Experience
David M. Sparks
TPS Lean Manufacturing & Supply Chain Specialist
David is a TPS Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Specialist with extensive experience managing manufacturing & distribution organizations in both the U.S. and Mexico for Multinational Fortune 500 companies and Private Equity.
His Lean Business System experience ranges across Automotive, Commercial Vehicles, Industrial Automation and Big Box Retail manufacturing. David is bilingual and bicultural and has held Americas multi plant leadership positions, to include Director of Operations, General Manager, and Chief Operating Officer.
David has led multiple manufacturing plant and product transfers including greenfield plant construction and start up. He specializes in manufacturing business optimization through Lean Business System implementation.
Core Focus Areas:
- Management hierarchy transformation
- Gemba stabilization & Kaizen Continuous Improvements
- Financial accountability & alignment
- Strategy planning and High Performance Associate Engagement
Michael Womack
Operational Partner & Strategy Executive
Michael brings over two decades of high-level strategic deployment and operational excellence to the Real World Lean team. He has a proven track record of bridging the critical gaps between executive vision and floor-level execution.
Specializing in interim leadership and crisis management, Michael has successfully navigated complex organizational turnarounds, ensuring that management engagement and financial objectives are perfectly aligned with production realities.
His expertise in deploying multi-tier indicators and developing rigorous management training programs ensures that the improvements implemented are not just immediate, but culturally sustainable for the long term.
Core Focus Areas:
- Interim C-Suite Leadership & Crisis Management
- Strategic Planning & Multi-tier Indicator Deployment
- Financial Budgeting Alignment