Marcie Marks
Operational Excellence Director, Alcon

Marcie currently works in the Transformation Office of Alcon Laboratories in
Fort Worth, supporting the Commercial and Quality Assurance organizations. Her responsibilities
are implementing and enhancing continuous improvement that helps businesses achieve
superior outcomes such as simplifying processes, improving quality, removing waste
and reducing cost. She has over 20 years of experience as a process-oriented leader
across manufacturing environments within the health care, automotive, industrial coating
and medical device industries. She implements continuous process improvements, optimizing
workflows and restructuring production operations that achieve million-dollar cost
savings, optimal quality and yield. She has been hands on in leading large-scale projects,
driving efficiencies, dissecting complex issues and creating well-sequenced processes
by utilizing Lean/Six Sigma
methodologies that affect the bottom line. She is known as an influential, pragmatic
leader with exceptional communication skills and a recognized capability to lead,
mentor and motivate cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence that helps
businesses achieve superior outcomes. She is pursuing a doctoral degree to get a new
perspective on the business world and build credibility among peers, potential employers
and the business industry. Her ultimate goal is to teach at a college level, to pass
along information and skills to the next generation of business leaders.
Education
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering (University of Minnesota Institute of Technology)
- Executive MBA (University of Minnesota School of Carlson)