Team Adonis

Adonis Partners is a consulting venture where a group of strategic partners and disciplined specialists work to execute value added consulting services under the leadership of Travis Ratnam.
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​Adonis Partners is focused on assisting businesses and organizations large and small by providing clients a comprehensive approach and producing measurable results.

With a collaborative practice, our process improvement knowledge leverages the power of proven methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma.  These systems coupled with our experience in educating stakeholders and key employees creates an environment hospitable to sustained gains. 

Adonis Parters maintains an uncompromising commitment to serve each client's interest with total integrity. ​

Travis Ratnam
Managing Partner

Travis started his journey in Business Excellence as a Black Belt with GE Industrial Systems in 1999.  He joined CHEP Canada in 2004 as a Master Black Belt and since led the expansion of Business Excellence globally for  . . . [READ MORE]

Jim Robbins
Senior Partner

Jim, a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt since 2005, has been dedicated to Continuous Improvement and Business Excellence for the past 13 years. Holding Director level positions since 2006, Jim’s leadership . . .
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Ron Auza
Senior Partner

Ron has vast experience working with top multinational companies in improving quality and productivity and deploying organization-wide business excellence programs in both the manufacturing and service industries. With a unique . . .[READ MORE]

Juhi Arya
Consultant

Juhi started her journey in Process & Quality Excellence domain as a Six Sigma Black Belt with Wipro Limited in 2017. She has been a part of multiple engagements within Wipro in Telecom and Media domain . . .  [READ MORE]

Elisabetta Bernar
​​Senior Associate

After earning an Industrial Engineering degree from the Università di Padova in Italy, Elisabetta joined ITT Industries where she soon became part of the Lean Six Sigma Team, first as Black Belt and then as Master Black Belt.  In these . . . [READ MORE]

Aurés Tchana
​​​Senior Associate

Aurès Tchana is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 16 years’ experience in his journey of Business Processes Improvement. He is leveraging agile methodologies like Lean Six Sigma, Business Design by Innovation . . .
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Chee Seng Lee
​​​Senior Associate

Chee Seng is a skilled practitioner of Project Management Methodology (PMM) and LEAN Six Sigma for large scale multi-year transformation project.  He is a certified and practicing Six Sigma Black Belt with broad experience . . . [READ MORE]

Airton Ferreira
Associate Partner

Airton Ferreira Managed Business Improvements projects for over 10 years focusing on reducing costs, improving productivity and maximizing the use of assets. Worked in Manufacturing and Logistics for over 30 years . . .
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Bruce Lancaster
Senior Partner

Bruce is honored to bring 30 + years of leadership experience to Adonis Partners. His passions and expertise are centered around deploying Business Excellence / Lean Six Sigma Programs, Quality Management and Continuous Improvement initiatives. 
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Devi Odisho
​Associate Partner​

Devi is an Industrial Engineer by training with a track record of leading diverse cross-functional teams to success. He has led new product introductions with major retailers and the launch of major direct to consumer . . . [READ MORE]

John S. Hamalian
​Associate Partner

John S. Hamalian has over 20 years of experience at General Motors and Dell, specializing in Lean Management, Business Transformation, Process Improvement, Strategy Design and Deployment and Organizational  . . . [READ MORE]

Sachin Agrawal
Associate Partner

Sachin is a Business Transformation professional with broad cross-functional and global background. He has a highly successful track record of implementing business transformation and customer experience programs in a global  . . .
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Henry Foppoli
​Senior Partner

Henry is an Industrial Engineer and Master Black Belt certified by the University of York (Schulich School of Business) with over 17 years of experience in continuous improvement, leading projects in North and Latin America.
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Van Quach
​Senior Partner

Van has dedicated his career to learning and mastering various supply chain functions for the past 25 years. He has successfully developed and deployed organization strategies in both manufacturing and service industries.  [READ MORE]

Susanna Watson
​Associate Partner

Susanna is an ASQ certified Lean Six Sigma leader with 10+ years of experience in driving continuous improvement initiatives across multiple business functions. She is passionate about making an impact by increasing revenue and reducing costs.  
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James Considine
​Senior Partner

James brings over 25 years of experience in operations, continuous improvement, and business transformation from leading firms including Thomson Publishing, Quad Graphics, General Electric and Royal Philips.
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Jennifer Hurst
Chief Operating Officer

Jennifer has over 20 years of professional experience, spanning corporate functions such as Information Technology, Product Development, and Operations. In her 12-year tenure at Nielsen, Jennifer led global teams at Nielsen responsible for driving . . [READ MORE]

Debbie Morisie
​Senior Partner

Deb has been a trusted HR business leader, coach and strategic change agent for more than 30 years working with people across all levels. She began her career at the Nielsen Company leading HR/people operations . . . ​[READ MORE]

Sarah Pérez​
​Consultant

Sarah is an industrial engineer with experience in medical device industry. Since 2017 she has technical and operational roles in one of the most recognized companies in this sector. Her experience is based . . . [READ MORE]

Angel Guerrero
​ Associate Partner​

Angel brings over 15 years of professional experience from several technical and operational roles in distinct manufacturing environments propelling Business and Organizational Excellence for medical . . . [READ MORE]

Ruth Almonte​
Consultant

 Ruth is an industrial engineer with technical and operational experience in process improvement and quality assurance. She has worked in the public and private sector working for plastic and medical devices . . . [READ MORE]

David Sorenson​
​Senior Partner

Dave has over 30 years’ experience successfully implementing business improvements, through lean and six-sigma methodologies, for numerous companies spanning multiple industries.  During the early 80s he worked directly with JIT pioneer, Dr. Richard Schonberger, on several major JIT/lean projects at Tennant Company – a Minneapolis based manufacturer.  He applied this lean expertise in an operations leadership role , as a Focused Factory Manager for Donaldson . . . [READ MORE]

Hallie Nester
Senior Partner​

With a career spanning 20+ years, Hallie has held communications positions with some of the biggest brands in their industries—management consulting, restaurant, nonprofit, and market research. She has consulted with companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500. Most recently, she led the COVID-19 crisis communications strategy for a global company, delivering employee messaging, a remote work policy, return-to-office policies, and employee surveys . . .  [READ MORE]

Darren Vanderburgh
Senior Partner​

Darren has 30 years of experience in operations and has been practicing or teaching lean principles for almost 25 years.  He started his career at Steelcase Canada where he spent 15 years in various roles including Quality System Specialist, Production supervisor and eventually Agile Product Team Leader for the largest product line in Canada.  During his time at Steelcase he was actively involved in their transformation from a pure batch manufacturer to a world class Lean Leader . . . [READ MORE]

Strategic Partners
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​Adonis works with a small group of highly skilled experts in delivering services on client engagements.   We participate in joint ventures when it benefits the client.  EZSigma Group is an example of one such Strategic Partner 

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