Next Level Partners, LLC
PO Box 492
Simsbury, CT 06070
Work: 877-657-5326
Fax: 555-555-5555
kplant@nl-p.com

About Us

Our team is unmatched in experience and capability…

If you are:

  • Facing an operating performance crisis / turn-around
  • Targeting to accelerate your performance metrics
  • Looking to widen your position as industry leader

NEXT LEVEL Partners®, LLC.(NLP) capabilities and proven methods will help you drive accelerated business performance resulting in sustainable competitive advantage - and ongoing growth in revenue, profit, and cash flow.

We are original architects and practitioners of one of the most successful and respected business operating environments, the Danaher Business System (DBS). Our leadership team has over 40 years of collective expertise driving superior shareholder value creation. Our team of lean / sigma practitioners is unmatched in real-world experience and success implementing Toyota Production System and Six Sigma methods enterprise-wide.

NLP Principals' Bios

William J. Butler Donald J. Dreher Dennis A. Longo
All former senior executives with Danaher Corp (NYSE: DHR)
Nearly twelve years experience each as key architects & practitioners of Danaher Business System (DBS)
Proven leaders in high performance, high expectation, lean culture
Serving client partners as NLP Principals since 2003
  • VP Danaher Business System
  • Group Executive & Executive Officer
  • President, Jacobs Vehicle Equipment Company
  • President, Gulton Graphic Instruments
  • Regional Director Operations, Tool Group
  • >32 years multi- industry experience

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Contact Information:
Bill Butler
(860) 916-6777
bbutler@nl-p.com

  • Sr. VP Global Operations, Petroleum Equipment
  • President, Joslyn Electronic Systems
  • President, Pacific Scientific EKD Division
  • Director Operations, Tool Group
  • >30 years multi-industry experience
  • >22 years Lean experience

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Contact Information:
Don Dreher (704) 799-7916 ddreher@nl-p.com

  • Corporate VP Human Resources & Executive Officer
  • Director, Human Resources Tool Group
  • > 400 Executive and Senior Leadership Searches under his charge
  • Recognized Expert in Organization and Senior Management Development
  • >27 years multi-industry experience

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Contact Information:
Dennis Longo
(860) 651-8128
dlongo@nl-p.com

Leveraging Improvements in…

  • Private Equity Portfolio Support
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial
  • Hospitality & Gaming
  • Finance / Banking

Got a question about Lean Transformations?

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Testimonials

We've had (name) lead us through several LEAN events at this time, and have always found him a pleasure to work with, and have used the processes he's taught us to increase our output dramatically. This transactional event was a bit of a change for us, and coupled with a few busy weeks prior to the event we did not prepare as much as we could have, but the event led to some great ideas that we're looking forward to implementing.
Please pass my compliments on to (name), who as usual did a great job keeping us on track.

Jessie MacLeod
Cytec Industries

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