Fred George Sauer — The Movera Method

Founder, The Movera Method

About The Movera Method

Breakthrough system that will change the way you and your organization interact, perform and communicate. Movera is ″green″ - it uses your existing resources more effectively.

• Increase performance - less inhibitors and stress, better focus, higher energy level
• Manage change and crisis - removes barriers to innovation and decisive action
• Improve communication - lessen fear of public speaking, cold call reluctance and more
• Support team work - team effectiveness, communication flow, joint decision making
• Prevent and resolve conflict - dealing with ′difficult people′, having your ′buttons pushed′
• Reduce time lost - absenteeism and illness are often aggravated or caused by stress
• Ease travel - less fatigue, jet lag, fear of flying; better sleep and adaptation to climates and cultures
• Enhance physical performance - athletics, competitive sports, golf

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Biography

Fred wants to improve effectiveness and productivity in companies, governmental organizations and nonprofits. He has managed small and medium sized organizations and has lead many large national and international teams to improve productivity, quality, effectiveness and customers satisfaction. In this work Fred noted that similar basic human factors always inhibit and block optimal performance, communication, cooperation and effectiveness.

Fred created The Movera Method to address these issues in a profound, fast, and highly effective way. The Method is based on breakthrough techniques which have immediate impact and continued cumulative beneficial effects for both teams and individuals. Movera is particularly suited to help manage the stress and crisis environment in business today.

Prior to starting his own business, Fred worked in the automotive industry and a variety of management positions in process improvement, business systems, logistics and inventory optimization, systems development and support, quality and productivity initiatives and international infrastructure integration. Projects included assignments in Belgium, England, Germany and Japan.

Experience

The Movera Method
Founder, October 2006-Present

A tool to quickly and thoroughly improve performance and adaptability in organizations. By applying the Method groups and individuals will achieve improvements in many key performance factors. Some features include:

• Use Movera any time and any place
• You have control of the process and what you want to accomplish
• No need to discuss issues or ″problems″ or to believe in the Method
• Works well with and supports existing productivity programs

Sedona Management Inc.
President and Director, July 2003-Present

Sedona Management Inc. is located in Ann Arbor, MI. We develop and teach The Movera Method™

Ford Motor Company
Project leader for IT, Process Leadership, May 1996-July 2002

In this position, Fred lead design of best-in-class software maintenance delivery, metrics and process improvement programs including re-engineering application maintenance. He used teams of software experts and managers from the company′s global IT activities to customize and implement the processes ensuring customer acceptance and support.

He formed and ran the Year 2000 IT operations center with a team of 50 to coordinate, monitor and report on Fords global preparation for 1/1/2000. After the successful conversion in January 2000, Fred lead the integration of a major Ford acquisition with operations in North America, Europe and Asia into Fords IT infrastructure.

Ford Motor Company
Systems Planning Specialist, July 1993-May 1996

Fred was a leader for Ford global IT quality and productivity programs. He bench marked North American and European companies for top software quality practices. Formed and lead ISO9000 and Quality Operating Systems teams for IT. Spearheaded initiative to improve software maintenance productivity, quality and customer satisfaction netting a productivity gain of 80%, reducing rework, and freeing staff for new development. Fred utilized expert teams from throughout the company′s global IT groups to ensure program feasibility, support and collaboration.

Fred was invited to give presentations on this work at eight national and international conferences and for companies outside Ford including GE, Motorola, Deere, SoftLab, Detroit Edison, K-Mart and National Insurance.

Ford Motor Company
Department Manager

Fred managed a department responsible for production systems, computer costs and data center operations for Ford′s parts and service operations. He instituted and managed programs for reducing computing costs and increasing systems quality and reliability. He managed and improved systems throughput and on-line systems availability and introduced related performance metrics. He started an initiative to improve systems maintenance productivity and quality which later was used company wide.

Prior to becoming department manager, Fred managed the development and support of large information systems including warranty, quality and service systems. Fred also conducted and lead Process Improvement and Process Optimization projects in a variety of business areas such as demand forecasting, inventory optimization, packaging, logistics, and production planning.

Education

University of Michigan
Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Scholarships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and Pfaff A.G.
  
  

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Masters of Science, Engineering (Dipl.Ing.) Mechanical and Human Factors Engineering

• Master′s Thesis: Stress response under static work loads
  
  

Loughborough University

• Graduate studies in Ergonomics and Cybernetics
• Government scholarship for study abroad after completing undergraduate program