James Mcdonough's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

James McDonough has over 5 years of experience as an Operations and Maintenance Specialist with British Columbia, Canada’s largest consumer electronics retailer Catalyst Paper. His experience extends to working with various stakeholders in the Implementation and Control of Processes, decreased waste and increased production while shutdowning heavy industrial manufacturing plants.McDonough was educated at the University of Manitoba in Canada, where he earned a B.S. in Business Administration. After completing his undergraduate studies, McDonough worked as an Accounts payable clerk at a local bank. He then spent 3 years as an Operations Manager at a heavy industrial manufacturing plant, where he learned how to shutdown plants and improve efficiency.McDonough has experience working with different types of organizations andHe is currently a Founder and CEO at SEE Forge creators of FAT FINGER in Houston, Texas Area. FAT FINGER empowers front-line workers to rapidly create digital procedures that drive Operational Excellence. In seconds anyone can create enterprise apps using an easy drag-and-drop no code builder. FAT FINGER then uses machine learning to coach app users in real-time to make safer and improved decisions.Based in Houston, Texas FAT FINGER focuses on disrupting industrial operations with an initial focus in manufacturing, energy and chemicals. Current investors include the Mercury Fund, Correlation Ventures and SURGE Ventures.Try FAT FINGER for free @ www.fatfinger.io. Manager - Strategy & Operational Excellence Management Consulting at Deloitte Consulting from February 2011 to 2012 (1 year) in Perth, Australia. Manager in Strategy and Operational Excellence Management Consulting- Lead & managed Operational Excellence / LEAN Six Sigma projects for a global mining company- Assisted in proposal development and consulting engagement sales- Conducted case interviews for recruitment of management consultants- Received shining star awards for successful delivery of consulting projects. Management Consultant at Renoir Consulting from January 2010 to January 2011 (1 year 1 month) in Australia & Malaysia Operational Excellence Projects. Oil & Gas (Australia)Delivered a cross-functional Contractor Management project to eliminate waste, and improve productivity, in the creation, execution and management of contracted services for a global onshore upstream oil and gas provider.Property Development (Malaysia)Key contributor in identifying organisational and operational waste resulting in the sale of a business improvement engagement for one of Asia’s largest property developers. Founder & CEO at McDonough Consulting from 2007 to May 2010 (3 years) in Perth, Australia. Multinational Project Experience:Past client locations and industry experience include: Australia-Financial Services, Canada-Personal Apparel, British Virgin Islands-HospitalityCommercial Advisory Experience:• Restructuring and repositioning of core vision and strategic plans• Cost reduction recognition and business process improvements• Organizational goal & objective planning• Financial analysis with excel modelling• Creation and implementation of strategic marketing plan• Physical infrastructure and IT system evaluation, design, implementation and training• Human resource management improvements• Industry and competitor analysisExecutive Coaching Experience:• Organisation, planning and daily processes improvements• Leadership feedback and development. Management Consultant at The Government of Western Australia from July 2009 to January 2010 (7 months) in Perth

🎓 Education

James McDonough has aBackground in Black Belt and Master of Business Administration from 2010-2015. Additionally, he has an appointment with Murdoch University in Australia where he holds a Master of Business Administration degree in 2008. Additionally, he has an appointment at J.F.Oberlin University in Cleveland, Ohio where he holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from 2003-2007. James has traveled extensively throughout Asia since his early years and has acquired expertise in a variety of different climates and cultures. James McDonough is presently living in Brisbane, Australia where he is taking the final steps in his Administrative Assistant degree.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

James McDonough has a Bachelor of Science in business administration from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. He also has 4 years of experience as a business process modeler and analyst, most recently at Best Buy where he managed the business processes within the company. Outside of his work experience, James McDonough lectureuates at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where he co-director of the Master's in Business Administration program in Strategic Management and Innovation.