Process Mining Speaker & Consultant

Your team
runs a process
they've never
actually seen.

I help organizations use process mining to see how work really flows, find the bottlenecks, cut the rework, and fix the process before they automate the mess.

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Why This Matters

Most teams think they
know how their work flows.

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    The designed process isn't the real process.

    What's on the whiteboard and what's in the event log are almost never the same thing. Process mining shows you what's actually happening.

  • 2
    Averages are hiding the truth.

    Your average cycle time looks fine. Your P90 tells the story your customers actually feel. They're rarely the same number.

  • 3
    Rework inflates every metric you track.

    Cases looping back through your process add invisible time and cost that traditional reporting never captures.

  • 4
    Automation doesn't fix broken processes.

    It accelerates them. Teams that automate before they mine discover faster failure at higher cost.

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"Process mining is the closest thing to an MRI for your operations. It shows where the pain actually is, not where you think it is."

, Power Lean Sigma

My talks give your audience a practical framework they can apply the next morning, not another methodology slide deck they'll forget by Friday. Real event logs. Real examples. Real takeaways.

The Speaker

Sharp enough for the data team
Clear enough for the boardroom

Russ Abrams
Process Mining Speaker · Master Black Belt · Microsoft Certified Trainer

I'm a Master Black Belt, a Microsoft Certified Trainer in AI and the Power Platform, and a U.S. Army veteran. I've spent my career helping operations and data teams run better, not just look better on a slide deck.

Process mining changed how I see every system I work with. I started Power Lean Sigma to bring that lens to conferences, workshops, and teams who are tired of gut feel improvement and ready to let the data lead.

I speak at industry events on process mining, automation readiness, and turning runaway costs, including the new wave of AI spend, into a clear plan. My talks are built for practitioners and executives alike.

Process Mining Master Black Belt Microsoft AI Power Platform Automation Readiness Bottleneck Analysis SLA Corridors Army Veteran
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See It In Action

This is what process mining
actually looks like.

Not a flowchart someone drew on a whiteboard. These are real process maps discovered from event data, showing how work actually flows, where it detours, and where time hides.

Power Automate Process Mining: Quote to Order process map showing bottlenecks and rework loops

Process Map: Quote to Order Flow

Process Mining Overview showing process map with object relationships and variant analysis

Designed vs. Discovered Process Maps

The Approach

Continuous improvement
Powered by data, not guesswork

Every engagement follows a structured cycle: charter and map the current state, identify and collect the right data, find root causes and relationships, assemble and test solutions, then lock in the gains.

Continuous Improvement Cycle: Plan Do Check Act with data driven process steps
Signature Talks

Five talks
One idea each

Available as 30 minute keynotes, 60 minute sessions, or half day workshops. All talks can be tailored to your industry and audience.

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Most automation projects fail because they speed up a broken process instead of fixing it first. This talk shows how to see what your process is really doing before you automate, so you accelerate the right things instead of locking the waste in at scale.

Discussion Points

  • Why automation amplifies whatever process you already have, good or bad
  • How to spot the rework loops and detours hiding in your workflow
  • Assessing automation readiness before you invest
  • Building the business case on real data, not assumptions

What You Will Learn

  • A readiness framework to use before any automation project
  • How to find and fix process problems first
  • How to prioritize what to automate for the biggest return

Your average cycle time is optimistic fiction. It hides the painful long tail your customers actually feel. This talk replaces averages with medians, P90s, and SLA corridors, and shows why that one shift changes the decisions you make about staffing, service levels, and where to improve.

Discussion Points

  • Why the average is the most misleading number on your dashboard
  • Medians, P90, and what each one really tells you
  • SLA corridors: setting promises you can actually keep
  • How percentile thinking changes resource decisions

What You Will Learn

  • How to read performance the way customers experience it
  • Which metrics to track instead of the average
  • How to set service levels you can deliver on

Every queue, every handoff, every rework loop is stealing time from your process and your customers. This talk reframes improvement around time as the root metric that quietly connects cost, quality, and customer experience, and shows where the most expensive delays are hiding.

Discussion Points

  • How time hides inside every process problem
  • The real cost of waiting, queuing, and handoffs
  • Why lead time is the metric that connects everything
  • Finding the delays that do the most damage

What You Will Learn

  • How to make time the lens for every improvement decision
  • Where to look for the most expensive delays
  • How to turn time savings into customer and cost wins

When you first map how work really flows, it looks like a plate of spaghetti. This talk shows how to use real process data to find the happy path, cut the detours, and build a clear standard your team can actually follow and sustain.

Discussion Points

  • Why a discovered process map looks nothing like the flowchart
  • Finding the happy path inside the chaos
  • Eliminating the detours and variants that drive cost
  • Building a standard the team will actually use

What You Will Learn

  • How to turn a messy process map into a clear standard
  • A method for finding and keeping the best path
  • How to make the standard stick

An accessible introduction to process mining for audiences new to the idea. Using real examples, this talk shows how the data your systems already collect can reveal what no survey, interview, or flowchart ever could.

Discussion Points

  • What process mining is, in plain language
  • How event data reveals the real process
  • Stories of what the data uncovered that nobody expected
  • Where to start if you are new to process mining

What You Will Learn

  • A clear understanding of what process mining can do
  • How to spot opportunities in data you already have
  • A simple first step to get started

Have a specific workflow challenge or a dataset in mind? I design half day and full day workshops around your team's actual process data for maximum relevance and immediate application. We map the real process, find the waste, and leave with a concrete plan.

Discussion Points

  • Built around your real process and your real data
  • Hands on mapping, analysis, and prioritization
  • Tailored to your industry and audience

What You Will Learn

  • A clear view of how your chosen process really runs
  • The biggest opportunities to cut waste and delay
  • A prioritized improvement plan you can act on
How It Works

From inquiry to
standing ovation

01
Submit Your Inquiry

Email me at Russ@powerleansigma.com. Tell me about your event, your audience, and the problem you want on stage.

02
Discovery Call

We'll talk for 30 minutes about your audience, goals, and which talk, or custom combination, fits best.

03
Confirm & Customize

I tailor the content to your industry. You get slides and a speaker bio in advance. No surprises on event day.

04
Deliver & Debrief

I show up, deliver a talk your audience remembers, and debrief on key Q&A themes and takeaways afterward.

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Process mining, one workflow at a time.

Short practical lessons. No fluff. No 45-minute tutorials for a 3-minute concept.

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Advisory & Consulting

Need help applying this
inside your organization?

Beyond the stage, I work with operations and data teams to build process mining capability from the ground up.

Offer 01

Process Mining Readiness Audit

For teams that want to know if their data and processes are ready before investing in tooling or training. We map the use case, review event logs, and deliver a clear pilot roadmap.

  • Use-case selection and scoping
  • Event log review and quality check
  • KPI and SLA definition
  • Data readiness checklist
  • Pilot roadmap and next steps
Request This Service
Book a Talk or Workshop

Let's put process mining
on your stage.

I respond to all inquiries within one business day. Fast, the booking process should be as efficient as the workflows I talk about.

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    In-person & virtual Keynotes, panels, workshops, half day intensives. I travel.
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    Tailored to your audience Operations, IT, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, I adapt examples to your room.
  • 📊
    Real takeaways, not theory Audiences leave with a framework they can test Monday morning.
  • Simple booking process Inquiry, discovery call, confirm. No gatekeepers, no delays.
Let's talk.

Send me an email with your event details, audience, and preferred dates. I respond within one business day.

Email Russ@powerleansigma.com

Or connect with me on LinkedIn