Glen Barfknecht

“I had the privilege to work for Glen at Pentair for several years. I look back on the knowledge and experience he provided me and to this day strive to be my team members “Glen.” Someone who is honest and open and gives you the empowerment to be better and go on to do good things! ”

“I had the privilege of working for Glen for 4 years at Pentair. His leadership qualities and technical expertise really shone through while we navigated through some really tough quality projects and he was always there to mentor me on how to deal with tough situations and difficult personalities. His calm demeanor and humor made him very approachable for any professional advice. He showed a genuine interest in my professional growth when at Pentair and he continues to be my reference for new prospects. Any firm will be fortunate to have him in a senior leadership position because he can definitely deliver on the metrics and develop the next pool of leaders under him. ”

“Glen is a knowledgable mentor while he was working as the lean leader at Pentair. Since the valves and controls BU just joint the Pentair group, he was able to help the Pentair Valves and Controls Qingpu facility up to speed with the lean enterprise implementation. Glen owns rich lean knowledge that helped us kicked off from Value Stream Mapping at the plant level all the way to the daily management board at the cell level. Great coaching skills were demonstrated while he was delivering the lean tools support. Glen is a great colleague to work with since he always showing the spirit of sharing his knowledge and experience without any hesitation. Leveraging resource is another one of his strength that made multi-tasking possible for the Qingpu plant lean journey. Glen used to be an excellent quality function leader and the success of his shift to the lean role showed his capability on adaption of different positions. I would strongly recommend glen as a valuable resource to any company he is/will be working with. Charlie WANG ”

“Operational excellence isn't just the passion that Glen mentors those he associates with, but also describes his expectations of himself as a leader and coach. His knowledge and passion not only inspired me when we worked together but are also benchmarks I hold on to today. ”