Shawn Sommerkamp is a process improvement expert with an emphasis on the product implementation stage of the product development life cycle (PDLC). He has decades of experience with hi-tech professional services including engagement with manufacturing and order fulfilment to bring predictable, repeatable and profitable implementation solutions by building, cultivating and leveraging high performance teams. Shawn has served in leadership roles for some of the world’s most iconic product development and manufacturing giants, including General Electric, Johnson Controls and HID Global. He also served as a Nuclear Submarine Engineer for the US Navy.
His experience in growth methodologies, business analysis, quality compliance, and relationship management has also lead him to becoming well-versed in LEAN Six Sigma strategies with emphasis on continuous process improvement (Kaizen). Shawn is also passionate about helping other professionals achieve accelerated career growth. He lives by the motto, “Your career is not just a way to make a living, it’s a way to transform the world™.”
Shawn has the skills and ability to influence stakeholders within all levels of management and process improvement which allows him to successfully drive major initiatives such as implementing professional services and more. One satisfied Portfolio Management Professional commended him as “a consummate professional who made an immediate and lasting impact within our organization.”
He has insights in multiple markets including, but not limited to Nuclear Technology, IT Clinical Systems, Building Automation Systems, Linear Digital Video Editing Software, Health Information Exchanges and Identity Access Management.
A FEW OF SHAWN’S RECENT SPEAKING CATEGORIES
* Quality Compliance
* Business Analysis
* Product Development
* Risk Management
* Program Planning
* Operations Management
* Program Implementation
* Process Improvement
* LEAN Six Sigma
* Human Resource Optimization
Shawn speaks often about the role that his core values has played in building a foundation for breakthrough career success and a lifetime of fulfillment. As an intellectual with a fantastic appetite for comprehensive and collaborative growth, he is able to speak on many topics including process automation, organizational development, efficiency, psychology, science, profitability, manufacturing and every aspect of the product development life cycle to excel.
Shawn continues to serve as a Certified Executive Coach and an organizational training and development expert. Here are some of his accomplishments.