Ken Branco
R.E.V.V. Founder, Principal, Account Executive

Ken Branco provides management consulting and comprehensive training to a wide variety of industries and enterprises. His forte is development of the Lean Enterprise. Ken guides organizations to significant, measurable improvement in productivity, quality, lead time and customer service. He has nearly 30 years of business experience, encompassing engineering, information systems, leadership, training and consulting. Ken’s focus is on client success through self-sufficiency. He has successfully trained, facilitated, and/or managed well over two hundred teams, from senior management to the shop floor.

Areas of Practice (Creating the Lean Enterprise)

• Lean assessment, transformation plan development.
• Plant and Office layout for flow.
• Work analysis, line balancing, constraint identification and removal.
• Process redesign and implementation (total value system).
• Setup reduction for flexibility and flow.
• Lean materials and knowledge (replenishment, supply chain).
• Individual and organizational development toward the Lean Enterprise.

• BSEE, University of Massachusetts at North Dartmouth
• Production/Inventory Management, APICS Certified
• Time Based Management, Boston Consulting Group
• Total Quality, Philip Crosby Quality College
• Organizational Systems Design, OSD Alliance
• Synchronous Manufacturing, Spectrum Management Group

• Founder and Principal, R.E.V.V. International (1992-Present)
• Managing Consultant, Time Based Management, ABB (90-91)
• Director, Manufacturing Systems, Combustion Engineering (89-90)
• Manager, Integrated Programs, Motorola Codex (86-88)
• Principal Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Codex (83-86)

• Bubble Bursting (Article, Executive Excellence (May 1996)
• PowerTools!: Building High Performance Organizations (1996)
• Making Traffic Flow I and II: Implementing Lean Businesses
  (Articles Valve Magazine, Fall/Winter 2000)