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Raymond Assaf

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since May 1, 2024

Raymond is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with experience in E2E operational excellence from R&D inception to product delivery. He always cultivates strong partnerships with suppliers and vendors, coaches and mentors staff to foster a Lean mindset, and encourages colleagues to contribute ideas for improvement. Raymond has a strong track record of embedding quality into processes, striving for zero incidents and minimal downtime, and managing total preventive maintenance.

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Rick Harris

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 16, 2024

Rick is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with 20+ years of experience leading teams to optimize business operations across multiple industries, including aerospace, automotive, electronics, logistics, and packaging. As a senior Lean leader, he excels in building cross-functional teams to identify improvement opportunities and develop creative solutions for operational excellence. Notably, Rick coordinated the first article inspection (FAI) activities for a new jet engine at GE Aerospace.

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Larry Murray

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 7, 2024

Larry is a Lean Six Sigma consultant and engineer with 25+ years of leadership experience establishing operational optimization across diverse industries in national and international operations. He crafts and executes operational excellence programs, incorporating fit-for-purpose tools while creating value through corporate value chains. Larry is also a process-focused problem-solver with 15+ years of experience training senior leaders, master black belts, and black belts in Lean and Six Sigma.

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Mark Howell

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since October 15, 2024

Mark is a dynamic business transformation leader with over two decades of experience driving operational excellence across Fortune 50 and private equity-backed companies. As a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and certified change management professional, he has spearheaded multimillion-dollar initiatives that have revolutionized processes and elevated customer experiences. Mark's unique blend of strategic vision and hands-on expertise consistently delivers transformative results.

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Carlo Alberto Hung

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+01:00
Italy
Toptal Member Since August 24, 2022

Carlo is a project manager specializing in software engineering, information security, and Agile and Lean methodologies, with back-end services as his main area of focus. He has developed several software services for large international publishers and financial institutions. As a solution architect, Carlo has had the chance to experiment at all levels of the tech stack, including working on security and project management processes and heading Agile transformations and projects.

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Daniel Cenizo

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+01:00
Spain
Toptal Member Since September 6, 2023

Daniel has 10+ years of experience in Agile transformation and coaching for big companies, including six Fortune 500 organizations: Schneider Electric, Roche, Airbus, and Phillips 66. He is passionate about business process improvement and building high-performance tech teams through people-oriented leadership and excellent problem-solving skills. Daniel is also well-versed in scrum team building and performance management.

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Anna Zakoyan

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+04:00
Armenia
Toptal Member Since June 29, 2021

Anna has 15+ years of experience in software development, team organization, project management, and Agile coaching. She has transformed processes for 50+ companies, cutting development time by 50% and boosting productivity by 90%. Anna has coached 200+ teams, trained 3,000+ individuals, and has collaborated with SGS Digicomply, Krisp, Ucraft, HSBC, 10WEB, Acba Credit-Agricole Bank, and Joomag. She is a Certified Agile Coach, scrum master, and Agile leader.

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Mark Peake

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+07:00
Thailand
Toptal Member Since September 21, 2021

Mark has 30+ years of experience across the organizational transformation lifecycle. Over the last decade, he's focused on helping organizations—including Fortune 10 enterprises—apply Lean-Agile concepts toward a successful business transformation. As a highly skilled senior consultant and SPC 5, Mark has guided people to be agile and exercise trust, alignment, collaboration, transparency (TACT), alignment, collaboration, and transparency, to exceed expectations and implement best practices.

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Allan Lee

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+08:00
Malaysia
Toptal Member Since July 4, 2024

Allan has 40+ years of international, multi-industry experience and expertise in business continuity, asset management, process improvement, and ESG. He's consulted in various sectors, including retail, finance, mining, supply chain, oil and gas, energy, and shared services. Allan has also held senior management positions in Fortune 500 manufacturing, banks, and shared service organizations. He's also consulted on ISO 22301 and ISO 55001 implementation, quality, and risk management.

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Veronica Martinovici

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since February 28, 2022

Veronica has a strong technical background as a software engineer and over ten years of experience working as a project lead, agile project manager, and scrum master with multinational software development teams, managing complex customer relations and reporting to senior managers. A passionate supporter and advocate of Agile values and practices since 2010, she enjoys helping her teams achieve excellent results yielded by a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

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Pete Tashkoff

Freelance Lean Project Manager
Verified Expert in Project Management
UTC+12:00
New Zealand
Toptal Member Since October 12, 2020

Pete has trained and supported scores of Agile/DevOps teams (concurrent teams up to 20+). He has directly run Agile-style projects of up to 50+ members and budgets of $10-20 million in payroll, insurance, banking, and healthcare, ranging from digital strategy through internal/external business integration/APIs and deep legacy-software enablement. Pete is excited to have joined Toptal to further his passion for helping organizations get genuine value through lean-agile-digital transformation.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Lean project manager with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Lean project manager, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Lean project manager, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Lean project managers for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Lean project managers to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Lean project managers ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Lean project managers on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Lean project managers can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Lean project manager begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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