Ryan K Englund

Guides boards and executive leaders to successfully execute strategies, focusing on leadership commitment, organizational alignment, and performance measurement. Facilitates and develops management teams to achieve significant improvements in operations and to increase their rate of strategic learning. Leads corporate-wide value-improvement efforts that achieve dramatic business improvements. Country experience includes U.S., Canada, Brazil, England, Germany, Denmark, Abu Dhabi, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.

BALANCED SCORECARD EXPERIENCE and RESULTS (examples):

• As Vice President—Strategic Planning for a food ingredients company (2,000 employees), helped build BSC that became the agenda for monthly executive meetings. Linked BSC to budgets and to performance compensation. Profits exceeded targets sufficiently to earn 250% multiplier for employee bonuses.
  

• As Vice President—Manufacturing for a family food company, executed strategy through process improvements and team-based performance metrics, with variable compensation that included 500 union employees. Company profits increased 75% in four years.
  

• As a consultant, led development and cascading of strategy at a financial services company (7,000 employees) to five SBUs and four support units. Team-based measurement and incentives drove leadership agendas and process improvements. In two years, the firm doubled volume and increased net income 70%—during a period of rising interest expenses.
  

• As a consultant, helped the leadership team of a manufacturer extend strategy execution to include all employees. Linked incentive compensation and personal development plans to strategic outcomes at each level. Through three changes in leadership during the past ten years, the firm has held its position as the industry’s brand and profit leader.