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March 24, 2021 51 mins
Steven Gorcester is the owner of Performance Plane LLC a sole proprietorship consultancy to assist local government agencies in developing, funding and implementing transportation infrastructure.

His work includes developing partnerships, and financing. While he was the Director of the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (http://www.tib.wa.gov/), he oversaw development of performance monitoring dashboards (http://www.tib.wa.gov/performance/performance.cfm) that received awards. These performance dashboards not only improve delivery but helped build confidence in infrastructure investments across the state.

Steve was instrumental in Relight Washington (http://www.tib.wa.gov/media/newscontent/items/2015/relight%20washington.pdf) to upgrade lighting in small cities to LED lighting to save annual operating dollars (https://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/pse-partners-with-state-to-launch-relight-washington/).

He has been guided by and uses the Toyota Production System (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35422164-the-toyota-engagement-equation) and follows Lean Six Sigma Principles used in industry. He remains committed to the application of Lean principles in government.
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