Larry Raymond
Larry is Director of the Metaphor Language Research Center LLC based in Boulder, Colorado, USA. It provides tools for leadership development, systems thinking, problem solving, creativity and innovation. He is also co-founder of The River Leadership Resources, a not for profit consulting group based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Larry holds both USA and Irish citizenship, lived in Switzerland for 10 years and in Denmark for 2, worked in more than 50 countries and published a book on building effective teams in cross cultural environments. He has long-held passions for achieving sustainable economic growth and improving the lives of people in underdeveloped countries.
He has broad experience as a manager, management consultant and educator. As a professional manager and executive at international companies for thirty years, he successfully delivered major projects, managed both small groups and global activities with several hundred staff members and budgets over $100M/year. He also led a small international consulting firm, taught management on the graduate level for ten years and performed research into how to overcome obstacles to planning, leading, organizing and controlling.
In addition to his extensive global business experience, Larry also supported U.N. agencies and South Asian and African governments through consulting in health care management systems and economic development. He has provided pro-bono service to the World Health Organization and other agencies for a variety of projects.
CONTACT INFORMATION
email: Larry@metaphorlanguage.com
Metaphor Language Research Center LLC
Boulder, Colorado, USA
+1 303 233 8946
The River
Leadership Resources
Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 741-0254
RESUME
Employment
IBM (1999 – 2010: Boulder, CO, USA; Copenhagen Denmark; Raleigh, NC, USA)
Director, Integrated Supply Chain for Sustainability and Strategic Initiatives
Global Supply Chain Process Optimization Director
Business Operations and Innovation Director- Printing Systems, Retail Stores, Software
Software Manufacturing & Delivery Director
Lotus Development (1995-1999: Cambridge MA, USA, Dublin, IRE)
Vice President, Process Reengineering
Project Director, SAP Deployment
Newbase International Consulting (1988-1995: Geneva, Switzerland)
Sri Lanka Service Export Development (GATT/WTO/International Trade Centre sponsor)
Service Export Opportunity Evaluation: Nepal, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Tanzania (GATT/WTO/International Trade Centre, ILO sponsors)
Strategic Plan for National Health in Guinea Bissau (WHO sponsor)
Development of the Management Effectiveness Programme for Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO sponsor)
Readiness Assessment and Implementation of Management Effectiveness Programme (MEP) in Syria, Egypt, Iran (WHO sponsor)
Local / Regional Management System for HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe (WHO Sponsor)
Public Sector Management Reform Programme – Zambia (Government of Zambia, World Bank sponsors)
Visual Thinking/Systems Thinking – Philippines, Malaysia/Sarawak (Local agencies and self sponsored)
Laboratory Management Assessment – Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Tehran (Government of Iran, WHO)
Process reengineering – Du Pont, HP, Union Carbide, International Atomic Energy Agency, Novartis, Neste, National Semiconductor, Motorola, Unisys, Staples, NASDAQ, Canada Transport, Boehringer Mannheim, Northwestern Mutual Life, Business Man’s Assurance, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Canada Department of Defense
Digital Equipment (1984-1988: Geneva, Switzerland)
Executive consultant; Channels Marketing Manager; Sales Manager
Union Carbide (1968-1984: New York, West Virginia, Connecticut, Geneva Switzerland)
Director European I.T., Corp strategic planning, economic analysis, Global I.T. Director
Education/Teaching
BA, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
MBA, Pace University – Pleasantville, New York, USA
Adjunct Professor and department chair, Information Systems Management,
Webster University Graduate Program- Geneva, Switzerland (1982-1991)
Languages
USA English mother tongue, Working capacity in French
Citizenship
USA, Ireland
Publications/Innovations
Book: Reinventing Communication: A Guide to Using Visual Language for Planning, Problem-Solving and Reengineering (ASQC Quality Press, 1994)
Contributor to articles on organization capacity building in developing countries
Developer of Metaphor Languages, a suite of visual tools for group creativity and alignment re: present state analysis, visioning and planning. Languages include: Village Mapping, River Mapping, The Zoo, Facecards that have been used by over 50 companies and U.N agencies in dozens of countries