Our Experts
Brad Schmidt
Brad is a Lean / Toyota Production System Consultant in Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, and Service functions since 1998 and has worked in Japan, Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East on implementing Lean and making a corporate culture change in many different settings.
Brad achieves great results across diverse industries. He is passionate about teaching and motivating the real experts – the people doing the work who are there to see how to take action.
Brad relishes opportunities to implement performance-increasing programs, in addition to training and sharing knowledge with internal leaders.
Born and raised in Japan, Brad has connected with Toyota Lean experts and was immersed in Lean thinking from an early age. Subsequently, Brad is also native in both English and Japanese.
Das Madhavan
Accomplished consultant with progressive leadership experience and passion for managing and leading CI teams globally through building a culture of CI in the workplace that is sustainable. Das collaborates and directs diverse corporate groups (Customer Service, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Legal, HR, etc.) to build customer-focused behaviors within leaders, managers, and associates to enable true CI-culture transformation. At the operational level, he directs and also leads diverse CI teams on enterprise-wide initiatives (cross-functional), with significant cost/revenue and efficiency gains.
Throughout his career, Das has led major enterprise-wide initiatives across various functional areas including customer service, customer research & investigations, marketing, billing and statement operations, and payment processing.
Ernesto Siroli
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is one of the world's leading consultants in the field of economic development. His first career steps were in International Aid in Africa in 1971 and have since worked in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and Asia in projects that promote local entrepreneurship and local self-determination.
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is a community iron man. He received a Laurea di Dottore in Political Sciences from Rome University in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development for Local Enterprise Facilitation from Murdoch University in 2004, Dr. Sirolli is the author of two books so far: "Ripples from the Zambezi" and: "How to start a business and ignite your life". In 2012 Dr. Sirolli gave a TEDx talk; "Shut up and Listen" a message that resonated and has been translated into 35 languages.
Huseyin Gungor
Dr. Hüseyin Güngör is an Adjunct Professor at CamEd Business School, focusing on Strategy Consulting, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, and Customer Experience.
His 20+ years of international experience includes investment & retail banking at HSBC, marketing & sales management at Philips, and top-tier strategy consulting at EY VODW and McKinsey.
Before consulting he was an investment and retail banker for Demirbank (HSBC), marketing manager for Philips, and head of savings accounts & call center for DHB Bank.
Currently, he is exploring Artificial Intelligence in Customer Experience, Strategy, and Marketing.
Dr. Güngör obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam, where he also lectures on Strategy Consulting, Marketing, and Artificial Intelligence Strategy.
Pishu Ganglani
Pishu Ganglani has over 25 years of international experience in Financial Markets covering operations in Treasury, Sales, IT, and core operations in the banking and insurance markets collaborating with different companies worldwide. He specializes in transforming Sales operations to significantly increase sales agent productivity, employee engagement, and customer experience.
Pishu is a founder of BuyBack Bazaar Technologies and created the world's first Credit Exchange connecting SMEs to individuals via an auction marketplace to provide instant, safe and secure funding.
During his career as a Senior Consultant, he has developed and implemented at-scale transformation programs for banks and insurance companies around the world. He has also successfully applied these principles to other industries including Telecom and Healthcare.