Gary Vansuch

About Gary Vansuch

Executive Management / Strategy Deployment / Lean Process Improvement Leadership / Change Management

Experience

1. Director of Process Improvement

   Colorado Department of Transportation

   Jan 2011 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   I am a member of the Senior Management Team at the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), an industry leader with a $1.3 billion annual budget for developing and maintaining highway, transit and integrated intermodal transportation within the State of Colorado. I am the executive responsible for leading the process improvement initiative at CDOT.At CDOT we are working to make government services more effective, efficient and Lean Everyday Ideas initiative was honored as a \"Top-25 Innovation in American Government\" for 2018 by Harvard University\'s Kennedy School of efforts were featured in \"How Colorado\'s Transportation Department Is Institutionalizing Improvement\", from Governing magazine in April Oversize / Overweight Permits Process Improvement Project was highlighted by the American Society for Quality in its article \"Lean Project Helps Colorado DOT Provide Disaster Response Following Historical Flood\":http://asq.org/knowledge-center/case-studies-CDOT-flood.htmlTwo of our process improvement projects have been Finalists for the International Team Excellence Lean Everyday Ideas initiative is highlighted by Dr. Dean Schroeder, the author of \"The Idea-Driven Organization\", change management (business readiness) efforts are highlighted here:blog.prosci.com/blog/success-story-colorado-department-of-transportation

Education

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Quality Management

  1977 — 1979

• Scrum.org

  Agile Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) Certification

  2019

• University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Master of Science (M.S.), Industrial Engineering, Quality Management

  1981 — 1986

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Quality Management
• Iso 9000
• Process Engineering
• Process Simulation
• Project Portfolio Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process
• Agile Methodologies
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Management
• Team Building
• Program Management
• Project Planning
• Root Cause Analysis
• Black Belt
• Project Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Business Process Mapping
• Operations Management
• Lean Management
• Spc
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Tqm
• Quality Assurance
• Change Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Government
• Call Centers
• Strategy
• Six Sigma