Gary Vansuch

Director of Process Improvement @Colorado Department of Transportation

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

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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

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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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