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Sherri Whitcher

Dr. Sherri Whitcher

EdD


How I Might Be Able to Assist

I love to help others with being successful in career, education, and life. My vast background of building a successful and winning business, along with my “can do” attitude is infectious.

My background in building positive relationships and caring for others is my part of fun.

Professional Projects or Initiatives of Interest

Spearheaded cross-functional initiative to achieve complete transformation of process improvements, achieved remarkable employee engagement scores, and built strong business partner relationships, achieving over $1M in cost avoidance within a year.

Secured $2.3M in state grant funds for critical skill training. Developed a coaching and mentoring forum for the enterprise and delivered the first test-out course for the Company. Led and managed a group of more than 50 employees, including several managers.

Background

Education

Doctoral in Leadership Development form Pepperdine
Masters of Science from Cal State Dominguez Hills
Bachelors in Business and minor in Marketing

Honorary Green Belt
Project and Program Management

Courses Taught

NGS – Continuous Improvement
UCI – Project Management and Six Sigma

Professional Experience

Boeing – Creative and Information Services
Accountable for regional creative services and proposal production delivery across the enterprise.
Director – Employee Development, Learning, Training and Development - Transformed the organization into an enterprise model. Developed a world-class Learning Together program, which is benchmarked by our competitors today.
Organizational Development - Led the chief engineer through center of excellence for employee engagement by utilizing Lean methodology, generated new tools, developed team collaboration centers, and started up the new critical skills talent management process.
Program Modification Manager - Managed a diverse group of technical employees. Developed and led the first center of excellence Project Management Organization (PMO)
Supplier Management – Senior Buyer, Program Manager – Modification Program Quality Manager and Manufacturing Manager Production Line

Publications and Lectures

Dissertation – Professional Development

Thesis – Process Variability Reduction in Manufacturing

Project Management – Boeing Leadership Center

Life in Building Aircraft – JPL

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