About Kay

Catalyst, Coach, Consultant, Confidante...

        

Where Opportunity Meets Experience!

Kay is a Management Consultant, Improvement Strategist and Coach, Change Leader, Author and Speaker who partners with organizations to identify, value and capture lost opportunity and remove the organizational barriers that prevent sustainable change. Her simplified approach to improvement  gives clients repeatable common-sense processes for increasing productivity, reducing costs, solving problems and changing a culture.  Her first book titled "Building An Opportunity Culture" is available under Products/Books on this website.


 

Speaking Truly, Dealing Truly, Living Truly...
Kay graduated from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and is Founder and President of OptimiZ Consulting LLC. She has been helping organizations improve operational, financial and organizational performance for the past 37 years; for the past 15 years, she has shown thousands of people how to improve processes with a focus on lost opportunity. She has over 30 years of hands-on  experience with mobile/fixed plant equipment processes and their associated support functions (maintenance, purchasing, accounting, marketing, etc.) She has worked in 10 states, Canada, Australia and South America.


Kay is certified in quality improvement and is a CMC (Certified Management Consultant). Only 1% of all consultants are awarded this certification, which is earned through client testimonials, ethical practices, and a working knowledge of consulting processes that maximize client value.

 

She is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, National Speakers Association, American Society for Quality, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, and Arizona Book Publishers Association. She is a past member of the Arizona Quality Alliance, Institute of Management Accountants, Industrial Minerals Association of North America (Best Practice Chair), Arizona Mining Association (Public Relations Chair), Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix, and the Gilbert AZ Economic Development Council.

 
Kay has spoken at over 20 conferences and conventions in 7 states over the past 11 years. Her enlightening and motivational keynotes focus on changing perceptions about opportunity and the barriers that get in the way of improvement. She reveals how millions of dollars never appear on the bottom line each year as a result of missed opportunities, relates personal stories about the "people side of improvement", the barriers that keep us from improving, and empowers clients and audiences to step out of their comfort zones and courageously address problems that “eat their lunch” on a daily basis.


A Two-Fold Mission:

  * SOLVE THE PROBLEMS that STEAL YOUR PROFITS, SABOTAGE IMPROVEMENT and HURT PEOPLE.
  * MAXIMIZE FINANCIAL SUCCESS, TRANSFORM CULTURE and INCREASE MANAGEMENT CREDIBILITY.  


My Business Model Is Unique:
  • I am "the firm", so all my work reflects my personal standards for excellence.
  • I choose to work alone because I have total control over the quality of service supplied to my clients.
  • A small firm can be extremely effective at large operations with the right implementation strategy.
  • I hold myself accountable for the highest ethical standards.
  • I am honest about what I can do for you.
  • We will work as partners to achieve your goals.
  • I do my best to follow through on time with the quality promised.
  • Prior Clients: Freeport McMoran, Rio Tinto, Peabody Energy, Cleveland Cliffs, ICG, MDL, Desert Schools Credit Union, others.




OPPORTUNITY:
An odorless invisible element defined as a favorable set of circumstances in business. The only element with an infinite atomic number and weight. When discovered and captured, it reacts with improvement programs and corporate cultures to produce a desirable green substance found in financial institutions.