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Why Listen:

I loved my interview with Jason Santamaria. Special thanks to Vincent Martino for making this connection. They became good friends in business school and co-authored a book. Two things you should pay attention to for this interview:

1 - alignment. There's very few people I can think of in the last 390 interviews that are as aligned as Jason is with his career. The way that he speaks, the way that he thinks, the way that he processes information... he found the right career for him. And it's so refreshing to see that.

2 - Maybe even more important is that as we unwrap his story, I think you'll realize that that was not clear to him when he was in the Marine Corps, or when he left the Marine Corps. It wasn't like he had his sights set on a career in transformational company work. And I think that that should hopefully be refreshing for all of you listening to this to see how his story unfolds to see that he found a career path that really resonates with him. But it wasn't a master plan, it was taking the next best step every step of the way, and thinking about what he wanted.

About Jason:

Jason Santamaria is a Managing Director in the Portfolio Operations group of a leading alternative investment firm. Focused on Lean Transformation, Jason is involved in identifying and delivering growth & productivity initiatives in the companies in which his firm invests. Previously, Jason held a number of senior leadership roles in large public and private companies, including Serta Simmons Bedding, Newell Brands, Stanley Black & Decker, Avery Dennison, Morgan Stanley and McKinsey & Company. Early in his career, Jason served as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps and as a Fulbright Scholar in South America. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Selected Resources: 

Jason's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-santamaria-962466/

• The discipline of Lean Six Sigma - maximizing customer value with minimum expenditure of resources.

• The Lean Enterprise Institute - best source for materials related to Lean Six Sigma

• Data Science or Data Analytics coursework at any business school

• Jason's book

• ReferVets.org

• Fourblock.org

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