Director of Lean and Continuous Improvement @ Primoris Renewable Energy (April 2026 - August 2026)
Continuous Improvement Manager @ (January 2024 - April 2026)
Director of Quality and Lean Practices @ (June 2020 - January 2024)
Co-Founder @ Siouxland Lean Consortium (August 2011 - December 2021)
Business Systems Manager @ (May 2018 - January 2020)
Director Of Continuous Improvement @ (May 2017 - March 2018)
Senior Consultant @ (January 2014 - February 2017)
Continuous Improvement Training Manager @ (July 2012 - January 2014)
Continuous Improvement Leader @ (November 2010 - July 2012)
Lean Promotions Officer @ (September 2010 - November 2010)
Lean Master Facilitator @ Hub City, Inc./Regal Beloit Corp. (November 2005 - September 2010)
Founder @ (April 2007 - August 2010)
Production Supervisor @ Honeywell International, Inc. (May 2003 - November 2005)
Packaging Supervisor @ Osmonics, Inc (June 2001 - May 2003)
Department Manager @ Quality Quick Print (November 2000 - May 2001)
Supervisor @ (October 1998 - November 2000)
Mike Thelen Education
Northern State University
Bachelor of Science (Business Management)
1991-1995
Mike Thelen Skills
Poka Yoke
Heijunka
A3
SIPOC
Value Stream
Cellular Manufacturing
5 Why
Pareto Analysis
Lean Initiatives
Kaizen Facilitation
Line Balancing
Lead Time Reduction
Material Flow
Information Flow
Ishikawa
PDCA
SMED
OEE
Root Cause Analysis
Failure Modes
5S
Kanban
Toyota Production System
Lean Manufacturing
TPM
Continuous Improvement
Six Sigma
SPC
Coaching
Value Stream Mapping
Kaizen
DMAIC
JIT
TQM
Green Belt
Operational Excellence
FMEA
Process Improvement
Business Process Improvement
Process Mapping
Change Management
Problem Solving
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Lean Sigma
QFD
Waste Reduction
Balanced Scorecard
Theory of Constraints
Manufacturing
Lean Thinking
Consortium
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Mike Thelen Summary
Mike Thelen, based in Mansfield, SD, US, is currently a Owner at Enterprise Lean Transformations. Mike Thelen brings experience from previous roles at Primoris Renewable Energy, Qcells EPC, MYR Energy Services, Inc. and Siouxland Lean Consortium. Mike Thelen holds a 1991 - 1995 Bachelor of Science in Business Management @ Northern State University. With a robust skill set that includes Poka Yoke, Heijunka, A3, SIPOC, Value Stream and more. Mike Thelen has 1 emails and 1 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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