Open to strategic management and leadership roles

A strategic lens built across the enterprise.

Nearly two decades inside administration, operations, procurement, HR technology, consulting, and transformation — learning how organizations actually work across departments, then turning that view into programs people adopt and results leaders can measure.

Columbus, Ohio · remote, hybrid, or on-site · relocation based on discussion
Portrait of Ken Munshower
✓Prosci · CCMP® · LSSBBMBA candidate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Professional bio

How a career across departments became a strategic lens.

Ken Munshower’s career has been a nearly two-decade study of how organizations really work — not inside one function, but across all of them.

After earning a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Tampa, Ken started in marketing analysis and higher-education admissions, learning early how clear messaging moves people to act.

At Affival, a specialty steel-and-chemicals manufacturer within the SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Group, he spent nearly four years as a direct report to the CEO while overseeing the company’s administrative functions and the roles within them. Running corporate administration meant seeing the whole enterprise at once: board books and executive presentations, a multi-year ERP program, 5S across manufacturing, a procurement function built from scratch, and a headquarters relocation and plant expansion.

Looking to broaden his scope, he joined Highmark Health, one of the nation’s largest Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations, where he sourced regulated healthcare services — pharmacy benefit management (PBM), non-emergency medical transportation, hospice and palliative care, and Medicare products such as colorectal cancer screening — alongside digital solutions for members.

At NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company, Ken served as an internal consultant to Marketing and Human Resources — most notably partnering on the HR technology transformation that brought in a new HRIS. He built tools and processes inside his stakeholders’ own teams so procurement became part of their strategy rather than a step at the end of it. At Ascena Retail Group, he led corporate procurement through a period of deep organizational instability; the company later went through bankruptcy and sold off its brands and assets.

He then moved into consulting with Proxima, part of Bain & Company, supporting Managing Partners on transformation engagements for Fortune 100 technology leaders — analyzing contract portfolios alongside the governance and operational processes behind them. When the global pandemic reshaped the consulting landscape in 2020, he returned to the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies.

At FlightSafety International, another Berkshire Hathaway company, Ken first led HR operations transformation as Director of Administrative Operations. That work made the case for something the company didn’t yet have — and Ken built it: the enterprise change and transformation discipline, and the Change Management Office that connects Strategic Initiatives to the PMO.

Every stop added another department to the map. Along the way Ken developed direct reports, led cross-functional teams, and managed through matrixed organizations where influence mattered more than authority — building the foundation that makes results possible. Today he connects enterprise activity at the portfolio level, giving executives one view of what’s moving, what’s at risk, and where initiatives can build on each other’s synergies instead of competing for the same people and attention.

Ken is an avid learner with endless curiosity. He leads with humble inquiry, keeps innovating, and holds a simple standard: if it isn’t broken, keep making it better. He’s unafraid to test new ideas — and more interested in architecting the future than defending the past. He is completing his MBA at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business, and holds Prosci, CCMP, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt credentials.

Pillars & values

What Ken believes — and how he leads.

The principles behind every mandate: people first, systems connected, tools that amplify, and change that lasts.

Mission

To connect strategy to people and build adaptability into an organization’s DNA — not as a box checked for this quarter, but as a capability that keeps the organization aware, energized, and adaptable for decades.

Pillar 01

Activate

Unlock human potential first. Strategy follows people, not the reverse.

Pillar 02

Architect

Design connected systems — strategy, departments, portfolios, and culture aligned in one direction.

Pillar 03

Accelerate

Use AI and digital tools to multiply output without sacrificing quality or humanity.

Pillar 04

Anchor

Embed change so it sustains itself. Transformation that needs constant maintenance isn’t transformation.

01

Human potential is exponential, not linear

People aren’t resources to be managed; they’re systems to be activated. Belief in the direction, trust in the people leading it, and faith that the organization is invested in them turn understanding into action.

02

Disciplined structure drives better decisions

The best decision shouldn’t depend on who’s in the room. Clear decision rights, root-cause analysis, and a repeatable structure help the organization make the best call every time — with second- and third-order effects weighed before they arrive.

03

Sustainable business requires connected strategy

Lasting transformation happens when every department works from the same map as the enterprise, and shared people and budget are directed toward shared priorities. The job is to build the connective tissue that keeps them aligned, so every team sees opportunity instead of trade-offs.

04

AI enables human work — it doesn’t replace human worth

AI accelerates what people can create, but expertise becomes more critical, not less: someone has to know whether the output is right.

05

Creativity and strategic thought are the new capital

When execution is commoditized, insight is scarce. Innovation isn’t a department — it’s a culture.

06

Build with people, not just by them

When people are invited in as partners, they bring their full thinking, ownership, and creativity — a capability no system can replicate. Change built alongside people becomes change they carry forward.

07

The future is interconnected

Success increasingly depends on cooperation across functions, domains, and borders. Leaders who work across those intersections will shape what comes next.

Impact

Nearly two decades, by the numbers.

Documented results from FlightSafety International, Proxima (part of Bain & Company), Ascena Retail Group, NetJets, Highmark Health, and Affival.

18years of professional experience2008 – 2026, eight organizations
$92M+aggregate savings & cost avoidanceavoidance, term, process-waste & budgetary savings
55+enterprise programs & projectsled or supported — full list below
5,000+employees reachedthrough FlightSafety’s enterprise transformation programs
10+years as an internal consultant & business partnerplus external consulting with Bain-affiliated Proxima
9+years leading teamsdirect reports (up to 7), cross-functional teams, vendors & contractors
7industries servedaviation, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, consulting, technology, industrial
$250M+annual spend under managementacross 430+ suppliers

Where the $92M+ comes from

FlightSafety · NetJets · Ascena · Highmark Health · Affival
Cost avoidance $43.8M+ Term savings $32.1M+ Process waste eliminated $8.7M+ Budgetary savings $7.5M+

Plus ~$30M in revenue potential unlocked through enterprise Lean Six Sigma work — not counted in the total.

What Ken does

One capability — driving change — applied across three levers.

01

Strategy & portfolio governance

Translates enterprise priorities into sequenced roadmaps, with the intake standards, decision rights, stage-gates, and RAID risk governance that keep them honest.

  • Roadmap sequencing
  • Decision rights
  • C-suite steering
  • Value realization
02

People, readiness & adoption

Runs the assessment stack — impact, readiness, stakeholder, resistance — and turns it into communications, training, and scorecards leadership reviews.

  • Change impact
  • Sponsor coaching
  • Adoption metrics
  • Technology adoption
03

Process excellence & continuous improvement

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt who designs kaizen and root-cause work, builds improvement capability into the workforce, and applies AI to compress delivery.

  • Kaizen
  • Process redesign
  • Operating models
  • AI-accelerated delivery
Working model

Best practices, merged into one agile structure.

No single methodology fits every initiative. Ken blends proven disciplines into a structure that adapts to the work in front of it.

Lean Six Sigma process
Prosci — ADKAR, PCT & 3-Phase people & organization
ACMP Standard change
Being First transformation
Wharton digital innovation technology

An integrated, agile operating structure

Governance, assessment, and delivery standards drawn from each discipline — scaled up or down to match the scope, risk, and pace of the initiative.

Portfolios priority & sequencing
Programs governance & delivery
Change initiatives readiness & adoption
Programs & projects

Every program and project, in one place.

Filter by organization or search by keyword — HRIS, Medicare, Lean, M&A, ERP, and more.

Operating model

Change Management Office, built from zero

The connective layer between Strategic Initiatives and the PMO — methodology, intake standards, decision rights, and reporting cadence the enterprise still runs on.

FlightSafety International
M&A

Mergers & acquisitions integration

Change impact, readiness, and stakeholder work bringing an acquired company’s people and processes into the enterprise operating model.

FlightSafety International
Consulting

Fortune 100 technology engagements

Analysis of spend across professional services contracts and the governance and operational processes behind them — surfacing structural cost and effectiveness opportunities.

Proxima — Part of Bain & Company

FlightSafety International

2020 – 2026 · 21
Enterprise Change Management Office, process & governanceTransformation

Built from the ground up between Strategic Initiatives and the PMO — operating model, intake standards, decision rights, reporting cadence.

Change Agility Maturity ModelFramework

Enterprise model for benchmarking transformation readiness, surfacing leadership gaps, and targeting coaching; embedded enterprise-wide.

Training scheduling platform modernizationTechnology

People-side strategy for moving scheduling cases from ServiceNow to Salesforce with redesigned search and case workflows.

Regulatory training enhancementsOperations

Two-year program improving regulated training for clients and employees.

Regulatory training standardization knowledge baseKnowledge

Standardized regulatory training content in a single governed knowledge base.

Enterprise knowledge base creationKnowledge

Enterprise knowledge bases aligned to release timing and training with IT and business owners.

Enterprise intake & process-visibility solutionTechnology

Cross-functional intake and portfolio visibility built in Smartsheet.

Operational process standardization & modernizationProcess excellence

Standardized and modernized operational processes, including the quality management system (QMS).

Innovation analysis & action plan strategyStrategy

Assessed innovation capability and translated findings into a prioritized action plan.

HRIS implementationTechnology

SAP SuccessFactors, Workforce Software, BenefitFocus, and Qualtrics — a multi-million-dollar budget, a team of direct reports, and concurrent workstreams.

Employee benefits transitionHR

Enterprise transition of employee benefits administration.

Employee engagement survey programHR

First enterprise engagement survey, run for five years with annual action planning as a standing process.

Employee awards & recognition programHR

Enterprise recognition program designed and managed through 2024.

New-hire retention program & process improvementHR

Redesigned onboarding and early-tenure processes to improve retention.

Customer survey & dashboard reporting refreshAnalytics

Transitioned and refreshed customer surveys and dashboard reporting.

Mergers & acquisitions integrationM&A

Change impact, readiness, and stakeholder work integrating an acquired company into the operating model.

Shared services operating-model planningOperating model

Change planning for a proposed shared services model spanning two Berkshire Hathaway companies.

Enterprise Lean Six Sigma kaizen programProcess excellence

30+ kaizen events on billing accuracy, operational capacity, and qualification cycle time — $8.7M in process waste eliminated, $19.2M in cost avoidance, and ~$30M in revenue potential unlocked.

Lean for ServiceProcess excellence

Certified employee cohorts to Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, building improvement capability into the workforce.

AI-accelerated change toolkitsAI

Toolkits, templates, assessments, and scorecards prototyped with Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and ChatGPT for 5,000+ employees.

Multi-channel change communicationsCommunications

Audience-segmented communications through Poppulo and AppSpace, with manager talking points and resource hubs.

Proxima — Part of Bain & Company

2020 · 4
Fortune 100 technology leader — professional services reviewConsulting

Full audit of professional services contracts plus the governance and operational processes behind them; cost-reduction strategy.

Global technology hardware leader — contract & taxonomyConsulting

Contract and governance analysis, cost reduction, and spend taxonomy creation.

Industrial equipment manufacturer — contract & taxonomyConsulting

Contract analysis, cost reduction, and spend taxonomy creation.

Client procurement operations transformationOperating model

Diagnosed process and data gaps and recommended operating-model redesign of client departments.

Ascena Retail Group

2019 – 2020 · 6
International raw-materials apparel contractingSourcing

Contracting for apparel raw materials across international suppliers.

Supplier sustainability metrics reportingESG

Sustainability metrics reporting built through the supplier base.

HRIS transitionTechnology

Sourcing and transition support for the HR information system.

Unemployment benefits services transitionHR

Transitioned unemployment benefits services to a new provider.

Human Resources & Professional Services / Consultants categoriesVendors

Owned HR and professional services categories, including staff-augmentation and consulting suppliers.

Workforce managementHR

Sourcing and management of workforce management services.

NetJets

2017 – 2019 · 6
HRIS RFP & implementationTechnology

Sourced the HR information system with IT and HR and supported implementation.

Healthcare benefits procurement & transitionHR

Led the procurement project that transitioned employee medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Marketing ad campaign RFP & managementMarketing

Ran the RFP and managed agency partners for creative marketing campaigns.

Global events RFPsSourcing

Sourced global events for a premium private aviation brand.

Procurement process & partnership standardizationProcess excellence

Standardized procurement processes and supplier partnership models.

Branded team-member eStoreDigital

Online retail experience co-designed with a new promotional products supplier during contract negotiations.

Highmark Health

2015 – 2017 · 9
PBM services RFP & managementHealthcare

Pharmacy benefit management sourcing and supplier management.

Hospice & palliative care for MedicareHealthcare

Sourced hospice and palliative care services for Medicare members.

Non-emergency medical transportation for MedicareHealthcare

Sourced routine, non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services.

Hearing aid benefits for MedicareHealthcare

Sourced hearing aid benefits for Medicare members.

Colorectal cancer screening for MedicareHealthcare

Sourced colorectal cancer screening services.

Member mobile applicationDigital

Nine-month, $100K+ RFI/RFP for a member app serving Medicare and Exchange markets.

Cloud analytics platformTechnology

Six-month, $750K+ cloud analytics solution integrating multiple enterprise platforms.

Source-to-pay contract management moduleTechnology

Real-time contract drafting and execution module co-developed with 15+ business units.

Enterprise risk management & business continuity solutionTechnology

One-year, $1.2M+ solution monitoring compliance gaps, SLAs, and KPIs across absorbed entities.

Affival — SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Group

2011 – 2015 · 10
ERP program — IBM AS/400 to Microsoft Dynamics AXTechnology

Three-year, $1.1M+ program moving inventory, finance, and procurement onto a modern ERP after trials of Oracle, SAP, and Microsoft.

Headquarters relocation & plant expansionOperations

Led both from planning through completion.

5S implementation across manufacturingProcess excellence

Lean workplace organization deployed across manufacturing operations.

Global communications managementCommunications

Managed communications and stakeholder engagement across a global stakeholder base.

Indirect procurement build & managementSourcing

Built non-raw-materials procurement from the ground up — 2,000+ POs a year, $150K+ savings.

Logistics & back-office standardizationProcess excellence

Standardized and improved logistics and back-office processes.

Raw material inventory managementOperations

Managed raw material inventory processes and reporting.

Paper-to-electronic records transformationDigital

Directed the move from paper to electronic records.

Annual board book managementExecutive

Produced the annual board books and governance documentation for the CEO.

Sales & engineering presentationsExecutive

Produced executive sales and engineering presentations.

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Career

Six organizations. One throughline.

Full resume →
2022 – 2026

Lead, Organizational Change Management

FlightSafety International · A Berkshire Hathaway Company
Originated the enterprise CMO
2020 – 2022

Director, Administrative Operations

FlightSafety International · HR operations transformation
Multi-million-dollar HR tech portfolio
2020

Management Consultant

Proxima — Part of Bain & Company
Fortune 100 tech clients
2019 – 2020

Manager, Corporate Procurement

Ascena Retail Group
$3.35M+ savings & avoidance
2017 – 2019

Senior Category Leader, Global Procurement

NetJets · A Berkshire Hathaway Company
$59M+ savings & avoidance
2015 – 2017

Analyst, Procurement

Highmark Health
PBM, Medicare & NEMT
2011 – 2015

Manager, Corporate Administration

Affival · CEO direct report
5 yrs reporting to CEO

The work of transformation is never merely structural — it is fundamentally human. Every initiative succeeds or fails at the intersection of readiness and will.

Credentials

Methodology depth, backed by current certification.

MBA

Master of Business Administration

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business · Global Business, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Expected Dec 2027
BS

Bachelor of Science, Marketing

University of Tampa

Dec 2008
ADKAR

Prosci Certified Change Practitioner

Prosci

Aug 2026
CCMP

Certified Change Management Professional

Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP)

Jul 2022
LSSBB

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

The Ohio State University

Sep 2025
WH

Advancing Digital Innovation

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Sep 2026
UIUC

Managerial Economics & Business Analysis Specialization

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business

Sep 2026
BF

Leading Transformational Change

Being First, Inc.

Jun 2022
CU

Employment Law Certificate

Cornell University

Feb 2021
Fit

What Ken is looking for.

Roles

  • Strategic management & leadership
  • Enterprise transformation
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Process excellence

Industries

  • Aviation & aerospace
  • Healthcare & life sciences
  • Financial services
  • Technology & operations
  • Management consulting

Working model

  • An integrated, agile methodology — Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, ACMP, Being First, and Wharton digital innovation practice combined
  • Adapts to portfolios, programs, and change initiatives of any scale
  • Remote, hybrid, or on-site
  • Columbus, Ohio · relocation based on discussion
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