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E. George Woodley

ASQ Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Professional Profile:

¨      Training, facilitating and mentoring in problem solving, Six Sigma Belts in the appliance, defence, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, health and financial industries

¨      Quality Assurance Professional since 1985

¨      Expertise includes training, application consulting and practical experience in/with:

·        American Society for Quality - Six Sigma Master Black Belt

·        Motorola University - Six Sigma Instructor

·        Ford’s Six Sigma – Green Belt & Black Belt Master Trainer (and Train-the-trainer)

·        Ford’s Global 8-Disciplines (Global 8D) and Team Oriented Problem Solving (TOPS)

·        Process Control Methods (SPC), Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA)

·        Experimental Design (DOE), Parameter & Tolerance Design

·        QS-9000/ISO-9000 Assessment Survey, Quality Operating System (QOS)

·        Minitab 14.0, iGrafx, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access

Professional Experience:

¨      Manufacturing processes include:

·        metal grinding, roll-forming, welding, tubing, stamping, pressing and assembly

·        painting, bonding, phosphate coating and finishing

·        injection moulding and extrusion of plastics

·        foaming and refrigeration

¨      Service  processes include:

·        Logistic software

·        Health care & pharmaceutical

·        Telecommunications

·        Call centre and financial institutes applications

Work Experience:

¨      Quality First Training Services – Proprietor/ Trainer

      April 1992 – July 1994/May 1996 to Present

·        Training, facilitating and mentoring classes and projects in Six Sigma for Manufacturing and Service

·        Training, facilitating, application consulting in Washington Mutual’s, Motorola’s and Ford’s Six Sigma, Global 8D, Team Oriented Problem Solving, FMEA, Experimental Design, S.P.C.

Professional Affiliations:                                                             Languages:

            Senior Member of American Society for Quality                             English, French, Hungarian

Ohio Academy of Science

Education:

                                      Masters’ Program – Statistics                           University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

                                       B.Sc. -   Honours Statistics                               University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Certification Training:                                  

¨      ASQ Certified Master Black Belt Instructor – December 2004

¨      Quality & Productivity Solutions, Inc. – Master Black Belt – March 2004

¨      Washington Mutual Bank – Operational Excellence Instructor – March 2003

¨      Grand Rapids Community College Six Sigma BB Instructor – June 2003

¨      Motorola University Six Sigma Instructor – October 2002

¨      American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt – May 2002

¨      Parameter & Tolerance Design – November 2001

¨      Process Control Methods – May/August 2001

¨      Experimental Design (FTEP) – June/September 2001

¨      Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt Master Instructor) – January, February, March 2001, December 2000

¨      Internal Auditor (ISO & QS9000) – January 2000

¨      System Engineering Fundamentals (FTEP) – November 1999

¨      QOS & ISO 9000 – August 1999

¨      Reliability (FTEP) – August 1999

¨      Failure Mode & Effects Analysis - October 1997

¨      Ford Global 8D  (FTEP) - January & March 1997; February 1998

Selected clients - Problem Solving:

·        Textron - Athens, Tennessee

·        Ford Fairlane Training & Development Centre; Ford - UAW - Dearborn, Michigan

·        Ford Motor Company; U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, England, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuala

·        Caterpillar - Pontiac, Illinois; Lafayette, Indiana

·        Alcoa Industries - Cleveland, Ohio

·        American Society for Quality - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Toledo, Ohio

·        Hitachi Automotive - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

·        Siemens Electric Limited - London, Ontario, Canada

·        Visteon Plastics – Sandusky, Ohio; Utica Trim Plant  – Utica, Michigan

Master Black Belt Training:

·        American Red Cross  - Washington, D.C. {service}

·        BWX Technologies – Washington, D.C. {mfg.}

·        Quality & Productivity Solutions, Inc. – Oxford, Massachusetts {service & mfg.}

Yellow/Green & Black Belt Training & Mentoring:

·        American Super Conductor – Marlboro, Massachusetts {mfg.}

·        Quality and Productivity Solutions, Inc. - Oxford, Massachusetts {service & mfg.}

·        Washington Mutual – Washington, California, Florida, Illinois {service}

·        National City – Cleveland, Ohio {service}

·        Altura Credit Union – Riverside, California {service}

·        Genaissance Pharmaceuticals – New Haven, Connecticut {service}

·        Alltel – Little Rock, Arkansas {service}

·        International Paper – Memphis, Tennessee {mfg.}

·        Moen – Cleveland, Ohio {mfg.}

·        American Society for Quality – Scottsdale, Arizona {service & mfg.}

·        Horizon – Blue Cross – Newark, New Jersey {service}

·        American Red Cross – Washington, D.C. {service}

·        U.S. Coast Guard – Baltimore, MD {Champion training}

·        Integres – Sacramento, California {service}

·        CIBC – Mellon – Boston, MA {service}

·        PayPal – Omaha, NB {service}

·        RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) – Toronto, Ontario {service}

·        TEAM Industries – Bemidji, Minnesota {mfg.}

·        Capital One – Richmond, Virginia {service}

·        Freddie Mac – Tyson’s Corners, Virginia {service}