Biography
Gary Jedynak is a co-founder of Summerhill
Associates and has setup quality teams and quality systems in a wide spectrum
of high tech and manufacturing technologies: e-learning, scientific measurement,
bio-medical devices, avionics, printed & integrated circuit fabrication, and
web printing processes.
In software development as well as discrete manufacture he strives
to implement these methods paying close attention to working with
leaders to make processes simple, glance visible, and economical.
He believes when people understand the processes they own, the
processes and operators become more capable and profitable. He
has extensive experience implementing processes in a distributed
environment.
Gary is founder of Collaborative for Software Developers and Innovators. See
CSDI.
Gary has worked with Elaine for many years to show the benefits
of a people oriented/developmental staging approach to implementation
of any new system or process. With this approach new growth is
added to existing capability recognizing the practicalities at
each level of growth. Starting over or extensive retraining or
documentation is not necessary. Things that don't work are eliminated
and gaps are filled by use of quality methods to build a system
that works better each day. People thus understand where they
are and where they are going at an accelerating pace. The focus
is on people understanding the systems they are building from
the ground up.
Gary received his BSEE degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Elaine Pattison is a co-founder of Summerhill
Associates and a senior Human Resources practitioner with experience
in staffing, employee development, performance management systems,
and compensation programs in Fortune 500 companies as well as
start-up organizations. She has successfully implemented Developmental
Stages of Expertise
SM
with Behaviorally Anchored Self-Assessment (BASA) in a manufacturing company.
In addition to her work in Human Resources,
she has implemented strategic company-wide Quality Systems. Her
use of quality methods has helped unify company resources to improve
processes, procedures, and document management systems. Her work
is focused on improving individual and process capabilities in high
tech manufacturing companies.
Elaine received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN.
Mark Komen is a Summerhill Associate
and president of Kodyne, Inc., a management
consulting company based in Plymouth, MN. Along with 15 years
as Kodyne's president, Mark has 30 years
of electronics industry product development and engineering management
experience.
Kodyne's focus is the people
side of getting work done. Mark uses a systems approach for individual,
management, and leadership development; building high-performing
teams; coaching; organizational culture assessment; and general
management consulting and facilitation.
Mark holds BSEE and Master of Engineering degrees from the University
of Kansas and an MA degree in Organizational Leadership from the College
of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN.
Visit Kodyne's web site at www.kodyne.com