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Welcome

Iron Personal Services is based on Long Island, NY and was established in 2023 by owner/operator, Ron Navas. 

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​With a career pivot to entrepreneurship as a Company Owner, my focus is now on leveraging Lean Management and Process Improvement methodologies to drive business excellence. My expertise in Reliability Maintenance, honed over two decades at Long Island Rail Road, underpins my approach to fostering continuous improvement in organizational processes.

Our team prioritized efficiency and productivity, shaping a culture of change management and operational reliability. With certifications in Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belts, I bring a disciplined, data-driven mindset to strategic business transformations, ensuring sustainable growth and enhanced value for stakeholders.

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About IPS owner Ron Navas

Ron Navas is an established Reliability Management Professional and Certified Maintenance Manager (MMC) with over 20 years of direct experience in Reliability and Fleet Maintenance. Combine his expertise in the Lean Six-Sigma methodologies (Black Belt) including DMAIC principles, Lean Management, Kaizen, Change Management and DOE (Design of Experiments) with 40 years of coaching, this lifelong leader is committed to using his training and experience to reinvent, redefine and reimagine your organization and propel it towards enduring success and prosperity. 


Amongst other accomplishments, Ron has completed certification courses with Life Cycle Engineering in Risk Based Management, Maintenance Planning and Skills and Maintenance Management earning his MMC through the University of Kansas.  He has led multiple projects for the Long Island Rail Road resulting in over 10 million dollars of direct savings, including a team project that received an MTA EAM commendation in 2022 for the largest direct savings achieved.

Certifications

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Certified Maintenance Manager (MMC)

  • Maintenance Management and Skills 

  • Risk Based Management 

  • Maintenance Planning and Scheduling​

  • Managing Planning and Scheduling

Bio Highlights

Family Centered

  • Married 32 years

  • 3 adult children

  • 1 grandchild

USMC Veteran

MTA Long Island

Railroad (LIRR)

  • Marine Bandsman - Trumpet

  • 22 Years Of Service

  • Reliability Management Maintenance of Equipment (Rolling Stock)

  • Senior Manager, Reliability Maintenance

  • RCM Program and Project Management

  • Process Improvement

  • General Foreman

  • RSU Shop Operations (Diesel Locomotives and Coaches)

  • Train Yard Operations (Diesel)

Long Island Lighting Co (LILCO)

  • Customer Relations Team Coach - Keyspan (former LILCO)

  • Billing

  • Collections

  • Investigations

  • Emergency Service

  • Customer Relations Manager - LILCO 

  • Emergency Services Manager, Electric/Gas - LILCO

Here's Some More Info About What I Do

To the outside eye, all of these things we are talking about (ie Kaizen and Change Management) might seem confusing. Please find below an index explaining some useful terms.

Index:

What is a Change Management Professional?

  • Certified Change Management Professional employ the general industry standards of evaluating the organization’s issue/problem, initiating action to make change, planning the change while encouraging stakeholder buy-in, executing the plans while being flexible to the changing landscape, and how to sustain the change and make it “stick” so that the organization truly gains benefits of the change. Change Management Professionals learn the process of change with Acuity through real world projects, classroom training and certification exams.

 

What is a Kaizen Leader?​

  • The Kaizen leader builds upon prior learning in the Kaizen philosophy.

  • Kaizen is a problem-solving approach that applies process improvement in a structured setting. Kaizen literally means “Continuous Improvement”.  A Kaizen Event is a concentrated team-oriented effort to rapidly improve the performance of a process. The goal of Kaizen is to eliminate activities in processes that add cost but do not add value. A Kaizen Event is an extremely efficient method to quickly improve poor-performing processes. In today’s fast-paced environment, business leaders want immediate results. If done correctly, a Kaizen Event is accomplished in 5 days or less.

 

What is the DMAIC methodology?

DMAIC is an acronym that represents a structured problem-solving and process improvement methodology used in the field of Six Sigma, a set of techniques and tools for process improvement and quality management. DMAIC stands for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control, which are the five key phases involved in this approach:

 

  • Define: In this initial phase, the project team defines the problem or opportunity for improvement. This includes identifying the process that needs improvement, specifying the goals and objectives, and clarifying the scope of the project. It's crucial to establish a clear project charter that outlines the project's purpose, stakeholders, and boundaries.