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// CMLL6 Consulting · Dallas-Fort Worth

Eliminate waste. Automate what remains.

Award-winning Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Senior Operations leader with a record of success redesigning product flow, streamlining global operations, and delivering data-driven results across industries.

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◆Lean Six Sigma Black Belt ◆Change Management ◆$5M+ Cost Reductions ◆Statistical Process Control ◆Kaizen Events ◆Value Stream Mapping ◆DMAIC Facilitation ◆Power Automate Pipelines ◆1099 · C2C Available ◆Lean Six Sigma Black Belt ◆Change Management ◆$5M+ Cost Reductions ◆Statistical Process Control ◆Kaizen Events ◆Value Stream Mapping ◆DMAIC Facilitation ◆Power Automate Pipelines ◆1099 · C2C Available
LSS
Black Belt · Certified
8+
Major clients served
$5M+
Documented cost reductions
3,000+
Roles filled · 11 markets
1099
C2C engagements available
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// About

Senior Operations leader.
Data-driven by discipline.

Maurice Quintana is the principal of CMLL6 Consulting — an award-winning Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Senior Operations leader focused on data-driven results. His record spans redesigning product flow, streamlining and automating global operations, and increasing efficiency and quality while reducing costs across manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and energy.

The name CMLL6 reflects the three disciplines at the core of every engagement:

CM
Change Management
Guiding organizations and people through transformation — ensuring adoption, reducing resistance, and making improvements stick long after the engagement ends.
L
Leadership
Driving cross-functional teams, coaching executives, and building internal capability — so organizations don't just improve once, they build the muscle to keep improving.
L6
Lean Six Sigma
Certified Black Belt methodology — applying DMAIC, statistical analysis, and waste elimination to deliver measurable, data-driven results across every engagement.

Previously Director of HR Operations and Continuous Improvement at Forterra, Inc. Currently consulting at Primoris Energy Services — delivering onboarding, transfer, and labor compliance automation solutions.

Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. Available for 1099 / C2C engagements in Lean Six Sigma, Change Management, Program Management, and MS Suite automation.

🏆 Award-Winning
LSS Black Belt
Change Management
Program Management
1099 / C2C
Role at CMLL6
Senior Lean Six Sigma Black Belt / Change Management Consultant — driving measurable operational improvement through process redesign, statistical analysis, and structured methodology.
Experience
Director of HR Operations & Continuous Improvement · Forterra, Inc.
Consultant · Primoris Energy Services
Regional Recruiting Manager · Dr Pepper Keurig
Rapid CI Manager · Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Education & Location
Master of Science, Organizational Leadership · Gonzaga University
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Specialization
Lean Six Sigma · Continuous Improvement · Change Management · Statistical Process Control · Workforce Planning Automation · Microsoft Ecosystem · Teams & Dashboard Architecture
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// Education & Certifications

The credentials behind
the methodology.

Every tool, framework, and approach deployed in client engagements is backed by formal training and certification from recognized institutions.

Education
M.S.
Master of Science
Organizational Leadership
Gonzaga University
Graduate study in organizational leadership — the academic foundation underpinning the Leadership pillar of CMLL6 and directly applied in executive coaching, change management, and cross-functional team leadership engagements.
Certifications
CM
Prosci
Certified Change Management Professional
CCMP
Cross-functional Leadership
Team Building
ADKAR
L6
Dr. Ken Feldman
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
ICBB
Control Charts
Employee Training
+21 skills
T
Achieveglobal
Certified Training Professional
CTP
Employee Training
Statistical Process Control
+17 skills
F
Developmental Dimensions International
Certified Facilitator
DDI
Employee Training
Leadership Development
+6 skills
AG
Achieve Global Limited · Apr 2007
Certified Achieve Global Facilitator
CAGF
Facilitation
Training Delivery
DDI
DDI · Development Dimensions International · Jan 2002
DDI Facilitator
DDI
Facilitation
Leadership Development
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// Select Client Experience

Proven results across
industries and scales.

From Fortune-level financial services to manufacturing, healthcare, and energy — every engagement delivered with measurable outcomes.

Manufacturing & Operations 3
Quikrete / Forterra 3
Healthcare 1
Financial Services 2
HR & Recruiting 2
Rapid Continuous Improvement
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Plano, TX
$2.6M+
Combined cost reduction
50%
Reduction in yield loss
CPG · Beverage · Direct Store Delivery
Tools & Methods
Kaizen Events
Space Optimization
Standard Work
Knowledge Transfer
◆
$1.6M reduction in Point of Sale expense through Kaizen in the Direct Store Delivery Segment — cross-functional collaboration driving breakthrough process changes.
◆
$1M inventory reduction and increased direct shipments through the Irving Space Optimization Kaizen.
◆
50% reduction in yield loss via Kaizen — leading to standard work, training, and knowledge transfer between shifts.
Operational Excellence
Quikrete
56%
Decrease in billing error rate · 500+ invoices/month
45%
Decrease in purchase order error rate
Manufacturing · Construction Materials
Tools & Methods
Kaizen Events
SMED Analysis
Visual Scoreboard
Standardized Work
LSS White Belt Training
◆
Optimized and standardized Payroll, Benefits, and Recruiting & Onboarding through structured Kaizen events.
◆
56% decrease in billing error rate via SMED analysis, positively impacting 500+ client invoices per month.
◆
45% decrease in purchase order error rate via Visual Scoreboard and Standardized Work.
◆
Created and delivered a Lean Six Sigma White Belt certification program — building internal CI capability across the organization.
🏆
2020 Forterra — 'Adding Value' Company Award
Recognized for optimizing and standardizing the Sales Ordering through Dispatch process via Kaizen Event.
Operational Excellence · Statistical Analysis
Five Star Custom Foods
21%
Reduction in cardboard & packaging cost
↑ Yield & Throughput
Via statistical control chart analysis
Food Manufacturing · Custom Processing
Tools & Methods
LSS Training — All Mgmt Levels
Statistical Process Control
Control Charts
Throughput Analysis
Yield Standards
Std. Lbs per Man Hour
◆
Created and conducted Lean Six Sigma training for all levels of management — building a unified CI culture from the floor to the executive team.
◆
Conducted statistical analysis and developed control charts for throughput capacity, yield standards, and standard pounds per man hour — resulting in measurable increases in yield and throughput.
◆
21% reduction in cardboard and packaging cost through targeted waste analysis and process standardization.
Operational Excellence
Valrico Disaster Recovery
Process Mapping
Fishbone Diagram
Benefit & Effort Diagram
Emergency Services · Recovery Operations
Engagement Overview
◆
Root cause analysis using Ishikawa (Fishbone) methodology to identify failure drivers in recovery operations.
◆
Benefit and Effort prioritization matrix used to sequence improvements for maximum impact with available resources.
◆
Process Mapping to document current-state workflows and identify waste prior to redesign.
Multi-Year Engagement · Forterra, Inc. → Acquired by Quikrete
Operational transformation spanning a corporate acquisition — delivering sales automation, process improvement, and financial controls for one of the largest concrete pipe manufacturers in North America.
#1
Drainage pipe manufacturer in North America
77
Active manufacturing facilities
4,500+
Employees served
$1.5B
Revenue at time of engagement
Digital Transformation
Bid-to-Logistics Sales System
Forterra → Quikrete · Still in production today
COVID-Proof
Implemented 6 months before COVID — carried the organization through with minimal impact
Still Live
System outlived the Forterra → Quikrete acquisition and remains in production
Concrete Pipe · Drainage · Infrastructure
Platform & Approach
SharePoint
Project Templates
Automated Workflows
Checkbox-Triggered Automation
Document Collection
Payment Tracking
End-to-End Process Flow
Bid
→
Project Mgmt
→
Engineering Design
→
Order Processing
→
Logistics
◆
Built entirely in SharePoint using reusable project templates — each new project spun up from a master template with automated communication triggered by checkbox completion.
◆
Gave every salesperson a single location to view all active projects — enabling real-time visibility into status, missing documents, tax records, drawings, and payment collection.
◆
Covered the full concrete pipe division sales process — from initial bid through engineering design iterations, order execution, and final logistics delivery.
◆
Implemented approximately 6 months before COVID-19 — the automation gave the sales team the infrastructure to operate remotely with minimal disruption while competitors struggled.
◆
System survived the Forterra → Quikrete acquisition and remains in active use today — a testament to the robustness of the architecture.
🏆
2020 Forterra — 'Adding Value' Company Award
Recognized for optimizing and standardizing the Sales Ordering through Dispatch process via Kaizen Event — the same system that carried the organization through COVID.
Operational Excellence
Process Improvement & CI
Forterra → Quikrete
56%
Decrease in billing error rate · 500+ invoices/month
45%
Decrease in purchase order error rate
Manufacturing · Construction Materials
Tools & Methods
Kaizen Events
SMED Analysis
Visual Scoreboard
Standardized Work
LSS White Belt Training
◆
Optimized and standardized Payroll, Benefits, and Recruiting & Onboarding processes through structured Kaizen events.
◆
56% decrease in billing error rate via SMED analysis, positively impacting over 500 client invoices per month.
◆
45% decrease in purchase order error rate via Visual Scoreboard implementation and Standardized Work.
◆
Created and delivered a Lean Six Sigma White Belt certification program — building internal CI capability across the organization.
Financial Process Improvement
AP/AR Process Optimization
Forterra → Quikrete
45%
Decrease in purchase order error rate
56%
Decrease in billing error rate
Accounts Payable · Accounts Receivable
Tools & Methods
Visual Scoreboard
Standardized Work
SMED Analysis
Process Mapping
Error Proofing
◆
Redesigned Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes — standardizing workflows, reducing manual touchpoints, and establishing visual controls for real-time error detection.
◆
45% decrease in purchase order error rate through Visual Scoreboard implementation and Standardized Work — giving AP teams real-time visibility into error trends.
◆
56% decrease in billing error rate via SMED analysis applied to the invoicing process — positively impacting 500+ client invoices per month.
◆
AP/AR improvements worked in concert with the bid-to-logistics sales system — creating a closed loop from project initiation through payment collection.
Operational Excellence · Change Management
Optum
Revenue Cycle Management
40%
Decrease in Research claims inventory
25%
Decrease in rework via visual reporting
$1.2M+
Reduction in Credential & Provider inventory
Healthcare · Financial Services
Tools & Methods
DMAIC
Standardized Work
Visual Reporting
Kaizen Events
Change Management Coaching
Blended Process Improvement
◆
40% decrease in Research claims inventory by standardizing work between on and offshore teams.
◆
25% decrease in rework through visual reports that surfaced areas of opportunity and drove quick wins.
◆
$1.2M+ reduction in claims Credential and Provider inventory via DMAIC facilitation for a cross-functional team.
◆
Created a blended process improvement approach infusing Lean Six Sigma, Change Management, Leadership, and Project Management.
◆
Provided senior executive-level Change Management coaching and training.
◆
Led Kaizen event across 11 markets with 3,000+ providers in Revenue Cycle Management — focused on Payment Posting Errors, resulting in standardized work for Financial Services.
Change Management
Toyota Financial Services
ADKAR Assessment
Project Health Assessment
Polarity Mapping
Financial Services · Automotive
Engagement Overview
◆
Structured change management engagement using the Prosci ADKAR model to assess change readiness and identify adoption barriers.
◆
Polarity Mapping used to navigate competing organizational priorities — ensuring sustainable transformation rather than compliance-only outcomes.
◆
Conducted Project Health Assessments to surface risks and realign stakeholder expectations mid-engagement.
Change Management · Process Documentation
Capital One
Consultant
Loan Servicing
Post Closing
Home Equity Audit
Financial Services · Banking
Tools & Methods
Authoring Standards
Change Management
Process Mapping
Business Process Documentation
◆
Developed authoring processes, standards, and requirements for change management and business process implementation — establishing governance for how changes are defined and deployed.
◆
Facilitated process improvement in the Loan Servicing area — identifying inefficiencies and driving structured improvements across servicing workflows.
◆
Documented and mapped Post Closing and Home Equity Audit processes for compliance and continuous improvement.
Regional Recruiting Management
Dr Pepper Keurig
Plano, TX
3,000+
Roles filled in record-breaking time
43%
Decrease in days to fill difficult roles
23%
Increase in application completion rate
CPG · Beverage · Multi-Market
Tools & Methods
Visual Management Boards
Daily Huddles
Value Stream Mapping
Taleo ATS Optimization
◆
Led team of recruiters to fulfill 3,000+ salaried and front-line roles in record-breaking time via Visual Management Boards and daily huddles.
◆
23% increase in application completion rate through mobile platform optimization of the Taleo ATS.
◆
43% decrease in days to fill difficult roles via Value Stream Mapping and Taleo ATS optimization.
Onboarding · Transfers · Automation
Primoris Services Corporation
Consultant
Process Mapping
SMED
Change Management
Power Automate
Training
Infrastructure · Energy · Construction
Tools & Methods
Power Automate
SharePoint
Smartsheet
Jotform Enterprise
OneDrive
Microsoft Teams
Office Scripts
Viewpoint Vista
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// Workforce Automation · Primoris Energy Services

Pipelines that run
without hand-holding.

Consulting engagement delivering end-to-end automation for onboarding, transfers, and labor compliance — built entirely within the Microsoft ecosystem with zero manual hand-offs. Every pipeline below was designed, built, and deployed as part of the Primoris engagement.

Flows 1 & 2 · Transfer Matching Engine
Transfer Match Automation
A two-flow Power Automate system that matches employees ready to transfer (supply) against open project needs (demand). Classifies results as Group, Individual, or Unmatched — enforcing location restrictions and detecting date conflicts — before surfacing proposed matches in SharePoint for human review. The always-on watcher detects approvals and writes results back to Smartsheet automatically.
Manual Trigger
→
Smartsheet Supply
→
Smartsheet Demand
→
TransferMatchEngine.ts
→
SharePoint Review
Always-On Watcher
→
Approval Detection
→
Write-back → Smartsheet
Power Automate
Office Scripts
SharePoint
Smartsheet API
Match Classification
Date Conflict Detection
Full Pipeline · New Hire Intake
Onboarding Intake Automation
End-to-end intake pipeline collecting new hire data through Jotform Enterprise, routing signed PDFs through OneDrive with structured naming conventions, surfacing records in SharePoint, notifying stakeholders via Teams, and writing the final entry into Smartsheet — zero manual hand-offs between systems.
Jotform Enterprise
→
OneDrive
→
Auto-Rename (SSN-4)
→
SharePoint
→
Teams Alert
→
Smartsheet
Jotform Enterprise
OneDrive
Power Automate
SharePoint
Microsoft Teams
Smartsheet
Automated Pipeline · Labor Compliance
Union Hours & Remittance Upload Automation
An automated pipeline that pulls union labor data — hours, rates, and benefit contributions — directly from Viewpoint Vista reports and formats them for upload into union portals. What previously required approximately 4 hours of manual compilation and data entry now completes in under 10 minutes.
Before
4 Hrs
Manual compilation & upload
After
10 Min
Fully automated report compilation and verification
Viewpoint Vista
→
Report Extract
→
Auto-Format
→
Union Portal Upload
Viewpoint Vista
Labor Compliance
Union Remittance
Hours & Rates
Benefit Contributions
Automated Pipeline · Payroll · Confidential Client
Multi-Site Payroll Process Automation
Designed and implemented an end-to-end payroll automation pipeline across multiple construction sites — standardizing workflows, eliminating manual steps, and reducing errors. Processing that previously required hours of manual work per site now runs automatically each cycle.
Before
Manual
Hours of processing per site
After
33%
Reduction in processing time per site
Payroll Automation
Multi-Site
Standardized Work
Process Mapping
Confidential Client
Data Layer
Cross-Sheet Lookup Formulas
IFERROR/INDEX/MATCH lookups across Smartsheet sheets that surface site admin data dynamically — eliminating manual copy-paste and lookup errors.
Smartsheet
INDEX/MATCH
Cross-Sheet
Integration Pattern
Smartsheet HTTP Write-back
Power Automate flows extracting emails from Smartsheet Contact List columns and writing structured data back via HTTP PUT — the core integration pattern powering all write-back operations.
Power Automate
Smartsheet API
HTTP PUT
// Technology Stack
🏗️
Viewpoint Vista
Construction ERP · labor & compliance data
⚡
Power Automate
Orchestration layer for all flows
📋
SharePoint
Human review queues & record storage
📊
Smartsheet
Workforce data source & destination
📝
Jotform Enterprise
External intake forms & e-sign
📁
OneDrive
PDF staging & structured naming
💬
Microsoft Teams
Stakeholder notifications & alerts
🖥️
Office Scripts
Matching logic in TypeScript
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// Lean Six Sigma · Black Belt

Waste is the enemy.
Every process can be leaner.

The DMAIC methodology that drives results on the manufacturing floor applies equally to HR, IT, and operations. Every engagement begins with a process audit — identifying waste before a single solution is proposed.

D
D
Define
Map the process. Identify stakeholders, inputs, outputs, and the true cost of the current state.
M
M
Measure
Quantify hand-off delays, error rates, and manual touchpoints. Establish a data baseline.
A
A
Analyze
Root cause analysis on failure points. Classify waste before prescribing any solution.
I
I
Improve
Design and deploy the solution. Test against edge cases and real failure modes.
C
C
Control
Monitor in production. Alert on anomalies. Document so any operator can maintain it.

The 8 Wastes (TIMWOODS) Applied to Operations

Every category of manufacturing waste has a direct equivalent in back-office operations.

T
Transport
Emailing files between systems instead of direct integration
I
Inventory
Backlogged onboarding records waiting for manual entry
M
Motion
Switching between 5 tools to complete one data record
W
Waiting
Transfer requests stalled because matching is done manually
O
Overproduction
Generating reports nobody reads because "it's always been done"
O
Overprocessing
Triple-entering data into forms, spreadsheets, and systems separately
D
Defects
Wrong employee matched to wrong project due to manual error
S
Skills
Analysts spending 60% of their time on data entry instead of analysis
改
Kaizen · 改善
No process is finished. Every solution becomes the baseline for the next improvement cycle. Automation surfaces data that makes the next problem visible — and solvable.
Poka-Yoke · Error Proofing
Every pipeline includes guard rails. Null checks, conflict detection, fallback branches, and human review gates — so errors are caught at the source, never discovered downstream.
Value Stream Mapping
Before any solution is designed, the current-state value stream is mapped. Every step is classified: value-add, non-value-add necessary, or pure waste. Only then does the future state get built.
Available For
Lean process audits · Black Belt project leadership · DMAIC facilitation · Value stream mapping · Statistical process control · CI roadmaps · 1099 / C2C
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Maurice Quintana
Maurice Quintana
Principal · CMLL6 Consulting
Dallas-Fort Worth · 1099 / C2C
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Ready to eliminate waste and automate what's left?

Engagements
Lean Six Sigma · Change Management
Process Improvement · Workforce Automation
Statistical Analysis · CI Roadmaps
Industries Served
Energy · Healthcare · Financial Services
Manufacturing · CPG · Emergency Services
Availability
1099 · C2C · Project-based engagements
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex