Kimberly Wiefling, M.S.
Kimberly Wiefling is the founder and president of Wiefling Consulting, LLC, a global consulting enterprise enabling individuals, teams and organizations to achieve results that seem nearly impossible. She has worked with companies of all sizes, from one-man-bands to the Fortune 50, and has helped to launch and grow more than a half-dozen startups, some of which are actually profitable at this very moment. Kimberly spends about 1/3 of her time overseas teaching Japanese businesses to be scrappy. Yikes! She holds a masters degree in physics from Case Institute, a double major B.S. in chemistry and physics from Wright State University, and a certificate in program and project management through UC Santa Cruz where she is currently an instructor in the Project Management Certificate Program, the Management Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship and an advisor to The Start-Up Foundry.
Prior to launching her consulting practice in January 2001, she was the VP of Program Management at Outride, Inc., a Xerox Parc spin-off ultimately purchased by Google. At ReplayTV Kimberly led the team that successfully developed and launched Replay's co-branded set-top box, the 'Panasonic ShowStopper'. Before that she was a senior program manager at Candescent Technologies. Kimberly spent 10 years at Hewlett-Packard where she served in a variety of engineering, leadership and product development roles in the fields of timing devices and analytical instrumentation for environmental, pharma and bio-tech applications.
Kimberly challenges leaders to implement practical, common-sense business leadership and program management solutions that deliver predictable, reproducible results rather than management by crisis, heroics and fire-fighting. She could possibly be the most enthusiastic leader of the 21st century. The founder and principal of Wiefling Consulting, Kimberly’s philosophy is, in a nutshell: “Business leaders need not choose between enabling a highly profitable business and a high quality of life for their people. My work enables effective leadership and program management strategies that are proven to increase productivity, deliver as much as 30% greater profitability, increase customer delight, and dramatically improve the quality of life for both leaders and their people. Ready to infect your company with the "Kimberly virus?" Maybe it's time! Working with Kimberly gives you access to what you want but don't think you can get.
Kimberly recently authored her first book “Scrappy Project Management: The 12 Predictable and Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces". Order her book now for immediate delivery here