Lanre Alli
Atlanta
Summary
Successful Executive with over 18 years of demonstrated ability in delivering mission-critical results in multiple industries. Offering outstanding communication and cross-cultural team management skills. Entrepreneurial attitude for optimal profitability. Ambitious team leader adept at creating strategic alliances with organizational leaders and effectively aligning with and supporting key business initiatives.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Services Excellence Executive
GE Gas Power
07.2022 - Current
- Improved on time billing by 15% y-o-y through issue identification and resolution, operational cadence and billing SW improvement leading to an increase in ontime cash collection for business line.
- Improved team efficiency, customer outcomes and performance of contractual services through global standards implementation and lean.
Global Services & Product Quality Leader
Wabtec Corporation
02.2022 - 07.2022
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Managed daily operations while overseeing multiple locations to foster increased productivity.
- Restructured the team and operations to improve warranty administration and field services operations globally to effectively meet the customer's quality and delivery need.
- Improved the mining equipment product quality by enabling the team's capability to perform effective issue identification and resolution through root-cause analysis and implementation of short-term, long term corrective and preventive actions.
- Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
Services Director | Africa
GE Transportation, a Wabtec company
04.2016 - 02.2022
- Successfully led the startup and execution of multi-million dollar refurbishment of 81 locomotives for the Egyptian National Railways
- Developed and executed strategic plans for locomotive modernization services delivery in Africa, resulting in increased efficiency and reduced costs.
- Responsible for the strategy and execution of Locomotive, refurbishments, technology upgrades, customer skills development and parts remanufacture services in Africa
- Led the turnaround of a locomotive modernization project enabling revenue generation for the company.
- Leadership of 18+ global cross functional team members responsible for fleet management, sourcing, parts delivery, training and technical advisory.
Quality and Operations Leader
GE Oil & Gas
05.2014 - 04.2016
- Led the transformation of the O&G Subsea Quality organization in Nigeria comprising of 11 direct reports to better meet customer expectations & ISO 9001 recertification audit
- Received Silver Award for exceptional leadership and initiative in managing the customer's expectations during the Root Cause Analysis performed for Shell-Nigeria under urgent and intense conditions
- Supported the development of customer solutions with advanced systems and technology through partnership with Global Research Center, customer innovation team and ventures.
- Instituted initiatives to make defects visible through the creation and visible tracking of KPIs; enabled to team culture of correcting issues before they become defects.
- Drove engineering excellence for 250+ Lufkin engineering team members through the establishment of lean six sigma DNA within Lufkin engineering organization to reduce defects due to design
- Developed continuous improvement culture across Lufkin through defect capture, tracking, screening and Root Cause Analysis
Meters Validation Manager
GE Energy Management
05.2009 - 05.2014
- Led a global staff of 30 employees across North America, Europe and Asia, responsible for the Electric meter products design quality
- Set the strategy for the validation team to ensure a reduction in escaping defects
- Facilitated a work environment to foster innovation, automation and touch time reduction
- Standardized validation policies and procedures that affect multiple organizational units
- Drove the continuous development and improvement of infrastructure, applications, processes and workflows needed to provide validation and quality control for new products
- Managed validation budget, schedule and resources to ensure on time project delivery within the expected budget.
- Managed meters validation laboratory including effective test scheduling & management of day to day activities of 8 lab employees to meet critical business needs
- Identified several design & supplier related failures through optimization of validation tests
- Lead customer liaison providing technical and commercial support.
Hardware Project Engineer
Continental
07.2006 - 01.2009
- Evaluated & coordinated core electrical, mechanical & validation engineering activities- led to a 20% decrease in design related issues
- Coordinated the design, validation & manufacturing readiness to ensure efficient progress of product lifecycle from concept to production.
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA - Business Administration and Management, General
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Coventry, UK06.2021
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Engineering
Kettering University
Flint01.2005
Skills
- Quality Management
- Energy
- Smart Metering
- Change Management
- Lean Transformation
- Project Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Collaborative Leadership
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Operational Turnaround
- Performance Improvement
- Customer-Oriented
Websites
Certification
Lean Six Sigma / Green Belt Certified, GE
Timeline
Services Excellence Executive
GE Gas Power
07.2022 - Current
Global Services & Product Quality Leader
Wabtec Corporation
02.2022 - 07.2022
Services Director | Africa
GE Transportation, a Wabtec company
04.2016 - 02.2022
Quality and Operations Leader
GE Oil & Gas
05.2014 - 04.2016
Meters Validation Manager
GE Energy Management
05.2009 - 05.2014
Hardware Project Engineer
Continental
07.2006 - 01.2009
Master of Business Administration - MBA - Business Administration and Management, General
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) - Computer Engineering
Kettering University
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