Mediator Profiles
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- Name
- Kenneth J. Gillig
- First Name
- Ken
- Last Name
- Gillig
- Metropolitan Area
- Chicago
- State
- IL
- Industries Served
- Consumer Products /CPG, Healthcare, Metals, Supply Chain, Technology
- Expertise
- General Business, Internet/IT, Operations, Project Management, Sales
- Associations
- Project Management Institute, Association for Business Process Management Professionals
- License or Certification
- PMP (Project Management), CBPP (Business Process Management), ITIL (IT Foundation)
- Business Background
- 45 years business experience in industry and professional services companies. Roles played had increasing responsibility from individual contributor through Manager, Director, Partner, Managing Director, and VP Product Development. Last 10 years as founder / President of a consulting practice.
- College or University
- University of Notre Dame, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago
- Degrees
- BS Mathematics, MS Computer Science, MBA Finance
- Biography
Ken Gillig has 45 years of experience in providing business leadership and technology management, implementing strategies and delivering expected growth and profits. He has had revenue and gross margin responsibility and has established a consistent career track record of successfully managed project initiatives. His experience can offer a valuable perspective to parties in conflict.
Ken’s strength is fostering a trusted working relationship between parties – both internal and with external suppliers, customers, competitors – to align their interests on common ground. He calmly listens then helps parties swiftly and cooperatively resolve critical issues, anticipate risks and minimize or avoid altogether troublesome barriers to resolution.
Drawing on a career focused on the execution of new initiatives, Ken has identified critical success factors common to solving business conflict: developing an unbiased fact base to help parties make decisions, establishing clear ownership of action plans and focusing on future results not past problems. Combining insightful analysis with an even-handed approach and an engaging sense of humor, Ken helps parties resolve even the most complex business issues.
- Testimonials
“Ken worked with us for 18 months, charged with the transition of 39 Europe, Russia, and Africa business units to a new operating model of processes, roles, and enabling technology. His extensive project management, multi-stakeholder alignment, organization change management, and de-risk management expertise were employed to achieve results in a rapidly moving, complex change initiative with tight deadlines. Ken mediated between each country’s leadership team/members and 17 separate project work stream leaders/teams to clarify and align mutual interests, especially related to implementing operations standardization goals for the new global business.”
Waukegan, Illinois
“Ken effectively managed the implementation of a new business change assurance service, as well as identifying and implementing improvements to existing business. Ken brought clear structure and process to the activities he managed which made delivery and success easily measurable. Ken also demonstrated that he was able to effectively work and communicate with a broad spectrum of individuals with varying interests across businesses and varying levels of the organization.”
Warrenville, Illinois
“Having worked with Ken as peer and as client his high standards in business delivery coupled with his uncompromising level of integrity are just several qualities he possesses. Ken’s superior intellect is only overshadowed by his humble collaborative approach that insures cooperative involvement from all executive levels involved.”
Chicago, Illinois
“I worked with Ken on a number of projects over 18 months. Ken was an especially strong project manager on some difficult projects, taking over a few things that were off plan and getting them back on track through good teamwork and leadership.”
Chicago, Illinois