Our Leadership Team

Mike Henderson

Founding Partner and Head of Lean Consulting

Mike is one of the founding partners of FlowVision and is responsible for FlowVision’s Lean Flow Consulting Practice. Mike has been educating and implementing Lean Flow manufacturing concepts for over 25 years in over a hundred manufacturing companies. He is considered to be one of the world’s experts in supply chain design, execution, and management and has traveled the globe working with major corporations looking to establish their vision for future operational plans.

Gary Cortes

Founding Partner and Head of Product Strategy RIO and Green Consulting

Gary is one of the founding partners of FlowVision and is responsible for all product strategy for RIO as well as leading FlowVision’s Green Industry Consulting Practice. He has over 25 years of Lean Flow consulting experience and has helped advise the C – Suite on supply chain strategies and implemented Lean Flow in a wide variety of industries. Gary is widely recognized as an innovator and thought leader when it comes to Lean Flow Principles in the horticulture industry. He is a regular speaker at events in the horticulture space and his fluent Spanish makes him a sought after speaker throughout the Spanish speaking world.

Dave Pytel

Founding Partner and Head of Facility Design

Dave is one of the founding partners of FlowVision and is responsible for FlowVision’s Facility Design Practice. Dave has over 40 years manufacturing management experience and has been educating and implementing Lean Flow Principles for over 20 years in over one hundred manufacturing companies. His significant experience in strategic planning and Lean Flow business concepts makes him a sought-after speaker around the globe. He has successfully lead implementations of Lean Flow in every type of manufacturing business, from appliances to clothing and from high-tech to power plants.

John Denzel

Partner and Head of Product Strategy - ION

John joined FlowVision in 2008 and is responsible for product strategy for the ION software. He is considered an expert in Lean Flow manufacturing and has extensive experience in the high technology industries. Before FlowVision John was the President and Chief Operating Officer at Ultratech, Inc. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Edmund Optics, an innovative supplier of optical components.

Are you a Lean Practitioner?

Do you have extensive supply chain experience? If your answer is yes to either of those questions and
you are interested in joining a growing team that is empowering Lean Supply Chains then we want to hear from you.