The Partners
Jim founded the firm on a philosophy that schedule change done well is one of the highest-leverage decisions an operations leader can make — and that getting it right means earning the workforce's trust first.
A former Naval officer, Jim brings the discipline of structured planning to every engagement. He leads change management strategy for complex, multi-department, and union environments.
The analysis and benchmarking tools he and Dan built, along with the AI tools he develops, ensure that every client sees schedule options costed using their own numbers and benchmarked against comparable operations — not generic solutions drawn from a template.
Over three decades, Jim has guided schedule transitions at operations ranging from greenfield startups to facilities making their first major schedule change in 20 years.
Dan combines the analytical discipline of a chemical engineer with the process improvement rigor of a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He leads schedule design and cost modeling for technically complex operations — chemical plants, pharmaceutical facilities, continuous process manufacturing — where coverage requirements, safety constraints, and labor economics intersect in ways that generic scheduling approaches cannot address.
Dan's background includes work in submarine engineering, which gave him an early grounding in the human factors consequences of poor schedule design. That experience shapes how he approaches every analysis and crew structure decision. His cost modeling produces the figures CFOs need to evaluate the business case with confidence.
Ethan brings a distinctive combination of engineering analysis, legal training, and workforce survey expertise to the practice. He arrived with 25 years across manufacturing, distribution and chemical operations. He models coverage and staffing against demand, costs each schedule alternative, and finds the savings sitting inside a schedule pattern — so clients choose between options they can compare on numbers rather than impressions.
His legal background gives him a practitioner's understanding of the labor and employment dimensions of schedule change — particularly in unionized environments, where the sequencing of decisions and documentation can determine whether a well-designed change succeeds or gets reversed.
