Mr. Jeffrey has a broad range of executive management experience having held senior management positions with various companies. Mr. Jeffrey's most recent position was President of FormaShape/Whitewater Composites Ltd. in Kelowna. In this position Mr. Jeffrey was focused on taking this manufacturing company to be the world leader in its expertise. With this objective as the goal, the Company changed its culture to become a Lean Enterprise, spent twice both the national and provincial averages on employee skills level training, used some of the highest technology in its sector of operations, and teamed with Okanagan College and both the University of British Columbia campuses on research and development projects. Under Mr. Jeffrey's guidance the Company reduced work-in-process from 1,175 parts to 67, reduced excessive travel by 80%, reduced raw material inventories by 61%, freed up 36% of plant space for additional work, and, most importantly, reduced order to delivery time from 22 days to 12 hours and between 4 to 6 hours on one value stream production line. The Company also became the industry leader in North America in resin transfer (closed) moulding, volume production. In three years productivity increased by 28% on the open mould value stream, while closed moulding saw a productivity increase of 46% over the same period. In March 2007, FormaShape was awarded "Innovative Organization of the Year" by the Okanagan Science & Technology Council recognizing a leading organization that has demonstrated innovation, leadership, sound business practices and community involvement in the research, development and/or application of science and technology. In October 2008 FormaShape won two more awards. One was the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce's Business Excellence Award for Big Business of the Year, and the second was the Canadian Innovation Award for Productivity Enhancement given at the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters' annual 2008 Innovation Awards.

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Peter Yakachuk has been involved in Lean enterprise systems and training for 7 years and in the manufacturing industry for more than 20 years. During his more than 18 years with his last company, Peter has been a critical advocate in the transition from a traditional manufacturing facility to a world-class Lean organization.

Peter is a certified trainer who helps companies, whether manufacturing or service providers, adopt Lean as the new enterprise culture and/or assist them on their Lean journey. Peter is also able to bring to an organization the Lean Simulation Strategy, which is unique in North America in that it combines the hands-on use of Lean tools with actual financial results in a one-day training session.

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