Program Director at California Institute of Technology, President at Process Improvement Associates
Location:
Pasadena, California
Industry:
Education Management
Work:
California Institute of Technology - Center for Technology & Management Education since 2004
Program Director
Process Improvement Associates - Manhattan Beach, CA since 1990
President
Northrop Grumman Corporation - Redondo Beach, CA Jan 1990 - Dec 2012
Director, Process Assurance
UC Irvine 1990 - 2010
Instructor
UCLA Extension 1985 - 2010
Instructor
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles 1977 - 1980
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University 1976 - 1977
MS, Interdisciplinary Engineeering
Purdue University 1972 - 1976
BS, Interdisciplinary Engineeering
Skills:
CMMI CMMI Level 5 Process Improvement Process Management Development & delivery of training Project Management Iso 9000 Quality Assurance Risk Management Six Sigma Lean Management Mission Assurance Training Systems Engineering Software Engineering Lean Manufacturing Business Process Improvement Program Management Aerospace PMP Organizational Culture Process Engineering Management System of Systems Engineering
Interests:
Professionally: process improvement, project management, training, risk management, CMMI, Lean Six Sigma
Honor & Awards:
• SEI-certified SCAMPI High Maturity Lead Appraiser for CMMI
• CMMI Author Team (1998-2000, 2009-present)
• CMMI Configuration Control Board member (2000-2009)
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Rick Hefner (1980-1983), Cara Gonzalez (1995-1999), Dalene Pyrtle (1980-1984), Tracy Newton (1978-1982), Jesse Haggard (1972-1976), Libby Smith (1999-2003)