Strategic Leadership Team

M&A & Deal Flow: Jeff performs primary analysis of Confidential Information Memoranda (CIMs), interrogates brokers to identify risk, and leads all due diligence activities to ensure successful acquisitions.

Turnarounds: Leading operational and financial turnarounds for underperforming manufacturing facilities, including managing cash processes and restructuring, to increase EBITDA and restore profitability

Senior Leadership & Leadership Training: Managing full P&L and day-to-day plant operations, overseeing cross-functional teams that span manufacturing, engineering, sales, and materials management for revenues ranging from $2M to $220M. Also able to "coach-up" your senior leadership team or team members

Logistics and Supply Chain: Streamlining supply chain management, which involves negotiating vendor contracts, managing out non-performing suppliers, and reshoring components from overseas to lower costs and reduce lead times. Managing logistics required to get components to the factory in a cost effective manner. Deep experience creating and managing shipping partners to get finished product to customers quickly and as inexpensively as possible.

Operational Excellence: Specializes in maximizing operational efficiency through KPI development, workflow optimization, and inventory management for diverse portfolio companies.

Technical & Intellectual Property: A Principal Inventor on multiple US patents, Jeff holds a BA in Computer Science and Math from the University of St. Thomas.

Turnarounds: Leading operational and financial turnarounds for underperforming manufacturing facilities, including managing cash processes and restructuring, to increase EBITDA and restore profitability.

P&L Management: Managing full P&L and day-to-day plant operations, overseeing cross-functional teams that span manufacturing, engineering, sales, and materials management for revenues ranging from $16M to $200M.

Supply Chain Management: Streamlining supply chain management, which involves negotiating vendor contracts, managing out non-performing suppliers, and reshoring components from overseas to lower costs and reduce lead times

Lean Manufacturing: Implementing Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, utilizing methodologies such as 5S, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and Six Sigma (DMAIC) to enhance productivity

Facility Expansion & Relocation: Directing major facility expansions and relocations, including building new facilities, consolidating operations, and relocating large-scale machine shops without causing delivery disruptions

Manufacturing Management: Optimizing manufacturing equipment performance by driving improvements in Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), increasing Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), and decreasing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) through better maintenance procedures

Operational Foundations & Certifications: Rebuilding operational foundations to secure quality certifications, successfully leading facilities to achieve and maintain standards such as AS9100, ISO 9001, and ISO 1348

Modernizing Technology: Modernizing engineering and production technology, successfully integrating new tools like SolidWorks CAD/FEA, NetSuite ERP, MasterCAM, and new CNC machinery to improve capability and efficiency

Process & System Development: Transitioning operations from people-dependent to process-dependent, ensuring that sustainable systems, standard work instructions, and repeatable processes are in place so tasks are not solely reliant on highly skilled individuals

Fractional VP of Quality / Quality Systems Director Many mid-sized firms cannot afford a full-time executive with his level of IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 expertise. Greg frequestly serves as a part-time leader to guide them through certifications or customer escalations.

Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Specialist Greg's roots are in the Toyota Production System and has shown repeated ability to reduce labor requirements (up to 21% in previous roles) and eliminate waste.

Supply Chain Risk & Development Consultant Driven by from his BMW experience, he is a specialist who travels to "critical suppliers" to perform audits and turn around failing production lines.

Manufacturing Turnaround Expert Greg has a proven history of taking plants from "red" scorecards to "preferred supplier" status and slashing PPM rates significantly.

Interim Director of Operations For companies in transition, he offers a "plug-and-play" fractional leadership solution, having previously filled interim plant management and acting director roles.

Product Reviews and Publishing Bill has arranged and managed hundreds of product reviews and dozens of product launches. He managed crowdfunding campaigns that raised more than $6M. Under his own name, Leebens has written nearly 500 articles on business, engineering, and music topics for both print and online publications. He has ghost-written dozens of articles and speeches for business leaders and technical specialists. In print, he has been published in Dwell and Stereophile; online, he has written for the Strata-gee.com, Gizmodo, Audiogon,and Copper websites. He edited nearly 100 issues of Copper magazine, assigning and editing the work of dozens of writers and artists, producing an issue every two weeks..

Extensive Technical Marketing Experience Trained in both engineering and jounalism, Leebens has often translated technical subjects into language suitable for general audiences. He is able to prepare website text, white papers, and manuals; he is also able to produce and distribute press-releases,. He was chosen for the High-Performance Audio Advisory Board of the Consumer Electronics Association.

Product Design Developed and Launched a Value-Based Benefit Portfolio in support of the company’s goals to increase the health of the population: Designed a value-based benefit that eliminated financial barriers for individuals with chronic conditions (diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular), leading to increased compliance with standards of care.

Strategic Roadmap Developed a strategic roadmap for self-insured national account market based on market research and company goals. Added a digital pre-diabetes vendor to company networks, shifting the cost from a set fee to a tax advantage benefit structure desired by clients.

Strategy Development Drove Turnaround Strategy: Served as Contract Chief of Staff for a private equity-acquired company to assist the President in a turnaround plan. Tasks included reviewing financial results, creating a strategic PowerPoint deck and project plan, developing a new 2025 sales training manual, and writing Standard Operating Procedures.

Revenue Strategy Achieved High Revenue/Rate Increases: Managed a book of mid-size to large, self-insured clients for client. Conducted renewal negotiations achieving average administration rate increases of 6% and Stop Loss Premium increases of 30%. Increased client profitability by expanding purchased services (e.g., Stop Smoking programs, Nurse Line Health Assessments).

Performance Metric Development and Tracking Negotiated Performance Guarantees and Contracts: Renegotiated Performance Guarantees to reduce risk to company. Notably negotiated a bilateral agreement where company was no longer held to performance guarantees if the client missed required activities, resulting in company ceasing performance guarantee payments to that client. Negotiated administration contracts, consulting with legal, and moderating conversations between legal teams to find acceptable wording and terms.

Operational Transformation Developed, documented, and implemented processes for timely enrollment and termination of coverage in a multi-employer benefit plan and ensure compliance with federal and Minnesota regulations. Developed, documented, and implemented process for correct distribution of plan materials (certificate of coverage and wrap documents). Established processes and policies for a processing center in Minneapolis. Created and documented Standard Operating Procedures. Developed process improvements that clarified roles, responsibilities, and timing for the process of creating features and handoffs between different teams.

Project Management Managed the implementation of new clients, coordinating multiple areas within company. Managed product launches with cross functional teams. Products included ACO’s, digital transparency and engagement tools, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vendor, Value Based Benefits, and Pre-Diabetes Vendor.