BRAUSS CONSULTING - Key Persons


Alex Elezaj

"I have had the privilege to work with Paul at Mark Andy for the past twelve years and recommend him unhesitatingly. I believe Paul's success is strongly attributable to his emotional intelligence (EI), and his positive influence on team leadership and workplace performance. Paul believes people are the most important resource of a business and has an excellent eye for talent. He promotes excellence without compromises and encourages creativity and innovation within the workplace. Paul has a global mindset always looking for unexpected trends and opportunities to achieve the organizational objectives."

Bruce Riddell

"I have worked with Paul for over 3 years, and he has been a tremendous value for our company, and to me personally. Paul was a great mentor for me when I entered into the printing industry, and has always had a great ability to help our company make the right decisions. Paul is a person of integrity, and has been a pillar in our industry, leading various industry initiatives in innovation, learning, and development."March 8, 2012

Gary W Cooper

Job Titles:
  • President, Inovar Packaging Group
"During my time as CEO of York Label two internal technical teams reached consensus that Mark Andy printing equipment delivered important technical advantages vs existing supplier platforms which ultimately led to important strategic directional changes. Part of my due diligence was to visit Mark Andy and to establish a meaningful relationship with Paul and his team. Paul was clearly providing the vision, strategy, process and drive to re-invent Mark Andy. He surrounded himself with exceptional talent and it was clearly evident that this team was pulling in one direction. It was clear to me that Paul and his team were fully engaged and committed to their customers and to the success at Mark Andy."

James Friedl

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director & Senior Partner, SolutionTech
"Paul is a very results driven manager, is very good at building and bringing a team together. He is a strategic thinker and is very good at execution. I worked with him for 5 years at Mark Andy. He's one of the best operating managers I know."March 26, 2012

John Eulich

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Aspeq Holdings
"I was a client of Paul's company, but had the privalege to work with Paul on a TLMI committee involving Advanced Lean. I was impressed with Paul's knowledge of the industry and Lean Mfg Practices as well as his ability to communicate at all levels. I have enjoyed being able to watch Paul work and have learned valuable lessons from a top executive."March 11, 2012

John McKernan

Job Titles:
  • CEO, York Label
"Paul Brauss has consistently impressed me as the most insightful visionary leader in his organization since Mark Andrews Jr. His dedication to a not only an industry but a purpose for acheviing high ground excellence in his people and their equipment exceeds my expectations. I believe the industry has benefited considerably from his participation on all fronts. The Mark Andy Corporation has provided our company with the highest quality printing presses for over 30 years."June 16, 2011

Paul N. Brauss

Brauss Consulting retains rights to content displayed on this site. | Copyright ©BRAUSS CONSULTING Mr. Brauss has had a vested interest in manufacturing his entire career. He's worked as an Industrial Engineer, Supervisor, Superintendant, Plant Manager, VP and CEO. The key is the ability to walk the walk and he's done it in small shops and large. He has stayed current with improvement techniques implementing 5S, Kanban, Kaizen, Focused Factory Value Streams and then through a technique brings an entire company culture together with TCT (Total Cycle Time). As a result of focused metrics on key process drivers, he has helped organizations develop and implement Manufacturing Production Systems with great success. He's published articles on the process as well as his work with ‘Product Development" in concert with manufacturability.