Principal of Value Generation Partners; author of Operational Excellence Handbook and the Success Series of handbooks. In his career, he has led transformation and enterprise excellence engagements for employee owned to fortune 500 organizations in nearly every type of business and industry. He has conducted training workshops and consulted with clients of Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW), and Kent State University (KSU). Through these experiences, he traveled around the globe, consulting and facilitating workshops in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the Americas.Holds a bachelor’s of science degree from Kent State University and an MBA from the University of Akron, and has these earned professional certifications:• Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute• New Product Development Professional (NPDP) from the Product Development and Management Association• Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB) from the International Society for Six Sigma Professionals• Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) from the American Society for Quality• Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) from the American Society for Quality • Quality Engineer (CQE) from the American Society for Quality A distinguished alumni of Kent State University’s College of Technology, published guest writer to Quality Progress magazine, and has served as a member of the board of examiners for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Listed skills include Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, and 5 others.