Founder and CEO

David Willden
Expertise
Strategic Planning
Strategy Execution
Organizational Improvement
Reinventions / Turnarounds
Corporate Program/Project Management Oversight
Product Development
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:
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- $781M - Operations improvement savings
- $Multi-Billion - Reinvention results
- $170M - New product annual revenue
Strategy, Reinventions and Turnarounds
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- 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
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- 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
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- Led operational project teams in achieving $781M in systemic improvements.
- Overhauled product development practices and led product development teams generating $170M in revenue.
EDUCATION
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- 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.
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