1. DAVID J. BAZZETTA
dbazzetta@comcast.net
(586) 321-8043 (Mobile)
OBJECTIVE
To successfully implement sustainable process improvements within learning organizations, through
facilitated learning on topics such as systems thinking, organization learning, ethical leadership, and
moral reasoning. Provide examples based on skills acquired from formal education, past experience
and extensive training. Incorporate the concepts of organizational learning throughout all levels of the
enterprise. Lead and motivate "teams" by utilizing continuous improvement methodology specifically
lean manufacturing concepts, process costing and process management to eliminate waste and
improve overall profitability throughout any organization.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Through Resources Global Professionals Southfield, MI.
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS ADVISOR – Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations December 2004– Current
• Styrolution – Joint Venture (BASF – INEOS). Functional liaison between IT/IS and business
leaders. Facilitated North American carve-out and joint venture testing and cut-over activities.
• Ford Motor Company – Managed Supplier Program Review Project identified $2M in cost recoveries
and process improvements.
• BASF - Wyandotte, Mich. – Polyurethanes BU, Engineered Plastics BU and Styrenics BU.
• Maintained annual compliance requirements and testing for internal controls (formerly Sarbanes
Oxley).
• BASF - Eliminated 75% “Supply Chain” waste and redundancies (2008 – 2010).
• Facilitated concepts of Organizational Learning as part of process improvement projects.
• Developed / implemented more than 25 process improvement projects as part of BASF 2020.
• Facilitated Process Management training modules for all levels of organization.
• Designed / developed and implemented a continuous improvement “Supply Chain / Process Cost”
initiatives including the facilitation of annual Supplier Symposiums with BASF bulk trucking suppliers.
Kmart Holding Corporation Troy, MI
VICE PRESIDENT – Operations Finance March 2004 – September 2004
• Responsible for the consolidation, financial control and analysis of 1500 stores in North America.
• Coordinated process costing, process redesign analysis for Operations.
• Staff of 25 (Divisional VP, 10 Directors, 14 analysts)
DaimlerChrysler Corporation Auburn Hills, MI
Corporate Finance
DIRECTOR – Corporate & Product Investment Analysis March 2002 – January 2004
• Responsible for the consolidation, control and analysis of $6B Corporate & Product capital spending.
• Developed financial measures and implemented a post program analysis process.
Corporate Audit
DIRECTOR – Corporate Audit March 2001– March 2002
• Responsible for audits of all NAFTA Operations and Processes including, Research & Development,

2. Design, Engineering, Procurement / Supply, Logistics and Manufacturing.
DAVID J. BAZZETTA
Corporate Financial Activities
SENIOR MANAGER – Cash / Balance Sheet Forecast & Fin. Pres. Sept. 1998 – March 2001
• Developed, Coordinated and managed day to day aspects of “Project Turnaround” for the Chrysler
Group. (45 consultants, 8 project coordinators) reported to Senior VP & Controller.
• Responsible for forecasting cash levels for DCC ($7 billion) and balance sheet $50 billion in assets. .
• Preparation / analysis of corporate performance measures, RONA, NPV, Operating Profit, etc.
• Responsible for internal (BoM, Executive Comm., Senior Management) and external (Rating Agencies,
Journalist & Analyst) financial presentations.
Product Development Finance
SENIOR MANAGER - Product Financial Analysis, Minivan Platform February 1996 - December
1997
• Responsible for managing the finance team (5 business analysts, 4 senior analysts, 1 manager)
• Worldwide financial responsibilities including 3 assembly plants (700,000 units production)
- Annual financial targets: revenue $16 billion, cost $10 billion, and capital spending $1 billion
- Reduced costs & eliminated waste, ($1 billion annually or $150 per unit)
- Increased net profits, ROS, RONA, for 700,000 minivans (35% net corporate profits)
- Facilitated continuous improvement efforts - waste elimination target $400 million
• Responsible for all Corporate Officer / Senior Management / BOD presentations and reviews.
• Implementation of Process Costing and Process management into all components of the Minivan
enterprise, (suppliers through dealers).
Activity Based Costing
SENIOR MANAGER - ABC Implementations February 1992 - February 1996
• Responsible for managing 20 project managers implementing ABC at Chrysler Corporation:
- Identified and quantified process costs of $ 5 billion in Manufacturing Operations.
- Managed the implementation at Mopar Parts division (19 warehouses, $700 mil. costs).
- Managed the implementation at the first assembly plant (Warren Truck).
- Managed the implementation at the first dealership (Classic Chrysler Center, Raynham, Mass)
• Responsible for all Corporate Officer /Senior Management presentations and reviews.
• Key role in the incorporation of ABC into corporate continuous improvement, process redesigns and
benchmarking activities.
- Developed corporate training curriculum for ABC
- ABC 102 introduction to the concept (over 10,000 individuals at Chrysler trained)
- ABC 103, 300, 400 for implementers, controllers’ staffs, platform teams, engineers.
• Responsible for all internal & external user conferences and presentations.
- Developed strategy to broaden the understanding of process costing by implementing ABC in
corporate staff departments (legal, human resources, finance, etc.)

3. DAVID J. BAZZETTA
International Operations
International Finance Executive - Export Operations June 1991 - February 1992
• Responsible for the consolidation of profit budgets, business plans and monthly forecasts for
international operations in China, Venezuela and Egypt.
- Assisted Operations Director in strategic planning for $200 million international sales
- Member of Board of Directors - Chrysler Motors de Venezuela.
• Managed staff of 5 senior international financial analysts.
Other Non-Executive Experience:
Corporate Financial Analysis
SENIOR FINANCE SPECIALIST
Sales & Marketing Finance
FINANCIAL ANALYST - SPECIALIST
Service & Parts Operations
FINANCIAL ANALYST
EDUCATION
Walsh College Troy, MI
Doctorate Management – Executive Leadership ANTICIPATED Jan.
2012
Walsh College Troy, MI
M.S.F. -- Finance
Walsh College Troy, MI
B.B.A. -- Finance / Operations Management
Macomb County College Warren, MI
A.A. -- Management
AFFILIATIONS
• President – BlackTree Ventures LLC
• Member Delta Mu Delta

4. DAVID J. BAZZETTA
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
• Kellogg Business School - Northwestern University (Senior Management symposium) 5/94
• MIT - Graduate accounting class - September 1994 "ABC at Chrysler Corporation"
• St. Louis CEO - Symposium -Process Re-engineering "Using ABC information to re-engineer the
Company."
• AIG cost conference - June 1994, Chicago, Ill. "Status of ABC at Chrysler Corporation"
• CAMI - 3rd qtr Cost conference – 8/95, Toronto, Canada "Tapping the full power of ABC"
• AIAG - AutoTech '95 - September 1995, Detroit, MI “ABC and Enterprise costing"
• AL, Inc. - European user Conference – 9/95, Manchester England "The Chrysler Story"
• KPMG - Strategic ABC Conference – 11/95, Charleston S.C. "ABC through the Enterprise"
• Olin Business School - Washington Univ., St. Louis “ABC/ABM at Chrysler Corporation”
• AIG cost conference - Feb. 1996, Phoenix Arizona “Status of ABC at Chrysler Corporation”
• MIT - Organizational Learning Conference – 3/96, Port Huron, Mich. “Org. Learning Concepts”
• MIT - Organizational Learning Conference - March 1997, Port Huron, Mich. “Org. Learning
Concepts on the Minivan Platform”
• Walsh College – July 2000, Troy, MI., “DaimlerChrysler Strategic Planning concepts”
• Lawrence Technological University – June 2006, Clinton Twp., MI. – “ Business Ethics = Life
Ethics”
• Walsh College - Business Leadership Institute – July 2006, Novi, MI., “ Business
Transformation model”
• Comerica Bank – Commercial Bankers Conference – Sept. 2006, Detroit, MI., “ BASF
Transformation”
• Walsh College - Business Leadership Institute – June 2007, Troy, MI., “Transformation
Initiatives Linked to Process Controls”
• Walsh College – Doctorate Management Cohort – Nov. 2007, Troy, MI., “Systems Thinking in
the Learning Organization”
• Walsh College – Guest Lecturer / MBA: Environmental Mgmt – June 2008, Troy, MI.,

5. “Sustainability Strategy – Compliance and Growth: Case Study – Clinton Climate Initiative
• Walsh College Doctorate Program – Project Coordinator – January 2009, Troy, MI., “Shift
Happens” – Illusions of Entrepreneurship. Dinner / Event sponsored by the DM cohort #1.
DAVID J. BAZZETTA
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS (continued)
• BASF – Emerging Professionals & Friends – Key Note Speaker / Facilitator – March 2009,
Wyandotte, MI., “Navigating Proactively through the Current Economic Crisis”.
• Lawrence Tech University – Guest Lecturer – April 2009, Southfield MI., The Sustainable
Learning Organization”.
• Walsh College - Doctorate of Management Cohort – May 2009, Troy, MI., “The Ethical Leader:
A Work in Progress”.
• Walsh College – Co-Guest Lecturer – MBA 501, and MBA 671 – May / June 2009, Troy, MI.,
“Applying the principles of Ethics and Mentoring in Learning Organizations”.
• BASF Foam Enterprises – Facilitator for OEM Sales Person Collaborative Training Event –
Sept.23 & 24 2009 – Houston, TX.
• BASF Polyurethane Systems – Facilitator at Fresenius Medical Supply NA – March 2010 Ogden,
UT “Introducing the Value Assessment Process”
• University of Detroit Mercy – Guest Lecturer MBA 515 – March 2010 - Detroit, MI. “Indentifying
the Ethical Leader for the Learning Organization”
• BASF Supply Chain Operations – Facilitator at the Isocynate Transportation Supplier
Symposium – April 20 – 22, 2010 in Baton Rouge, LA.
• BASF Systems National Business Meeting – Faciltator at Collaborative Learning Session - Sept
10 – 12, 2010 in Lincolnshire, IL.
• Wayne State University – Guest Lecturer – MBA 520 “Toward Identifying the Ethical Leader:
Whistle-blowers and Post-Conventional Moral Development – Sept 24 in Detroit, MI.
• BASF Supply Chain Operations – Facilitator at the Isocyanate Transportation Supplier
Symposium – June 8, 2011 in Baton Rouge, LA.

6. DAVID J. BAZZETTA
RESEARCH PAPERS
• The Knowledge Leader: Application of Knowledge as a Competitive Strategy, (September 2007)
• Aligning Human Capital Knowledge with Structural Capital Strategy in Learning Organizations,
(September 2007)
• Using Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge in the Establishment of Communities of Practice,
(February 2008)
• Systems Thinking in a Learning Organization, (November 2007)
• A Research Project: Cultural Survey at BASF Polyurethane Foam Enterprises, (March 2008).
• An Assessment of Structural Capital at Regional Business Units of BASF Corporation,
(Mar. 2008)
• Sustaining Ethical Leadership in Learning Organizations (June 2008)
• A Comparison of Leadership Ethics in Brazil, Russia, India, & China to the United States,
(June 2008)
• A Review of the Executive Decision Making Process related to the Ethical Leader (Sept 2008)
• An Integrated Model of Cultural and Institutional Forces, on the 21st Century Organization.
(August 2008)
• The Rebirth and Death of Chrysler Corporation: Failure of the Merger of Equals (November 2008)
• Creating a Sustainable Business Model in Shanghai (October 2008)
• Sustaining a US Business Model in the United Arab Emirates: Starting an Business Advisory
Services Company in Ras Al Khaimah (December 2008)
• Leadership Communications in Major League Baseball: The Ethics of Winning at all Costs.
(March 2009)
• Development of the Ethical Leader (May 2009)
• Mass Collaboration in the Innovation Process (July 2009)

7. • Theories of Behavioral Evolution (August 2009)
• Profile of Behavioral Attributes Common in Whistleblowers (August 2009)
DAVID J. BAZZETTA
RESEARCH PAPERS (continued)
• Attalla, T.A., & Bazzetta, D.J. (2009) The UAE – open for business: The United Arab Emirates
and the new economic corridor. Michigan International Lawyer. Vol. 21, No.1 (Winter Spring
2009), pp.13-16.
• Supplier Program Review Methodology (2011) – Ford Motor Company utilized in review of
U502 program.
• Conflict Minerals - Program Review Methodology (2011) – research for Nate Franke CFO at
Resources Global Professionals.