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David Willden

David Willden - CEO of Breakthrough Practices a Business Strategy Firm


David Willden CEO of Breakthrough Practices - a strategy and execution consulting & publishing firm.  Founder of Strategy-Keys.com, top website providing insights and best practices in Business Strategy & Execution.

David Willden's Background

David Willden's Experience

Senior Executive at Larry H Miller Group of Companies

2004 - 2008

Company owns and manages up to 200 sports (e.g., Utah Jazz), entertainment (movie theatres, sports centers & restaurants), real estate, and automotive businesses. Reported to Larry for special projects: • Conducted world-wide assessment and developed strategies for optimizing international logistic, finance, construction, manufacturing and welfare operations • Led planning and redesign of library, archive center, publications, museum, historical sites, and preservation operations • Program managed large-scale, highly visible publication initiatives • Oversaw redesign of one of largest theme restaurants in U.S.

Director, Corporate Projects at FranklinCovey

2001 - 2004

Direct report to CEO responsible for training, facilitating and providing oversight to corporate projects aligned with firm’s turnaround strategy • Trained, facilitated and/or led 70-90 concurrent product development, operational improvement, marketing and sales projects

VP, Strategy and Consulting Services at Employer Solutions Group

2000 - 2001

Responsible for strategy planning and management of consultants providing HR outsourcing services to 240 client companies • Company ranked number 1 in “top 25 under five” Utah award, “top 15 emerging elite” award, and “fasting growing” Utah award

Principal Consultant - Consulting Manager at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

1998 - 2000

• Responsible for management of 100+ Texas-based consultants • Generated 30-40% of all consulting engagement work. Texas one of top financially performing areas in region • Responsible for resource management, organizational development, career development, human resource planning and recruiting

Senior Management Consultant at EDS

1996 - 1999

• Provided business analysis, planning, process reengineering, and systems analysis consulting services. Team member in planning and developing high growth consulting practice • Project manager – designed best practice training, logistics, travel, finance, personnel, and security processes; developing customer service center model; analyzed current applications; defined technology requirements • Project manager - Assessed organization structures & information management processes; determined process costs; defined process improvements; outlined reengineering needs

Senior Management Advisor at National Security Agency

1983 - 1996

• Launched NSA’s strategic planning and quality management initiatives • Program manager for 100+ corporate process reengineering, process improvement, and organizational effectiveness projects • Successful in launching aggressive strategic planning practices • Facilitated travel reengineer process team that won USA Today Quality Cup Award; identified as one of four most successful NPR initiatives • National recognition winning U.S. Senate Quality and Productivity Award • Co-led reengineering of supply chain process (receiving, warehousing, distribution and purchasing functions) = 5 year projected savings of $175 million; cycle time reduction from 85 days to hours

CEO at Breakthrough Practices

2003

Parent Company Strategy & Turnaround Consulting, Publishing & Retail • Led business strategy and turn-around consulting initiatives for publication, entertainment, retail, financial and technology operations businesses or operations. • Partner and supplier for top retailer. • Publisher.

David Willden's Education

The Johns Hopkins University

1986 – 1989

M.S.


Brigham Young University

B.A.


David Willden's Interests & Activities

Fitness, Outdoors, Learning

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