Joel Colombo
Operational Excellence Medtronic
- Role
- Director Operational Excellence at Medtronic
- Location
- East Lansing, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joel Colombo
Senior Continuous Improvement Leader with demonstrated success in solving the largest and most complex problems facing the company, both technical and transactional. Expertise in identification of improvement opportunities, scoping improvement efforts, and coaching teams through the continuous improvement journey to reach sustainable solutions. Demonstrated agility in product engineering, manufacturing operations, product validation, and safety investigations. Ability to coach multiple diverse problem-solving methodologies leading to client success. Flexible and innovative with exceptional interpersonal and communication abilities to foster change, incorporate technology, and implement improvement strategies throughout all levels of the organization. Strategic Planning and Analysis Data based decision making Red X Strategies (parts-based analysis) Project/Program Management Organizational Transformation Lean Material Strategies Lean/Kaizen Methodologies Process Improvements Six Sigma BB / 5S (process-based analysis) Manufacturing Processes Supplier Development Training and Talent Development Executive Team Leadership Executive Management Global Experience Innovation
Experience
Director Operational Excellence
Mar 2025 — Present · US
Education
Michigan State University
Materials Engineering
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Integrative Studies
2004 — 2005
Crosswinds Aviation
Private Pilot License
2014 — 2016
Skills
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Management
- Team Building
- Engineering
- Problem Solving
- Operations Management
- Fmea
- Materials
- Product Development
- Strategic Planning
- Design of Experiments
- Manufacturing
- Quality Management
- Supplier Management
- Vehicles
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Supplier Quality
- Team Leadership
- Ppap
- Quality System
- Quality Systems
- Root Cause Analysis
- Black Belt
- Coaching
- Apqp
- Cost
- Six Sigma
- Product Launch
- 5s
- Supply Management
- Toyota Production System
- Statistics
- Quality Control
- Project Management
- Kaizen
- Warranty
- Dfss
- Automotive
- Testing
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