William Hazard

About William Hazard

Passionate leader in building World Class Teams and Organizations. My background includes 10 years of Lean / Toyota Production System consulting, 10 years of operating businesses in private equity, and 10 years of building several companies within Novo Partners. Created Novo Partners in 2014 to invest and build multiple US manufacturing businesses. Novo is Latin for to renew, refresh, and revive which is what we do when we acquire businesses. Currently we have four growing businesses- Novo Precision - Novo Metal Finishing Equipment - Novo Lean Solutions - Novo Operational Consulting Division (OCD)Our mission: To Simply Solve our Customers Problems! We look to develop strategic customer relationships and partner on strategic products with our customers. I believe this is a great time for manufacturing in US and CT as well as Novo!Let me know if you would like to visit us!

Experience

1. President

   Novo Precision Llc

   Jul 2014 — Present · Bristol, CT, US

Education

• Lafayette College

  Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Math / Economics & Mechanical Engineering

  1989 — 1993

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MS, Operations Management

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Jit
• Strategic Sourcing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Mrp
• Business Process Improvement
• Tqm
• Kanban
• Kaizen
• Supply Management
• Strategy
• Quality Management
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Logistics
• Engineering
• Change Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Executive Management
• Operations Management
• Process Engineering
• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Supply Chain
• 5s
• Materials Management
• Manufacturing
• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Six Sigma
• Process Improvement
• Acquisition Integration
• Toyota Production System
• Global Sourcing
• Manufacturing Operations