Distinguished Guests

Thomas Pyzdek, Pyzdek Institute
Considered a world authority on Six Sigma, Thomas Pyzdek has written over 50 copyrighted works, including such classics as The Six Sigma Handbook, The Quality Engineering Handbook, and The Handbook for Quality Management. Pyzdek's work is widely acclaimed for its ability to make the seemingly complex subject of process excellence understandable. Pyzdek's works have been studied by hundreds of thousands in their preparation for various certification exams. He is also a skilled trainer, hired by industry leaders worldwide to aid in their process excellence programs.

Robert E. Fox, Viable Visions, LLC.
Co-Author of The Race, Blue Light!, The Theory of Constraints Journals, and Profitability With No Boundaries: Optimizing Lean, TOC, and Six Sigma, Robert Fox is widely recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on Continuous Improvement practices. 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.

Kevin Edwards Cahill, The W. Edwards Deming Institute
Successor Founding Trustee, Kevin is Dr. Deming’s grandson. He is currently Vice President of The W. Edwards Deming Institute® and oversees general operations and development. Previously, Kevin was the co-founder and CEO of ViewBridge, Inc. The company was founded in 1999 and through its operating division, AdConnections, implemented the first fully integrated internet based sales system for the media industry. Prior to that, he was Vice President Sales Manager for media rep firm, Katz Communications.

Featured Speakers

Bob Sproull, NOVACES
Bob is a seasoned executive and author of three 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. His latest release, Ephiphanized . . . . .

Gaylan Nielson, The Work Itself
Gaylan Nielson is the co-author of FAKE WORK with his partner, Brent Peterson. He is the CEO and co-founder of The Work Itself Group. He has been a consultant for over 20 years working with companies, government agencies, and non-profits to align teams to strategies and execute Real Work. Gaylan has been speaking in an array of organizations, events, and situations on a wide range of topics and for dozens of client events, and has presented in several countries including China, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, England, France, and Germany to name a few.

Kevin Fox, Viable Vision, LLC.
Co-Author of Blue-Light!, Kevin Fox is also managing partner of Viable Vision LLC. 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.

Daniel Walsh, Vector Strategies
After a successful career in leading large organizations, which includes a maintenance depot for F14s, and 7 naval shipyards. He has worked with companies in the pharmaceutical, building, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace & defense industries, and achieved notoriety for his work with naval shipyards, and air craft maintenance areas. Daniel Walsh is a certified Jonah’s Jonah and currently serving on the board of the TOC International Certification Organization, which is dedicated to setting the standards, testing and certifying competency in TOC.

Scott Hunter, The Hunter Partnership Alliance
Scott Hunter’s keynotes, coaching, and book, Unshackled Leadership, have been transforming organizations for two decades. Scott has conducted over 200 corporate retreats, consistently producing breakthroughs in the participants’ relationships with each other. This has predictably produced dramatic shifts in the company’s level of accomplishment and has been key to making work work. As a consultant and coach, he has worked with over 200 corporate clients in working arrangements lasting just a weekend to as long as 10 years. As a speaker, Scott has delivered over 1000 speeches to organizations in every field of endeavor.

Justin Roff-Marsh, Ballistix
Justin is the founder and managing director of Ballistix — a management
consultancy with operations in both Australia and the USA. He's the author of Reengineering the Sales Process, the editor of AdVerb — a periodical that is read by 9,500 managers and academics the world over — and a popular speaker. He’s also an expert a process-engineering methodology that underpins Ballistix’s contrarian approach to the sales process. Justin’s approach to the sales process is as revolutionary as Deming’s was to manufacturing.

Yoni Arrieta, Dyplast Products
Mr. Arrieta is currently working as a Production Manager in the process Industry at Dyplast Products. For the last ten years he has researched, guided and implemented process Improvement initiatives using TLS in large scale manufacturing companies (Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Beckman Coulter, Cordis Corp, General Electric). Mr Arrieta holds a Master degree in Industrial Engineering and is currently pursuing a second Masters in Engineering Management from Washington State University.

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