Ph.D., Darrell Casey

As an internationally recognized leader and expert in lean systems implementations, transformative engagement and organizational effectiveness that creates sustainable competitive advantage; Dr. Casey understands what it takes to thrive in today's global economy as a catalyst of distinctive competencies within organizations.

Dr. Casey is currently with Ryder System, Inc. Darrell has more than 18 years of experience spanning all facets of operations management, lean and change leadership. During the course of his career, Darrell served as a leader of operations excellence and organizational development with National Grid, University of Maryland Medical System, The Christ Hospital, Gates Corporation and Ingersoll Rand. He has worked in manufacturing, maintenance, supply chain, and product development in Thomson Consumer Electronics, Eaton Corporation, and Navistar International. Darrell's work has been around the globe including; China, Brazil, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Spain, and the UK.

Dr. Casey holds his PhD Business Administration (Organizational Leadership) from Kennedy-Western University, M.S. and B.A. in Technology from Eastern Illinois University. Dr. Casey is a Certified Strategic Management Analyst and a Fellow of the Graduate Academy of Management. He has been a faculty member at the Community College of the Air Force, Hutchinson Community College, Kansas and Ivy Tech State College, Indiana.

In addition to unparalleled industry and consulting experience, Dr. Casey has published "The Role of Change Leadership in an Operations Excellence Model" and "Strategic Lean Transformation: Turning Traditional Lean Paradigms into Distinctive Competencies” and his forthcoming book titled “Behaving for Change; Leadership, Experiences, Beliefs and Behaviors that Enable Exceptional Performance” He regularly speaks to executive leadership teams on the topics of Lean Enterprise, Transformative Engagement and Organizational Effectiveness.