Position:
Division Quality Manager - Construction & Home Improvement Markets at 3M, Corporate Quality and Lean Six Sigma Operations Sr. Mgr at 3M, Section Chair 2012-2013 at ASQ MN Section 1203, PIN Planning Committee at Performance Excellence Network, Member at Business Performance Council, The Conference Board, Fellow at American Society for Quality
Location:
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Work:
3M
since Jul 2013
Division Quality Manager - Construction & Home Improvement Markets
3M
since Aug 2006
Corporate Quality and Lean Six Sigma Operations Sr. Mgr
ASQ MN Section 1203
since Jul 2006
Section Chair 2012-2013
Performance Excellence Network
since May 2006
PIN Planning Committee
Business Performance Council, The Conference Board
since May 2006
Member
American Society for Quality
since 2003
Fellow
3M
Apr 2004 - Aug 2006
Quality Manager, Post-it brand products
3M
- Maplewood, MN Aug 2002 - Mar 2004
Manager, Corporate Quality Services
3M
- Maplewood, MN Jan 2001 - Aug 2002
Deployment Manager, Six Sigma Operations
3M
- Maplewood, MN Jan 2000 - Dec 2000
Manager, Statistical Consulting
ASQ Statistics Division
Jul 1999 - Jun 2000
Chair
3M
- Maplewowd, MN Jul 1996 - Dec 1999
Quality Sr Specialist & Manager, Personal Care Division
3M
- Hutchinson, MN USA Jun 1989 - Jul 1996
Technical Supervisor & Project Manager
3M
- Maplewood, MN USA Apr 1981 - May 1989
Specialist, Quality Assurance & Process Development
Education:
University of Minnesota-Morris 1976 - 1980
BA, Chemistry, Biology
White Bear Lake North High School 1974 - 1976
Diploma, High School
Skills:
Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Leadership, SPC, TQM, DOE, Supplier Quality, Process Engineering, PDCA, Teaching, Lean Manufacturing, Testing, Commercialization, Process Capability, CQE, DMAIC, Quality Systems, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, ISO, FMEA, Operational Excellence, Design of Experiments, Minitab, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Business Process Improvement, Root Cause Analysis, Statistics, Quality Assurance, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Manufacturing, Quality Auditing, Change Management, Problem Solving, Data Analysis, Baldrige Examiner, Quality System, Leadership, ISO 13485, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Operations Management, Iso 9000, Quality Control, Strategy, Business Process Mapping
Interests:
Baldrige Criteria, Fantasy Football, "QualityBob" Facebook fan page
Honor & Awards:
3M Quality Career Award
ASQ Fellow
MFESTS Distinguished Science & Technology Professional
Certifications:
Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ
Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence, ASQ
Baldrige Evaluator, MN Council for Quality