Distinguished Guests
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Peter Senge, Ph.D., MIT

A senior lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Senge is the author of The Fifth Discipline: the Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. He has worked with leaders in business, education, health care and government. The Journal of Business Strategy (September/October 1999) named Dr. Senge as one of the 24 people who had the greatest influence on business strategy over the last 100 years.

Robert E. Fox, Viable Visions, LLC.

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.

Keynote Speakers

Russ M. Pirasteh, PhD, iTLS Group

Dr. Russ Pirasteh is the former Director of Operations Excellence & Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) for Sanmina-SCI Corporation where he conducted significant studies on the affectivity of improvement methods. The results of these studies were published and gained significant attention from the CPI community.

Dee Jacob, AGI

Velocity - A Path to Business Success

Every organization wants to succeed. For many, the bar is raised each year to do more and faster. No wonder organizations are steeped in trying to improve. They invest in training, experts and projects expecting a return - for in size and in speed. However, many are disappointed. Though the work is good, the results often don't show where it counts - on the bottom line. What can one do? Abandon the course - after all this is business - pay out or get out. Or perhaps we can focus the course and efforts and see a significant change in both speed and direction - what we call VELOCITY.

Ms. Jacob is the Co-author of Velocity: Combining Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints to Achieve Breakthrough Performance, and many articles on continuous improvement techniques. As a manager at Procter & Gamble for 18 years, she further developed the Production TOC applications in the areas of chemical processing and high speed packaging for P&G all over the world there.

 

Bahadir Inozu, PhD, Novaces

Dr. Inozu is a Founding Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of NOVACES, LLC. Previously, he held the positions of Professor and Chairman of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering of the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and Professor in the Engineering Management Department at the University of New Orleans.

Featured Speakers

Bill Webb
Autoliv Automotive Safety Products

Working as a continuous improvement expert, Mr. Webb had the privilege of spending three years under the tutelage of a high-level implementation expert from Toyota Motors. During this time he had an opportunity, not many in the Continuous improvement community get, to convert a facility to the Toyota Production System (TPS) while working with the people that created TPS (Lean).

Kent Kettel, CDR
US Navy, (retired)

A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Commander Kattell served as Deputy Director of the Naval Shipyard Management Group in the Industrial Operations Division of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, DC. While leading the Transformation Program Office, he was responsible to improve quality and performance through ongoing process improvements at the four naval Shipyards that maintain, repair and overhaul Navy ships.

Case Studies

Diane L Kelly, Dr PH, MBA, RN
University of Utah
Co- Presenting:Allen Hanberg, PhD, RN and Katie Baraki, MSN, RN

Diane Kelly combines 29 years working in health care organizations with a broad based educational background. Her areas of expertise are: quality and performance excellence in healthcare delivery and public health organizations; international management development; organizational development in rural settings and undeserved populations; and, leadership development.

Kristen Cox, Executive Director
Utah Department of Workforce Services

Co-Presenting: Deputy Directors, Jon Pierpont and Gegory B. Gardner

In 2001 Ms. Cox was appointed by President Bush as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services Administration in the United States Department of Education. Former Governor Jon M. Huntsman appointed Kristen Cox as Executive Director of the Department of Workforce Services (DWS) in March 2007.

Mark Rader, Army Fleet Support

Bob Sproull, Army Fleet Support

Presentation:
Fleet Maintenance Improvement in an Aviation MRO Operation

Mark Rader is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with Army Fleet Support LLC, a joint venture of L-3 Communications and Helicopter Support Company Inc., at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Bob Sproull is the Manager of the Office of Continuous Improvement for Army Fleet Support at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Bob is a seasoned executive and author of two books, The Ultimate Improvement Cycle – Maximizing Profits Through the Integration of Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints and Process Problem Solving – A Guide for Maintenance and Operation’s Teams.

Doretta Gordon, PhD, Southwest Research Institute/HAFB

Hill Air Force Base Case Study
Director of Research and development coordinator in e-learning, knowledge management and performance support. Dr. Gordon's group is focused on applying emerging technologies to support identified performance and learning challenges in the workforce.