Better Results is built on a foundation of highly qualified individuals who have been involved in TQM / Kaizen / LEAN Enterprise / 6 Sigma processes for over 2 decades.

Our combination of expertise and experience provides you with the Better Results that we guarantee.

Take a look at our qualifications.

Brad Lyons :

Bradley has 20 years business management experience including the design and development of organization and management systems. His business experience ranges from franchise management to comptroller of a manufacturing, wholesale, retail distribution company to owning and operating his own businesses.

The past 13 years he has been an independent Quality Management/Lean Manufacturing/business consultant conducting private and public workshops internationally. He has consulted Fortune 100 companies in addition to small organizations.

Since 1990 to present as principal consultant for BetterResults Guaranteed (Atlanta, GA), he has taken clients, through a directed process, from creating Vision and Mission statements and the Strategic Plans, to implementing the systemic changes required to achieve management's goals and objectives.

He has developed and led seminars and workshops for public and "in-house" Lean/Quality/Leadership programs. Additionally, he has co-developed training courseware and related licensed products used to deliver "Train the Trainer" workshops to his clients.




Rodney Bogash:

Rodney's Master Black Belt Six Sigma certification from GE, combined with his background in Strategic Planning, Process Re-engineering, Marketing and Sales has prepared him to help clients meet the challenges of the constantly changing business and customer needs.

His experience as a Master Black Belt allows him to guide companies that are readying themselves for 6 Sigma Implementation or wants to enhance their current efforts or wants to explore the possibilities of a 6 Sigma project to solve specific tactical challenges.

Rod specializes in the optimization of business process capabilities to achieve organizational excellence and has extensive experience counseling and coaching executive level decision makers in developing and implementing strategies for operational and organizational change.

Rodney has more than 14 years of experience in small business and Fortune 100 corporations, as well as in the nonprofit sector. He has held senior management staff and operation positions.

Rodney earned an MBA Degree from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Penn State University. He holds certifications as a Quality Manager, Quality Analyst and Quality Management Systems Instructor.

He is a member of the Georgia Oglethorpe Board of Examiners and a member of the American Society for Quality.



Martin Donegani :

Martin has over 18 years consulting and manufacturing management experience. He has extensive experience in World Class and Lean-manufacturing techniques especially as applied to Pull planning and scheduling, systems analysis and augmentation to achieve optimized Order-to-Cash management.

He has also significant experience in On-Time performance improvements, Supply Chain, VMI and Kanban inventory management using Kaizen approaches. He has worked on and directed engagements in high volume manufacturing, engineered to order manufacturing, textiles and the automotive industries.

Some of the highlights of Mr. Donegani's accomplishments are:

· The design and implementation of an electronic pull scheduling application to augment a Lean/Flow focused factory, manufacturing steel doors. This achieved a 13% increase in throughput and a 21% reduction in inventory within 2 months of implementation.

· Worked with a leading telecommunications company to develop and implement a web-based shortage escalation tool to free gated revenues of over 300 million dollars.

· Developed and implemented a wheel sequential scheduling system to increase utilization and improve output in a leading pharmaceutical company. Output was increased using this scheduling and other Lean techniques 42%.

· Developed and implemented a Supply Chain management application to replace an MRPII module to assist a pump manufacturer to raise On-Time performance from 53% to 91% within 4 months and reduce excessive inventories by over 23% during the same time frame. This was also supporting Shop Floor Lean activities.

· Implemented a Customer Demand Management application incorporating electronic Kanban both internally and externally for a high volume, air valve manufacturer. When combined with a Lean initiative it allowed for the reduction of 40% of shop floor space, 37% reduction in inventories and Order-to-Cash went from 3 weeks to 72 hours.

Mr. Donegani's degrees are in Economics from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC.

Andy Arnold:

Andy Arnold holds a Ph.D. in Business Management from Rushmore University, and is author of the book "Excellence Unlimited: Ten Keys to Building and Sustaining Peak Performance in Any Business or Government Organization".

For more than 22 years, Dr. Arnold has helped hundreds of clients achieve significant improvements in performance, including millions of dollars in cost savings, and productivity increases of up to 100%.

For 12 years prior, he held management positions ranging from supervisor to plant manager in companies such as Firestone Tire & Rubber and MacGregor Golf.

Dr. Arnold has management and consulting experience in a wide variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, distribution, utilities, telecommunications, education, banking, health care, and state, local, and federal government. Some of Dr. Arnold's former clients include:

· General Motors
· Motorola
· Bristol Meyers Squibb
· Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
· Georgia Department of Administrative Services
· Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN
· Norfolk Naval Shipyard
· San Diego Federal Industrial Supply Center
· Broward County, FL Board of Education
· MacMillan Publishing
· Boeing
· U.S. Postal Service
· Consolidated Edison New York
· Charleston Naval Shipyard
· Fortunoff Department Stores
· Greater Orlando Airport Authority
· Liberty University
· Orange County, FL, Chamber of Commerce
· Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
· Florida Department of Motor Vehicles

Dale Farthing :

Dale Farthing possesses over 14 years experience in automotive, aerospace, technology and office furniture manufacturing environments performing duties of Business management consultant, manufacturing manager, rapid continuous improvement manager, quality control manager, process engineering, training & development specialist and floor supervisor.

He has worked with the following companies:

• Pathways Consulting Inc.
• The HON Company
• B and D Auto Salvage
• KI (USA)
• Excel Laminates
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing

Mr. Farthing has participated in extensive training programs in both management and the complete Kaizen Methodology.

Mr. Farthing holds a degree in Industrial Electrical Technologies from Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky