About Us:
Lean Leadership Academy was created in 2018, to primarily bridge the gap between what school districts have time and resources to cover and what the real world demands. LLA founders believe in partnership with regular schooling to further develop a competitive edge for our students.
What we do…
We equip students with the right K-S-A-O
K-Knowledge. We carefully pick the pertinent Knowledge, that is absolutely, positively and unequivocally necessary for our students in this era to be successful, while they maintain their status of their Good Citizenship!
S-Skill. We allow them to put their knowledge into practice and become skillful, during many workshops, and inside and outside the class exercises.
A-Ability. Now that our students are “skillful”, we will help them improve, enhance, and Kaizen their skills, so they will become “able”.
O-Other Attributes. Such as positive attitude, task/time-management, and other vital soft skills. We call the entire package of Other Attribute, “Lunchability”; the ability to entice others to want to lunch with you. (Likability)
Hormoz Mogarei has been in management since 1990, with 20 years of those, directly in “Lean” environment with Toyota and Toyota subsidiaries. In addition to many Lean Manufacturing courses, Hormoz has also authored and presented quite a few Management workshops such as: “Project Management, Effective Communication skills, Time Management, Strategic Planning, (Hoshin Kanri), Quality Improvement initiatives, Scientific Problem-solving, Standardization, Effective Leadership / Followership and Team Building”.
His latest book, An Apple a Day, has recently been published by Amazon, and so far has been translated into three languages.
Mr. Mogarei has also been the instructor and principal of a Saturday school in Oakland for 23 years, where he authored, developed and successfully implemented many cultural and life-skills modules and programs for up to 120 students/school year.
Many companies and major universities have hosted him as their trusted consultant in Lean management and production Training and Implementation. He has lectured at Stanford, Cal-Poly in San Luis Obispo, United Nations, as well as internationally in countries such as Armenia, Brazil, China, Canada, Germany and Japan, to name a few.
Mr. Mogarei is a Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley, DeVry, & Keller universities, teaching Lean Management, Leadership & Lean Manufacturing/Lean Production courses. In addition, he is also the president of Brooks College.
He is currently the President and CEO of Get Kaizened, Inc., a Lean Training & Consulting firm in the Northern California.
Hormoz Mogarei holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and a Master’s in Business Administration, (MBA) and he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Organizational Development.
Amir Etemadzadeh has been an educator and instructor since 2001. Amir explored his passion for teaching at the age of 20 when he first started working at an after school program working with challenged students. Seeing the positive effect of his efforts on the growth of those children made it clear to Amir that his mission in life must be education.
In addition, Amir believes in employing different techniques and activities to stimulate cognitive and behavioral development in children and teenagers, and has successfully helped a lot of children increase their self-esteem and team work capabilities through his workshops and one-on-one sessions.
Amir has also been active in the field of finance, with 6 year of experience as a successful banker, in addition to starting, managing, or being involved in many businesses including Amir School of Music, Mint Tea Production, Bay Area Cultural House and lately Lean Leadership Academy.
Amir is currently is the COO and instructor at Lean Leadership Academy with a long-term perspective of reaching and educating children from any ethnicity, background, or financial status.
