> Tim Stratman
Tim Stratman, 47, is founder and President of Timbre Executive Coaching, Inc. a Chicago-based coaching firm focusing on helping C-Level executives become more effective leaders. He is retained by senior executives to provide both one-on-one, confidential business coaching and executive team development and facilitation.
Mr. Stratman has worked with executives across a diverse set of industry verticals covering both private and publicly held companies. In addition to his C-Level practice, he has a sub-specialty practice focused on helping senior supply chain executives improve their enterprise-wide effectiveness.
Mr. Stratman developed his core belief in the power of senior level executive coaching during his twenty year career in the Fortune 500. Emerging from practical experience, his coaching expertise evolved during a career that progressed through a series of diverse roles and challenges. These included P&L responsibility, global senior sales and marketing leadership, and supply chain management.
For over twenty years, Mr. Stratman held increasingly responsible positions with RR Donnelley. As President of RRD Direct, he lead a business serving one of Donnelley’s fastest growing segments: consumer and business based direct marketers. During his tenure as SVP of Supply Chain Management, Mr. Stratman played a critical leadership role in bringing industry-wide standardization to an extremely dysfunctional supply chain. His leadership was cited in James Champy’s book, X-Engineering the Corporation to illustrate the power of extending strategic business processes across traditional boundaries. 
While SVP of Information Services, Mr. Stratman’s organization marketed integrated, innovative services to global clients.
Mr. Stratman is a member of The Chicago Club, United Way Tocqueville Society and several professional associations. He has spoken to several organizations including the 2008 Material Handling & Logistics Conference, the American Association of Healthcare Consultants, the National Association of Executive Recruiters, the Executive Recruiters Roundtable, and the Institute of Supply Chain Management. Mr. Stratman has published various articles including a recent collaboration which appeared in “Supply Chain Review”.
Mr. Stratman received a BA in Marketing from Michigan State University. He is married with three children and resides in the Chicago area.
