Andrew R. Spanyi

Spanyi International Inc. is a business partner of Marvin M. Wurtzel & Associates. Andrew Spanyi is the Managing Director of Spanyi International Inc., a consulting and training company, which operates in the field of organization and business process design.  He is currently working on a soon to be published business book. This book is based on the following set of fundamental beliefs;
    Organizations should be designed, led and managed such that it is easy for the customer to do business with the company and create an environment that facilitates the efforts of employees in serving customers.
    Organizations are complex business systems within which a change in any one component is likely to have an impact on other components. Accordingly, an understanding of the critical linkages is essential.

He was previously affiliated with The Rummler-Brache Group (RBG). He joined RBG in 1992 as a consultant, was named a Principal in 1995, and Managing Partner of the Canadian practice in 1996. Over the past decade, Andrew has managed or participated in 125 major performance improvement projects across several key industries in both the USA and Canada. His project work includes:  
         Strategy Clarification (Financial Services and Chemical)
         Order Fulfillment (Financial Services, Chemical, Pharmaceutical)
         New Product Development (Financial Services, Chemical, Cable ISP Provider)
         Procurement (Chemical, Telecommunications)  

Previously, Andrew worked as the Senior Vice President of SCONA, a specialty financial services firm, and prior to that assignment he was the Director of Marketing and Product Development with Xerox Learning Systems (AKA as Learning International, Achieve Global).   

Andrew is regularly asked to speak at conferences on Process Management. He has written extensively on business process issues. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics), and earned his MBA (Marketing/Finance) from York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the American Management Association and the American Society for Quality. Further infromation can be found at:  http://www.spanyiinternational.com/