Examiners
Shingo Examiners are experienced professionals trained in the Shingo Model and assessment methodology. Serving as part of a diverse, collaborative team, they deliver valuable, actionable feedback based on years of operational leadership and continuous improvement expertise, helping organizations identify opportunities and celebrate successes.
Marianela Alfaro
Business Excellence Manager | Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Daniel Amezquita
Chief Operations Officer | Generac Power Systems
Larry Anderson
Certified Facilitator | GBMP Consulting Group
Shaun Barker
Associate Director | Shingo Institute
Peter Barnett
Director of Executive Education | Shingo Institute
Jorge Barron
EVP | ICG
Irek Bilinski
Chief Executive Officer | 4Results Growth & Excellence
Glenn Bodinson
Founder and Principal | BaldrigeCoach, Inc.
Tolan Brown
EVP, Supply Chain & Manufacturing | O.C. Tanner Company
Suzy Burdge
Principal Consultant | Op Ex Innovators, LLC
Drew Butler
Director of Op Ex | IgniteXcellence
Chris Butterworth
Shingo Faculty Fellow | CB Enterprise Excellence
Douglas Carlberg
President | Carlberg Consulting Group, LLC
Michelle Cooper
Sr Innovation & Automation Mgr | WestRock
Virginia Cosgriff
Operational Excellence Director | Mcgough Construction
Joseph Coster
President | Iron Crafters Security Products, Inc.
Robert Crotty
AVP Capital Productivity and Strategy | HCA Healthcare
Douglas Dawson
Founder, Managing Director | Leg Up Solutions LLC
Brian Decker
Moog Medical
Joanne Deys
Executive VP, Strategic Partnering/President | Ozgene Pty Ltd
Roger Echeverria
Partner, Excellence Consulting | PXS School of Excellence
Alfonso Felix
Director General | Liceo de Leon
Gloria Fernández
IMS & Opex Leader | INNODESC
Luis Flores
Director of Operational Excellence | Legrand
Jeff Fuchs
President | Neovista Consulting, LLC
Iván Gabino
Management Consultant | Tapia Brothers Co.
Lacey Garner
Global Data Modeling and Bulk Extract Leader | Circana
Jim Garrick
Partner | Maxability LLC
Travis Gerritsen
Program Manager, Engineering Manager | BAE Systems
Abel Gomez
Executive Director | Opex Academy
Oscar Gonzalez
Senior Consultant | KTD Consulting Group
Kirstin Graham
Principal Assessor | BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)
Kayhan Guceli
General Manager | Mediterranean Conservation Society
Bruce Hamilton
Senior Advisor | GBMP Consulting Group
Lawrence Hamilton
Director of Continuous Improvement | East West Manufacturing
Chris Hayes
Chief Executive Officer | Impact Performance Solutions
Joe Healy
Johnson And Johnson
Tyson Heaton
Executive Director of Lean Tech/AI and Senior Coach | Lean Enterprise Institute
Patricia Heatwole
Operational Excellence Manager | Senior Metal Bellows
Eilish Henry
Director | SISU Consulting Group
Juan V. Hernandez
Continuous Improvement Manager | Hollister Incorporated
Brendan Hindle
Chief Operating Officer | Aspen Pumps Group
Marshall Hooper
VP of People & Culture | Bullfrog Spas
David Humble
Founder and Chief Executive Office | National Vanguard Consortium
Rob Hunt
Director of Lean Practices USA | Lean Focus
Juan Carlos Ituarte
Director | Advitria
Ted Iverson
Managing Director | ICG
Nathan Jolt
Founder | Ultimate Performance
Morgan Jones
Chief Transformation Officer | Think X Ltd.
Seán Kelly
Global Program Manager | Abbott Core Diagnostics
John Kim
Vice President, Global Lean and OpEx | Bio-Rad Laboratories
Michael Krebs
Director, CI | Quest Diagnostics
Eric Lail
Chief Business Officer | Design Foundry
Gregory Laufer
Chief Operations Officer | Hypercomp Engineering Inc.
Santiago Londono
Sr Director VES Lean | Hach
Robert Lopez
Operational Excellence/Process Improvement Leader | Medline Industries Inc.
Michelle Lue-Reid
Interface and Optioneering | Sydney Airport
Laszlo Magyar
VP, Global Operational Excellence | Entegris, Inc.
Mike Martyn
President | SISU Consulting Group
Oscar Mayet
Global Director, Continuous Improvement/Lean & Industrial Engineering | Gildan - Hanes Brand Inc (HBI)
Jorge Francisco Mejía Coba
CEC Corporation
Carlos Monjaras
Operational Excellence Consultant | Advitria
Stephen Newlon
Founder | Xylem Inc.
Steve Nicoll
Business Excellence Coach | The Lean Orange Ltd
Kieran Noonan
Global Operations and Global Operational Excellence | Abbott
Nancy Nouaimeh
Founder and Managing Director | XcelliUm Management Consultancy Ltd
Michael O’Connor
Chief Scientist I | BAE Systems
Jose Luis Ordorica Hodgers
Senior Consultant Lean Management / Shopfloor Improvement Manager | AUMOVIO Germany GmbH
Teodoro Ortiz
Head of Regional Opex Academy Americas | Mahle Corporation
Jo Ann Pabst
Research Director | Shingo Institute
Shana Padgett
Chief Executive Officer | Value Capture LLC
Gary Peterson
Principal | Peterson Consulting Group
Tim Pettry
Senior Advisor, Continuous Improvement | Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Marcial Portillo
Global Supply Chain Operational Excellence Framework and Lean CI Manager | Spirax Sarco, Inc.
Eleazar Puente-Rivera
Professor of Industrial Engineering | ITESM Campus Leon
John Quirke
Partner | S A Partners LLP
Didier Rabino
VP Operations | Value Capture LLC
Francisco Ramirez
Executive Director | Lensys Training Center
Rachel Regan
Executive Director-Events | Lean Enterprise Institute
Ricardo Ruiz
Operations Director | Opex Academy
Lizett Ruiz Herrera
Sr Manager PPI Business System | Thermo Fisher Scientific Tijuana
Deanna Russell
Structured Problem Solving Coach | Pendaran, Inc.
Mike Santarelli
Quality & Lean Manager | Munters
Steve Savage
Chief Operations Officer | Affordable Interior Systems (AIS)
John Schmitzer
Operational Excellence Manager | Smurfit Westrock
Ken Segel
Chief Relationship Officer | Value Capture LLC
Armando Raul Serrano Felix
Lean Sensei Six Sigma Master Black Belt Advisor | Armando Serrano LLC
Guillem Sivecas
Senior Expert | McKinsey & Company
Thom Smith
Continuous Improvement Manager | Reynolds Consumer Products
Ken Snyder
Executive Director | Shingo Institute
Matthew Spahn
Managing Director | The TCW Group, Inc
Skip Steward
VP and Chief Improvement Officer | Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Ted Stutz
VP of Quality & Operations | Mesa Energy Systems
Peter Sussex
Operational Excellence Global Shingo Leader | Ipsen Biopharm, Wrexham
Paul Todd
Group Manager, Operational Excellence | Georgia Tech - Enterprise Innovation Institute
Hung Tran
SR SCRIPPS MGMT SYS Facilitator | Scripps Health
Nathan Trone
Director of Manufacturing | Capstone Nutrition
Ravi Uppal
Sr. Manager, AIML Process Engineering | Apple Inc.
Arne Vogt
Chief Operations Officer | Vitesse Systems
Carlos Waldo
Advanced Manufacturing Director | Mabe MPT Electrónica
Paul Waterman
Vice President Manufacturing | FLEXcon
Clay Wilker
Consulting Engineer, Continuous Improvement, Digital Transformation | Northrop Grumman
Jeremy Williams
General Manager - Services Quality | GE Vernova
John Wilson
Cardiology Business Optimization Manager | Boston Scientific Corporation
Ken Wrobel
Operational Excellence and Quality Systems Consultant | Ken Wrobel - Lean Consulting
Howard Wu
Business Process Excellence Lead | GAF Roofing Materials