Indiana
Brad uses Strategic Doing to achieve transformation in large organizations. He has extensive experience is operations and maintenance and is currently helping Evonik re-imagine maintenance and reliability in manufacturing. He also has several projects running that are working toward implementation of modern digital tools. Think about “automation” while thinking about business processes and you’ll line up with Brad. He is certified in Strategic Doing with 15 years of work experience in two industries: oilfield services and pharmaceutical manufacturing. He worked for Schlumberger for 13 years in their Wireline business segment and gained experience in operational systems, asset management, and technology development and commercialization. Brad has an engineering degree from Purdue (BSME with EE minor) and is currently employed by Evonik in Lafayette, IN.
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Mel Edwards is a lead instructional designer at Purdue University, Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM), Certified Career and Education Advisor, educator, community leader, author, and more.
If you wonder how one woman might have so many titles, you need to understand that Mel is a lifelong do-er. Because we are as strong as our personal interest, drive, networks, and vision, Mel knew once she was introduced to Strategic Doing that she found a framework she could happily share with others. This is why she now uses Strategic Doing to help others leverage their assets, act, and make decisions quickly and effectively for measurable results within weeks instead of years.
Are you looking for an experienced neighborhood coalition leader, nonprofit collaborator, professional network facilitator, and Strategic Doing workshop leader to help your project along? Mel has this background, and is happy to lead your Strategic Doing workshop, and employ her other areas of expertise to help your group move forward.
Jennifer Hunter is the Director of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at Purdue University’s (FW) College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, a Certified Strategic Doing Leader and Co-Founder of Gensyn Design.
Regardless of the role, Jennifer’s focus is on creating collaborative experiences that lead to meaningful outcomes. For over 20 years, she has worked to guide change efforts, serving as a catalyst to introduce and explore new ideas, possibilities and connections. She strives to build strong relationships while also providing a clear and organized process for working together, making sure to manage shared expectations.
Jennifer’s experience in project and process management, leading teams, and strategic planning have inspired the development of many new ideas, where she helps others integrate their areas of interest and need with others. She is a systems-thinker who sees the big picture and helps others connect around it. In her role at Purdue, she has been instrumental in leading collaborative projects between the university and industry, leading to improved capability and digital transformation of manufacturers throughout the region.
With experience working in a variety of contexts, Jennifer’s recent projects have included academic, manufacturing, healthcare, and nonprofit groups. She embraced Strategic Doing after seeing the significant impact on her ability to guide teams towards meaningful outcomes, particularly those involving complex collaborations between people from multiple groups.
Jennifer is available to guide remote workshops and events, using virtual collaboration tools such as MURAL to create safe spaces for groups to work when they are not physically together.
The associate director at the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab, A social scientist who has studied and practiced strategy and collaboration since 1992, Scott Hutcheson’s focus is on designing tools and learning experiences related to collaborative, agile approaches for doing complex work. He has applied his work in diverse settings like economic development, innovation, business growth, and social change.
Scott has been engaged by nearly 400 industry, public sector, higher education, and nonprofit clients in 30 U.S. states and internationally.
His teaching at Purdue focuses on helping engineering technology students build their skills in agile approaches, collaboration, strategy, and project management.
Scott has a Ph.D. in public policy, a masters in public administration, and an undergraduate degree in theater. His doctoral research was on effective strategy in economic development.
Judy Johnson joined the Washington County Community Foundation in 2001 as the Executive Director. She has served on several community foundation committees at the state level, including: Marketing Committee, Professional Development Committee, Education Committee, Leadership Retreat Planning Committee, State Conference Planning Committee and EPIC. Judy is currently serving as the Past Chair of the Community Foundation State Committee (after chairing the committee for two years) and serves on the Board of Directors for Align Southern Indiana.
During her tenure at the Washington County Community Foundation, she has initiated several programs including:
the Washington County Youth Foundation
Youth First, a youth development program
Education Matters, assists adults return to college and complete their degree
The Happily Ever After Project, focuses on early literacy
Prior to joining the Washington County Community Foundation, she worked in Healthcare (as a Respiratory Therapist), Human Resources (Vice President of Human Resources for Advanced Care Medicine and Continental Medical Systems) and Education (Instructor at Vincennes University and the University of Louisville.) Judy holds degrees in Business and Respiratory Therapy.
Julia King currently serves Purdue University as Director of the Office for Industrial Experience in the School of Mechanical Engineering. In this role, she connects undergraduate ME students with industry through employment opportunities, international experiences, and sponsor networks.
Prior to joining Purdue, Julia spent over twenty years in industry at IMMI and General Motors. At IMMI, she served on the executive team, lead application engineering and program management, and served as a research & development engineer. At General Motors, she served in multiple airbag system engineering roles. Julia has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Ed is Director of the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama, and was the founder of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab. Ed’s work emphasizes the strategic value of focused regional collaborations and open innovation, network-based models in today’s global economy.
Ed is the developer of Strategic Doing to accelerate collaborations, now widely used across the U.S. and is now gaining attention internationally. His work won the first Arthur D. Little Award for excellence in economic development presented by the American Economic Development Council.
Prior to starting his economic development work, Ed worked for Telesis, a corporate strategy consulting firm. In this position, he served on consulting teams for clients such as Ford Motor Company, Volvo, and General Electric. He conducted manufacturing cost studies in the U.S., Japan, Mexico, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and France.
Ed started his professional career in Washington, D.C., where he has served as a legislative assistant to an Ohio Congressman, staff attorney in the Federal Trade Commission, and staff counsel in the US Senate. He holds a BA degree cum laude with honors from Yale University and MBA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia.
