EXPERIENCE & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

​Transforming highly difficult challenges into decidedly successful outcomes inclusive of peopl, processes, and techonolgy. Building strong coalitions with focused resolution, inspired vision, clear strategic plans, and effective stakeholder engagement. Proven expertise and leadership backed by a globally diverse career in Program Management, Process Improvement, and Non-Profit Leadership.

Exceptional record of leading and guiding teams toward increased cohesiveness, effectiveness, and productivity. Passion for creating lasting organizational change through customer-centric thought leadership, diversity, inclusiveness, and social-emotional intelligence. Recognized for listening deeply and leading from the inside out; igniting untapped potential, shared goals, and inspiration.

Non-Profit Director & Board Member​

Non-Profit Director: 7 years of combined experience for three start-up organizations providing leading-edge social-emotional development, conflict resolution, communication, compassion, peace and diversity programs and workshops to tens of thousands in non-profit businesses, prisons, schools, and community groups. (Link: Non-Profit Roles/Duties)

  • Developed all organizational management, accounting, programs, evaluations, reporting and granting structures; achieving non-profit status for two organizations in the United States.​
  • Delivered and directed the delivery of specialized classroom and community curriculums involving over 40 contractors and volunteers across 16 countries on 4 continents; including local programs in Commerce City, Capitol Hill, Five Points, and Lakewood.
  • Produced and led numerous fundraising educational/party events, grant submissions, and marketing materials.​
Journey Outreach North America and Journey Outreach International: Provides cutting-edge emotional processes developed to help people in-need recover from emotional blocks and traumas, and find a renewed sense of self and empowerment.
  • Led programs with Inter-American Development Bank providing “Resilience Within” training for multiple Latin American non-profit organizations, creating a foundation of skills and best practices for at-risk populations .
  • Four studies involving over 5000 children in South Africa and Australia show a 50% pass/fail improvement, reduced absenteeism, and social-emotional skills improvements.
  • Prison and parole program studies in South Africa and the U.S. show improved behavior and outlook on life, and a reduction in recidivism.
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​Children's Global Peace Project (CGPP): Connects children worldwide, providing uniquely tailored, culturally-diverse , social-emotional curriculums that empower children to transform their challenging emotions and conflicts into healthy self-expression and peaceful co-creation.  ​
  • Led partnership work with Oneness Project, Dances of Universal Peace, Peace Works, Journey Outreach, Shining Mountains Press, Academy of Peace, Action for Peace and Conflict Transformation, Children's World Peace Program, Heart and Hand Center, Colorado Refugee Services Program, and schools internationally in Colorado, Wisconsin, Washington, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Nepal, India, Thailand, and Uganda.
  • In first two years of operations, CGPP delivered 514 classes to 18,000 teachers and children internationally with significant school counselor, teacher and student engagement, and positive shifts in student behavior and academics.


​Non-Profit Board Member: 17 years of combined experience as a board member for three international and two U.S. organizations. Provided guidance for leadership succession. Led efforts in Kenya and South Africa to create organization structure for management, accounting, program evaluation, and reporting; achieving in-country non-profit status for both organizations. (Link: Non-Profit Roles/Duties)
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Additional Non-Profit Materials

EnvoyPeace  |  Founder: Principal Consultant  & Coach
​Oversee day-to-day company consulting and coaching operations. Provide organizational services in the areas of change management, business transformations, leadership and operational training, strategic & tactical planning, process improvements, stakeholder management, user experience, customer- and employee-centric thought leadership, organizational structure, relationship building, team building, and personal development. 
Western Union | Contract & Employee: As change management consultant, and later Process Improvement Program Office Director, transformed regulatory relationships and established world-class operations across 50+ countries.
  • Analysis of process variation and failure modes used to merge acquired processes, eliminate duplicate efforts, establish data quality, and key metrics, reduce costs and risks, and improve regulatory agency relations.
  • Cross-functional stakeholder consensus established for standardized and special-case processes, and the statistical identification of issues and risks for suspicious activity reporting and subpoena response fulfillment.

United Nations Habitat and Water Sanitation & Hygiene w/African Management Services Co. | 2 Grant Contracts: 
Led efforts with cross-cultural boards to create program improvements and working solutions for developing countries in East Africa.
  • Implemented culturally suitable and highly effective educational materials for Interlocking Stabilized Soil Block construction, enabling use of hundreds of machines in storage, reducing time, corruption, costs, and pollution.
  • Persistent efforts across international stakeholders established a developing country standard of Concrete Biosand Water Filters; providing clean water to communities and schools; reducing costs and disease.
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Mango Tree Educational Enterprises w/Private Sector Foundation | 3 Grant Contracts: Implemented process maps, failure modes and effects analysis, monitoring and response plans, statistical cost estimates, and employee engagement models.
  • Account management time cut nearly 40%, freeing up time for improved fiscal management and oversight.
  • Eliminated errors of 25% in inventory and 10% in cost estimates, improving production, sales, and profitability.
  • Teams now conduct energetic tactical and strategic planning with collaborative cross-functional leadership. ​

Organizational & Individual Workshops & Coaching: Provided leading-edge coaching and learning programs to open paths of social-emotional growth, creativity, empowerment, well-being, empathy, communication, and interpersonal skills development based on the latest neuroscience, sociology, and psychology research.
  • Providing a focus on practice and process with direction and clarity. 
  • Opening hearts and building authentic relationships to lead our actions.
  • Creating Awareness of where we’re at, Disruption of what stands in our way, and Breakthrough to where we want to be.
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Coaching Programs, Certifications, and Tools:​
  • Creator of Intentional-Life Journey Coaching
  • DORA Registered Psychotherapist
  • Certified Visionary Leadership & Conscious Coach 
  • Inspired Leadership Specialization Certifications
                  Coaching for Intentional Development
                  Coaching with Appreciative Inquiry
                  Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence​​ ​

  • ​Positive Intelligence Coach
  • Spiritual Practitioner Licensing
  • Yoga & Meditation Teacher Certification
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt & Trainer Certifications
  • Essential Management Skills Trainer Certification
  • Fortune 500 Program Management Certification
  • Fortune 500 & Small Business Proci Experience
Reviews:​ Coaching and Workshops 
  • ​“Kevin. He is outstanding. He understands each particular client’s mindset and works to adapt his approach to get the best results for each individual. It is not a one size fit all but more of a tailored approach.”
  • “Coaching with Kevin has been a process of awakening and connecting with my true self. His insightful methods have helped me unearth long buried fears. He’s helped me in pursuit of living my best life.”
  • “The depth that Kevin took us to was so deep . . . it was so informative and surprising. The whole workshop was a surprise and a gift, taking me deeper into a new and exciting place."

Northrup Grumman | Change Manager & Program Manager
​​10-time Performance Excellence awardee during military, intelligence agency, and government contracting career.
​​Lean Six-Sigma Process Improvement Black Belt & Trainer: Trained and mentored over 150 employees with a rating of 96%. Achieved over $8.5M in savings over five years while also performing full- and part-time on other contracts.
  • ​Led cross-functional team of 26 people on a rescue mission of a nationally significant, secure operational system. Through tiered management meetings, failure modes and effects risk priority analysis, and system and process improvements achieved a 140% mean-time-between-failure improvement.
  • Facilitated Human Resources’ average hiring time reduction of 37% for external candidates and 18% for internal candidates. Increased productivity of employees awaiting clearances by over 80%. Overall hiring and other overhead costs decreased by 34% and program revenues increased by nearly 2%.
  • Led 23% improvement in software design and development standards and processes, resulting in highly accurate software development estimations, improving proposal accuracy for new contracts, and increasing customer confidence and budgeting accuracy for ongoing contracts.
  • Improved real-time operational system data quality by 32% by restructuring and improving definitions and consistency in a multi-database system, improving operational data used for critical wartime and crisis control decision-making, and reducing operations and maintenance time and efforts.

Program Manager, Technical Task Orders and Operations: Led over 40 employees on seven sub-contracts for the strategic planning, development, testing, deployment, and enhancement of a nationally significant, secure hardware and software development program; including the technology used to capture 9-11 terrorists.

Program Manager, Operations & Maintenance: Built and directed a cross-functional contractor/military team of 20 people in the test, evaluation, and start-up operations of a 24×7 nationally significant, secure system used to integrate complex real-time data from 26 agencies; resolving information breakdowns experienced during the 9-11 attacks.

Technical Director, Enterprise Resource Planning: Led a rescue mission for a 16-person Bureau of Land Management Enterprise Resource Planning and Management contract. The program was nine months into a one-year contract with 25% of deliverables complete. Met all current-year obligations, contract mods increased revenue over 10%, and awarded follow-on contracts.

​Program Risk and Requirements Change Manager: Developed risk mitigation solutions for a nationally significant, secure information system development program with 160 personnel and 1300 requirements; achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 5 for Risk Management, Quantitative Project Management, and Casual Analysis Resolution.

USAF | Captain
​2-time Air Force Commendation Medal awardee during military career​.
HQ Air Combat Command, Program Manager: Financial and Technical Program Manager of $165M in Combat Communications & Air Traffic Control Acquisitions programs. Saved $35M by achieving stakeholder requirements consensus across multiple Air Force, Army, and Navy command units, and streamlining technical specifications for improved air request net procedures.
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HQ Air Force Communications Command, Team Chief: Project Manager leading elite Air Traffic Control Test & Evaluation teams to resolve critical equipment and procedures safety issues. Re-engineered outdated and state-of-the-art equipment beyond specifications. Recognized as a Department of Defense expert, helping define international air traffic systems standards in place now for decades.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

SECTOR EXPERIENCE

​International Transformational Change Leader on programs as large as $165M a year with 260 geographically dispersed personnel in Fortune 500, Small Business & Cottage Industries, Government, Military, and Non-Profit organizations.

GLOBAL BUSINESS CULTURE

In-country work and consulting in Uganda, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Mexico, and Canada. Process Improvement Program Management Office Director for regulatory compliance operations in over 50 countries.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Philanthropic​ Program Management
  • Non-Profit  Fundraising & Evaluation
  • Stakeholder & Exployee Engagement ​
  • Leadership Training & Development
  • Strategic & Tactical Planning
  • Communications & Public Speaking 
  • Organizational Structure
  • Key Performance Metrics
  • Team Coaching & Mentoring
  • Team Building & Talent Development
  • Diversity & Inclusiveness
  • Emotional-Intelligence

INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE

  • Non-Profit Organizations
  • At-Risk Community Service
  • Community Education
  • Medical Devices & Services
  • International Banking
  • Federal & Armed Forces Programs
  • Manufacturing
  • Natural Resource Conservation
  • Customer Service & Experience
  • Corporate Training
  • National Intelligence
  • Airspace Management​

CHANGE MANAGEMENT TOOLS

  • Lean Six-Sigma Process Improvement
  • Business Process Reengineering
  • Project Management
  • Proci & Appreciative Inquiry
  • Inspired Leadership
  • Current & Target State Process Mapping
  • Continuous  Improvement
  • Stakeholder/Community Engagement 
  • Employee Communications/Engagement
  • Voice of the Customer
  • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
  • Risk & Root Cause Analysis 

EDUCATION

Q&A
What drew you to non-profit work and supporting communities at risk?
My heart has always led me to service. That began with service to my country, and as I began to grow personally that transformed into service to humanity. One of my passions is transformational change that positively impacts organizations and people. I began volunteering with non-profit organizations in my early twenties, and leading them in my late thirties. It was a path that naturally called to me. Then, after years of supporting powerful change within Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, I turned my forcus to non-profit organizations serving communities at risk. I began co-creating social-emotional, peace, and diversty programs to engage people from all walks of life in co-creating a movement of conscious self, community, connection, and leadership. Supporting the social-emotional health of people and communities in facing their challenges is where he best and most empowering solutions grow from. 
I'm drawn to keep leading and engaging philantrhopic organizations, because I believe they provide powerful and influential paths for positively changing society and our world.  My career might look like a whirlwind at times – including simultaneous consulting, coaching, and non-profit work. I would like to pour all of my energy into the latter; job title and paycheck size matter very little to me compared to the fulfillment of helping those in need. 


Who is the one person that has done the most to shape your career?
Noel Benner was my mentor when I first became an officer in the Air Force. He saw potential in me that I didn’t yet see in myself. It felt like he made it his mission to help make me the best officer and engineer that I could be. He chose me, and I eventually chose him back. He took his job to heart, and we shared a very close and special bond. He believed I could do anything and solve any problem. Starting from the first job we did together he gave me unbounded space to realize this for myself. He gave me the freedom to figure out problems, to lead others, to speak on his behalf, to lead him, to make mistakes, and to find success at the end of every road.

What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment?
Every time I can help a person or team of people realize something powerful and new about themselves and life – something enlightening, heart-opening, connecting and life-changing – that feels like a great accomplishment. This is why I gravitate to supporting philanthropic social change and empowerment for people and communities. I believe that we can keep opening wider into our humanness and hearts - in our business, communities, and day-to-day lives - and that our greatest accomplishments have yet to be realized. In Ugandan culture people are very polite and non-confrontational at work. Seeing a group of Ugandan managers embrace healthy conflict, and take it on for themselves and their organization as a way to find the best solutions, is one of my most memorable accomplishments.
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How would your peers and team members describe your leadership?
​I believe that foremost I’m seen as a servant leader. I listen with the sincere intention of learning what’s blocking a person or team from doing their job well, and what help would they like in removing those obstacles and creating a more supportive environment. I like to call it open-door, half-baked servant leadership by walking around. Hopefully the half-baked part raises an eyebrow. It means we are all imperfect leaders in our job rolls and in our relating to each other. We can open to that when trying to work through technical, as well as social-emotional, challenges. We can bring our wildly creative, not-fully-cooked ideas to each other, and complete the baking process together. I also hope that people recognize me as an adaptable leader – someone who can change styles to match the situation at hand.

INTEREST & HOBBIES

PRAISE & REVIEWS
“For as long as I’ve known Kevin he has been about service, peace, and changing the world.  We first met in 2008 when Kevin was the Co-Director for Children’s Global Peace project. I loved what he was doing and happily agreed to work together. In turn, I saw that Kevin loved The Journey.  His ability to embody the work grew quickly, and he traveled and supported workshops for individuals and organizations throughout North America.  If there was a delegate with some challenging emotional issues, they often found their way to get support from Kevin.  He was always someone I counted on to take care of anything that needed to get done - no matter how simple or challenging, and no matter how early he needed to be there or how late he needed to stay. In 2010, I asked Kevin to run Journey Outreach North America, and shortly that same year Journey Outreach International made the same request.  He was the breath of life and organizational skills our charity needed. In 2011, I asked Kevin to help me with a start-up venture by managing my software development team.  With his support we made leaps and bounds in progress.  I don’t know if there’s anything he can’t do well.  Kevin and I still collaborate and communicate regularly. I marvel at his tenacity to continue to grow his talents in supporting others. His leadership and management skills, combined with his emotional intelligence experience, make him a perfect hire for any non-profit leadership position. If there’s anyone that is willing to give his whole-heart to a philanthropical organization’s growth and success – I know he is."
         Skip Lackey - Founder, Praxis Leadership Academy and CEO, Founder G-Code Partners, Louisville, CO

"I first met Kevin Lockwood in 2007 at a Dances of Universal Peace retreat. He had just returned from trips to Thailand, India and Uganda, and was glowing from the experience. I invited him to join my staff, working with children at a week-long program. It was a gift to have his time. His emotional presence and capacity with children were exceptional, and it was then I asked him to help me write a grant for Children's Global Peace Project (CGPP), and to become a board member. Although he was heading for Uganda again, Kevin agreed to help me and to join the board. If it weren’t for Kevin’s editing and tenacious diligence in planning and accounting, I wouldn’t have pulled it off. After receiving the grant we were faced with our next task; to create an organization to accept the funds and execute the program. Kevin drafted and submitted all of the documentation; we formed CGPP in January 2008. He became my co-director and executive manager for the organization. With his help, and his connections of brilliant friends and colleagues, we formed a powerful board of directors. Kevin created all of our by-laws and agreements, created an elaborate Google wiki-site for collaboration, built a public website, and developed the backbone of our accounting procedures as well as our impact evaluation process. Before moving on to become the Executive Director of Journey Outreach in 2010, Kevin laid down a plan for success in his absence. He was able to bring in two fabulous organizational facilitators from LA and DC. He also drafted a business plan and budget to carry us through 2012. He continues to amaze me with his grace, presence, and willingness to lovingly support others. When Kevin shared his plans to work in large, non-profit leadership and program development, I was not surprised. I know Kevin. This is something he strongly believes is needed for our society, and I agree. It is something I know he will achieve in outstanding fashion. I would urge you to accept his application and enjoy the fruits of his labor."
         Theresa Tajali Tolan - Professional Coach, Peace Educator and Consultant, The Consciousness Project LLC, Billings, MT

“I was impressed with Kevin from the time we met, and he has delivered everything I hoped for, and more. He fit in immediately with our staff and our global compliance customers. He works diligently, proficiently, and quickly – facilitating several meetings a day for Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. The processes are a challenging and convoluted mix of regulations and I’m amazed at how instantly and effortlessly he has picked it up. He listens vigilantly and asks just the right probing questions in a way that the supports collaborative, supportive teamwork. Kevin is truly a well-seasoned business professional, and definitely knows the ins and outs of Six-Sigma. I know the compliance team feels the same."
​         Curt Klus - Vice President, Western Union Global Process & Productivity, Englewood, CO

“Kevin is a true professional; invaluable to have on my projects. If there is a better way, he will find it. If there’s not a better way, then he’s willing to do what needs to be done. In other words, he saves me time and money and makes it easier to get the hard stuff done. I also appreciate his well-tuned attention to detail. As a result my projects always end up with better-than-expected results. There are always things that I do not have the capacity to see and correct in time. He also seems to have a knack for seeing the bigger picture, and asking the right questions to run things efficiently; reducing time and materials, avoiding rework, improving work flow, and easing the general frustration that can creep into challenging situations.”
         James Ripley – Owner, Creative Endeavors Construction, Boulder, CO

“Kevin is an outstanding coach whose diverse methods help to explore the true essence of who you are and to connect with your true self. He combines spiritual wisdom, intuition and rational thought in ways that inspire, and his insightful methods help you work through emotional blockages and barriers and be your authentic self. Kevin is fantastic to work with.”
         Gerry Mellas - Head of DBI Contracts & Governance at Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, Melbourne, Australia

Dec ‘20: “After a few coaching and Intentional Journey sessions with Kevin, I am excited to recommend him. The recent process Kevin chose for my session was perfect and his guidance led me to life changing realizations. I will be back for more when needed. 🙂”
Jul ’22: “Working with Kevin Lockwood has changed my life. He has a complementary set of skills and strategies that model for me how to improve the management of my emotional nature and practice focus for functionality. He sees me and respectfully asks all the right questions that help me reach solutions. Thank you, Kevin!”
          SharonAnne Luchene - Creative Educational Personal Care Provider, Denver, CO

“A long time ago I learned how to know a great lesson. I reflect on what I experienced or heard. If, after some time, I am still giving thought to the experience, then I know it was valuable to me. If I forget it right away, then it probably wasn’t that important. I found that I’ve been thinking about your workshop since that evening and I’m always glad for anything that enhances my journey. Kevin, your coaching is a gift to all who open themselves wider. You are so suited to bringing others together and making something good. You lead with a gentle touch that assures people are safe in their own development."
          Shirley Shanks Camenzind - Retired Business Owner & CEO, North Wilkesboro, NC

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