About Us
The KDJ Group
The KDJ Group, LLC is an
organization of business consultants with expertise in developing or redefining
business models to achieve increased business growth and improved financial
profitability. The consultancy operates through a strategic alliance model. The
Group works with clients to achieve their business objectives chiefly through
application of a proprietary process known as ‘Strategic Management
Assurance’ (SMA).
The SMA process is designed to
develop our clients’ strategic intent into quantifiable operational
performance that creates a sustainable competitive advantage. In so doing the
process assures our clients’ that their strategic objectives are attained and
that they correspond to appropriate operational and financial metrics. This
approach yields significant improvement of our clients’ long-term value
resulting in appropriate top-end growth and/or bottom-line profitability.
KDJ Group clients consist of
public and non-profit companies; consulting engagements are both national and
international.
KDJ Group core competencies
include:
§ Strategic and Operational
Enterprise Performance Management and Measurement via Balanced Scorecard
Methodology
& Learning § Product
Lifecycle Management
§ Business Model Development and Optimization
§ Project/Process Management
KDJ Group Engagement Partners’ formal educational backgrounds include:
§ Ph.D.’s Systems
& Strategy § M.A. Management § M.B.A.
§ M.S. Electrical Engineering
§ B.S. Electrical Engineering
§ B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Kevin K. Johnson
KDJ Group, LLC
Kevin K. Johnson brings
over 25 years of progressive experience in engineering, information technology,
and management. He specializes in operations management, strategic management,
and systems optimization. He has a particular focus on developing business
initiatives that achieve competitive advantage. He has held positions of
increasing responsibility including project manager, information technology
manager, engineering manager, and technology manager. He has introduced a myriad
of successful new products and systemic solutions into various markets across a
number of highly competitive industries.
Mr. Johnson’s expertise spans
a wide array of organizational areas including strategic planning and
implementation, ‘Balanced Scorecard’ implementation, business process
optimization, expert system design, product lifecycle management,
technology-based business transformation, program and project management,
information technology integration, and team-based management processes. He has
worked with many well-known multinational manufacturing and software companies
including Robbins & Myers, PTC, Cooper Oil Tool, PMI Food Equipment
Corporation (Hobart Corporation), Bendix Corporation, and Cleveland Electric
Illuminating Company.
Mr. Johnson has earned
the degree of Master of Arts in Management from Antioch University’s McGregor
School of Management in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Additionally, he has earned a
degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State
University’s Fenn College of Engineering in Cleveland, Ohio. He has
affiliations with the Society of Professional Engineers, the Society of Plastics
Engineers, the National Black MBA Association, the American Management
Association, and the Project Management Institute. Mr. Johnson holds several
U.S. Patents.
Mr. Johnson has served as
adjunct professor of Strategic Management at Antioch University’s McGregor
School of Graduate Management. He is also a former instructor of Physics, Heat
Transfer, and Thermodynamics at Lorain County Community College in Ohio. Mr.
Johnson has been an active participant in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
He is a former Trustee of Dayton, Ohio Habitat for Humanity. Additionally, he
served as a task force member for the City of Dayton, Ohio’s Year 2000
mitigation program. Most recently, Mr. Johnson has served as Technology Chair
for the 2004 International Children’s Games in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Johnson currently serves as
Chairman of the Board of Directors at Fairhill Partners; a non-profit
organization located in Cleveland, OH that focuses on lifelong learning,
intergenerational relationships and successful aging
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