TransFormX
Shane O'Regan · Principal Consultant & Founder

An operator first, a consultant second.

Manufacturing is the home ground. Nineteen years on and around the shop floor in aerospace, defence, regulated medical devices, manufacturing and industrial distribution — engineering and planning first, then Lean manufacturing management, then regulated quality and continuous improvement leadership, then commercial P&L ownership of a defence portfolio.

The work is forensic rather than theoretical: transaction-level analysis, root cause proven with evidence, then a fix that holds because the reporting and cadence around it are built at the same time. TransFormX Consultancy Limited was founded in September 2026 to carry that record into a single delivery vehicle.

Career arc

Nineteen years, three phases

Engineering and the shop floor

2007 — 2018 · 11 YRS

Planning, applications engineering, asset reliability, then Lean manufacturing management.

Regulated quality and CI leadership

2018 — 2024 · 6 YRS

Medical devices, F-35 aerospace, QHSE management, ISO systems and Belt programmes.

Commercial P&L

2024 — 2026 · 2 YRS

Defence portfolio, contracts, forecasting and supply chain at scale.

£6.1m+

Hard savings delivered

20+

Kaizen events led

Zero

Major non-conformances in ISO audits led

40

Defence sites served on one contract

Credentials

Qualified, and audited on it

Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

ExpertRating · 2018

IASSC Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

IASSC · 2016

Lean Competency System

Cardiff University · 2020

Engineering, safety & supply chain

BEng (Hons) Mechanical & Automotive Engineering

Bradford · 2006

NEBOSH National General Certificate

UCLan · 2024

Supply Chain Excellence Specialisation

Rutgers University · 2026

Business & membership

AI Foundations for Business

Saïd Business School, Oxford · 2026

CQP MCQI · MCMI

Chartered Quality Institute · Chartered Management Institute

Institute of Consulting Affiliate

Chartered Management Institute

UK security clearance

Held · details on request

Clients & sectors

Organisations delivered for

Across direct employment and client engagements, by sector. This is a personal delivery record, not a TransFormX client list.

Defence

  • BAE Systems
  • AWE
  • Babcock
  • Leonardo
  • Thales
  • MBDA
  • Ministry of Defence
  • Rheinmetall
  • Magellan Aerospace
  • Malloy Aeronautics

Aerospace

  • Rolls-Royce
  • Safran
  • GE Aerospace
  • BAE Systems F-35
  • AETC Airfoils

Automotive

  • Jaguar Land Rover
  • Bentley Motors
  • Pirelli Tyres
  • Snap-On Diagnostics

Food & beverage

  • McVitie's
  • Jacob's
  • Fox's Biscuits
  • Burton's Biscuits
  • KP Snacks
  • Warburtons
  • Kellogg's
  • Nestlé
  • PepsiCo
  • Princes Foods
  • Unilever
  • AB InBev

Pharmaceuticals

  • AstraZeneca
  • GSK
  • Sanofi

Medical devices

  • DePuy Synthes
  • Johnson & Johnson

Energy & utilities

  • Phillips 66
  • Essar Oil
  • E.ON
  • United Utilities

Steel & chemicals

  • Tata Steel
  • Tata Chemicals

Rail & infrastructure

  • Network Rail

Industrial distribution & safety

  • Arco: Experts in Safety
  • ERIKS Industrial Services
  • Brammer
  • Rubix
  • Motion Control Products

Manufacturing

  • Booth Dispensers
  • Eikon Materials (Spandex Group)

Organisation names are used descriptively to indicate where work was delivered. No endorsement or ongoing relationship is implied. Named references available on request.

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