Calera Corporation, a Khosla Venture company Jun 2011 - Jan 2013
Retained Consultant
Stanford University 2011 - Dec 2012
Industry Mentor
Calera Corporation - Los Gatos, USA 2010 - 2011
Vice President of Company Operations
Stanford Graduate School of Business - Palo Alto, USA 2008 - 2009
Alfred P.Sloan Fellow
CEMEX - Houston, Texas Area 2005 - 2008
Vice President of Operations
Education:
Stanford University Graduate School of Business 2008 - 2009
University of Strathclyde 1985 - 1989
INSEAD 2005 - 2006
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey 2005 - 2006
Computer Society of India 2010
Skills:
Cross-functional Team Leadership Operations Management Manufacturing P&L Management Acquisition Integration Strategic Planning Lean Manufacturing Business Strategy Due Diligence Forecasting Start-ups Management Consulting Sustainability Supply Chain Team Building Coaching Venture Capital International Project Management Cement Problem Solving Budgets Mergers & Acquisitions Budgeting Cost Reduction Private Equity Business Transformation Value Creation Business Turn-around KPI implementation Divestitures Green Technology Expense Control Restructuring Capex TPM Grants Government Contracting Union Negotiations Performance Improvement TQM
Honor & Awards:
Blue Circle Chairman's Business Performance Excellence Award.
Institution of Mechanical Engineers National Engineering Award.
Awards:
LEED AP Chairman's Award Institution of Mechanical Engineers Awarded for research conducted into Fuel Performance in Hydra Diesel Engines conducted in partnership with Shell UK.
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Nikki Blane
Lived:
San Francisco, CA Clydebank, Scotland Dunfermline Scotland, Hythe England, Charleston SC, Houston TX, Toronto Canada, Atlanta GA, El Melon Chile, Dusseldorf Germany, Hoover AL, Paris France Paris, France Dusseldorf, Germany Houston, TX Charleston, SC Toronto, Canada Seattle, WA Baton Rouge, LA Santiago, Chile San Paulo, Brazil Brussels, Belgium Rotterdam, Holland Notre-Dam-de-Gavichon, France Monterey, Mexico
Work:
Blane Business Solutions - Managing Partner (2009) Calera Corporation - Company Operations Exxon Chemical, Blue Circle Industries PLC, CEMEX
Education:
Stanford University Graduate School of Business,, University of Strathclyde
About:
I was born in Scotland with one mission in life - To Make Order out of Chaos! I'm an Operations Executive who has travelled all over the world living my vocation: repairing big companies, small co...