J. Rusty Hitch
Director, Lbs - Innovation Practice @Lean Focus LLC
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Director, Lbs - Innovation Practice @Lean Focus LLC
We help organizations transform innovation into a repeatable, growth-driving capability. Our team partners across all levels—from engineers to executives—to streamline the entire innovation value stream: strategy, pipeline, development, and launch. Through rapid assessments, design thinking workshops, and launch readiness Kaizens, we build customer-centric solutions, accelerate time-to-market, and ensure commercial success on Day 1.
ABOUT J. RUSTY HITCH
As an accomplished Engineering and Innovation leader, I specialize in leveraging end-to-end innovation strategies to drive organizational growth and align teams with key strategic objectives. Through my expertise in lean Innovation deployment, I have successfully improved innovation KPIs (planning, execution, & delivery), fostered a culture of continuous improvement, and empowered teams to sustain long-term results.My role encompasses managing Kaizen Funnels to prioritize high-impact initiatives, coaching and challenging leaders at all levels, and overseeing the development of future leaders and innovation tool practitioners through structured certification funnels. I am passionate and hands on about teaching lean principles, nurturing an innovation-centric culture, and ensuring the effective deployment of lean tools across the organization. Together, these efforts enable breakthrough outcomes and lasting value creation.Let connect!
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