The Pucino Group

      Organizational

Consulting and Training

For more than 20 years, The Pucino Group has been helping organizations and individuals improve productivity and quality through customized consulting and training.

Our programs, including Lean Six Sigma  Continuous Process Improvement, Customer Service and Performance Management Metrics  have delivered measurable results.

Millions of dollars in performance improvements and cost savings have been realized in both Fortune 500 companies, health care and government agencies. 

Organizational improvements include:

• Increased productivity
• Improved quality and efficiency
  
• Reduced operating costs
• Enhanced customer service
• Inventory reduction
• Increased sales
• On-time delivery of products and projects
• Better leadership and teamwork

The Pucino Group is an approved vendor for the Massachusetts Workforce Training Grants and has generated over $1.5 million in grants for clients.

Helmi Pucino,
President

Helmi Pucino is an expert in productivity and quality improvement. She was formerly the corporate training director for Motorola/Codex,  where she managed the implementation of the Six Sigma program, which helped Motorola to win the Baldrige National Quality Award.  She served as a member of the strategic planning committee at Motorola University.   As an internal consultant at Fafnir Bearing/Textron, Helmi managed the implementation of a company-wide Total Quality Management program, which resulted in $1.2 million in cost savings and productivity improvements. Helmi received her Master of Science degree in Counseling from the University of Hartford and Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the Southern Connecticut State University. She received her Six Sigma Black Belt training at Motorola University. Helmi is a member of the 2011 Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners. She has implemented the first Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification program in the City of New York which resulted in over $4.5 million in estimated cost savings.

Customer reviews of Helmi Pucino's services:

Lean Six Sigma Training

"The Lean Six Sigma training was engaging, tangible, practical and will be a major benefit for the whole of New York Citywide Purchasing. Your instruction was extremely professional and the curriculum was clear and concise. I can honestly say that this was the best training session I am been involved in."  L.S., Chief of Staff

Management Professional Coaching

" I want to thank you for the tools and advice you offered during our coaching sessions.  I have been able to apply many of our lessons to my role as a manager as well as to my leadership courses in my MBA program.  I highly recommend this training to managers of all levels who are looking to improve their quality of leadership and implement more effective management styles." 

L.S., Purchasing Manager



Our Staff 

Tom McBride has over 30 years of experience in engineering design and manufacturing operations and has assisted a wide variety of manufacturing organizations improve performance by eliminating operational waste through Kaisen and Lean Manufacturing.  Mr. McBride is a Six Sigma Blackbelt and holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from the University of Akron.  He has published articles on teamwork and operational improvements in SME publications and M&A Today.  He is a member of SME (Chairman of Worcester Chapter 25 for 2004 & 2005) and the Corridor 9 Chamber of Commerce.

Rob St. Germain is co-founder of The Center for Project Excellence. Rob has twenty-five years of experience in manufacturing, finance and information technology.  He was formerly Director of Corporate Planning at Codex/Motorola, where he also held positions in the Information Systems Department.  Rob earned his Master of Business Administration from Babson College and a PMP certification from the Project Management Institute.