Joe Raasch is a Saint Paul native (east side!) and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the field of operations management, strategic planning and careers/work life topics. Saint Paul Public Schools is nationally recognized as a leader in public education. Its reputation is the result of hard work and creativity involving students, families, teachers, staff, the community and district leadership. (www.spps.org) As deputy chief operations officer, Joe's duties include: - Lead designee for Chief Operations Officer and member of the senior leadership team - Coordinating day-to-day operations activities of the 800 employees in the departments of: Technology, Transportation, Nutrition & Commercial Services, Facilities, and Security & Emergency Management - Implementation of the operations portion of the Strategic Plan - Incident Command/ Emergency Management For the past twelve years, he has worked with internal and external clients at Carlson Companies and General Electric, where he has a proven record of surpassing unique organizational and technological challenges to obtain results in varying economic climates in the areas of: operations strategy, cost reduction, service delivery, and process improvement. Most recently, as the senior consultant on Carlson Companies' organizational development team, Joe led the performance management program and Human Resources Balanced Scorecard planning initiatives for the enterprise. He worked directly with senior management to strategize and implement effective initiatives and measures including goal setting, action-based metrics, and operational level process changes for long-term sustainability and efficiency. Joe holds an MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN.
If it can't be implemented and sustained, it's just conversation.
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Deputy Chief Operations Officer, Saint Paul Public Schools
Non-Profit, 5000+ employees, Education / Training industryThe Saint Paul Public Schools administration leads the efforts to realize the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan.
- Lead designee for Chief Operations Officer and member of the senior leadership team
-Coordinate day-to-day operations activities of the 800 employees in
the departments of: Technology, Transportation, Nutrition &
Commercial Services, Facilities, and Security & Emergency Management
-Implementation of the operations portion of the Strategic Plan
-Incident Command/ Emergency Management
- Lead or champion key operations or district-wide projects as assigned
University of Saint Thomas, Minnesota, United States
MBA, 1999.
Areas of study: Marketing Management
