Alex McDonnell

Education
MSc in Strategic Quality Management/Lean Six Sigma; MBA from the University of Limerick in Ireland; BA in Management; Systems & Business Dynamics course at MIT.  Alex is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Career
Before moving into consulting, Alex had over 25 years senior management and board level experience in multinational companies in Ireland and internationally. Highlights include:

• 10 years at Ericsson (IT, engineering and management positions).
• CEO and founder of Technodisc.
• GM Europe (later CEO) of IDOC Inc, developing a $7m technology localisation business into a world class operation. Through a combined growth/consolidation strategy, the entity (Bowne Global Solutions) became a $400m global business leader.
• GM for Dell’s Factory Outlet Business across Europe Middle East & Africa.  Start-up business from $5m in revenues to over $70m in 18 months.
• Director of Business Excellence at Eircom.
• Board member of Ask Jeeves Europe

Strengths
Alex is passionate about developing Operational Excellence as a core organisation competence.  He works with organisations from CEO to front line teams to develop their operational/execution competencies, dramatically improving productivity, effectiveness and execution.  Alex has an exceptional track record in improving business performance, customer satisfaction and employee morale in a wide variety of organisations.

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