Joseph Loehr, Management Consultant; worked with Mike at JLA Consulting in 1993
“Michael was terrific at bringing order out of chaos. In a highly politicized environment, he consistently worked to create breakthrough progress through creating great relationships, applying creative and highly adaptive problem-solving and courageous personal leadership. Michael would be a terrific partner in almost any endeavor given his wide breadth of skills and experience. He'll land on his feet in any situation.”
Andrea Scully, Manufacturing Engineering Program Manager; worked with Mike at AMD in 2008
“Mike is an incredible communicator. He has an instinctive ability to paint the verbal/written picture that ties people and ideas to business objectives creating that little thing we in the business world like to call "vision." A consummate, results-oriented professional, Mike always seeks to understand before executing to ensure that he's getting the right things done to meet the needs of the customer and the objectives of the business.”
Karen Turnquest, Program Manager and Lean Change Agent; worked with Mike at AMD in 2008
“Michael is an excellent program manager who sees the business holistically. He clearly understands the importance of and has the ability to connect with both internal and external customers in order to understand what that customer considers to be valuable. In addition, he is very good at assessing customer needs when crafting an execution plan to achieve business objectives. Michael served as my mentor and to other co-workers as we worked to fine tune this skill and create continuous improvement plans for organizations throughout AMD.”
Susan Kirkpatrick , Program Manager and Lean Change Agent; worked with Mike at AMD in 2008
“Michael is ethical, good natured, thorough, organized, effective, efficient, and dependable. Michael is such a positive presence in the office - one of the few managers in my organization who believed that management was a role of service. He was not afraid to do the bold thing or the right thing if he believed the employees around him would benefit from his actions. During my years of working with Michael I have been impressed with his strength of character, his ability to motivate others to action, and business acumen. Michael is excellent at handling large scale projects. He is able to explain concepts such that everyone from the janitor to the CEO not only understand the work, but are behind him 110% by the time he is through speaking.“ July 21, 2008 - Worked indirectly for Michael at AMD