John J. Noonan, Jr.

Jack Noonan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cornerstone Management Consulting. He has over 35 years of international business experience at both the corporate and divisional levels in areas such as strategy formulation, marketing/sales, product development, engineering, operations, and manufacturing management.

Prior to establishing Cornerstone Management Consulting in 1998, Jack was a practice leader with Coopers & Lybrand Consulting for seven years following a diversified career in industry where he held executive positions with several industrial firms. His last management position was that of President for a multi-division manufacturing company in the Midwest . The breath of Jack's general management, sales and operations experience gives him a unique consulting insight into client performance issues. Management industry experience includes: manufacturing goods, consumer products, industrial products/equipment, laboratory furnishings/equipment, office furniture systems, and food merchandising equipment.

Jack was one of the founders of the C&L Lean Center of Excellence. His consulting work with more than a dozen industries has given him a broad understanding of business management issues and best practices. He has a proven record of assisting clients in successfully addressing their critical business issues. Jack brings clarity to situations where there is none. His critical thinking skills help clients to focus on the changes needed to achieve sustainable performance improvement. His facilitation and mentoring skills are highly praised.

GEORGE R. MARCINO … is a former partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting who has over 25 years of experience in business management, as both a manager and a consultant. He was a founding member of PWC’s Reengineering Center of Excellence, and a frequent conference speaker on the subject. He has held senior management positions in industry with responsibility for production, engineering and marketing. His career focus has been on the commercial, industrial and consumer products business sectors. His process work has addressed both the value chain, and the supply chain aspects of performance improvement, especially from the manufacturer/supplier perspective. He has conducted a variety of engagements for clients in the process industries, such as foods, chemicals, packaging, paper, metals and textiles.

VIJAY KUMAR … is a former partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting who has over 25 years consulting experience. He was a practice leader in the International Manufacturing Group. His consulting career has covered a wide range of areas including strategic planning, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, organization planning, operations and profit improvement. Specific industries in which he has consulted include metalworking, light and heavy manufacturing, steel, food, beverage, major appliances, medical electronics, communications, furniture, paper, publishing, printing, utilities, retailing and government agencies.