Rodney 

Rodney has over 40 years of manufacturing experience. He started his continuous improvement experience during the 70’s doing
Quality Circles and taking classes held by Joe Juran. He spent 2 years in Japan in the mid 80’s learning lean techniques and has
been a lean practitioner since. Rodney acquired a Six Sigma Black Belt in 1998 and has worked with the Shingijutsu consulting
group.

Rodney is proficient in all parts of the value streams, from identifying market penetration opportunities, to designing new
products (NPD), to establishing production lines to pricing, marketing and sales and distribution. He has lead over 900
successful lean events. These events were with companies ranging from privately owned small companies to multinational Fortune
500 companies such as GE, Fender, John Deere, Caterpillar, Maytag, Sealy, and McCain.

In 2015 Rodney received a Top Ranked U.S. Executives Award which places him in the upper echelon of the United States
most prominent and successful leaders. This distinction only goes to successful individuals who have demonstrated professional
excellence with multiple mentions from trade groups, peers, clients, and the press. Rodney earned a Bachelor of Science degree
in BA with management and marketing majors from the University of South Carolina School of Business.

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Steve
Steve, a recognized industry leader in building operational strategy, has participated in Lean transformations of companies at
opposite ends of the industry spectrum. At defense aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth, TX, he built operational best practices for use in the successful bid for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. He incorporated these best practices into the revolutionary moving assembly line for the F-35 Production Program. He also was instrumental in leading Luminant Power
Co. (formerly state-regulated TXU Corp., now a privately held electric generation company) to transform their operational
practices into greater levels of excellence by implementing Lean Sigma methodology. Based upon the Toyota Production System
and Six Sigma principles, the Luminant Operational Excellence Initiatives have delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in value
capture by assisting fossil-fueled power plants, surface mining sites, and a nuclear-fueled power plant to increase generation and
reliability, decrease major overhaul outage cycle times, and instill a high-performance culture into front line employees. The
accomplishments of these companies were heralded by being first in their industries to be recognized by the Shingo Prize for
Operational Excellence.

As an experienced Shingo Prize examiner, Steve has led many plant sites through the Shingo Prize application process and their eventual recognition as prize recipients. In his ten years of participation in this assessment process, he has conducted
numerous team site visits in multiple and diverse North American companies as; Delphi Corporation, Raytheon Company, F-16
Overhaul Depot, Ford Motor Company, Volvo Construction Equipment, Baxter Healthcare, Wiremold Co., and many others.
Steve also has been a participant in the Shingo Research Prize to recognize research and writings regarding new knowledge and
understanding of manufacturing processes. Steve received Six Sigma Expert training through Air Academy Associates and Lean
Production and Logistics Kaizen through the Shingijutsu Global Consulting Company. He is a frequent speaker at lean focused
conferences as; Annual Shingo Prize Conference, AME Regional Conference, Partners in Business Operational Excellence, Greater
Boston Manufacturing Partnership, and The Energy Forum for Process Excellence. He received a BS in Business Management
from Letourneau University.

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Six Sigma Expert
 Our Master Black Belt has more than 20 years of experience transforming industry. She played a pivotal role in creating the synthesis of lean principles and Six Sigma tools that is Lean Six Sigma. She has worked closely with both discrete and process companies within food & beverage, automotive, aerospace, plastic, metal, pharmaceutical/biotech, medical device & textile industries. She engages and inspires senior leaders using fact-based, data-driven methodologies. She is a GE certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

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