Biography
Robert O. Martichenko
Business Leader | Author | Speaker | Educator| Strategic Advisor
Engaging. Entertaining. Energizing. Thought-Provoking. Action Oriented
These are just a few of the ways that Robert’s speaking engagements have been described.
Robert is an industry thought leader, business and fiction author, and two-time winner of the Shingo Research Award for advancing the body of knowledge of Operational Excellence through his publications. In 2015, The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) awarded Robert with the Distinguished Service Award, the highest recognition achievable for professionals in the supply chain industry.
Robert is an active speaker addressing topics such as lean, operations management, the future of workforce development, narrative leadership, supply chain risk and creating meaningful environments.
Robert O. Martichenko
Business Leader | Author | Speaker | Educator| Strategic Advisor
Robert Martichenko is a business leader, author, speaker, educator, and strategic advisor.
As a business leader with an entrepreneurial focus, Robert spent over fifteen years as the founder and CEO of the LeanCor Supply Chain Group. LeanCor was acquired by Transplace (Uber Freight) in 2020, and Robert subsequently transitioned to strategic advisory work in early 2022.
In addition, Robert has created TrailPaths to focus on research and education to better understand the “People and Human” side of Lean thinking, leadership, and workforce development. In particular, Robert is collaborating with like-minded professionals to trailblaze the paths that will help organizations and individuals to develop, engage within and sustain meaningful work environments and cultures of respect. This work is looking into the past, present and future to disseminate and leverage our “Lessons in Lean relative to the Human Spectrum.”
A continuous thought leader, Robert sits on multiple not-for-profit and educational advisory boards, including the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and The University of South Florida Supply Chain Program. In addition, he has received several prominent industry awards, most notably, the Distinguished Service Award from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the highest recognition achievable for professionals in the supply chain industry.
Robert has written and co-written several business books, most recently, Discovering Hidden Profit. His other books include two Shingo Research award-winning books: People: A leader’s day-to-day guide to building, managing, and sustaining lean organizations and Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream. Additionally, Robert is the author of Everything I Know About Lean I Learned in First Grade and co-author of Lean Six Sigma Logistics.
His debut fiction novel, Drift and Hum, has won multiple awards including the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Winner Award for Best First Book-Fiction. He has also written the poetic verse for two children’s books, It’s Perfect Being Me and A Day Well Spent.
Robert complements his professional experience with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, an MBA in Finance, and a Six Sigma Black Belt. Born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, he and his family have lived in the United States for the past three decades.