Richard Blase

About Richard Blase

Process improvement leader with broad experience in both commercial and operational process improvement. Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt with deep experience in financial services industry. Additional experience as management consultant supporting client process improvement initiatives, change management efforts and project management needs across a broad range of industries. Additional skills include aligning business processes to business strategy, creating key performance indicators, flexing between executive level visioning and pragmatic execution and excellent analytical skills. Strong background in training, group facilitation and cross functional team leadership. My objective is to make your business more efficient and more productive. Whether it is top line growth, sales force effectiveness / efficiency, operational efficiency improvements, financial best practices, business process change implementation or leadership development, I measure my success based on your feedback and the value you get from our interactions.Twitter:@RichardBlase

Experience

1. Global Program Leader

   Xylem

   Jun 2020 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Senior leadership role responsible for Program leadership, governance and management of key strategic Corporate initiative to deliver new Selection / Configure / Price / Quote digital ecosystem that consolidates 50+ separate applications resulting in an improved user experience across the customer purchase journey. Also responsible for Program financial management, capturing and integrating user feedback, developing and delivering actionable and targeted change management plans, partnering with IT to ensure application delivery and standardizing and improving impacted business processes. Key accomplishments include:• Developing and implementing Program strategy and governance model• Delivering on Minimum Viable Product proof of concept• Building overall Program execution plan and implementation roadmap• Securing Board of Directors approval for overall Program and funding for Wave 1• Establishing Voice of Customer feedback councils• Developing and gaining approval for Program resourcing and organization structure • Led Strategic Deployment Program (Hoshin planning): Led annual leadership meeting to identify, define and scope breakthrough initiatives (TLIPs) and identify key Targets to Improve (TTIs) for IT & P business unit. Mentored TLIP owners and led monthly report out status meetings. Program successfully delivered digital product roadmaps for each business group and several key digital products / tools. Program also delivered improvements to Corporate Sustainability program.

Education

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  B.S., Accounting

  1983 — 1986

Skills

• Budgets
• Finance
• Sales Operations
• Salesforce.com
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Sales Force Compensation
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning
• Strategy
• Business Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Portfolio Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Sales Force Alignment
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Auditing
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Leadership
• Commercial Lending
• Pricing