The OpExecs Team - OpExecs Strategic, Sustainable OPEX Solutions

About OpExecs

We partner with clients to design and execute programs that drive efficiency, revenue growth and continuous improvement.

By offering customized solutions for corporations, governments, healthcare facilities and academic institutions, we have been helping leaders drive transformative change since 2002. Our approaches include Lean Six Sigma, human-centered design, new process development and effective project management. We are hands-on and work directly with teams to improve their ability to problem solve and lead projects while driving operational excellence.

Meet The Team

Susan Beauchamp

Senior Consultant

Susan Beauchamp is the founder of Beauchamp Consulting and the co-founder and managing Director of OpExecs, a consortium of operational excellence executives who provide a customized, small business approach to helping organizations drive change.

Susan Beauchamp is the founder of Beauchamp Consulting and the co-founder and managing Director of OpExecs, a consortium of operational excellence executives who provide a customized, small business approach to helping organizations drive change. Susan is an experienced operations leader and optimization consultant who works with executive leaders and their teams to drive breakthrough performance across multiple functions, supplier/customer/partner boundaries and within multiple industries. She builds results-oriented programs by engaging with leaders to implement projects for growth while generating critical analysis for key decisions. Her track record includes delivery of 150+ improvement projects worth $90M+. An experienced presenter, instructional designer and trainer, she has taught more than 1,400 personnel in areas that include Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belt, Champion and Sponsors, Project Management, Workout Facilitation and Change Management.

Certified by GE as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a graduate of their Manufacturing Management Program, Susan held operational leadership positions at GE in Manufacturing, Quality, Sourcing, Customer Service, and Product Management. In 2002 she launched a consulting company to work with companies including: DuPont, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, General Electric and the District of Columbia Government. Together, they implemented significant programs to build effective teams and lead change resulting in greater customer loyalty and value by using Lean Six Sigma combined with effective project and program management. She excels at working closely with leaders and their designated teams to launch key initiatives targeted at understanding the current state in order to accelerate breakthrough performance improvement.

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Fidel Kandell

Senior Consultant

Fidel Kandell is the founder of CapExecs and a co-founder and managing Director of OpExecs. He is a skilled engineer, bilingual in Spanish, with experience as a project manager and expertise in strategic restructuring programs, including Transfers of Work, assembly line start-ups, divestitures, and New Product Introductions.

Fidel Kandell is the founder of CapExecs and a co-founder and managing Director of OpExecs, formed in 2020 to provide value-added services in operational excellence. He is a skilled engineer with experience as a project manager and expertise in strategic restructuring programs, including Transfers of Work, assembly line start-ups, divestitures, and New Product Introductions. He works with top-level executives and cross-functional teams across various traditional manufacturing disciplines to plan and deploy effective strategic and tactical plans into effective cost-saving results. Fidel has over 28 years of proven track record as a Six Sigma Black Belt and regularly uses Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques to implement continuous process improvement projects in industrial environments.

Fidel’s process expertise includes electro-mechanical manufacturing, foam manufacturing, facility operations, materials planning, customer service, sourcing, project management, and restructuring programs. A plant manager for six years and covering 3 plants with General Electric, Fidel has worked on many projects and factories across Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Chile and Brazil, and is fluent in Spanish.

He is an experienced instructor who has trained and certified 100+ green belt students in the use of the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. On a personal note, Fidel is an avid traveler who also enjoys riding his ’99 HD Sportster around back country roads throughout North Carolina.

Tracy Daly

Senior Consultant

Tracy Daly is an experienced market and product leader who has a depth of knowledge in applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies to grow revenue while efficiently serving the customer. She is a Demand Management Competency expert, and has deep experience in Supply Chain transformation.

Tracy Daly is an experienced market and product leader who has a depth of knowledge in applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies to grow revenue while efficiently serving the customer. She also transforms supply chains by focusing on improving demand management. She is passionate about helping organizations work across functional boundaries to establish successful business processes that result in higher customer satisfaction.

Tracy has more than 30 years of cross-functional experience with DuPont. She began her career in the chemical industry in Operations and R&D before shifting to the customer interface. In Market and Product Management roles, she led global business teams to introduce new products and expand into new markets. Tracy also drove Continuous Improvement at DuPont by teaching Six Sigma methodology and leading a team of Top Line Growth Six Sigma Black Belts to execute profitable, value-adding improvements across multiple businesses.

As a Demand Management Competency expert, Tracy has deep experience in Supply Chain transformation. She focuses on helping organizations strengthen the demand planning competency, processes and data management to drive improved demand forecast accuracy that ultimately enables reduction in inventory while improving the overall customer experience.

Who We Are

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We are experts in simplification, process optimization and continuous improvement. Together we will help achieve transformation by working closely with your teams to scope, sponsor and execute critical initiatives. We are the right hand people you can trust to work closely with your employees and help them grow into optimization experts, capable of delivering results within a fraction of the typical time frame.

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