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Roundtable Topic: Wait A Minute: You Can Actually Improve Government Services?  The Second Decade of Innovation and Improvement Projects at CDOT!

PDU Categories/Hours:  Business Acumen: 0.75 Hours / Ways of Working: 0.75 Hours

Synopsis:  Yes, believe it or not, innovation and improvement is alive and well in Colorado state government! The women and men of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) -- 3,200 of your fellow Coloradans! -- are working to improve the products and services that power the Colorado transportation system.  Started in 2011,  the CDOT innovation and improvement initiative is now in its Second Decade. Come hear how the principles and practices of Lean Project Management are helping to transform state government!  

Attendees takeaways include:

1. Learn how CDOT continuously improves processes, products and services to achieve their Mission:
2. Gain insight about improvements that were developed and implemented by members of TeamCDOT.
3. Insight into CDOT information and tools that will help attendees with innovation and improvement within their own organizations.
4. Find out how to use the CDOT Process Improvement website to access CDOT tools and processes.

Speaker:  Gary Vansuch, Director of Process Improvement at Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT); Lean | Six Sigma | Change Management https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyvansuch/

About the Speaker.  Gary Vansuch describes himself this way:  "I am the most fortunate person on the planet for many reasons: I have a wonderful wife, and we are in our 45th year of marriage; and two terrific grown children who are making important contributions to society in education and science. I am honored to lead the Very Best Team in the World; and I have the Very Best Job on Earth as the Director of Process Improvement at the Colorado Department of Transportation.”

As a member of the CDOT top leadership, Gary Vansuch directs efforts to improve the organization’s operations and to make government more effective, efficient and elegant. Gary has over 40 years of business improvement and change leadership experience in the energy, financial services and government services sectors.

Gary is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Certified Change Management Practitioner. Additionally, he served 6 years with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program, including 4 years as a Senior Examiner and as a member of the national Case Study Development Team. He has also been a Judge for ASQ’s International Team Excellence Awards, and a Judge for the RIT / USA Quality Cup competition for improvement teams.

And, CDOT’s Lean Everyday Ideas program – the flagship program for innovation and improvement at CDOT – was chosen as one of the Top 25 Innovations in American Government by the 2018 Innovations in American Government Awards program, which is administered by Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.