiology
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Quality System
• Product Lifecycle Management
• V&V
• Global Marketing
• Process Simulation
• R&D
• Field Service
• Market Development
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Service Delivery
• Six Sigma
• Product Launch
• Biotechnology
• Process Engineering
• Quality Auditing
• Validation
• Commercialization
• Hardware Diagnostics
• Engineering Management
• Medical Imaging
• Design Control
• Product Development
• Healthcare
• Fmea
• Electronics
• Capital Equipment
• Quality Management
• Iso 13485