Jean Cunningham

Title: Founder and President
Company: Jean Cunningham Consulting

Biography

She is the former vice president and CFO at Lantech, Inc. and Marshfield Door Systems. She is currently the CFO at Stiles Associates, the premier executive retain search firm focused on lean. Jean is also the CFO and a Director-at-Large for the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, a well known business association providing lean workshops and other industry events.

Jean has published two books of practical application based on her corporate lean journey. "Real Numbers" won the Shingo Prize for research in 2004 and has become an essential lean accounting text. "Easier, Simpler, Faster" won the Shingo Prize for research in 2008 and is already recommended reading for lean IS/IT efforts. She also contributed to "Lean Accounting," a collection of works by lean experts. Jean is one of the founding and ongoing Thought Leaders for the Lean Accounting Summit.