Shingo Academy
Membership in the Shingo Academy is an honor bestowed upon individuals with distinguished careers in organizational excellence. Members of the Academy support the mission of the Shingo Institute by attending events, providing contacts for speakers and site tours, furthering research, and providing advice. The Shingo Academy is the hall of fame for organizational excellence. New members are inducted into the Shingo Academy each year. Nominations are reviewed and chosen by the Shingo Executive Advisory Board.
James F. Albaugh
Executive Vice President | Boeing
Stan A. Askren
Former CEO | HNI Corporation
Mark Baker
Chief Operations Officer | One Workplace
Kim Barnas
Chief Executive Officer | Catalysis Inc.
J.T. Battenberg III
Chairman & CEO | Delphi Corporation
Warren Batts
Chairman NAM | Tupperware Corporation
Norm Bodek
President | Productivity, Inc.
Guy Briggs
Vice President | General Motors
Gifford Brown
Plant Manager | Ford Motor Company
Vernon M. Buehler
Professor Emeritus | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University
Jerry Bussell
President | Bussell Lean Associates LLC
Chris Butterworth
Shingo Faculty Fellow | CB Enterprise Excellence
Art Byrne
Operating Partner | J.W. Childs Associates
Randy Cook
Consultant | Self-employed
Timothy Costello
Chairman & CEO | Builder Homesite, Inc.
Stephen R Covey
Co-Founder | Franklin Covey
H. Lawrence Culp
Chief Executive Officer | General Electric
Jean Cunningham
Founder and President | Jean Cunningham Consulting
Michael DaPrile
Executive Vice President | SW Manufacturing, Inc.
Stephen Dargan
Senior Leader and Onboarding Coach | BHP Billiton Group Operations
Joseph Day
Chief Executive Officer | Freudenberg-NOK
Earnest Deavenport Jr.
Former Chairman & CEO | Eastman Chemical
Drew Dillon
Founder | Andrew Dillon and Associates
George Donaldson
Leadership and Enterprise Excellence Coach | Manufacturers Network
Andy Eichfeld
Co-Founder | Eichfeld & Crowe
Frank Ewasyshyn
EVP | Chrysler, LLC
Orest Fiume
Former VP of Finance and Administration | The Wiremold Company
Raymond Floyd
SVP | Suncor Energy
Louise Francesconi
President | RTX
Gwendolyn Galsworth
President | Visual Thinking Inc.
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Founder | Goldratt Institute
Abel Gomez
Executive Director | Opex Academy
Benjamin Griffin
Retired Commanding General, Material Command | US Army
Andrew Guarriello
Former Vice President & CEO | AT&T Microelectronics Power Systems
Bruce Hamilton
Senior Advisor | GBMP Consulting Group
Thomas G. Hartman
Executive Coach | Catalysis Inc.
Jack Helmboldt
Retired President | DENSO International America, Inc.
Noel Hennessey
Managing Director | Practical Lean Solutions
Eilish Henry
Director | SISU Consulting Group
Peter Hines
Co-Founder | Lean Enterprise Research Centre
Masaaki Imai
Chairman | Kaizen Institute of Japan
Dean Jablonsky
VP Global Enterprise Excellence | Boston Scientific - St. Paul, MN
Brad Jeavons
Enterprise Excellence Group
Daniel Jones
Author and Senior Advisor | Lean Enterprise Institute
Morgan Jones
Chief Transformation Officer | Think X Ltd.
Michael Joyce
Senior VP, Operations and Program Management | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
James Keyes
Former CEO | Johnson Controls Inc.
George Koenigsaecker
President | Lean Investments, LLC
Frank Koentgen
Chairman & CEO | Ozgene Pty Ltd
Ken Kreafle
Lean Senior Advisor | University of Kentucky Lean Systems Program