Dr. William Harvey, RBLP-T — Program Manager
I’ve stood on plant floors at 2am trying to figure out why a system that looked right on paper was producing the wrong results. The answer was almost never the process. It was almost always the conditions the process was living inside. That question has shaped everything I do professionally. I work at the intersection of organizational development, continuous improvement, and AI-augmented leadership, diagnosing what’s really stopping organizations from learning and building the conditions that make transformation durable. Most improvement initiatives stall because the human infrastructure underneath them was never built. Strategy fragments when structure and daily behavior pull in different directions. Change stalls when leaders inherit initiatives nobody helped them own. I’ve watched this pattern repeat across manufacturing and specialty chemical environments for over two decades, and I’ve spent that same time learning how to interrupt it. My operational background spans plant management, multi-site leadership, and strategic program ownership across startup, stabilization, and transformation environments. I’ve led teams through sustained improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and cost by building systems where the right behaviors become the path of least resistance. I measure success by how little heroics are required to maintain results. The discipline I bring to this work didn’t start in a boardroom or a university. It started in the Marine Corps, where I learned that structure, precision, and accountability aren’t constraints on people. They’re conditions that let people perform at their highest level. That belief stays with me. Outside of work I’m a devoted husband, father of four, a 49ers faithful, and someone who does his best thinking on a morning walk or an around a late night campfire. I take leadership seriously because the decisions made at the top of a system shape thousands of choices downstream, most of them invisible to the people who made the original call.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Manufacturing Operations Leader with expertise in Continuous Improvement and Organizational Development.
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Experience: 22 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Leadership
- Project Management
- General Management
- Quality Management
- Organizational Development
- Lean Six Sigma
Career Highlights
- Expert in diagnosing organizational learning barriers.
- Proven track record in operational excellence and leadership.
- Innovative leader in AI and continuous improvement initiatives.
Work Experience
Michelman
Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives (2 mos)
Plant Manager (4 yrs 2 mos)
ASQ - World Headquarters
ASQ Cincinnati Section Past Chair (2 yrs 2 mos)
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
AME Milwaukee 2026 Conference Chair (2 yrs 10 mos)
University of Cincinnati
Annual Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance, Business, & Marketing (3 yrs 7 mos)
Annual Adjunct Instructor of Finance, Business, & Marketing (4 yrs 11 mos)
Peter Cremer North America, LP
Plant Manager | NA New Business Initiative Leader | NA CapEx Portfolio Manager | NA CI Leader (4 yrs)
MCC Label
Operations Manager (Reorg/RIF) (1 yr 2 mos)
Greif, Inc.
Plant General Manager (Reorg/RIF) (1 yr)
The United States Playing Card Company - A Cartamundi Company
Operations Manager (1 yr 6 mos)
Wingate Packaging Inc
Plant General Manager (4 mos)
Graphic Packaging International, LLC
Continuous Improvement Manager (4 yrs)
Innotrac
Continuous Improvement Manager (1 yr 6 mos)
United States Marine Corps
Training Development Supervisor (4 yrs)
Education
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) at Northern Kentucky University
Master of Arts (MA) at American Public University System
Bachelor of Arts (BA) at American Public University System
Ordnance Logistics Management Technical Course at United States Marine Corps
Recruit Training at United States Marine Corps
High School Diploma at New Richmond High School
High School Diploma at Lakota East High School
