Founder and CEO

David Willden


Summary

Expert at leading strategic planning, strategy execution, and organizational improvement for large organizations in the government, commercial, and non-profit sectors.

Run companies, and direct report to talented CEOs.  Led 300 profitable, concurrent projects, 105 consultants, and 400 staff producing:

    • $781M  - Operations improvement savings
    • $Multi-Billion - Reinvention results
    • $170M  - New product annual revenue

Strategy, Reinventions and Turnarounds

    • Led enterprise reinvention resulting in multi-billion-dollars in improvements by overhauling strategy, products and services, operations, technologies, structures, and leadership practices.
    • Managed corporate teams key to transforming business from net income loss of $109M to $28M in profits. Exited non-core businesses, reduced SG&A costs ($40), lowered COGS and capital expenditures ($16M), developed and launched new offerings.

Strategy AND Execution

    • Developed and executed turnaround strategies resulting in $562M in operational and revenue improvements.
    • Increased customer numbers by approximately 450% through revamping strategies, target markets, products/ services, and operations.
    • Realigned strategy improving efficiency by an estimated 76%.

Operations and Profit Improvement

    • Led operational project teams in achieving $781M in systemic improvements.
    • Overhauled product development practices and led product development teams generating $170M in revenue.

EDUCATION 

    • M.S. Management Science, Johns Hopkins University
    • B.A. Korean and Political Science, Brigham Young University.

CERTIFICATIONS AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING

Executive Leadership Business/Financial Analysis Strategic Analysis & Planning
Organizational Development Resources Management Turnaround Management
Corporate Reengineering Process Reengineering Lean Six Sigma
Theory of Constraints Quality Management Product Development
Systems Development Agile Scrum Measurement & Analysis

AUTHOR OF BEST-SELLER CREATING YOU INC.