With more than 20 years of industrial engineering and plant management experience at European, Chinese, and US-owned companies in a variety of industries, Todd Hudson seen just about everything the business world can throw at you. From frenetic growth and high volume, to cutting out fat, cutting into muscle, and cutting your own throat.

Todd is a long-time lean operations practitioner and six sigma black belt. He's started up a billion-dollar semiconductor fab, improved factory performance so it just hums along, integrated operations after mergers and acquisitions, and outsourced production overseas laying off hundreds of employees and closing plants.

In 2003, Todd started the the Maverick Institute to pioneer the application of lean production principles to training and development. Throughout his career, Todd's seen that effective knowledge transfer and sharing of expertise are critical elements to success. Today, the blistering pace of change, the globalization of business, and the explosion of learning technologies requires organizations adopt a new learning framework.

In 2009, he launched OnBoard Yourself, an e-learning program based on these principles that helps Gen Y new hires and interns get themselves up to speed in their new jobs.

Maverick Institute and OnBoard Yourself clients have a passion to teach their employees, customers, and business partners the knowledge they need to do their work flawlessly. They include Fortune 100 giants as well as fast and furious startups and mid-sized companies around the world. Todd speaks regularly to companies and business associations about using lean to improve training and learning.

Todd holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in Chinese and Economics from Connecticut College. He speaks enough Chinese and French to cause an international incident and has lived in Taiwan. He is a passionate foodie, avid cyclist, regular yoga practitioner, frustrated scuba diver and occasional amateur filmmaker.

Workshops and Keynotes

• Peer Mentoring: A Practical Approach to Knowledge Transfer - Originally developed for Microsoft, Peer Mentoring is a one-day, tools-based workshop to communication and knowledge transfer. It gives your internal experts a straightforward way to share what they know.
• Internal Predators: What Yellowstone Wolves and Navy Seals Can Teach You About Innovation - Available as either a keynote or half-day workshop, Todd will show participants why predators-employees who like to weed out weak products and projects, and who constantly question the status quo-are vital to your organization's "ecosystem."
• Culture Mapping for Better Organizations - This half-day workshop shows participants how to map their organization's own culture. This workshop is an excellent predictor of success or future trouble with larger initiatives and a highly valuable tool when approaching new markets or M&A activity.
• Walking Around in Your Underwear: How Transparency Adds Hot New Value to Operations - In this fast-paced keynote, Todd Hudson shows participants why embracing the transparency trend and letting their customers hold their feet to the fire everyday will make their organization faster, better and more profitable.
• What Your Employees Don't Learn Can Kill You: Why Effective Mentoring is Essential for High Performing Operations - This keynote shows participants the revolution that's beginning in one-on-one corporate learning. Todd demonstrates how to be an effective mentor, and still get the job done, even in today's lean, mean, fast-paced workplace.