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Michael has broad consulting expertise including strategic sourcing, profitability, operations, and organizational effectiveness for higher education, research/engineering, and corporations.
Prior to joining Huron, Michael was a Senior Manager, as well as an HR Director, at A.T. Kearney. He has also been a geotechnical consultant, principal investigator, and helped lead international scientific research teams.
Professional Experience
Representative examples of Michael's engagement experience include:
Higher Education
Helped lead the development of cost reduction methodologies for Food Services and Construction spend at universities and research institutions.
Led supplier spend diagnostics at a Midwest university medical center, a major East Coast technical university, and two East Coast engineering firms.
Managed the strategic sourcing for a new building at a Midwest university. Integrated the various constituencies into one team, and achieved over 40% savings in two distinct categories.
Managed the design and implementation of an integrated process for the selection and planning of exhibits for a premier natural history museum which has a significant research and academic mission.
Research/Engineering
Evaluated hazardous and low-level radwaste industries and helped develop a pre-acquisition plan for the largest U.S. waste management company.
Co-directed Poços de Caldas International Project, a $20 million radwaste study in Brazil.
Planned and directed the Office of Waste Technology Development $25 million geochemical research program.
Corporate
Led a 12-member team to strategically source over 40 direct commodities ($625 million spend) for a $3 billion U.S. division of the world's third largest automotive company.
Helped lead the North America effort of international profitability strategy study targeting $20 million savings for a major global automotive aftermarket manufacturer.
Led the strategic sourcing of geophysical services for the merger integration of the second largest U.S. energy company, achieving over $11 million in immediate savings and an additional $15 million in annualized savings.
Education & Certifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Geophysical Sciences (Nuclear Geochemistry), University of Chicago
Master of Science, Geologic Sciences (Geochemistry), University of California at Riverside
Bachelor of Science, Geology, New Mexico Institute of Technology
Associate of Arts, Science, Riverside Community College
Certificate, Business Management, University of Michigan
Publications
N.A. Chapman, I.G. McKinley, M.E. Shea, and J.A.T. Smellie (editors), 1993. The Poços de Caldas Project: natural analogues of processes in a radioactive waste repository. Elsevier, 603 pp.
M. Shea, 1992. Isotopic geochemical characterization of selected nepheline syenites and phonolites from the Poços de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 45:173-214.
L. Cathles and M. Shea, 1992. Near-field high temperature transport: Evidence from the genesis of the Osamu Utsumi uranium mine analogue site, Poços de Caldas, Brazil. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 45:565-603.
M. Shea, 1987. Marysvale natural analog study: feasibility phase analytical results. In Natural Analogs in Radioactive Waste Disposal, B. Come and N. Chapman (Editors), Graham and Trotman, London, pp. 275-285.
M. Shea and K.A. Foland, 1986. The Marysvale natural analog study: preliminary oxygen isotope relations. Chemical Geology, 55:281-295.
M. Shea, 1984. Uranium migration at some hydrothermal veins near Marysvale, Utah: a natural analog for radwaste isolation. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings VII, 26:227-238.
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