Robert E. Fox
Co-Author of The Race, The Theory of Constraints
Journals, and Author of numerous articles, on management practices, Robert Fox is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on Continuous Improvement practices.Receiving an engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University, Mr. Fox has served in many capacities, including Vice President of Manufacturing, General Manager, and President in several organizations.
After spending years in the East, studying Japanese Management methods, with the likes of Dr. Taiichi Ohno, and others, Mr. Fox returned to the U.S. and soon met Dr. Eli Goldratt. Combining the best of all methodologies, including Dr. Goldratt's breakthrough thinking, they developed the Theory of Constraints.
Joel Barker
Joel Barker was the first person to popularize the concept of paradigm shifts for the corporate world. He began his work in 1975 after spending a year on fellowship meeting and working with visionary thinkers in both North America and Europe. He discovered that the concept of paradigms, which at that time was sequestered within the scientific discussion, could explain revolutionary change in all areas of human endeavor. By 1985, he had built the case and corporations and nations were seeking his advice.
In 1986, he released his first videotape, Discovering the Future: The Business of Paradigms. By 1988, it was the best selling business video in history. In 2001, he updated this film to include contemporary examples and a shortened version. It has been translated into 16 languages and continues to influence people all over the world.
Mr. Barker has spoken to more than 1 million people around the world and his films have been seen by more than 250 million people around the world.
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Keynote Speakers
Sandy Munro, Munro & Associates
A frequent speaker and advisor to some of the worlds top manufacturing executives on implementing cultural change and integrated product development strategies, Sandy Munro offers his clients a wealth of perspective and a penchant for technology transfer. Although he began his career in the automotive industry and has worked extensively with global automakers and key Tier One suppliers, his experience and insight cuts across virtually every segment of the manufacturing industry.
One of the pioneers in the application of design for assembly (DFA)/design for manufacturability (DFM) principles, Sandy Munro founded his consulting firm, Munro & Associates, Inc., in 1988 to help North American manufacturers harness the power of concurrent engineering/DFM to reach new levels of global competitiveness.
Charlene Spoede Budd, PhD, Baylor University
Dr. Charlene Spoede Budd is currently a Professor Emeritus of accounting at Baylor University where she held the Emerson O. Henke Chair in Accounting. A pioneer in cutting-edge finance measures she has authored and co-authored five cost accounting and throughput accounting principle-based texts. Received several awards for her work Charlene has been nationally recognized for significant contributions to the AICPA.Carol A. Ptak, Pacific Lutheran University
Carol Ptak, former CEO and President of APICS and author of MRP and Beyond and ERP, Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain as well as co-author of Necessary But Not Sufficient. Ms Ptak is currently the Executive in Residence at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA after most recently serving as PeopleSoft’s Vice President and Global Industry Executive for Manufacturing and Distribution Industries. Her most recent work, Theory H.O.W. has been well received by manufacturing companies searching for sustainable competitive advantage. Ms. Ptak has lent her name to the internationally coveted Ptak Prize for Supply Chain Excellence that is awarded annually by ISCEA (International Supply Chain Education Alliance.)
Lisa Lang, PhD, The Science of Business
Lisa Lang specializes in helping companies achieve bottom-line results through the application of the Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma. Her approach is global and holistic, insisting on tying all “improvement” projects to bottom-line results. She consults with executives in a variety of industries to put their companies on a process of ongoing improvement, addressing both internal and external constraints to profitable growth.
Lisa's speeches, seminars and workshops are described as high value, motivational, and inspirational. Many attendees have commented on how refreshing it is to have a speaker that has bottom-line content while still providing an energizing setting. Lisa’s diverse background allows her to consult and speak on wide variety of topics. Unlike approaches that try to fix everything at once, Lisa helps clients to focus on the leverage points in their system to get rapid, sustainable improvement.
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Special Guest Speakers
Dr. Gary Wadhwa, MD
Case History of Adirondack Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Process Improvement in Health Care, using TOC/Lean/Six Sigma- Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
- President, Private Practice Adirondack Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Executive MBA University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Master Black Belt, Lean Implementation Expert
- System Dynamic training at MIT
- Balance Score Card certified Train the Trainer
- TOC Student at Washington State UniversityJames Holt, PhD, Washington State University
James R. Holt is a Professor of Engineering Management at Washington State University. He teaches Organizational Behavior, Operations Research, Statistics, Engineering Economics, Simulation, Information Systems, Constraints Management and other special topics. Serving as department head at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio, he holds a BS from Utah State University, an MS from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University.
James is certified in the TOC; Thinking Processes, Operations Management, Project Management, and Holistic Strategy as well as a Certified Academic Jonah, and Jonah’s Jonah. He serves on the board of directors for TOC-International Certification Organization.
Larry Leach, Advanced projects Inc.
Author of Lean Project Management, Critical Chain Project Management, and numerous articles on project management practices, Larry Leach is widely recognized as one of the country’s foremost experts on Critical Chain Project Management.
Receiving Masters’ Degrees in both Business Management from the University of Idaho, and in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, Larry also teaches MBA courses. Larry is a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), a certified Project Management Professional, and Theory of Constraints Jonah’s Jonah with the Goldratt institute.
Kevin Fox is Managing Partner of Viable Vision LLC. a consulting firm specializing implementing TOC. He first began working with TOC and Eli Goldratt in 1985. He has particular expertise in complex multi-project environments, having directed more than 20 successful implementations using Critical Chain. These have encompassed a broad array of environments, including new product development, MRO, Research, construction, IT, and ETO.
During his more than 15 years of TOC implementation he has worked with hundreds of companies. He served as Director of the US Region of Goldratt Consulting during that organization’s launch and is widely viewed as a leader in the development and application of Theory of Constraints. His first book “Blue Light,” co-authored with Bob Fox, will be released later this year.
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Additional Presentations
Gary Adams, Delta Airlines
The Change and Challenge in Aircraft Maintenance
Gary Adams is Manger of the Continuous Improvement Support Group at Delta Air Lines Technical Operations in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has worked for 18 years. He is a licensed aircraft mechanic (Airframe, first class FCC) and also holds a FAA pilot license. Gary received his original aviation training with the United States Marine Corps (Avionics).Currently, Gary is a guest speaker for the University’s Lean MRO course. Gary received his undergraduate degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and he received his graduate degree from the University of Tennessee. Gary also received lean and Theory of Constraints training from the University. He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has consulted numerous organizations. Gary has traveled to many parts of the world to study various businesses improvement techniques.
Matt Sparks, Delta Airlines
The Change and Challenge in Aircraft Maintenance
Matt Sparks is Manager of Engine Disassemble / Assemble shops and Test Cells for Delta Air Lines Technical Operations in Atlanta, Georgia, where he has worked in a variety of roles for 10 years. Matt received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He is currently earning his Graduate degree in Business from Emory University. Matt is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and is experienced with both Lean and Theory of Constraints methodologies as well.Integrating TOC, Lean, Six Sigma with ERP
Russell M. Field is a business process analyst for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Experienced in process and resource description as part of major ERP/MRP system implementations, he is a former Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) facilitator and team leader, Statistical Process Control analyst, and instructor for integrating ERP/MRP systems with Lean Manufacturing techniques. for Boeing and its suppliers.With a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Russ has been a featured speaker at APICS chapter dinner meetings, and has presented at the BaaN World Users Group, SSA Global Users conferences and the Tecnológico de Monterrey Congress of Lean Manufacturing in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Stephen R. Johnson
Chief Structures Engineer, Fleet Support
Boeing Commercial Aviation ServicesSteve is the Chief Structures Engineer of Fleet Support Engineering for Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. Steve has worked in the aerospace industry, and the Boeing Company, for over 30 years and has contributed to every Boeing Commercial airplane model produced during that period. He has only recently joined Fleet Support Engineering, after completing a Project Management assignment on the 787 Program. In his current assignment he is responsible for leading a team of over 500 to provide timely Engineering solutions to operational problems for the Boeing fleet.
Steve has incorporated Lean and TOC into all of his most recent assignments including the first large scale implementation of CCPM in BCA Engineering for the basic release of the 777-300ER derivative. Under Steve’s leadership Fleet Support Engineering Structures has undertaken a major Lean/TOC process improvement effort which is already yielding remarkable results.
C. Grant Lindsay, Intel Corporation
Grant is a Senior Industrial Engineer in the Supply Chain Strategy and Design department for the Intel Corporation. His professional experience has focused on manufacturing and supply chain process improvement for the semiconductor and aerospace industries. Mr. Lindsay holds a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University and a Masters Degree in Engineering Management from Washington State University. He is certified in Supply Chain Logistics and the Thinking Processes by the TOC-ICO, and is a member of the TOC-ICO Fundamentals Exam Committee. Mr. Lindsay is also a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional.
Scott J. Edwards, Intel Corporation
Scott is an Industrial Engineer in the Supply Chain Industrial Engineering and Statistics department at Intel Corporation. His professional experience includes process improvement, capacity planning and modeling, and network design in logistics/supply chain areas. Scott has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from Arizona State University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. He is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt through Arizona State University’s Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and received his “Jonah” recognition from Washington State University / TOCICO.
A Continuous Improvement Startegy
Louise has over 20 years the supporting the aerospace industry, primarily as a system engineer for large scale weapon and transportation systems. Recently, using Theory of Constraints, Louise and her team have successfully integrated the ISO/AS9100 efforts, with CMMI Level 5, and the Lean/Six Sigma activities for the ICBM program. Louise has a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame, a master's degree in Operations Research from George Mason University, and she is a registered! profess ional engineer. In addition, Louise is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, CMMI Assessment Team member, and trained AS9100 auditor, and TOC Jonah practitioner.Hal Rumsey, Ph.D., P.E. Washington State University
Hal A. Rumsey is Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology Management at Washington State University Spokane. Prior to joining WSU, he served as Director of the Graduate Engineering Management Program and Director of Graduate Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Dr. Rumsey served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Engineering Management as as Quality Editor on the Editorial Board of the Engineering Management Journal. His educational accomplishments include a B.S. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Quality Using the Big 3
Quality management has been the seed for one of the most pervasive revolutions in management history. The globalization of business has created a world in which consumers demand products and services which perform. A new world class quality is emerging.Continuous Quality Improvement, Total Quality Management, Kaizen, LEAN, and Theory of Constraints have become buzzwords in the battle for worldwide markets. Many quality practitioners consider Six Sigma to be the most highly evolved of these implementation practices.
The truth is that Six Sigma, Lean, and TOC provide a powerful one-two-three punch when integrated, but independently each of these schools of thought misses the complete solution.
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