John van Leeuwen

About John van Leeuwen

Strategy and operations executive and consultant with a passion for improving performance, growing businesses, creating unique service experiences, and streamlining costs. Experienced with turnarounds, merger integrations, and re-organizations in asset-intensive industries such as oil & gas, chemicals, steel, power generation, and industrial services in over 30 countries. Broad functional focus with deep expertise in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Lean Processes, and Operations Excellence.Have led programs that created over $1 billion in annual value for clients during the last 12 years.Specialties: Manufacturing Improvement, Lean, Supply Chain Management, Operational Excellence, Sourcing, Plant and Business Unit Transformation and Turnaround, Revenue Enhancement, and Growth Strategies

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   Qittitut Consulting

   Jan 2010 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Conducted market assessments and due diligence and provided operational excellence advise to oil field service companies.• For a West African NOC, advised on establishing a Direct Purchasing organization in Houston.• For a Private Equity fund, assessed trends and potential targets for oil and gas automation and controls• For a Private Equity firm, assessed open hole completion technologies, market needs and trends in support of a potential acquisition.• For a service company, advised on a transformation program to establish their services as the preeminent market leader.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  MS, Electrical Engineering

  1983 — 1985

• University of Washington

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1980 — 1983

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  MBA, Finance, Marketing

  1987 — 1989

Skills

• Business Development
• Restructuring
• Executive Management
• Sourcing
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Integration
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Analysis
• Acquisition Integration
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Business Transformation
• Energy
• Strategic Planning
• Procurement
• Financial Modeling
• Manufacturing
• Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Organizational Design
• Supply Chain
• Outsourcing
• Consulting
• Analytics
• Growth Strategies
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Process Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Corporate Development
• Turn Around Management
• Performance Improvement
• Business Process Improvement