As a Scholar-Practitioiner I stand between the academic and business communities.
These two communities need one another and are enhanced by their interaction.
Each provides new understandings and leads to new patterns of action.
Relevant Experience
Deming
Graduated from the Deming Scholars Program. Awarded an MBA in Management Systems - Fordham University
Participate and support The Deming Institute since its inception in 1994
Advisory Council - The W. Edwards Deming Institute®
Selected as one of 12 people to revise The Deming Institute’s flagship training course. Named as a ‘Education and Training Representative’ by The Deming Institute
Co-conducted eight of The Deming Institute’s Four Day Video Seminar for Advanced Studies
Introduced to Dr. Deming’s ideas in 1985 while working as a Manufacturing Engineer at Borg-Warner Automotive
Fordham University
Deming Scholars MBA Program
- Class One -
Adapt Deming's Four-Day Seminar
to The Institute's
Two and a Half Day Seminar
Business
Selected for a Process Improvement Task-Force at General Dynamics - Missile and Electronic Group
Contributed, by invitation, to the creation of the ‘Lean Certification’ program sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Association of Manufacturing Excellence, and the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing
Author
How To Compare Six Sigma, Lean and the Theory of Constraints: A framework for choosing what’s best for your organization, March 2002 ASQ - Quality Progress
Strategy Made Visible, Tangible, and Indispensable: A Strategy Story Board System. {coauthor} (Book) Amazon, February 2020
And More
Other
BS in Manufacturing Engineering Technology, University of Southern Colorado
Certified Manufacturing Engineer (Life) by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers