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
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
Michael Lamach
Chaiman & CEO | Ingersoll Rand
Peter Lawson
Former VP Manufacturing | Ford Motor Company
Jeff Liker
Author and Professor | Liker Lean Advisors
David J. Logozzo
President, LE Partners | Lean Enterprise Institute
Mike Martyn
President | SISU Consulting Group
Jack Michaels
Chairman, President & CEO | Snap-On Inc.
Robert Miller
Founder | Arches Leadership LLC
Sheila Montney
CEO & Managing Partner | Win Together, LLC
Steve Moore
Former General Manager | Barnes Group Inc.
Eamonn Murphy
Professor Emeritus | Irish Centre for Business Excellence
R. David Nelson
Chairman | Quality Analytics Inc.
Rodney O’Neal
President & COO | Delphi Corporation
Paul O’Neill
Former Chairman & CEO | Alcoa Inc.
Hajime Ohba
Vice President & General Manager | Toyota Motor Manufacturing, N.A.
James Padilla
Former CEO | Ford Motor Company
Rusty Patterson
Chairman and CEO | Angel Fire Business Concepts
Dennis K. Pawley
President & CEO | Pawley Enterprises
Gary Peterson
Principal | Peterson Consulting Group
Francisco Ramirez
Executive Director | Lensys Training Center
Clifford Ransom II
President | Ransom Research, Inc.
Jacob Raymer
Shingo Faculty Fellow | SISU Consulting Group
Ross Robson
President | DnR Lean LLC
Ronald Runkle
Former VP, Enterprise Technologies | Delphi Corporation
Russell Scaffede
Owner | Lean Manufacturing Systems Group
Richard Schonberger
Independent Researcher and Author | Schonberger & Associates, Inc.
Anand Sharma
President | TBM Consulting Group, Inc.