About Blogger: James Considine

James Considine is Regional Manager, Continuous Improvement with Vertis Communications, a $1.5 Billion marketing services firm. He is currently mentoring 25 green belts in a variety of transactional process improvement projects, providing Green Belt training, as well as advising Vertis business leaders in project selection and belt selection. He also leads more complex projects and facilitates Kaizen Events and Workouts for rapid improvement.

Prior to joining Vertis, James was a Black Belt with New York Independent System Operator, which operates the $12 Billion electric power commodity market in New York. There he led and mentored a variety of transactional projects, from IT to HR, creating over $1.5 Million in benefits in the process. Prior to entering the Lean and Six Sigma world, he spent 10 years as a project and product manager in both the technology and marketing fields.

James is a graduate of the University at Albany, with a BA in Philosophy and an MBA in Finance. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (BMG), and a Certified Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator (Juran Institute).