Fred George Sauer
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Fred George Sauer
Name: Fred George Sauer
Company: The Movera Method
Title: Founder
Address: 3615 Creekside Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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Biography
Fred wants to improve effectiveness and productivity in companies, governmental organizations and nonprofits. He has managed small and medium sized organizations and has lead many large national and international teams to improve productivity, quality, effectiveness and customers satisfaction. In this work Fred noted that similar basic human factors always inhibit and block optimal performance, communication, cooperation and effectiveness.
Fred created The Movera Method to address these issues in a profound, fast, and highly effective way. The Method is based on breakthrough techniques which have immediate impact and continued cumulative beneficial effects for both teams and individuals. Movera is particularly suited to help manage the stress and crisis environment in business today.
Prior to starting his own business, Fred worked in the automotive industry and a variety of management positions in process improvement, business systems, logistics and inventory optimization, systems development and support, quality and productivity initiatives and international infrastructure integration. Projects included assignments in Belgium, England, Germany and Japan.
Experience
The Movera Method (October 2006-Present)
Founder
- A tool to quickly and thoroughly improve performance and adaptability in organizations. By applying the Method groups and individuals will achieve improvements in many key performance factors. Some features include:
- Use Movera any time and any place
- You have control of the process and what you want to accomplish
- No need to discuss issues or ″problems″ or to believe in the Method
- Works well with and supports existing productivity programs
Sedona Management Inc. (July 2003-Present)
President and Director
- Sedona Management Inc. is located in Ann Arbor, MI. We develop and teach The Movera Method™
Ford Motor Company (May 1996-July 2002)
Project leader for IT, Process Leadership
- In this position, Fred lead design of best-in-class software maintenance delivery, metrics and process improvement programs including re-engineering application maintenance. He used teams of software experts and managers from the company′s global IT activities to customize and implement the processes ensuring customer acceptance and support.
- He formed and ran the Year 2000 IT operations center with a team of 50 to coordinate, monitor and report on Fords global preparation for 1/1/2000. After the successful conversion in January 2000, Fred lead the integration of a major Ford acquisition with operations in North America, Europe and Asia into Fords IT infrastructure.
Ford Motor Company (July 1993-May 1996)
Systems Planning Specialist
- Fred was a leader for Ford global IT quality and productivity programs. He bench marked North American and European companies for top software quality practices. Formed and lead ISO9000 and Quality Operating Systems teams for IT. Spearheaded initiative to improve software maintenance productivity, quality and customer satisfaction netting a productivity gain of 80%, reducing rework, and freeing staff for new development. Fred utilized expert teams from throughout the company′s global IT groups to ensure program feasibility, support and collaboration.
- Fred was invited to give presentations on this work at eight national and international conferences and for companies outside Ford including GE, Motorola, Deere, SoftLab, Detroit Edison, K-Mart and National Insurance.
Ford Motor Company (July 1983-July 1993)
Department Manager
- Fred managed a department responsible for production systems, computer costs and data center operations for Ford′s parts and service operations. He instituted and managed programs for reducing computing costs and increasing systems quality and reliability. He managed and improved systems throughput and on-line systems availability and introduced related performance metrics. He started an initiative to improve systems maintenance productivity and quality which later was used company wide.
Ford Motor Company (October 1976-July 1983)
Supervisor, Warranty and Service Systems
- Fred managed the development and support of a number of large Information Technology systems including vehicle warranty payment, administration, and warranty analysis systems, vehicle quality and service systems, and the vehicle recall system.
Ford Motor Company (October 1969-October 1976)
Operations Research Analyst
- Fred conducted and lead Process Improvement and Process Optimization projects in a variety of business areas including parts demand forecasting, inventory optimization, packaging, logistics, and production planning.
Education
University of Michigan (1968-1969)
- Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and Pfaff A.G.
Technische Universität Darmstadt (1962-1968)
- Masters of Science, Engineering (Dipl.Ing.) Mechanical and Human Factors Engineering
- Master′s Thesis: Stress response under static work loads
- Completed BS (Vor-Dipl) in 1965
Loughborough University (1965-1966)
- Graduate studies in Ergonomics and Cybernetics
- Government scholarship for study abroad after completing undergraduate program
Specialties
Improve management team and individual performance, effectiveness and potential and do the same for the whole company or organization. Remove inhibitors, obstacles and stresses in the way to optimal functioning.
Professional organizations and affiliations
- Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce
Honors
- Founder, The Movera Method(TM), 2006
- Incorporator, Sedona Management Inc., 2003
- Instructor, Sedona Releasing Method, 2000
- In depth training in the management of process improvement, projects, productivity, quality, personal effectiveness and stress, 1970-2002
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- Improving quality, effectiveness, and performance of organizations and teams
- Personal growth
- Travel
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