Gary Cox
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Sr. Associate, Barrington OPS, a Divsion of Barrington Consulting at The Barrington Consulting Group- Claim this Profile
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Troy Lenihan
Eden Valley Poultry has been on a Continuous Improvement journey since 2014, in 2019 EVP enagaged with Gary and The Barrington Group to further enhance our CI culture and support EVP's vision and mission. Through our engagement with Gary and team we executed a variety of Lean Six Sigma projects, created standard work practices, developed an eye for quality program for finished product specs, implementation of team huddle boards, and delivered an excellent Leadership Certification Program. This program was focused on sustaining changes implemented from process improvements, and was designed with a blend of six sigma best practices, as well as leadership tools, such as change management. EVP's experience with Gary and his team has shown the real value of enagaing with an outside set of eyes. Having people ask different questions about your operation is very effective, as we tend to get wired in the day to day processes and do not always see some of the opportunities in front of us. I would highly recommend for business leaders looking to improve thier operations to reach out to Gary and his team. A highly skilled group of professionals to work with, blended with the passion for the work they do is a sure recipe for success. Beyond the successes listed above, we have etablised a great working relationship to continue our CI journey. I would be happy to discuss further with anyone who would like more details on the work Eden Valley has done with Gary and The Barrignton Group, you can reach me at troyl@edenvalleypoultry.com.
Angela McKinnon
Gary is an enthusiastic and highly qualified Lean Six Sigma coach and mentor. He has extensive experience and knowledge and is truly wonderful to work with. His positively is contagious and he ensures there is always a focus on the best possible process improvements solutions!
Andrew Aikens
Gary is a great mentor and teacher, and always gives creative ideas on how to apply the Lean Six Sigma tools to solving a problem. Our group classes had a good mix of information and activities to keep us engaged. In mentoring sessions, he was able to guide me through the best way to apply Lean Six Sigma tools to my specific problem.
Troy Lenihan
Eden Valley Poultry has been on a Continuous Improvement journey since 2014, in 2019 EVP enagaged with Gary and The Barrington Group to further enhance our CI culture and support EVP's vision and mission. Through our engagement with Gary and team we executed a variety of Lean Six Sigma projects, created standard work practices, developed an eye for quality program for finished product specs, implementation of team huddle boards, and delivered an excellent Leadership Certification Program. This program was focused on sustaining changes implemented from process improvements, and was designed with a blend of six sigma best practices, as well as leadership tools, such as change management. EVP's experience with Gary and his team has shown the real value of enagaing with an outside set of eyes. Having people ask different questions about your operation is very effective, as we tend to get wired in the day to day processes and do not always see some of the opportunities in front of us. I would highly recommend for business leaders looking to improve thier operations to reach out to Gary and his team. A highly skilled group of professionals to work with, blended with the passion for the work they do is a sure recipe for success. Beyond the successes listed above, we have etablised a great working relationship to continue our CI journey. I would be happy to discuss further with anyone who would like more details on the work Eden Valley has done with Gary and The Barrignton Group, you can reach me at troyl@edenvalleypoultry.com.
Angela McKinnon
Gary is an enthusiastic and highly qualified Lean Six Sigma coach and mentor. He has extensive experience and knowledge and is truly wonderful to work with. His positively is contagious and he ensures there is always a focus on the best possible process improvements solutions!
Andrew Aikens
Gary is a great mentor and teacher, and always gives creative ideas on how to apply the Lean Six Sigma tools to solving a problem. Our group classes had a good mix of information and activities to keep us engaged. In mentoring sessions, he was able to guide me through the best way to apply Lean Six Sigma tools to my specific problem.
Troy Lenihan
Eden Valley Poultry has been on a Continuous Improvement journey since 2014, in 2019 EVP enagaged with Gary and The Barrington Group to further enhance our CI culture and support EVP's vision and mission. Through our engagement with Gary and team we executed a variety of Lean Six Sigma projects, created standard work practices, developed an eye for quality program for finished product specs, implementation of team huddle boards, and delivered an excellent Leadership Certification Program. This program was focused on sustaining changes implemented from process improvements, and was designed with a blend of six sigma best practices, as well as leadership tools, such as change management. EVP's experience with Gary and his team has shown the real value of enagaing with an outside set of eyes. Having people ask different questions about your operation is very effective, as we tend to get wired in the day to day processes and do not always see some of the opportunities in front of us. I would highly recommend for business leaders looking to improve thier operations to reach out to Gary and his team. A highly skilled group of professionals to work with, blended with the passion for the work they do is a sure recipe for success. Beyond the successes listed above, we have etablised a great working relationship to continue our CI journey. I would be happy to discuss further with anyone who would like more details on the work Eden Valley has done with Gary and The Barrignton Group, you can reach me at troyl@edenvalleypoultry.com.
Angela McKinnon
Gary is an enthusiastic and highly qualified Lean Six Sigma coach and mentor. He has extensive experience and knowledge and is truly wonderful to work with. His positively is contagious and he ensures there is always a focus on the best possible process improvements solutions!
Andrew Aikens
Gary is a great mentor and teacher, and always gives creative ideas on how to apply the Lean Six Sigma tools to solving a problem. Our group classes had a good mix of information and activities to keep us engaged. In mentoring sessions, he was able to guide me through the best way to apply Lean Six Sigma tools to my specific problem.
Troy Lenihan
Eden Valley Poultry has been on a Continuous Improvement journey since 2014, in 2019 EVP enagaged with Gary and The Barrington Group to further enhance our CI culture and support EVP's vision and mission. Through our engagement with Gary and team we executed a variety of Lean Six Sigma projects, created standard work practices, developed an eye for quality program for finished product specs, implementation of team huddle boards, and delivered an excellent Leadership Certification Program. This program was focused on sustaining changes implemented from process improvements, and was designed with a blend of six sigma best practices, as well as leadership tools, such as change management. EVP's experience with Gary and his team has shown the real value of enagaing with an outside set of eyes. Having people ask different questions about your operation is very effective, as we tend to get wired in the day to day processes and do not always see some of the opportunities in front of us. I would highly recommend for business leaders looking to improve thier operations to reach out to Gary and his team. A highly skilled group of professionals to work with, blended with the passion for the work they do is a sure recipe for success. Beyond the successes listed above, we have etablised a great working relationship to continue our CI journey. I would be happy to discuss further with anyone who would like more details on the work Eden Valley has done with Gary and The Barrignton Group, you can reach me at troyl@edenvalleypoultry.com.
Angela McKinnon
Gary is an enthusiastic and highly qualified Lean Six Sigma coach and mentor. He has extensive experience and knowledge and is truly wonderful to work with. His positively is contagious and he ensures there is always a focus on the best possible process improvements solutions!
Andrew Aikens
Gary is a great mentor and teacher, and always gives creative ideas on how to apply the Lean Six Sigma tools to solving a problem. Our group classes had a good mix of information and activities to keep us engaged. In mentoring sessions, he was able to guide me through the best way to apply Lean Six Sigma tools to my specific problem.
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LinkedInSep, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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The Barrington Consulting Group
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Sr. Associate, Barrington OPS, a Divsion of Barrington Consulting
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May 2015 - Present
Co-lead of Barrington OPS (Operational Performance Services) division. We are committed to increasing performance and productivity for businesses, governments, and agencies in Atlantic Canada through innovative projects, purposeful coaching, and effective training. Our mission:*Embrace challenge*Cultivate People,*Make a difference.
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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
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May 2015 - Present
A Master Black Belt for Barrington Consulting, - Led and coached over 185 continuous improvement projects- Proven effective in driving financial savings, service improvements, engaging employees, increased customer satisfaction and enhanced workplace safety. - Course / Number / Average Overall Satisfaction Feedback Ratings: Yellow Belt 250+, 4.69 / 5 = 93.8% Green Belt 77+, 4.70 / 5 = 94.0% - Trained and coached Black Belts to certification- Supporting organizational Sr. Leadership in creating and deploying strategies for development of a continuous improvment culture within organizations. Province of Nova Scotia, Effeciency Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municapality. - Led projects in diverse portfillios: Eductation: Dalhousie (Graduate Payment Proces) and St. Mary's School of Business (Admissions Process), the Provice of NS, Inspection Processes, NS Office of Immigration, NS Environment, Public Service Commission, Internal Services, Service Nova Scotia, Department of Business, Department of Justice, Department of Community Services. - Led Personal Productivity and Effectiveness training with Province of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick Education, and many Private Sector clients.
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Deloitte
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Independent Consultant
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Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
Certified as a Black Belt in both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma,I supported the Deloitte team in delivery of their LSS Green Belt program as an independent consultant. Certified as a Black Belt in both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma,I supported the Deloitte team in delivery of their LSS Green Belt program as an independent consultant.
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Canada Post / Postes Canada
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Canada
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Freight and Package Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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National Dir Process Eng. & Lean Sigma Center
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Jun 2011 - Aug 2013
Director of national Lean & Six Sigma training and CI projects, also corporate configuration management Responsibilities: Led two National Teams; Lean Six Sigma Center training and certification team; where I led improvement project oversight and alignment to corporate objectives. The second; I led the team responsible for Corporate Operating Procedures (CMS – Corporate Manual System) and our Business Process Model (BPM) which connects all our corporate business processes. Achievements under my area of leadership:• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training brought in-house eliminating the contract and licensing fee with external supplier.• Partnership with Purolator Courier on shared resources for Lean Six Sigma Training.• Modification of the Green Belt training to eliminating redundant components and cutting classroom training reducing travel and training costs.• Supported coaching and teaching of GB’s• Team redesigned functionality of the Corporate Manual System for integration with Standard Operating Procedures and a Business Process Modeling tool.• Led the development and execution for the strategy for talent development for high potential Process Engineers.• Assisted development and supported use of processing strategies in plants.• Coached the project for a reduced lead time for Human Resources for the new hire process (from vacant position to on boarding of new hires).• Reviewed and outsourced sign-making, reducing or eliminating non-standardized, ad-hoc signs, and reducing the number of in-house sign shops.• Initiated a Delivery Management System for running Letter Carrier Depots.• Deployed 5S within the Process Engineering team (both in the field and at Head Office).
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Retired - National Director Process Engineering -
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Sep 1975 - Aug 2013
I had a 35 year diverse career with Canada Post which included holding the positions of (oldest to latest): Letter Carrier (9yrs), Supervisor (2yrs), Transportation Logistics Officer (1yr), Retail Support Officer (3yrs), Retail Business Manager (13yrs), Process Excellence Adviser (3yrs), Regional Director Process Excellence (Master Black Belt) (2yrs), National Director Process Engineering (2yrs).
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Director Engineering & Continuous Improvement
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Apr 2005 - Jun 2011
Responsibilities: Leading a Regional Team in processing design and improvement , leading teams of Engineers and Value Stream Specialists in the four Mail Processing Plants in Atlantic Canada. Achievements of the team under my leadership: • While holding this position I became certified as a Lean Black Belt and held the title Master Black Belt. • Created value through improving processing and reduce cost for the Admail handling process at the Moncton Mail Processing Plant (Moncton services as a hub for the Atlantic Region)• Supported improvement for mail processing at four Mail Processing Plants in Atlantic.• Introduced to the Region and led development of a ‘Council’ approach to managing key business objectives (Heath & Safety Council, Employee Engagement Council, Retail Council, Productivity Council, Customer Value Council). • Led the Engineering team through Postal Transformation deployment in three Atlantic Plants.
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Retail Business Manager
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Jan 1988 - Jan 2001
Oversight for Postal Operations and generating revenue for Post Offices in Halifax Metro Area to the South Shore of Nova Scotia (Halifax to Lunenburg, >30 Post Offices).Working with Corporate and the Private Network (Franchised Dealers) I lead the Atlantic Region's biggest territory, generating $13million in revenue annually and ensuring full complience to Operational Procedures to meet Delivery and Processing standards.
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Cartoonist
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Apr 2005 - 2009
Creator and illustrator for The Cox-Box - a Lean Six Sigma Cartoon Strip and other Lean Six Sigma training related cartoons.Breathing new life into the world of business process improvement isn’t easy. But I attempted do to just that. I recently finished work on a feature-length comic book – entitled “Another Crazy Idea?”with Mary Federico from US-based Rath & Strong Management Consultants. Folks at this leading firm live and breathe Lean and Six Sigma - methods used to pinpoint problems and cut waste out of business and manufacturing processes. The Lean and Six Sigma methods have been widely adopted by companies like Toyota, Wal-Mart and General Electric, to name a few. It’s all pretty dry stuff. But not since I put my creative drawing ability with my Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt skills and created the indomitable ‘Six Sigma Guy’ which lives through my strip; "The Cox-Box". This cartoon strip was my first foray into the world of cartooning on this topic. Those who know Six Sigma tools will appreciate the play on words from the "Box-Cox Transformation" used for data transformation. I started out doing the comic strip "The Cox-Box" with iSixSigma Magazine in 2005, posting bi-weekly cartoon blogs on their website and featured in each issue of their magazine; iSixSigma Magazine. Six Sigma Guy is the typical engineering nerd. He has glasses, he is balding, and he always wears a pocket protector. As it turned out the white collar international engineering community love him. I have since created cartoons for Lean Six Sigma consultants and trainers to be included in teaching and reference material.For information on how you can obtain copies of the Cox-Box or Another Crazy Idea? Contact me via LinkedIn or @ coxemail@eastlink.ca
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Chair
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Jan 1995 - Jan 1999
Sat as the Chair for the Burnside Business Committee; a branch of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Working with business owners and representatives coordinated leveraging our collective voices to develop plans to maximize the Burnside and Commodore Business Parks. Sat as the Chair for the Burnside Business Committee; a branch of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Working with business owners and representatives coordinated leveraging our collective voices to develop plans to maximize the Burnside and Commodore Business Parks.
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Education
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2005 - 2008
LEAN Manufacturing - Black Belt
Black Belt, LEAN Manufacturing -
2003 - 2005
Six Sigma Black Belt (Rath & Strong Management Consultants)
Black Belt, Six Sigma -
2001 - 2002
Saint Mary's University
Improving Organizational Behaviour, Operational Efficency -
1999 - 1999
Saint Mary's University
Marketing, Marketing
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