NorthStar Impact
NorthStar brings together four senior leaders who have spent their careers improving how the Marine Corps plans, equips, trains, and supports the force. Together we have guided enterprise reform, cost management, logistics modernization, and cultural change across bases, stations, and commands worldwide. Below is a sample of the results we have delivered.
Experience Matters
- 138 years combined service to the Marine Corps and DoD
- Portfolio of over 400 process improvement projects
- More than 4,500 Marines, civilians, and partners trained
Selected Success Stories
Results that matter to leaders, resource sponsors, and mission owners.
1. Enterprise business offices that freed up more than 1,000 Marines
Established business offices at 27 installations, built activity based cost models for each location, and delivered more than 110 million dollars in annual savings while returning over 1,000 Marines to higher priority work.
2. Inventory accuracy raised from about 40 percent to more than 98 percent
Led three major ERP implementations and partnered with DLA to modernize supply chain operations for more than 30 million items in storage, directly supporting clean audit opinions and readiness.
3. IT consolidation that cut operating cost by more than forty percent
Combined multiple installation information technology offices into a single enterprise organization, reducing annual costs by more than four million dollars and improving standardization and resilience.
4. Lean Six Sigma program for the Marine Corps
Designed and launched the Marine Corps Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement program, training more than 4,500 personnel and coaching hundreds of projects that improved readiness, quality, and cost.
5. Cost and audit reforms across Marine Corps enterprises
Advanced cost management practices that aligned PPBE decisions, readiness metrics, and audit readiness, strengthening how leaders see and steer resources at the enterprise level.
6. Partnerships with leading private sector innovators
Partnered with Toyota North America, CAM I, Caterpillar, and others to adapt proven private sector logistics and improvement practices for the Marine Corps environment.
7. Resilient operations through severe natural disasters
Guided recovery at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany following a tornado and a category three hurricane, sustaining support to the warfighter and maintaining progress toward clean audit outcomes.
8. Serve mart consolidation into a modern third party logistics model
Combined twenty one fragmented serve mart operations into one coordinated business, reducing waste, improving service to units, and simplifying management.
9. Lifecycle maintenance funding that protected eleven million dollars
Standardized enterprise lifecycle maintenance funding processes, cut cycle times by more than sixty percent, and prevented eleven million dollars in funds from expiring.
10. Storage and shipping reforms that produced multimillion dollar savings
Modernized temporary storage programs, eliminated wasteful fees, and delivered more than three million dollars in recurring annual savings while improving shipping speed and reliability.
11. Faster hiring and better onboarding at Marine Corps Logistics Command
Cut civilian hiring timelines from more than 200 days to fewer than 80 days and redesigned onboarding and access processes, saving time, cost, and early productivity for each new hire.
12. Training that built a culture of continuous improvement and change
Designed and delivered enterprise training in cost management, process improvement, performance management, and change management at major Marine Corps bases, using tailored case studies built from real Marine Corps data.