Dodd Starbird (Atlanta, GA) has 20 years of global business leadership expe�rience in consulting, strategy, sales, finance, manufacturing, systems, quality, operations, human resources, and distribution management.
Dodd began his career in 1990 with the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of captain, and in 1996 he joined Coors Brewing Company to lead two production teams and facilitate Lean process improve�ment efforts for its manufacturing operations. In his last role at Coors, Dodd led the warehouse and delivery operation for the company's flagship Denver distribution center. He spearheaded a number of high-profile Lean Six Sigma projects for Cordis, a Johnson & Johnson Company, and then in 2001 he began his career as a consultant, becoming a coowner of Implementation Partners in 2004.
In his current role as a managing partner, Dodd leads change efforts that consistently achieve exceptional results for clients by integrating best-in-class process redesign, team performance, and change management tools together with broad business management, engaging leadership, and deep strategy deployment experience.
Dodd has a bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the University of Denver. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Celeste, and their four children, James, Aspen, Autumn, and Jade.
Roland R. Cavanagh, PE, (Jamestown, RI) is the author of What Is Design for Six Sigma? and coauthor of the popular business books The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance and The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook: An Implementation Guide for Process Improvement Teams, published by McGraw-Hill.
Roland brings 34 years of leadership experience in consulting, product design, manufacturing, systems, quality, and operations to clients in industries ranging from energy, utilities, consumer products, retail, software and hardware to financial services, dis�tribution, and medical devices, worldwide.
He has a proven ability to get results for clients by leading break�through change efforts using world-class tools and his expertise in planning, designing, leading, and coaching the implementation of strategic business improvement deployments.
Roland has a bachelor of science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and is a Registered Professional Engineer (Mechanical). Roland and Jan Cavanagh live in Jamestown, Rhode Island, when they're not on their boat somewhere on the Eastern Seaboard or pestering their son, Barrett, who is pursuing degrees in mechanical engineering and engineer�ing management at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
