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OUR PEOPLE
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Our people come from various professional
backgrounds:
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Industrial, consumer goods, and financial
services
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Major strategy-consulting firms
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Most with extensive real world management
experience, including general management, product
development, marketing, supply chain
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Relevant experience in complex Value
Delivery Chains, including at the level of end-users
as well as that of technical or heavy industrial-supply
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Wholly committed to DPV philosophy, framework,
& methodology
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Skilled strategy-coaches: believe in helping
managers become better leaders
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Strong analytic, quantitatively rigorous use of the
value-delivery framework
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And, capable of creative discovery/recognition
of strategic insights
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Michael J. Lanning (Atlanta)
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Original creator, widely used concept Value
Proposition, as well as the Value Delivery System framework
and becoming the customer methodology
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Author, definitive book on this topic, also
titled Delivering Profitable Value
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Founder & Chairman The DPV Group 1998, and
co-founder Lanning, Phillips & Associates (executive education
using MJL’s DPV [aka BMFO] concepts) 1987
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Strategy Consulting, McKinsey & Company 1980-87
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Brand Management, Procter & Gamble, 1973-1980
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BA
Mathematics, Columbia
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Helmut Meixner (Cincinnati)
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28 years general and brand management, extensively
international |
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Great general management experience and
skill, including strategic planning and integration of
global, regional, and local plans to achieve superior
results in highly competitive markets
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Very accomplished leader, skilled at energizing
& enabling complex organizations to achieve ambitious
goals, and at developing and deploying systems to flawlessly
execute critical tasks
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The DPV Group starting July, 2001 |
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Procter & Gamble, 1973-2001; MBA UCLA; fluent
in German |
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Daniel H. Draper (Rochester, New York)
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>25 years marketing, strategic planning,
engineering, and general management experience; extensive
domestic and international
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In both B-to-B and B-to-C businesses, a
proven record of surfacing superior market- focused strategic
alternatives
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The DPV Group (and LPA) 1995 to present
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Eastman Kodak Company 1967-95 |
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BS
Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech
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Dr. Joel Epstein (Melbourne, Australia)
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>17 years strategic and business planning,
consumer and B-to-B markets
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Well versed in DPV approach, exceptionally
strong in creative strategic thinking and analysis and
a highly effective communicator
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DPVG since 2000; DPV applications in consumer imaging,
residential building materials, chemicals (adhesive
raw materials), mobile telecoms
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Eastman Kodak 1983-99 |
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Ph.D. Chemical Physics, Carnegie-Mellon
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Glenne Harding (San Francisco)
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30 years experience, Hewlett-Packard, in
Supply Chain/Distribution, Marketing, Business Development,
and Finance/Accounting
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1990’s: Manager, Worldwide Supplies Marketing,
Computer Accessories, and US Laser Jet and Printer Supplies
Fulfillment, plus SAP implementation
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Extensive successful DPV applications 1991-99;
supply chain DPVG consulting from ‘99
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Highly skilled helping clients apply DPV methodology,
especially to complex chains
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BS Psych/Math, William & Mary; MBA, Finance,
Santa Clara |
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Alistair W. Macleod (Melbourne, Australia)
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17 yrs strategic planning, marketing & distribution,
change/HR management, and IT integration in financial
services, and the public sector |
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The DPV Group, 1998 to present |
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Applied DPV in large computer systems support,
construction materials, mobile telecoms, logistics, chemicals
(adhesives, and coatings, raw materials) and forest products
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MBA, U. New South Wales |
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Miller L. Macmillan (Atlanta/Destin, Florida)
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25 yrs strategy consulting, management,
and executive-level HR consulting; Society Int’l Bus Fellows
1999-01; Macmillan & Co 1990-96; McKinsey & Co. 1976-90 |
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DPVG since 1997; DPV applications in chemicals,
energy, forest products, professional services (accounting
and law), financial services, and software |
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Yale; MBA, Harvard |
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Dr. Tim Fealey (Cincinnati)
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29 years Procter & Gamble, with roles as
divisional Global Director of Product Development, and
later VP and Managing Director, Strategic Planning for
Food and Beverage Worldwide |
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Range of university teaching experience
in graduate business schools, economics, engineering,
and chemistry |
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Consumer-product development consulting,
major chemical firm, with DPVG, 2002 |
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Various small-business consulting 2000-02
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Ph.D. Physical Inorganic Chemistry, Georgetown; U. Chicago
MBA; B.Sc. U. Hull (Eng)
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Hilary Kahn (Melbourne, Australia) -
Retail Specialist
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A world-leading expert in integrated retail
solutions; unconventional focus on developing winning
retail resulting experiences to concretely improve business
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Uses distinctive methodologies she created, including
DFP (Driving Frontline Performance), Performance Triangle,
and others, integrated with DPV framework and methodology
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Creates physical presentation, and rigorously
controlled, scripted staff-consumer interface |
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>25 years experience in retail-related consulting,
in part as leader of Frontline Strategies, retail consultancy
based in Melbourne |
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BA, University of Witwatersrand, S. Africa
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Dr. James Baggott (London)
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11 years international business management,
Shell Oil, London |
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6 years consulting experience, primarily
energy industries , including 4 years independent strategy
consulting, and 18 months internal to Shell in emerging
markets |
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Recently began working with DPVG |
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Research Fellow at Stanford University |
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Chemistry, First Class Honours, UK; Ph.D.,
Oxford University |
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Gates Moss (Cincinnati) - Packaging and
Manufacturing Process Specialist
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>30 years management experience in Packaging
and Manufacturing, for Procter & Gamble |
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20 years Packaging Development managerial
roles, most recently including Associate Director North
American Fabric Care and Global Coordinator for all Fabric
Care Packaging (1993-2002) |
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Recently joined DPVG, helping clients think
strategically about packaging, and more effectively and
efficiently develop packaging that helps deliver their
chosen Value Proposition |
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B.S. Chemical Engineering, Michigan; MBA
Harvard |
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Steven J. Puls (Analyst - Atlanta)
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7 years management experience in mass-merchant store
and industrial building supplies
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Analytic support for DPV projects in Paper, Consumer
Electronics
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Accounting and administrative management
support for DPVG, 1994-present |
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BA, Political Science, UCLA |
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Lauren M. Puls (Administrative and Systems
Support - Atlanta)
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12 years administrative and systems support
to DPVG (formerly Lauren M. Frye) |
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5
years clerical retail experience; die-hard Atlanta Braves
fan.
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