Michael E. Relph – AM Founder and President - CSES International, Inc.

Michael Relph an award-winning writer, mathematician, technologist, education developer, architect,

publisher, and in professional sports with nearly 50 years of experience finds himself as an
international entrepreneur, corporate diplomat, and a community and business developer with a
strong Christian faith that is lived with purpose and passion.
CSES International a Technological and Business Development Consulting firm was established in 1992
as result of having “too much time on his hands” having invented a reduced time to market process
for engine strategy development from 103,680 hours to only 7 hours!
Mr. Relph has enjoyed the legacy of being trained by “professionals” starting at the age of 3 began his
teaching career at the age of 7, proved advanced math, business, and publishing skills at the age of 8,
and starting his first business at 12 mentored by the owner’s son of the Royal Oak Daily Tribune.
Having a professional grade in bowling at the age of 15 was given leadership of what became the
largest youth program of its kind in the US. By the time Mr. Relph was 17 found himself with over 900 students in a given week,
tutored over 15,000 students in all academics, to include MBA students in Mathematics starting at the age of 15, mentored and
tutored remedial students transforming them to straight A students 100% of the time, and by 17 represented 250,000 students
nationwide as a board member of the American Jr. Bowling Association.
It is not a surprise as a registered mathematics genius at the age of 17 in the State of Michigan he chose Lawrence Technological
University (after attending OCC in Mathematics at night in High School) boasting professors who are professionals in their field of
instruction. Before graduating CUM LAUDE with a BS in Applied Mathematics worked for TACOM in Integrated Logistics Support
trained by Commanding General Decker having met on his 3rd day whereas the General showed up at Mr. Relph’s desk his 4th day
of work! Over 40 years later it was found the Mr. Relph’s boyhood mentor the founder of the OSS with President Hoover had
unknown influence.
Primarily a developer of new technologies worked with NASA on the Space Shuttle, multiple Electric Utilities on Nuclear and Fossil
Power Generation Stations, International Airport Systems, Automotive Manufacturing, Steel Making and Diesel Engine Controls,
using advanced/data acquisition process control systems got to use his advanced “applied mathematical” acumen every day.
Integrated in that work was his ability to perfect process and document them for operations and on-going technical support.
Through those skills was easily able to move onto the next project, and to help be a “game-changer” helping to take legacy
operations reducing time to market saving Hundreds of Billions for organizations like GM, Ford, Chrysler, Great Lakes Steel, and
many other large Tier One Suppliers many times under the guise of developing Highly Technical Operational Business Plans and
Quality System Programs thus maintaining a higher level of production volume and quality established by his efforts and those he
supported.
Soon after taking Ford Motor Company’s Diesel Engine Strategy Development Process from 180 days to 1 day found himself with
too much time on his hands and was allowed to obtain the training and then implement a major Quality System development for
his division and became a premier Internal Auditor. He then learned and implemented FMEA/FMEM analysis for the Diesel
Program, demonstrated to Ford Sales that the Diesel Program will sell millions not tens of thousands whereas there were 1.2M
orders in the first 90 days of product launch, and he resolved a major intellectual property dispute between Navistar’s Supplier
and Ford Motor Company in just one day (after festering for 90 days), a dispute that would have CANCELLED the most profitable
engine program in Ford Motor Company’s 100+ year history.
At the same time Michael began to take private vocal lessons from a Retired Diva of the Michigan Opera Theatre and over a period
of over 4 years expanded his vocal range to over 4 octaves with a capability of performing “performance grade” vocals that require
a vast vocal range, along with requiring great intensity being able to generate over 92 decibels. Having learned to match a tone at
3 years old, able to sing a harmony at 4, able to read music at 5, started to teach music at 7, became a soloist at 8, joined his 100
voice church choir at 14 as lead 1st tenor, performed as 1st Tenor for 13 years in a Southern Gospel Quartet a group that would
open concerts for Full Time Professional Quartets. Was not required to perform an audition for the Detroit Tigers to sing the
anthem in honor of Willie Horton’s newly activated foundation, an effort he started to lead in 1998. Mr. Relph’s family legacy is
now over 400 years in Piano, Violin, and voice as part of the Paris Enlightenment, a family that boasts musical talents representing
28 instruments, a professor at New Orleans University for Jazz, with several members like himself to compose, arrange, produce,
and record musical works around the world. Mr. Relph has performed in 12 countries himself and addressed audiences of over
85,000.
In parallel to improving his voice he learned the Point of Sale Industry to include Retail, Warehousing, Distribution, Logistics, e-
Commerce, with his own software product advancing technological ideas for the Small Business and Industries that were lagging
in technology like the sports equipment industry. Having implemented over 300 Retailers wrote over 4,000,000 lines of code
customizing Retailing Functions and developed advanced networks to tightly couple POS and e-Commerce to perfect inventory
management for small businesses expanding from a single store to include a warehouse and distribution to over 100 stores in 3-4
years for several small business customers. As e-Commerce was introduced into the world he led that charge for small business
and companies like General Motors where Mr. Relph demonstrated to GM Leadership how to reduce new Program Development
from 53 months to 19 saving 3-4 Billion per Vehicle Program.
After his work with Ford’s 7.3 Liter Powerstroke Diesel program development for its engine and automatic transmission managed
all GM Truck’s Engine and Chassis Control Systems creating a management system to stream line how calibrators managed their
business, and he created GM’s first test bench CAN CODE a new network protocol when GM started developing multiple processors
in a vehicle. He led the changes in Electrical Systems when EDS was sold, and Delco became Delphi ushering major changes in IT
and Electrical Systems delivery for GM from its “vendors” instead of corporate divisions co-authoring new vendor qualification and
management procedures for GM Purchasing. Developing new Web-Sites transitioned the Legacy Processes to New-Age
Technological Tools greatly reducing communication between vendors and engineering saving tens of thousands just in a single
transmission line that became outdated $3,500/mo per Vendor minimum. With over 300,000 transmission lines at $3,500/mo
saved Billions every year.
Since has worked to provide Business and Technological Strategies to include marketing and sales for new and existing small
business in parallel of his work to manage large scale IT Transition Projects working with IBM and several of its major customers
like Nexus-Lexus, Enterprise Rental, Raytheon, Dow Chemical and others.
Eight months into working with General Motors Mr. Relph was invited to a BBQ at Detroit’s Legendary Willie Horton’s home where
he served over 300 great Detroit-Based business greats. Even though we just met and there were 300 guests at his home Mr.
Horton took almost 3 hours sitting privately together in his living room. From that first meeting we have been working very closely
since July of 1996. Since Mr. Relph has assisted Mr. Horton and his family to open up new businesses for his children to work, and
reactivated his foundation now in operation Headquartered in Tiger Town, Lakeland, Florida for which Mr. Relph leads in many
capacities serving the underprivileged families participate in Sports and have access to professionals to help hone their skills. Today
Lakeland sees more professional hopefuls than any other city in the USA.
After the economy changed in 2009 took a Master’s program in Referral Marketing authored by Ivan Misner and used Mr. Misner’s
extreme marketing approach to create referral marketing groups of 8-12 members who do not compete with each other and work
towards a common target market to create and establish strong starts for new or existing very small business looking to grow
exponentially. Authoring strong technical business plans, and helping to find extreme competitive advantage through advanced
technological advances has and continues to help scores of businesses even today. Recently his new partnerships take him into
the realm of Pop-Up Businesses located in Shipping Container Villages. Mr. Relph looks to train scores of new business owners
who can walk to their business and help create hundreds of jobs, not just jobs but livelihoods consisting of Employee Owned
operations, where the owners are exercising their God-Given Gifts, transformed into Talents grafted onto their Passion in life.
Mr. Relph does not seek retirement, rather to continue to work with scientists and inventors, community leaders, those that want
to significantly improve education, and those that that want to make US Urban Community’s whole again. This work will include
advancing his work in water technologies solving; the worlds water shortages, curing cancer, eliminating the world of harmful
bacteria and viruses, and providing significant technological advances for Planetary Infrastructure, and Autonomous Vehicles for
the rail, the road, and the air, not to mention “off the grid” housing and commercial developments.
Lastly, he looks to complete and implement his writings on Education, to essentially remake how education is implemented
including K-12, and Major College Institutions with 4-year Bachelor Programs. His strong conviction around education starts at 3,
goes year around, and by the age of 18 a student is capable of earning a solid life’s wage like a well-educated Bachelor of Science
graduate. Look for his book in 2020, THE FIVE R’s Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, The aRts, and spoRts… Creating Tomorrows
Masterminds TODAY!