Michigan Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants USA

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Kerry Laycock & Dennis Schumaker

Mr. D. Kerry Laycock CMC has twenty-one years of experience as a management and organizational consultant.   Kerry has been involved in a wide range of large-scale change initiatives, operational assessments and the design and presentation of training.  The primary focus of his work in recent years is organizational structure, work process and job design.  Recent projects include utility process and job redesign, municipal restructuring and HR systems redesigns for payroll, disability management, employee selection and year-end compensation.    He began his work facilitating quality circles in the automotive industry.  Today his clients include business, government and nonprofit organizations.

 He holds a Masters degree in organization development and is a qualified administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.   In addition to consulting, he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in organizational behavior and organizational development.  He also has served on the boards of directors of a number of nonprofit organizations.

Mr. Dennis J. Schumaker has over 30 years of business and consulting experience with both public and private sector entities. Mr. Schumaker’s wide-ranging consulting experience encompasses expertise in executive management and staffing, corporate organization and structure, operations planning, operations (electric, telephone, gas, and water) and maintenance, procurement, strategic and corporate planning, corporate policy, administrative procedures, external relations, engineering and construction (electric, telephone, gas, and water), information technology, and affiliated transactions.

Mr. Schumaker holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from Ohio State University, and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC^®), Project Management Professional (PMP^®), Microsoft Certified Professional plus Internet, a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

 

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