As Senior Managing Director at Ankura (previously Chartwell), Sherry Tomac, PMP, manages a highly skilled group of compliance consultants working on state licensing client engagements. Sherry provides coaching and training to the Chartwell staff on project management and manages Kaizen process improvement activities within the organization and certain select clients.
Prior to joining Chartwell, Sherry spent 20 years developing her expertise managing global, cross-functional projects focused on strategic organizational goals such as software rollouts, call center initiatives, and compliance undertakings at Western Union and First Data. Sherry also has seven years of client engagement experience with Ernst & Young as an auditor and business consultant.
Sherry has a passion to drive process improvement through Kaizen and has used lean and six sigma tools in operational areas of Western Union, First Data, and Childrens Hospital Colorado to train staff, standardize processes, eliminate waste, reduce patient harm, and generate cost savings.
Sherry has a current certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Six Sigma Black Belt and has completed two trainings with Toyota Production System Lean Kaizen experts with two trips to Japan. Sherry was born and raised in St. Louis, MO where she graduated from the University of Missouri with a BS in Business Administration. She relocated to Highlands Ranch, CO twenty years ago.
Sherry and her husband have five grown children, and four wonderful grandchildren. In her free time, Sherry enjoys hiking, skiing, fly-fishing and spending time with her family.