Shawn Palmatier - Senior Advisor

Shawn has close to twenty years of manufacturing experience in areas of operations management, supplier management, and quality engineering. He has broad industry experience serving the aerospace, heavy truck, automotive, stamping and machining, food manufacturing, and metal fabrication industries. Shawn is responsible for the management, design and implementation of Lean and Six Sigma Strategies for our Clients. Shawn has led the implementation of Lean Six Sigma projects for numerous Fortune 500 clients including The Boeing Company, ITT Industries, Magnavox, Delphi Corp., Zenith Inc., and BearingPoint, Inc.

Shawn has expertise in implementing Manufacturing Systems, lean manufacturing tools and techniques, Just-In-Time (JIT) production, and quality systems among other areas. Starting as a Manufacturing Engineer and working his way through various Manufacturing Management positions Shawn has had the opportunity to design, facilitate, and implement lasting change and improvement. Shawn received his bachelor’s of science in manufacturing engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and holds an master’s of business administration from the University of San Diego, California.

With over ten years of Management Consulting experience including six years with a Big 5 firm, Shawn has proven time and again that he can deliver projects of varying size and complexity on time and within budget.