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MCL & Associates, Inc. is a woman - owned small business.

MCL's two principals,  Cheryl Maxwell-Lefcowitz and Mark Lefcowitz have over 80 years of information technology and financial experience working for a variety of public and private sector clients throughout the United States.  An extensive nation-wide network of experienced functional process improvement managers professionals, business coaches, program managers, project managers, and senior analysts are available to solve your process needs.

Prior to founding MCL, Ms. Maxwell-Lefcowitz served as Administrative Manager, Sage Management Systems; and Operations Manager, American Continental Group, Inc.

Previous to that, Cheryl held a succession of Administrator roles with MCI, Communications Engineering, Sprint, Communications Engineering, Omicron Corporation, the National Bank of Washington, and Xerox Corporation, Quality Assurance Engineering. 

She has served as Controller for five corporations, and has conducted over 47 banking due diligences.

Mark Lefcowitz, Chief Operating Officer

Author, Process / Work Systems Engineer, and Senior Consultant















Mark Lefcowitz is the author of Resolving Issues with Your Boss: Six Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict at Work and its companion Compendium Matrix Guide, both available through Amazon and other major booksellers.

A Process and Work Systems Engineer, Project Manager, and Senior Business & Data Analyst, Mark brings more than 40 years of professional experience in both the private and public sectors. His work centers on Continuous Process Improvement, Organizational Transformation, and Strategic Change Enablement.

Mark is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Master, and Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Throughout his career, he has served as a Program Manager, Senior SME, and Facilitated Process Expert across diverse business and legacy operating environments.

In addition to his process improvement expertise, Mark has over 15 years of experience in Mediation and Dispute Resolution as an independent practitioner, writer, and practical theorist. He served as a non-attorney member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and was a founding member and first President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).

His writing and research have appeared in the U.S. Army Journal of Installation Management, the Journal of Homeland Security, TechRepublic.com, and LinkedIn, where he continues to publish insights on business transformation and workplace conflict resolution.

His articles have been published in the U.S. Army Journal of Installation Management, the Journal of Homeland Security, TechRepublic.com, and LinkedIn.  See: Published Articles and Business Transformation Blog.

Cheryl Maxwell-Lefcowitz, Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer