Capella welcomes Steve Fannon to the team!

Capella welcomes Steve Fannon to the team, who joins us from Jaguar Landrover, as an experienced Improvement Leader. He is also a #LeanSixSigma Master Black Belt. His skills include: #continuousimprovement, #sixsigma, #DMAIC technical #problemsolving, #processimprovement and #8D problem solving Steve Fannon | LinkedIn

Steve is a Business Improvement Manager with extensive experience of structured improvement methods applied to product and service quality and efficiency in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Transactional environments. A leader of expert improvement teams, and collaborative cross-functional improvement teams, delivering priority improvement projects, on a large or small scale.

He is 6-Sigma Black Belt & Master Black Belt Certified (Ford / Six Sigma Academy). He has extensive technical problem solving skills and experience from cross-functional team leader roles in new model launch, current model quality continuous improvement, and is a department-wide ‘Technical Specialist’ for Six-Sigma methods & tools.

He has been recognised as having a talent for teaching and coaching continuous improvement methods to Black Belt level within a large organisation. Leading employee engagement, training and coaching of continuous improvement project leaders and teams to success.

He has also completed academic research in the field of ‘Continuous Improvement Leadership’, developing cutting-edge insight into the role required of leaders within the ‘Continuous Improvement Environment’ of a large organisation.

He has wide experience leading supplier engagement in continuous quality improvement, working in partnership with and coaching of leaders in tier-1 automotive supplier organisations.

A proficient leader of Six-Sigma learning programmes at all levels, including development of new and innovative integrated development programmes, both lead and in partnership with training providers and academic partners.

His has an engineering design background with wide experience of automotive OEM product development process, methods and tools including gated product development systems, Systems Engineering, Failure-Mode Avoidance, CAD, Engineering release, design optimisation & verification, change management, APQP, PSW.

I think you’ll agree that Steve will be a great addition to the Capella team!

Testimonials

  • Capella have provided a superbly structured programme, and have proven to be entirely supportive of delegates in completing their apprenticeship with confidence. Key to this has been the instructor’s knowledge of the subject matter, allowing him to apply the theory to a variety of scenarios in the delegates’ work. We have appreciated the instructor being approachable, flexible and understanding of the challenges of extra-curricula activity for people with busy jobs. All staff that we’ve engaged with at Capella have been professional, welcoming and clear in their communication.

    Mark Robbins, Retail and Pension Operations Training and Communications, Fidelity International

  • Capella’s focus on developing long-term relationships and their continual search for innovative approaches to upskilling has enabled Toyota and many other employers to learn and apply best practice Problem Solving tools which deliver great outcomes for all. In our experience, no other training provider has taken such a lead role in the development of sector wide initiatives such as the Automotive Industrial Partnership and development of the ‘improvement suite’ of Apprenticeship standards. Capella constantly seeks innovative opportunities to deliver an excellent service to the learner and to the business.

    Paul Fitzpatrick | Senior Manager | Toyota UK

  • We have found Capella really professional and flexible and their passion for delivering high quality training is a culture we have in common between us and has made working with them highly beneficial. Their knowledge of the automotive sector in particular has also been very useful and has simplified working together to create a really excellent training programme. In addition, they have managed to modify their usual commercial programmes in line with government approved apprenticeship standards, which has enabled us to utilise our Apprenticeship Levy to fund the training.

    Chris Bauman | Group Managing Director

  • Capella are delivering the Business Improvement L4 programme to a cohort of 12 staff at our Barnard Castle site. We chose Capella after a series of meeting with Kate and her team and from day 1 we have been impressed with the professionalism, enthusiasm and knowledge of the team. The staff have really thrived on the learning schedule and through working with the programme tutors and we have had nothing but positive feedback. Internal changes on site have impacted on the programme delivery, which Capella took this in their stride, adapting delivery timelines, providing support and working with those facing change has added another dimension to the relationship that has been developed between the site and Capella. While still in delivery mode GSK already believes that the programme has been a success for all involved and we look forward to its completion and sharing that success within the organisation.

    Tim Buchanan | Apprenticeship Vendor Manager | Talent, Leadership and Organisation Development- Centre of Excellence

  • Capella worked closely with Wilko to deeply understand our needs at a strategic and operational level, helping us to jointly explore a range of options to meet these needs. Capella have an experienced team of Lean Six Sigma experts. Their programme design, management expertise and resources are second to none. Wilko have been allocated a dedicated Account Manager which helps us ensure the learner is always front of mind. Capella’s programmes have developed the knowledge, skills and drive of our Wilko delegates to seek and implement improvements in every process, constantly reducing costs, waste and inefficiencies. Capella also enabled Wilko’s leadership of continuous improvement to be showcased through the publication of an extensive article for the Chartered Quality Institute's Quality World magazine.

    Teresa Ward, Wilko Talent Programme Manager, Wilko

  • I would sincerely like to thank you again and the fabulous team at Capella for the dedication shown in achieving the Black Belt qualification. It is such a pleasure to work so closely with passionate professional people and I hope our partnership continues to grow especially with the role out of the new standards.

    Richard Bates, Managing Director, Qualitrain

  • "Capella are a company that keep to their word, they have supported me fully during and even after my projects have been completed. The coaching team are always on hand to help with any issues and often put themselves out to ensure support is available. Highly recommend anyone looking to progress their career to take a look at Capella."

    Chris Woodcock, Jaguar Land Rover