Ken is a visionary executive leader recognized for driving organizational transformation and delivering sustainable growth across complex business environments. He is known for building and developing high-performing teams that consistently exceed performance targets and fostering a culture of excellence throughout the organization. Ken’s track record centers on a specific discipline: growing profitability by growing revenue faster than expense, rather than retreating into cost-cutting as revenue erodes. His approach to cost is one of effectiveness, by reducing the ratio of cost to revenue and increasing return on investment. He has repeatedly driven step-changes in revenue and profit by diversifying into new applications and markets, opening growth paths that cost reduction alone cannot reach. Ken is a results-oriented leader who excels at positioning organizations for competitive advantage in dynamic global markets through thoughtful talent development and process optimization.

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Ken restores antique cameras and clocks, goes boating, walks the streets of cities he has never visited before, and reads history. The patience required to restore an 1890 Ingraham Gingerbread clock, understanding how each small mechanism relates to the whole, is not entirely different from the work of fixing a broken organization.

An experienced supply chain and procurement executive with 20+ years of global leadership across technology, aerospace, defense, energy, and transportation, Alicia has managed large-scale teams, overseen billion-dollar annual spend, and led strategic sourcing and global procurement transformation for North American and European organizations sourcing across Asia-Pacific and other global markets. While based in North America, she traveled regularly to Asia-Pacific to lead supplier negotiations, conduct on-site supplier development, and manage key relationships directly — work where her fluency in Mandarin and cross-cultural experience were a direct operational advantage. She created the Plateau Negotiation methodology, a structured approach to high-value sourcing negotiations that was implemented across a global procurement organization. Known for her expertise in complex contract negotiation, total cost of ownership optimization, and supply chain resilience, she has helped organizations navigate complex operational challenges, including pandemic and chip shortage disruptions, and satisfy stringent requirements from major aerospace customers including Boeing and Airbus even during the global supply crisis. She brings a practical, executive-level perspective to business advisory, executive coaching, and consulting engagements.

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When not working, Alicia can be found cooking and tasting, approaching a recipe the way she approaches a sourcing problem, adjusting variables until the outcome is right. She enjoys reading, builds with LEGO, and stays physically active. She is drawn to swing and traditional pop, and to various languages and cultures. Understanding how people think, in their own language and frame of reference, is where trust in Asia-Pacific business actually begins.