Welcome to Summerhill Associates

Summerhill Associates works with small to mid-sized companies to improve individual and process capability economically.

  • We link people, processes, and performance.
  • We build systems to create high performance teams.
  • We build on Success.

Summerhill Associates is:

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. More about Gary...

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. More about Elaine...

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. More about Mark...

Service Description

Summerhill Associates will work with you...
to improve and unify individual and operational capabilities

We provide

  • Staffing for controlled scale-up and succession planning
  • Role definition and process improvements
  • Performance Review and Management System to match individual capability with operational requirements
  • Process Mapping for efficiency, cost reduction, and improved profitability
  • Procedures to reduce risk
  • Assessment of levels of expertise and training to improve functional capability

We offer consulting services

  • Human Resources - Benefit & Compensation Programs, Employee Handbooks, Job Descriptions, Policies and Procedures, Staffing, Strategic Alignment of Human Resources, Training
  • Quality - Process Mapping, Process Verification and Validation, Understanding Variation, Process Improvement
  • Engineering Program Management
  • Product Reliability - Measurement and Improvement
  • Culture and Leadership Assessment and Development

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