David Vedro
Associate Professor of ManagementDavid is a versatile, multifaceted, strategic leader who enhances organizations to maximize shareholder value, deliver exceptional service to customers, and provide a high quality of work life for employees. Excels in establishing vision and direction for an organization, developing work processes to deliver superior results, and leading each employee to reach their personal potential. Uniquely gifted at transforming organizations to engage all employees in customer satisfaction and quality improvement for the benefit of all stakeholders.
He brings to RWU an array of skills, experience, and training which benefits all business students. These include:
Organizational Development
Lean Principles
Emotional Intelligence
Mentoring
Change Management
P&L Management
Problem Solving
Facilitation
Strategy Creation/Execution
Professional Experience
Newport Corporation (Rochester, NY)
Director of Operations
Responsible ·for P&L management, along with all operations in the Newport Gratings business to include manufacturing, quality, process improvement, manufacturing engineering, logistics, purchasing, and human resource development.
Ultrafab Inc. (Farmington, NY)
Director of Manufacturing I Operations Manager I Manufacturing Manager
Responsible for Profit I Loss management along with all manufacturing, service, quality, process improvement, and human resource development for two divisions, totaling 180 employees, and achieving $28 million in sales.
The Harland Company (Atlanta, GA)
Regional Customer Support & Technical Support Manager
Responsible to plan, direct, and manage customer support functions within the North Region (21 states I 32 sales persons I 11 customer support personnel.), along with providing for the ongoing development I management of the North Region maintenance processes, training and safety assurance programs (4 printing facilities).
Plant Manager (Rochester, NY)
Responsible for the total management of this check printing facility, including P&L, production, materials management, process improvement, customer relations, human resources, facilities management, and quality on sales of $11 million and 100+ employees.
United States Army- Air Defense- Fulda, Germany- Captain
Responsible for leading a unit of up to 180 personnel involved in the support of operations of the Hawk Missile System including: administration, training, maintenance, site security, and NATO battle strategies