Board of Examiners

The Board of Examiners is a very important asset to the Shingo Prize. Examiners consist of practitioners and academicians who have a sound understanding and application of Lean improvement concepts, systems, and techniques.

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Board of Examiners
Name Title Location Email
Affeldt, Roger     Plant Manager Android Industries
Anderson, Curtis     VP, Continuous Improvement Alcan Packaging, Food Americas
Anderson, Larry     President ResourceSyncing
Ashby, Dana     Senior Operating Systems Consultant TXU Operating System
Aubert, Roger     General Manager Composites Univeral Group
Autry, Samuel     Principal Engineer, Technical Lead Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Bahl, Sudarshan       Sun Microsystems
Baker, Bill     Vice President of Affiliations AME
Baker, Damon     Director Danaher Business Sys. Danaher-VideoJet
Bare, Wesley     Lean Specialist Boeing Everett
Barker, Shaun     Associate Director The Shingo Prize
Barnett, Peter     President & General Manager Ensign-Bickford Company
Barron, Jorge     President, North America Operations Kaizen Institute Inc.
Basye, David     CI Coordinator Dyno Nobel
Benedetti, Paul     Director Purchasing CPI Plastics Group Ltd
Benjamin, Lee     VP & General Manager Hearth & Home Technologies, Inc
Bentley, Marion     Professor Utah State University
Bergsma, Bryan     Lean Leader & Six Sigma Expert Raytheon
Best, Gerald     Operating Excellence Program Manager / Master Black Belt Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Bodinson, Glenn     CEO BaldrigeCoach
Boutier, Patrice     Consultant Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC)
Bowen, Dwight     President Dwight A. Bowen & Associates
Boykin III, Robert     Principle Operations Engineer Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Boyle, Ricki     Partner G2E Management Inc
Bradley, Kevin     Dir. Quality & Cont. Improvement Simmons Bedding Company
Bratton, James     PQA Sr. Manager Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Braun, Shawn     Lean Enterprise Engineer, Rapid Improvement Office BAE Systems
Brown, Steven     Quality Control Manager Medicine Lodge
Brunson, Steven     Quality Manager TBEI, Inc.
Buchan, John     COO, North American Operations Autocam Corporation
Burchfield, Larry     Manager Human Resources Steelcase
Burdge, Suzanne     Lean Implementation Manager The Boeing Company
Butler, Drew     Plant Manager-SLC Boart Longyear Company
Cantu, Rudolfo     Program & Management Analyst Corpus Christi Army Depot
Carlberg, Douglas F.    President & CEO M2 Global Technology, Ltd.
Casiano, Lori     Manager Supplier Development TI Automotive
Castro Flores, Jaime     Director of Lean Applications Corporate Resources Management
Christensen, Michael     Vice President/CFO ScyTek
Chunka, Michael     Manufacturing Manager dj Orthopedics, LLC
Clark, Joe     Lean Coordinator Dyno Nobel
Clarke, Jerry     IT Admin Programming Utah Valley University
Collier, Jeff     Program Manager EMCON Technologies
Collins, Mike     VP, Lean Enterprise Dev. O.C. Tanner Company
Colon-Tirado, Astrid     Quality Engineer Lead, Sys & Op Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Comeau, Bill     Lean Sensei & MBB Textron, Inc.
Convis, Gary     CEO Dana Holding Corporation
Cooke, Graham     Retired Unilever Senior Manager  
Cooper, Michelle     Best Practices Manager MeadWestvaco
Costello, Timothy A.    Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Builder Homesite, Inc.
Crotty, Robert     Principal Consultant TXU Power
Danielson, Eric     Sr. Manufacturing Specialist IMEC
Darr, Michael     Operations Manager Bridgestone Firestone Company
DeCato, Sheri     Operations Engineer Lockheed Martin
DeGasperis, Gene     Wiremold Lean Champion The Wiremold Co.
del Bosque, Virgilio     Logistics Manager Cydsa Corporativo
DeLappe, Richard     Consulting DeLappe and Associates
Demmons, Wayne     CEO Betatronix, LLC
Denney, Charles     Management Analyst Rock Island Arsenal
DePriest, Misty     Lean Consultant The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services
Deys, Joanne     Lean Sensei Textron Inc.
Ditmore, Julie     SCM Manager Eaton Hydraulics
Dowden, Paul     Director, Process Improvement Jostens
Eberhardt, Steve     Organization Effectiveness Leader AstenJohnson
Elliott, COL J. Bruce       Rock Island Arsenal - JMC
Estes, Stephen     IDS - Operational Excellence ISC & Q Lead Raytheon
Ethington, Eric     Lean Sensei-Six Sigma Textron Inc.
Evans, Randall     Program Analyst Robins AFB
Fernandez Martinez, Gloria Maria    Quality System and CI Refresco Victoria del Centro
Fitzwater, David     Sr. Staff Industrial Engineer Bell Helicopter
Fleming, Daniel     Continuous Improvement Manager Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership
Fleming, Richard     Michigan Shingo Director The Right Place Program
Flores Medina, Luis     Kaizen Manager Valeo Sylvania Iluminacion
Fontaine, Bernard       University of Texas at Arlington
Forrest, Steve     Lean Consultant NC State University Industrial Ext. Ser.
Fowler, Michael     Lean Coordinator Eaton Corporation
Frey, Franklin     Chief, Surveillance Systems Division Tobyhanna Army Depot
Frischenmeyer, James     Owner/Operator Lean Management Solutions
Fuchs, Jeff     President Neovista Consulting, LLC.
Fujimoto, Glenn     Head of Operational Excellence Lonza Biologics, Inc.
Fuller, Mike     RCI Engin./Coordinator The HON Company
Fullerton, Rosemary     Associate Professor Utah State University
Gaby, Christopher     CI Manager Parker Hannifin
Galaviz, Maria     Lean Six Sigma Lead Sandia National Laboratories
Galsworth Ph.D., Gwendolyn     President Quality Methods International Inc.
Garrick, James     Portfolio Infrastructure Consultant FedEx Services
Garza Duran, Jose Miguel     Industrial Engineer Methode Mexico
Gerrard Sr, Patrick     Performance Ent. Sys. Leader ATK Government Space Magna
Gerritsen, Travis     Supervisor Preventive Maintenance Hill Air Force Base
Glazer, Alan     Master Black Belt Baxter BioScience
Gonzalez, Oscar     Quality Manager Polaroid Consumer Electronics
Green, Gary     Master Trainer Lean Office Corpus Christi Army Depot
Groenteman, Frank     Professional Business Advisor Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
Hafer, Paul     Plant Manager TI Automotive Systems
Hamel, Mark     Consultant Moffitt Associates
Hamilton, Bruce E.    President Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, Inc.
Hamilton, Lawrence     Change Facilitator Fetzer Architectural Woodwork
Hanks, Steven     Director, HR Graduate Studies Utah State University
Hatch, Steven     PES Lean Specialist ATK Launch Systems
Hauser, Karina     Assistant Professor Utah State University
Heatwole, Patricia     Continuous Process Improvement Manager L-3 Communications
Hernandez, Juan Victor    Plant Manager- Cuautitlán Honeywell CPG Prestone Plant & DC Mexico City
Hernandez, Manuel Ruben     Manufacturing Specialist Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC)
Hernandez, Mario     Kaizen Promotional Officer Manager Continental Corporation
Hernandez Rayon, Veronica     Industrial Engineer IACNA (International Automotive Components North America) Toluca Plant
Herrmann, Dave     Executive-In-Residence/Lecturer Utah State University
Higgins, Jim     Performance Exc. Blackbelt Mfg Lead Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
Higley Sr., Richard     Team Leader Dyno Nobel
Hindle, Brendan     Head of Machining & Maintenance BAE Systems
Hirstein, John     Lean Program Manager Rock Island Arsenal
Hoffman, Robert     Director of Operations BAE Systems
Hohenthal, Deb     Director, Tanner Improvement Systems O.C. Tanner Company
Holanda, Roberto       Tecnologico de Monterrey
Holland, Ted     Lean Sensei Textron Inc.
Hornberger, Keith     Corporate Director, Continuous Improvement Training Modernization Group
Horton, John       JAH Associates, LLC
Horvath, Susan     Engineering Lean Change Agent Delphi
Hudson, Debra     Process Improvement Specialist Rock Island Arsenal
Hunt, Rob     Rapid Continuous Improvement/Flow Manager Hearth & Home Technologies Inc.
Hurlock, Victoria     Lean Practitioner The Boeing Company
Husby, Paul     Staff VP Supply Chain Services & Op. 3M
Hutchins, Chris     CI Manager Hasbro, Inc.
Ituarte Zarza, Juan Carlos     Shingo Prize Central Region MX Director Tecnologico de Monterrey
Iverson, Ted     President Takt Timer
Jackson, Michael G    Lean Practitioner The Boeing Company
Jebamani, Andrew     Lean Consultant Mega Yield Management Consultancy
Jentz, Jeff     Production Manager Boston Scientific Corporation
Johnson, Keith     Consultant J & A International Inc.
Johnson, Rory     Team Lead, Production OPS. Improvement Palmdale Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Johnston, Grady     Sr OS Lean Consultant Luminant
Jones, Danny     RCI Manager The HON Company
Jones, Shani Tyler    RCI Engineering Manager Hill Phoenix
Kannan, Vijay     Professor of Operations Management Utah State University
Kelley, Jerome     Senior Sensei Simpler Consulting Inc
Kerwin, Tony     President Koch Heat Transfer Canada LP
Kieran, Michael     Lean Leader Textron Systems
Kim, John       John Kim & Associates
King, William     Manager of Panel Manufacturing The WattStopper, Inc.
Klasing, Chris     Principal JCK Associates, Inc
Kochert, Julie     Industrial Engineer/ISO Coord. Haldex Brake Products
Koenigsaecker, George J.    President Lean Investments, LLC
Kokkinos, Dianne     Retired Lean Sensei Textron
Koniszewski, Joseph     LM21 Program Manager Lockheed Martin
Kuzmanovic, Zoran     Supply Chain Manager Boart Longyear
Lambert, Mark     Sr. Mgr. Operations Excellence Lockheed Martin
Lampiris, Christopher     Senior Strategy Consultant MAINSTREAM LLC
Laufer, Gregory     Sr. Mgr. Mission Assurance Eng. PES ATK
Lemne, Marian       Cameron, Surface Systems
Lenzini, Dominic     Lean Practitioner The Boeing Company
Liefer, Deborah     Associate Lean Manufacturing Systems Group
Livingston, Amy     Director of Performance Improvement St. Jude Hospital
Longhurst, Kory     Cont Improvement Manager, ME Albion Advanced Nutrition
Lopez Vazquez, Enrique     Corporate Strategic Planning Dir. Grupo Agro Industrial La Huerta
Loscudo, Mark     Former Plant Manager Faurecia Exhaust Systems
Lowry, David       David Lowry Consulting
Lucht, Dale     Corporate Director of Continuous Improvement Pactiv Corporation
Lyon, Brent     Sr Manager, Industrial Engineering Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Lyon, Peter     Manager, Lean Enterprise Office The Boeing Company
Madsen, Jeffrey     Plant Manager The Toro Company
Mahna, Ritesh     Industrial Excellence Mgr Glaxo SmithKline
Malbrough, Donald     Manager, Mfg. Operations Sandia National Laboratories
Maldonado, Charles     Lean Practitioner The Boeing Company
Manley, Stephen       BAE Systems
Mann, David     Retired Mgr, Lean Management Steelcase Inc.
Manos, Anthony     Catalyst Profero, Inc
Martinez Medina, Gustavo Jose     Mechanic Industrial Engineering Global Productivity Systems Consulting
Martino, John     QLP Area Manager Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Martis, John     Site Leader Amazon.com
Martyn, Mike     Principal SISU Consulting Group
Mayet, Oscar     CI/Lean Mfg Leader - Americas Owens Corning - OCV Reinforcements
Maynard, Ron     Continuous Improvement Coord. MetalWorks
McNeill, Christopher     Lean Six Sigma Black Belt US Marine Corps - Department of Defense
Mejia Coba, Jorge F.     Corporate Quality Manager ALPLA
Merrill, Spencer     Senior Logistic Analyst Intel Corporation
Middleton, Todd     Sr. Consultant Simpler Consulting
Miller, Steven     Lean Six Sigma Specialist HQ Army Material Command
Miller, Ted     Continuous Improvement Manager Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership
Mills, Wayne     Process Improvement Specialist Rock Island Arsenal
Minter, Brian     Lean Facilitator The Boeing Company
Monjaras Garcia, Carlos     Engineer MEI Queretaro S. de R.L. de C.V.
Moran Romero, Enrique     MD Industrial Engineering Kemet Electronics
Muir, Brad     President Lean Technologies
Mulhern, Barry       Nortel
Nelb, Jeffrey     VP & General Manager RathGibson
Newlon, Steve     Management Consultant Barnes Jewish Hospital
Nguyen, Anh-Vu     Director of Rapid Cont. Improvement Spatz Laboratories
Nielsen, Kevin     Manufacturing Engineer Raytheon Missile Systems
Nusbaum, William     Business Consultant University of Tennessee CIS
O'Brien, Bonnie     Manufacturing Manager O.C. Tanner Company
O'Connor Ph.D., Michael     Director of Global Lean Deployment Unisys Corporation
Ohler, Danny     Engineering Manager Baxter Healthcare
Ohrt, Jim     RCI Manager HON Company
Osuna, David     Lean Manufacturing Mgr SONORA FORMING TECHNOLOGIES - MAGNA COSMA
Ott, Dustin     Mfg Excellence Manager Boart Longyear Company
Oughton, Dominic       Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing
Paquette, Robert     Six Sigma Master Expert Raytheon
Parker, Alan     Manager, Neutron Generator VS Sandia National Laboratories
Parker, Clyde     President STARsixsigma
Paschall, Daryl     Director-Specialty Engineering BAE Systems
Pavack, Kevin     Sr Lean Specialist Incito Consulting
Pelat, Barbara     Plant Lean Mfg. Coordinator Nemak of Canada-Windsor Alum. Plant
Pepper, Linda     Q & C Improvement Engineer Simmons
Perry, Brian     Director/Lean Sensei Textron
Pettry, Timothy     Manager PSI Strategic Projects Cleveland Clinic
Pipinich, Rod     Lean Deployment Material Mgmt. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
Plenert, Gerhard     Senior Principal Infosys
Powers, Leon     Former Operations Manager Masco Builder Cabinet Group
Prendergast, James     Former Director-Kohler Operating System Kohler Co
Puckett, John       Visions of Excellence
Puente-Rivera, Eleazar       ITESM Campus Leon
Rafuse, Bonnie        
Ramirez, Francisco     Director General Lensys Consultoria, S.A. de C.V.
Rediker, Mark     Site Manager Prototype Center Encon Technologies
Regan, Rachel     Operations Manager Lean Enterprise Institute
Remsey, John     Senior Manufacturing Specialist IMEC
Rich, Nicholas       Montalt-Enrich and Cardiff University
Richmond, David     Continuous Improvement Eng. II Hearth & Home Technologies
Robson, Ph.D., Ross E.    President, DnR Lean, LLC Former Executive Director, The Shingo Prize
Rodriguez, Tamara     Lean Manufacturing Program Lead Sandia National Laboratories
Romney, Mark     CPI Engineer L-3 Communications
Ross, James     Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Rowlands, David     CEO Gold Pride Press
Rozea, Bill     Dir. Company Operations Improvement Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Russo, Stephen     Lean Sensei Textron
Ruth, Angel     Quality Program Manager Lockheed Martin
Salanitro, Fred     Management & Program Analyst Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Salkeld, Mike       Linpac Packaging LTD
Sandy, Neil       Finlay Mac Associates Ltd
Santarelli, Mike     AD, Operational Excellence Lonza Biologics
Santos, Steve     Manufacturing Engineer/Facilities Manager Exemplis Corp
Savage, Stephen     Chief Operating Officer Affordable Interior Systems, Inc.
Schmitzer, John     Final Assembly Manager Burt's Bees
Schoellerman, Dave     Plant Manager Carestream Health Inc
Schonberger, Richard J.    President Schonberger & Associates, Inc.
Schwartz, Randy     Chief Executive Officer Dakota MEP
Sessumes, Mark       University of Texas at Arlington
Shamburg, Frederick     Founder and President Leannovations, LLC
Shantz, Sharon     Supplier Development Manager Ethicon - a Johnson & Johnson Company
Sharma, Anubhav     Lean Black Belt SPX Corporation
Sharma, Satya       Stony Brook University
Sharp, Jo Ann     Lean Consultant Dell
Shoop, Bill     Director, Performance Enterprise System ATK Launch Systems
Siebert, David     Managing Director Order Fulfillment O.C. Tanner
Sikes, Michael     Production Support Specialist FRC-South East
Skelly, Donald     Materials Manager Dyno Nobel
Smith, Beverly     Manufacturing Manager Baxter healthcare Corp.
Smith, Dewey     Mgr, Colfax Bus. Sys., Richmond, VA Colfax Corporation
Smith, Jim     Chief Operating Officer Simpler Consulting, Inc.
Smith, Thom     HR Manager Presto Products Company
Snyder, Kenneth     Director of Executive Education Utah State University
Spalding, Terry     VP, Lean Enterprise & Mfg Strategy Federal Signal Corporation
Spencer, Michael     Regional Launch Manager, North America Ford Motor Company
Spitzer, Paul     Director of Lean Tools & Development SPX Corporation
Spring, Ayeshanill     Continuous Improvement Lead - Final Assembly Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Steelman, Kris     Lean Implementation Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Stewart, Dwight     Master Black Belt Caterpiller, Inc
Stroscio, Frank     Corporate Director of Continuous Improvement ConMed Corporation
Stutz, Theodore     Operations and Quality Manager EMCOR, Mesa Energy Systems Inc.
Suydam, Timothy     Vice President / Manufacturing - Initiation Systems Dyno Nobel, Inc.
Terry, Paul     Vice President Supply Chain O.C. Tanner Company
Thompson, Bruce       SLT
Thor, Carl G.     President JarrettThor International
Todd, Paul     Project Manager Georgia Institute of Technology
Tran, Hung     Division Lean Manager ARLON Adhesives and Films
Trone, Nathan     Product Manager/ Lean Specialist EFI Electronics
Turney, Joel     Operations Engineer Principle Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Valera Mota, Roman     Chemical Engineer Mission Hills, S.A. de C.V.
Van Buskirk, Michael     Lean Practitioner The Boeing Company
VanWambeke, Gary     General Manager Radial Shaft Seal Division Freudenberg-NOK
Vitellaro, John     Master Blackbelt Lockheed Martin
Volesky, Mark     Sr Business Advisor Dakota MEP
Waldo, Carlos     Manufacturing & Maintenance Mgr Mabe
Wall, Mike     President Better Enterprise Solutions Corp
Wardwell, Patricia     COO Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership
Warren, Lawrence     Product Marketing Manager Builder Homesite, Inc.
Waterman, Paul     Plant Manager Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc.
Weir, David     Technology Executive IRTD Invest Northern Ireland
Wells, Brett     Lean Manager Autoliv, Inc.
Wells, Don     Field Quality Engineer Honeywell Aerospace
Wells, Steve     Special Projects Manager Luminant Operating System
Whisman, Michael     Director, Quality Leadership Process Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Wilker, Clay     Sr. Operations Manager ATK Thiokol
Williams, Marshall     Lean Leader Textron Systems
Willis, Anthony     Lean Facilitator Robins AFB
Willis, Tracy       Precision Processes LLC
Wilmoth, John     Project Manager Alcon Manufacturing, Ltd.
Wilson, Don     Industrial Engineer Consultant Lockheed Martin
Wilson, John     Industrial Engineering Supervisor Boston Scientific Corporation
Womack, Brenda     Retired Operations Mgr - International Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems
Woodham, Derek     Project Manager - Lean Systems Georgia Tech - Enterprise Innovation Institute
Wright, Jerry     VP, Lean & Enterprise Excellence DJO, LLC
Wrobel, Ken     Lean Enterprise Engineer Deluxe Corporation
Wu, Howard     Continuous Improvement Manager Callaway Golf Ball Operations, Inc.
Yenkner, Bob     General Manager Metal Fabrication
Yeo, Andrew       Delta Concepts Consulting Group
Young, Monica     CPI Manager Continental Tire North America (General Tire)
Zak, Helen     COO Lean Enterprise Institute
Zavala, Jose     APQP Manager Mexico Operations Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation