Leadership -

Jean-Philippe Jomini, Vice President and Co-Founder
Mr. Jomini consults in the areas of finance, strategic planning, corporate organization and technology and has been retained by V-ha.com as acting Chief Financial Officer. His most recent assignments before V-ha have been with the United States Armed Forces, a top-three global high tech company, a major NYSE real estate financing corporation, a leading global cruise line and a high tech startup. Before founding Mornington, Mr. Jomini was in charge of the worldwide deployment of enterprise application software at W.R. Grace & Co., a global packaging and specialty chemicals manufacturer. Prior to that, he reorganized the corporate reporting processes, replaced the global financial systems of Grace and directed the corporate accounting and policy and procedure functions. As controller of Grace’s European operations, Mr. Jomini merged the financial operations of 2 divisions, resulting in major efficiencies in this billion-dollar business. He led the development and implementation of an accounting and management information system, unifying the systems and accounting practices of the 52 corporations under his responsibility. As European systems and organization audit manager he achieved: a turnaround program for an equipment division; improvement programs in logistics, manufacturing and warehousing processes; and total quality management and ISO 9000 certification programs. Prior to joining Grace, Mr. Jomini directed financial analysis at Ford Motor Switzerland, and worked as a corporate planner for IBM Switzerland. He started his career as international credit analyst with Crédit Suisse. Mr. Jomini has business experience in most countries of the Americas, Europe and the Pacific Rim; he speaks English, French, German and Italian; and holds a BA in Commerce Management from the Zurich School of Commerce, a MBA and MS in CIS from the University of Miami. He is a member of the International Society for Performance Improvement and lectures on Strategic Information Technology at the University of Miami.

Leigh Hough, President and Co-Founder
Ms. Hough provides consulting in organizational issues, change management and project launch, intervention and support. Prior to founding Mornington, Leigh worked for W.R. Grace and Company, first in its Dewey and Almy Chemical unit in Massachusetts, and then at its corporate headquarters in Boca Raton. She implemented an MRPII package in support of manufacturing and administrative functions in the US and the UK, and was instrumental in the re-organization of sales support functions in both geographies. Transferred to corporate headquarters to serve as Financial Systems Architect, she played a key role in the selection of financial systems to support the company’s move to common systems and shared services. Leigh managed Grace corporate systems, including financial, legal and human resources business applications, while re-structuring of the information systems group. During a period of high growth at Wang Laboratories, Inc. Leigh was responsible for forecasting, production planning, material procurement and shipping/receiving for a disk assembly plant and for Wang’s largest component and assembly manufacturing operation. Asked to expand a pilot MRP system to all of Wang’s domestic operations, Leigh completed the project and joined a newly-formed internal Information Technology consulting group, providing project management, analysis, project turnaround and training services to Wang locations worldwide. Leigh’s last accomplishment for Wang was the replacement of their global purchasing system with a custom-developed purchasing application to support $1 billion in annual material and service procurement. Leigh holds a BA in English and History from Wellesley College in Wellesley, and an MBA from the Simmons College Graduate School of Management in Boston. Leigh is Certified in Production and Inventory Management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.