Anthony Roach

Greater Chicago Area United States

Principal Consultant

My entire background has been in manufacturing. I started as a Production Engineer, working to reduce costs in a high-speed packaging environment. I was successful in this role and quickly moved into supervision. There I helped to improve systems used by involving the input and participation of operators and mechanics. I then took on capital projects and learned to develop them by listening to what the operators needed to make their jobs easier and pairing those needs with business justifications. I designed, budgeted, installed, trained and commissioned my projects and learned a great deal about leadership along the way. My career then moved me into management and I learned how to...