Business Transformation
Translate enterprise priorities into practical operating systems, digital workflows, and measurable performance gains.
Executive leadership · Operational excellence
Bryant Jones, Ed.D., MBA, LSSBB
Driving enterprise performance through scientific rigor, human-centered change, and disciplined execution.
Vice President of Operations and transformation executive with 10+ years leading continuous improvement across healthcare, laboratory, and scientific organizations.
Lean Six Sigma Black BeltProsci certified
Current role
Vice President of Operations
20%
Efficiency gain
$140K
Annual savings
50%
Fewer QC incidents
98%+
Turnaround rate
Executive value proposition
Strategy that moves through the organization.
Bryant connects boardroom priorities to frontline behavior—aligning leaders, teams, data, and systems around outcomes that last.
Continuous Improvement
Build durable Lean cultures through strategy deployment, leader coaching, root-cause analysis, and frontline ownership.
Change Leadership
Combine Prosci ADKAR, organizational development, and executive communication to move change from intent to adoption.
Leadership trajectory
From scientific precision to enterprise impact.
A career built in regulated, high-stakes environments—progressing from analytical expertise to organization-wide leadership.
2026 — Present
Vice President of Operations
Luxe Dermatology & Aesthetic Center
Directing operational strategy, workforce planning, compliance, digital transformation, business analytics, and patient experience for a growing healthcare practice.
2023 — 2026
Laboratory Operations & Process Improvement Manager
NMS Labs
Served on the senior leadership team, delivering 20% higher efficiency, 15% less waste, $140K in annual savings, and a scalable continuous improvement framework.
2016 — 2021
Toxicology Supervisor
Quest Diagnostics
Led 30+ direct and indirect reports, raised turnaround performance from 67% to 87% in three months, and protected more than $40M through aggressive sample monitoring.
2007 — 2016
Scientific Operations Leadership
Forensic, toxicology & public-sector laboratories
Built the technical and quality foundation for executive leadership through roles spanning laboratory supervision, forensic science, expert testimony, and regulated operations.
Developing people and capability
Transformation scales when people can lead it.
Developed a continuous improvement framework, prepared 15 departmental CI Champions, led Lean 5S workshops for more than 200 employees, and advised a White Belt program reaching 196 colleagues.
Educator. Coach. Executive operator.
Adjunct faculty teaching Lean Six Sigma and graduate-level Design Thinking.
Strategic operations
Organizational development
Data-driven improvement
Workforce enablement
Cost optimization
Change adoption
Academic foundation
Scholarship grounded in practice.
Bryant’s doctoral research compared Lean Six Sigma and change management in healthcare—work for which he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award at Marymount University.
2025Outstanding Achievement Award
Doctor of Education
Educational Leadership & Organizational Innovation · Marymount University
2019
Master of Business Administration
Southern New Hampshire University
2004Two-time Merck Research Recipient
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Millsaps College
Executive opportunities & advisory work
Let’s build the next level of performance.
Based in the Washington, DC–Baltimore region.