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
Bryant Jones, operational excellence executive

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.

01

Business Transformation

Translate enterprise priorities into practical operating systems, digital workflows, and measurable performance gains.

02

Continuous Improvement

Build durable Lean cultures through strategy deployment, leader coaching, root-cause analysis, and frontline ownership.

03

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.

2025

Doctor of Education

Educational Leadership & Organizational Innovation · Marymount University

Outstanding Achievement Award
2019

Master of Business Administration

Southern New Hampshire University

2004

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Millsaps College

Two-time Merck Research Recipient

Executive opportunities & advisory work

Let’s build the next level of performance.

Based in the Washington, DC–Baltimore region.