E. George Woodley

Professional Profile

ASQ Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt
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

Proprietor/Trainer
Quality First Training Services

Apr 1992 – Jul 1994; May 1996 – 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

Senior Member of American Society for Quality
Ohio Academy of Science

Languages

English, French, Hungarian

Education

University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Masters’ Program – Statistics
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, B.Sc. – Honours Statistics

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, Venezuela
• 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}