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
(336) 314-0231
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

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Testimonials

Next Level has done a great job showing me the tools of Lean and how to use them. I would recommend NLP to any company wanting to truly implement Lean into their culture

We started our Lean train with NLP two years ago, at the time I thought I knew Lean but I was wrong.

Our practitioner was (name) who has a ton of knowledge and experience in our field and is a great person to work with showed me what Lean is really all about.

Director, Mfg. Engineering
HN Precision

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