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Kimberly Watson-Hemphill
"Acton allows to me to explore both my passion for new product innovation AND teaching. I have the best of both worlds."
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Credentials:
- Founder of Firefly Consulting
- Previously, a Partner with Accenture Management Consulting and a Vice President with George Group Consulting
- Author of Fast Innovation
- Masters of Engineering Mechanics from The University of Texas; BSE in Aerospace Engineering and BA in French from The University of Michigan
Kimberly recently launched Firefly Consulting, a firm that helps clients reduce operational costs and improve their innovation processes.
As a partner with Accenture, Kimberly led multiple Lean Six Sigma programs with Fortune 500 companies, including a global deployment that generated over $1B in savings. Kimberly also helped clients significantly reduce their product development cycle times while developing innovative, customer-focused products. One company cut time to market by 50% and product cost by 26%, while increasing market share and customer satisfaction. In all of her engagements, her passion was to deliver high-impact, sustainable results for her clients.
She wrote a book, Fast Innovation, published by McGraw Hill in 2005, to help companies achieve increased differentiation in their products and services, increased profitability, and faster time-to-market.
When she's not teaching at Acton or running her consulting business, Kimberly enjoys sprint-distance triathlons, competitive ballroom dancing, and spending time with her family.