Holly Valkama, Principal

Holly works with organizations to establish and redesign business processes and organizational structures to align with their strategic direction. Holly has worked at an executive level for over 10 years, across a broad range of industries in both the manufacturing and services sectors. Throughout her career, she has led numerous successful implementations of Lean and Six Sigma in global organizations. She is passionate about integrating continuous improvement into organizational cultures and strengthening the competitiveness of organizations by linking process and strategy. Holly has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School in Operations Management and Strategy and a B.B.A. in Finance and Economics from Loyola University.

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
—Francis of Assisi

“In every organization there are two distinct cultures at play: the leadership culture and the employee culture.”