Distinguished Guests

Kathy Kolbe, Kolbe Corp.

Kathy Kolbe is an acclaimed theorist, bestselling author, entrepreneur, educator, organizational strategist, consultant and speaker, and is the founder of Kolbe Corp and the Center for Conative Abilities. She is considered to be the world's leading authority on human instincts and conation* and has dedicated her life to helping people to find the freedom to be themselves through understanding and using their conative abilities.

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.

Keynote Speakers

Bahadir Inozu, PhD, NOVACES
Bahadir Inozu, Ph.D. is a Founding Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of NOVACES, LLC. He is a co-author of the upcoming book "Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma and Constraints Management." 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.

Brent D. Peterson, PhD, The Work Itself
Brent D. Peterson is cofounder and Chair of the Work Itself Group. He is the co- author of the new book, FAKE “WORK” published by Simon and Schuster in 2009. He has also authored 20 other books on communication, speaking, and human resource issues. He is a sought-after and compelling keynote speaker, author, and advisor on strategy, alignment, and execution as well as an advocate for education and training that makes a difference to people and organizations. Brent speaks and consults with companies and audiences around the world.

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.

Larry Leach, Advanced projects Inc.
Author of Lean Project Management, Critical Chain Project Management, and now Lean Project Leadership, 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.

James Holt, PhD, Washington State University
A former department head at the Air Force IT, Dr. James R. Holt is currently 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.

 

Featured Speakers

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.

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 such as Lean, Six-Sigma, Theory of Constraint 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.

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).

Diane L Kelly, DrPhD, MBA, RN, University of Utah
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.

Tony LaTurner, PhD, Brigham Young University
Dr. Tony LaTurner is a professor at Brigham Young University. He teaches Operations & Supply Chain Management, Six-Sigma, Lean & Theory Of Constraints courses. Tony has been teaching and consulting for over 20 years and holds a BS from BYU, an MS and Ph.D. from California Coast University. Dr. LaTurner is certified in Six Sigma as a Master Black Belt, TOC as a Jonah’s Jonah, and holds a Master Certification in Lean. He has implemented improvement projects at many fortune 500 corporations and worked extensively with Department of Defense organizations.

Kenneth Hays, Eli Lilly & Company
Ken Hays is a veteran PMP with 20 years of experience. He was a Senior Project management Consultant with SBC/Ameritech/ATT before joining Eli Lilly in 2000. Ken has an MBA from Butler University with a concentration in Leadership. As an adjunct faculty member, Ken has taught Project Management and Leadership courses at IUPUI and Indiana Tech. Ken has played a key role in the Global Implementation of Critical Chain at Lilly for 6 years.

Todd Howell, Autoliv University
Mr. Howell is a Corporate Sensei for Autoliv Inc. and involved with strategic implementation of the Autoliv Production System (APS) in North and South America facilities. During a 10-Year period he has been involved with hundreds of case studies, in and out of Autoliv, covering a large variety of processes and working with teams with varied skill sets. This vast experience in lean implementation and promotion provided the skills and experiences needed for him to develop the APS University.

Pankaj Painuly, Knight Industries

An Implementation Director at Realization Technologies, Pankaj has a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Post Graduate degree in Industrial engineering. Pankaj has been working in Theory of constraints implementations for over 10 years. He has led and participated in numerous implementations in MRO, complex engineering, ETOs and Greenfield projects resulting in significant throughput increase and reduced turnaround times for the customers. The customers include Airforce, Army, Delta Airlines, Spirit Aero Systems, Siemens Engineering and ABB among others.

Case Studies Included                      

Eli Lilly and Company

Autoliv Automotive Safety Products

University of Utah-Huntsman Cancer Institute

Knight Industries

 

and more . . .