Robert Evangelista

Background

Robert Evangelista currently serves as production launch manager for General Motor's Premium V Future Engine Programs in Michigan. In his 16 years with GM, he has managed operations with $45 million annual operating budgets and staffs of 400 people. In one year alone, he successfully reduced operating costs at his manufacturing plant by twenty-five percent, increased production by one-half, and improved quality by forty percent.

Publishing credits

In addition to The Business of Winning: A Manager's Guide to Building a Championship Team at Work (CEP Press, 2001), Evangelista is the author of The Changing Role of the First-Line Supervisor (Kettering University, 1990). The latter publication also served as the basis for an article printed in the journal of the Mid-West Management Association.

Speaking engagements

Evangelista has shared his unique team-building methodology at a number of association conferences and meetings, including the Automotive Training Manager's Council, the International Society for Performance Improvement, and Kettering University.

Educational background

Evangelista holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the General Motors Engineering & Management Institute in Flint, MI (now Kettering University).