| George Armbruster
comes to FOCUS as a Senior Advisor from an extensive business
management consulting career. Specializing in business
process optimization and operations analysis, George brings broad
and deep experience across many industries including
manufacturing, heavy equipment, automotive, power equipment,
diesel technologies, electro-mechanical and automation
controls, warehousing and distribution, industrial supply
and distribution, automated identification, bar-coding & RF
ID, printing, retail, advertising , marketing and new product
development. Services to clients include process and product
re-engineering, product and corporate strategy development,
operations strategy development, supply chain management,
strategic sourcing, marketing strategies development and
new business development.
From 2003 through 2007 with Archstone
Consulting, George has led a wide range of successful projects
that have involved new business development, materials cost
reduction, engineering cost reduction and automated reporting
systems.
From 1985 until
2003 George was the principal and general manager of General
Advanced Automation Technologies in Chicago and Crystal Lake,
Illinois. This firm specialized in the application of new
technologies to a wide range of business processes that helped
companies to determine faster and cheaper ways to bring their
products to market. George also developed computer-aided
analytics of geo-demographic data mapping and consumer /
user psychographics to achieve improved product development
and more targeted distribution, helping clients maximize
production and financial resources.
George Armbruster’s clients have
included General Motors, Ford, Emerson Electric, Electro-Motive
Diesel, Yanmar Diesel, Brown & Williamson Tobacco, Caterpillar
and Goss International, as well as numerous small and medium-sized
local and regional businesses.
An alum of Northwestern University, George
has continued advanced studies at both the University of
Chicago and Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
George
resides in the Village of Golf and has served on the Village
Board. George remains an interested and active member of
the elementary and high school caucus governance bodies.
Contact Information:
George Armbruster
875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3100
Chicago, IL 60611
Mobile: 847-951-9658
Ga2t@msn.com |
