John is Vice President of Systems Engineering. He is an experienced systems engineer and entrepreneur who has spent most of his professional life troubleshooting and reverse engineering black box software systems.  During his 22 years working for the US Navy, he did the testing and analysis for the changeover from copper to fiber optic communication systems and developed and managed software-based control systems.  As a result of his work on control logic for automated damage control systems he was awarded a US patent for an automatic, self-repairing control system.
Al is the Vice President of Data Analytics. His experience includes leading transformative initiatives to support change, integrating Alignment, Sales and Operations Planning, and Lean processes to ensure a consistent company-wide approach to performance improvement. He is the developer of Theory L, the concept that success in major organizational transitions, such as Lean transformations, requires not just cascading ideas and techniques through every level of an organization, but recruiting and training leaders at every level to ensure engagement. He is the author of The Human Side of Lean Enterprise and The Lean Production Warehouse, and numerous articles on Lean, training, and safety.
