What’s in a name?
On the Floor Consulting, LLC was created to reinforce the importance of leading an organization through change by properly engaging the people on the floor who must execute your strategic initiatives.
Employees on the floor are closest to the work; they can identify unseen risks, issues and opportunites - allowing you to fix your root causes. Once you’ve closed the gaps between your company’s desired state and reality on the floor, your can reduce operational costs, get the benefits from completed projects, and retain high performing talent through improved organizational alignment.
How On the Floor Consulting is different from the big firms
Local, accessible, and vested in your success.
Cost-effective.
Pragmatic and action oriented.
Sitting on your side of the table – representing your interests.
Engaging people “On the Floor” – impacting beyond just high-level analysis.
Execution success – implementing, not just planning.
EXPERIENCE
John Hogan | Principal
With over 20 years of successfully leading successful initiatives as an Executive Business Operations Advisor, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer, John is uniquely experienced to identify the barriers between your vision and reality “on the floor”, create a plan to bridge the gaps, and deliver meaningful change so you can achieve your goals.
Prior to consulting, John worked in the health insurance, government contractor, financial, and government sectors where he specialized in guiding and executing multimillion-dollar business initiatives. Through his ability to quickly learn a business and diagnose areas of opportunity, John has successfully rehabilitated and executed strategic initiatives – saving millions, and creating conditions for growth.
"As Executive Sponsor, his leadership was key to the success of the project. Although I have worked on several ERP implementations, this was the first that I saw the benefits of skilled Executive engagement. His hands-on approach to managing the various leadership and governance structures during the project was crucial in meeting the budget and timeline. John built consensus among a very diverse group of stakeholders, which allowed the project team to focus on system delivery and change management."
- ERP Process Lead
Success Stories in Change Initiatives
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Turnaround: Led major (ERP) technology turnaround and implementation. Delivered on time and under $138M budget. Recognized with numerous awards and widely recognized as a national best practice.
Recognition and awards
2017, March feature article of PM Network magazine, “Restart to Finish – After and IT overhaul project crashed and burned, a U.S. state cleared the debris and pushed the reset button.” (https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/restart-to-finish-pushing-reset-button-after-failure-10646), (https://doa.wi.gov/PublishingImages/PM_Network_Mar2017.pdf)
2017 National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) State IT Recognition award in the Category of Enterprise Management Initiatives – State of Wisconsin, STAR Project: The Blueprint for Efficient State Government (https://www.nascio.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/NASCIO2017WisconsinSTAR.pdf)
2016 Digital States Survey Award given to Wisconsin (1st place) for Adaptive Leadership: “In recognition of high achievement in the use of digital technologies to better serve citizens and streamline operations.” ITESC awarded for best IT governance in the country: “How well the states technology investment strategies match the top policy priorities of the governor, legislature and public” (https://www.govtech.com/cdg/digital-states/digital-states-survey-2016-results.html)
2016 Digital States Survey: State of Wisconsin improved to A- from B in 2014 in large part due to the successful STAR implementation (https://www.govtech.com/computing/digital-states-2016.html#Wisconsin)
Cost Optimization: Executive sponsor of initiative to achieve cost optimization benefits. Set organization on path to achieve $100M net cost savings over ten years by sponsoring post-ERP Benefits Realization program featuring strategic sourcing, vendor payment management, and reform of enterprise processes.
IT Demand Prioritization & Decision-Making Process Implementation: Sponsor of new IT prioritization and decision-making model. Identified business technology demand prioritization gap and built necessary decision-making process to resolve disparity; resulting in reduced time of demand-to-decision process from weeks or months to just 9 days, avoided creation of new technical portfolio debt, created better alignment with enterprise strategy, compliance, and risk mitigation.
Technology Program Rehabilitation: Led effort to reinvigorate major corporate technology initiative. Established strategic vision and leadership foundation and tactfully removed obstacles. Saved $700-$900k in monthly run rate expense with new direction.
Lending Initiative Startup & Delivery: Led transformative lending program in the financial sector. Oversaw initiative that leveraged investments to stabilize neighborhoods, boost job creation, and increase business development. The lending organization invested $114M through single/multifamily lending, tax credits, small business loan guarantees, and leveraged another $178M in direct investment.
Cost Optimization: Interim CXO and Executive Sponsor of corporate cost optimization initiative. Achieved $9.2M in cost savings and ~$2M in cost avoidance by refining/automating critical business processes and driving business technology simplification.
Asset Sale Assessment & Recommendation: Executive Sponsor of initiative to assess sale options for class of physical assets in government sector. Led team and managed vendors to gather technical engineering and financial data necessary to set course for decision on sale of over $400M in assets.
Interim CXO Excellence: Served as interim CXO over shared service unit. Improved performance by $2.5M favorable to budget and 25% reduction in staff. Submitted a reduced budget from previous year base operations.
Technical Capabilities Execution: Executive Sponsor of initiative that delivered technical broadband capabilities in government sector. Blocked and tackled for a team responsible for deploying broadband internet access across a vast geography while holding large corporate vendor accountable for responsiveness and execution.
Operational Readiness Planning & Execution: Executive Sponsor of cross-divisional operational readiness team. Led team that planned and executed work-from-home program amid COVID-19 pandemic. Seamlessly maintained business standards/productivity while creating an orderly process for safe workplace return.
Customer Delivery Performance: Sponsor of initiative to prioritize and improve delivery for external customer. Led team that created new process for managing customer demands. Improved throughput and customer satisfaction, while saving costs for the organization by focusing on required value-add work.
Contractor Assessment & Recommendations: Conducted rapid assessment of critical position requirements, validated dependencies and expectations with interfacing resources and processes. Discovery session with resources on the floor resulting in recommendations to maximize workforce experience, productivity, and process optimization.