Peter Christian

Peter Christian was a founding partner and president of Enterprise Systems Partners Inc. (espi), a preeminent business consulting company in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. He has worked with more than 300 clients throughout the United States in the areas of Manufacturing Improvements, Information System selection and implementation, and Project and Product Management. He has leveraged more than 40 years of corporate experience and knowledge to provide a proven record of accomplishments in...See more

Peter Christian was a founding partner and president of Enterprise Systems Partners Inc. (espi), a preeminent business consulting company in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. He has worked with more than 300 clients throughout the United States in the areas of Manufacturing Improvements, Information System selection and implementation, and Project and Product Management. He has leveraged more than 40 years of corporate experience and knowledge to provide a proven record of accomplishments in Operational Strategic Planning, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Facility Planning, and Supply Chain. His efforts have collectively realized millions of dollars in cost reductions and improved profits for companies, while adding and retaining thousands of jobs. Prior to espi, Peter was an executive director at Crayola(R)(R) Corporation. He held director positions in Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Research and Development, and played an instrumental part in the company's growth of 700% in a15-year span. Peter is now writing articles and this book to share his experiences with others. In this way he hopes others will learn what to do and -- as importantly what not to do in running their businesses. He consults to small companies and will be ais a college instructor in business.Peter holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University, and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University. He is a certified Jonah with the Goldratt Institute and in Senior Project Management with the American Management Association. He has been a guest lecturer at Lehigh University's Industrial and Systems Engineering Department and an adjunct instructor at Northampton County Community College. He has been published in IIE Magazine, Industrial Management Magazine, the Packaging Journal, the ASQC Journal, IIE Solutions, Design-2-Part, and Consulting Magazine. See less