Position: Vice President of Sales
Email: garyledford@juvotec.com
Office: 601.620.4958

Fields of Expertise
Before co-founding Catalyst Transformation Group, Gary served as VP of Total Insight. Transportation Insight provided Supply Chain solutions focused on reducing total cost of business and revenue enhancement.

Gary worked as Senior Consultant and Execution Specialist with Franklin Covey. He has over 20 years of experience helping organizations and people become more effective. Gary has facilitated and delivered the 4 Disciplines of Execution and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for many for-profit and non-profit organizations.

His other areas of practice include Executive Performance Coaching, Organizational Transformation, Lean Enterprise, and Custom Leadership Development programs.

Gary has held various senior management positions such as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer within the Automotive, Furniture, Hosiery, and Converting industries. Within these industries, he was involved in implementing world-class concepts he learned while studying the Toyota Production System at Toyota City in Japan. He has led seminars around the world and published articles on Employee Engagement and Organizational Transformation. He is currently writing a book on Lean Enterprise…Cause and Effect, a series of case studies.
 

Education and Certifications
Gary is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a BS in Industrial Engineering. He received his M.B.A. from Augusta State University. He holds a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma and is considered a Lean Enterprise expert. Additionally, he is certified and licensed to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

He has run 29 Marathons with a personal best of 2:21:05 in the 1983 Boston Marathon and is currently making progress toward a personal goal of 50 marathons in 50 states by age 60. Gary resides just outside of Charlotte near Hickory, North Carolina with his wife and three children.
 

Favorite Quote

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.Johann Goethe