Expertise
John Van Leeuwen is an experienced leader in developing and implementing corporate and operational transformation programs with rapid and measurable results. John has extensive international strategy and operations improvement experience with energy, chemicals, materials and manufacturing industries having worked in more than 30 countries. He has achieved success with both small and large companies including business turnarounds, acquisitions and merger integrations.

Individually, John's areas of expertise include:

• Lean Enterprise – Reducing the cycle from customer order to delivery.
• Business Process Cycle Reduction – Reducing the core business process cycles.
• Leadership Coaching – Driving strategic initiatives that lock in benefits.
• Operational Excellence – Building and executing comprehensive operational transformation to achieve leading competitive position.
• Revenue Enhancement – Maximizing customer and product profitability.
• Supply Chain Management – Optimizing the entire value chain for efficiency and effectiveness while building strategic position.
• M&A / Merger Integration – Operational due diligence and merger integration design and execution.
• International Growth Strategies – Designing strategies to compete effectively with international players and grow targeted foreign markets.

John’s Professional Background:

President, Lion & Stutz

Vice President, Business Development, Jonova

Manufacturing Analyst, FMC

Manufacturing Engineer, Hewlett Packard

Principal, Booz | Allen & Hamilton

• Energy Practice, Houston
• Industrials Practice, Southeast Asia

Education:

• MBA, Finance & Marketing, The University of Chicago
• MS, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
• BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Washington

Representative Clients:

• Activant, Shell, Mobil, ICI Petrochemical, Bain Capital, Sid R. Bass Group, Yamaha, Nissan, Dynea, Tata Iron & Steel, PT Krakatau Steel, BP, Chevron, IBM, Singapore Aerospace, TNT Express.