I help Silicon Systems Engineering VPs and Directors deliver and scale.

For CPU, GPU, ASIC, and NVM devices and platforms. Across architecture, hardware and firmware design, validation, integration, and product engineering. From concept through customer qualification.

It starts with the problem you're facing. From there, we define the outcome you need, and work with your engineers to design the work that gets you there.

Let's talk about your program

25 years in silicon development. 12 technology ramps, from architecture and design through manufacturing and engineering operations.

For eight of those years, I led development flow improvements for Intel's NAND Group; for six, I worked directly with Steven Spear, author of The High Velocity Edge.

That wasn't a slide-deck number: engineers doing the work identified, conservatively, $400M a year in labor hours they'd get back from changes they discovered themselves. We trained 1,700 people and helped launch 1,250 improvement efforts. That's the cost side. The other side is opportunity: we all know delivering faster is worth more. You get both.

How We Get There

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Deeper Dives

I run one process, applied at three depths, depending on how big the problem is and how far you want to take it.

Development Flow Diagnostic
A live, hands-on event where we run the process against your actual program: your schedule, your team, your bottlenecks. You walk away with a real workflow map and a prioritized list of what's actually costing you time, not a generic audit.

Development Flow: Stabilize and Accelerate
We run the same process again, at full depth, and fix what the Diagnostic found. This is where the $400M-a-year kind of result comes from: not a slide deck, changes your own engineers discover and own.

Development Flow: Sustain the Gains
Improvements don't hold themselves. I stay on as a guide while your team realizes what we designed, so the gains don't quietly erode once the engagement ends.

This isn't typical consulting

Most consulting firms optimize structures: strategy, org design, operating models, PMO and governance layers. They operate at the level of milestones, plans, and executive narratives.

We optimize your product development system: your products, your processes, your teams, the way you want to do it. Cookie-cutter solutions don't work. Understanding how you do it, then building what you need, is the best way to improve.

I am an engineer; I work with your engineers shoulder to shoulder, not over them. Not another firm that parachutes in, reorganizes, and leaves you with the same problems.

I had the privilege of working with Joel Jorgensen at Intel, and he remains one of the most versatile and insightful systems thinkers I’ve worked with. Joel brings deep expertise across learning systems, lean methodologies, product development engineering, and complexity theory — and he translates all of it into clear, actionable guidance for teams.

What sets Joel apart is his ability to synthesize research, write with clarity, and engage groups ranging from technical engineering teams to software, finance, sales, and marketing. He meets people where they are and elevates their thinking.

His grounded leadership and work ethic trace back to his years running the family farm — steady, thoughtful, and committed to continuous improvement.

Seeing Joel bring this forward through Flow Acceleration is inspiring. He truly lives his tagline: helping people and organizations learn faster, think more clearly, and operate with purpose.

Any team or client will benefit from Joel’s insight, integrity, and ability to make complex ideas usable.

Patricia (Pat) McDonald

Strategic Advisor & Former Intel Executive | Bringing Clarity to Complexity and Advancing Community‑Driven Innovation

I can’t recommend Joel enough for his depth of knowledge, passion, and approach to learning.
Joel was one of the few people I worked with who consistently looked beyond symptoms and focused on improving the systems that created the results.

Whether he was helping teams improve workflows, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, or guiding large-scale operational improvements, his focus was always on enabling people and organizations to perform at their best.

Joel combines deep engineering knowledge with a passion for continuous improvement and organizational learning. He has a rare ability to bring people together, create alignment, and help teams navigate complexity while staying focused on outcomes.

I learned a great deal from working with Joel, he will be an asset to any leader looking to improve how engineering organizations deliver products at scale.

Dr. Tanu Ghosh

Enterprise Supply Chain & Manufacturing Leader | Transformational Executive | Medtronic

There is an old saying that systems produce exactly what they are designed to produce. When execution begins to slow, the first instinct is often to look at the people, but the real opportunity usually lies in the system that connects them. Joel understands this distinction very well.

During our time in Intel's Non-Volatile Memory group, we supported complex silicon programs that required engineering, marketing, and manufacturing to move in concert. While the technical challenges were substantial, the larger hurdle was reducing the technical debt that accumulates as teams scale. Joel consistently focused on improving how work flowed rather than simply asking people to work harder.

Our collaboration on the Rapid Integrated High Velocity (RIHV) program stands out. The goal was to redesign the processes connecting people and systems to make the work simpler and the people more empowered. This required challenging long-held assumptions and crossing organizational boundaries to help teams see the system as a whole. Joel excelled at creating those conversations and translating them into practical improvements that people embraced because they made the work better.

Joel has a knack for guiding teams toward shared understanding, uncovering the real sources of rework, and building operating rhythms that improve execution without creating unnecessary process. He brings systems thinking, operational discipline, and a genuine respect for the people doing the work. If you are looking for someone to help an organization simplify complexity and improve execution at scale, I recommend Joel without hesitation.

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