STEVE BEELER
Steve Beeler’s Special Situations practice targets private equity investment firms, turnaround management specialists, and companies with exceptional operating leverage. Steve came to PMC from Ford Motor Company. During Steve’s twenty years at Ford, he launched Explorer and Windstar, guided North America assembly and stamping plants through the ISO 9001 registration process, developed a total plant simulation process, and assembled cross-functional/multi-national teams to model enterprise profitability. Steve holds a BSME from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a MBA from Indiana University, and is a professional engineer. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Turnaround Management Association (TMA), and the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). Steve is co-chairman of the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary organizing committee and is de facto commissioner of the East/West Challenge series. Steve resides in Plymouth, Michigan with his wife, three teenage daughters, and two Labrador Retrievers.
ONUR ULGEN
Onur Ulgen, PhD is the founder and President of PMC. Onur’s present consulting and research interests include simulation and scheduling, mathematical optimization, Lean Thinking, supply chain optimization, and product portfolio management. Under his leadership, PMC has grown to be one of the largest independent operations and industrial engineering firms in North America. Onur and the PMC staff have completed over 5000 productivity improvement projects for over 600 companies including Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, General Electric, Johnson Controls, Merck, Northrup Grumman, Sara Lee, Sony, St. Johns Hospital, and Whirlpool. Onur holds a BSME from Bogazici University in Turkey, MSc and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, and is Professor of Industrial / Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Onur is currently writing a series of books on applying simulation tools to solve manufacturing problems. Onur is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), and the Michigan Simulation Users Group (MSUG). Onur has published more than 50 papers in operations research and industrial engineering and has managed over 100 large-scale simulation projects. Onur and his wife enjoy long hiking adventures (recently in the Austrian Alps) and biking trips (frequently spotted on their tandem bike between Ann Arbor and Dexter) in addition to listening and playing classical music.
STEVEN WEISS
Steven Weiss is Director of IT Services at PMC. Over the last thirteen years, Steven has built applications and led deployments for dozens of customers in the U.S. and overseas. Steven brings a user orientation and a systems interoperability perspective to engagements. His functional areas of expertise include software development and network engineering. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan – Dearborn.