Coaching comes naturally to each of the P² team members. We have all benefited from expert instruction in sports and business, so we take the chance to help our customers in this way quite seriously. Coaching occurs as a part of implementation and assessment, and as a follow-up to training. We know that our success is directly tied to the success of our customers. We often coach for free, as we just can't hold back, but more extensive coaching in groups or individual appointments are available at a contracted rate.

P² team members constantly gather best-practices as they work with all aspects of business. Each of us has also prepared, through education and experience, to provide specialized service. Here are several examples of those team members and their specialties:

Leslie Pickering
Leslie Pickering is an engineer with twenty seven years of international process improvement experience in the packaging industry. With a degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering Les has held responsibility for maintenance, supervision, training, and installation of machines that consistently out perform the competition two to five fold.

Les has gathered best practices from Europe, Asia, Australia, and now America to build Lean solutions for the paper, glass, and plastic industries.

Scott Ellis EdD
Scott Ellis facilitates individual and organizational growth. With advanced degrees and licensure in Counseling and Educational Psychology, and more than 16 years in the packaging industry, Scott is equipped to address the people side of the business. His expertise includes training, development, employee selection, HR, and the constraints caused by policy & personality.

Dr. Ellis provides leaders with Executive Coaching to help them manage change and even develop their skills for an accelerated lean transformation.

Scott Heilmann
Scott's industry experience began in plant operations. He spent three years working as a Project Engineer and later as a Production Supervisor. Mr. Heilmann earned a BS in Industrial Technology from California Polytechnic Institute and has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific.

He has worked with packaging industry clients implementing Lean Manufacturing on the production floor. He is particularly skilled in the areas of training, leading Kaizen teams, standardizing operating procedures, and Value Stream Mapping.

David Levy
Dave Levy has 30 years of experience in the paperboard packaging industry. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. He has served on boards for industry associations as well as privately held companies.

His area of expertise includes all facets of plant operations, customer service, administration, organization development, and sales and marketing. His responsibilities have included leadership of converting facilities, paper mills, and product development.

Victor Pinto
Victor has fourteen years of experience in the packaging industry with expertise in corrugated and folding carton converting facilities. Mr. Pinto is a graduate of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas with both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

He was worked for domestic and European-based equipment manufacturers in field engineering, research and development, design, marketing, and sales. Mr. Pinto has also been involved in private consulting where he trained plant personnel to improve in production and maintenance areas, and analyze existing processes and practices to streamline operations. Victor brings a unique blend of manufacturing experience as well as multi-lingual skills to complement its existing resources.