Jim Luckman
Biography
Jim Luckman is President of Luckman Consulting, Inc., which provides coaching for companies interested in utilizing lean principles and engaging the entire workforce in making profound change. Recently, Jim was the President and CEO of iPower Technologies, a company serving the distributed generation market of electrical power. In this position, he successfully applied lean across all functions in the organization providing a common change model.
Jim has worked in the auto industry for 34 years employed at Delphi Automotive (formerly part of General Motors). He has had significant experience in Strategic Planning, Engineering and Manufacturing. In his most recent position at Delphi, he was Site Manager at the Technical Center of Rochester, NY, and Chief Engineer for Fuel Systems. He led a transformation at the Technical Center by adopting lean manufacturing principles and applying Toyota product development principles. He took a systems approach to making change and integrated this across all functions that support the development process. As the executive champion and change agent for Lean Engineering, he spent most of his time coaching and leading workshops for all Delphi Engineering organizations and other interested companies.
Jim has an Electrical Engineering Bachelor's degree from Tri State University and a Masters degree from Case Western Reserve University in Computer Engineering.