About Dan


Improve Results - Reduce Waste - Engage Teams

Daniel Estby 

Greenville, South Carolina        
ddestby@gmail.com
614.562.6291

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Results oriented, utilizing process and tools to unlock the potential in teams

Championing adaptability and collaboration to achieve meaningful outcomes

Fostering effective, empowered teams and driving continuous improvement 

Tool Kit

  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Scrum / Kanban / SAFe / LeSS
  • Project / Program Management
  • Facilitation / Coaching / Training
  • Leadership / Team Development
  • Change Management / Enablement

Proven Results

Optimization / Continuous Improvement

  • Marketing Team Realignment – Reduced Cycle time (12%)
  • Process redesign – Eliminated team handoffs (32%), improved cycle time (18%)
  • Product Team Garages – Reduced Dependencies (28%), improved speed to outcomes (15%)

Global / Large-Scale Transformations

  • PLM transformation -3K associates across 16 countries
  • Offshore customer service functions
  • Ecommerce site replatform

Organizational Design / Change Management

  • Enterprise Marketing –2k associates evolve to product teams
  • Enterprise Function realignment (Finance, HR, Risk, Legal)

Leadership / Team Development

  • Executive Team workshops and Coaching
  • Team Health Assessment and Improvement
  • Transition to empowered continuous improvement

Experience

2022 - Principal Financial Group - Transformaiton Leader, Organizational Agility
2018 - Wells Fargo - Senior Product and Agility Coach
2015 - Measurable Results, LLC - Change and Agility Consultant
2014 - LBrands - Director of Brand Strategy and Integration
2011 - Express - Director, Enterprise Project Management
2006 - Measurable Results, LLC - Change / PMO Consultant
2003 - JP Morgan Chase - Manager, Continuious Improvement and PMO
2000 - Worthington Industries - Manager, PMO, Training and Communications
1997 - SARCOM - Manager, Solution Architecture

Education

South Dakota State University - Sociology
Northern State University - Counseling
Eastern Illinois University - Educational Psychology
Ohio State University - Innovation Management








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