Shingo Alumni

Join a Global Network of Excellence.

The Shingo Alumni is an exclusive community of professionals from diverse industries and organizations worldwide who have completed the full series of Shingo workshops: DISCOVER EXCELLENCESYSTEMS DESIGNCULTURAL ENABLERSCONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTENTERPRISE ALIGNMENT, and BUILD EXCELLENCE.

These trailblazers have gone beyond the classroom—putting Shingo principles into action to drive meaningful cultural transformation within their organizations. By implementing robust systems and fostering lasting change, they’ve earned their place among a distinguished group committed to organizational excellence.

Recognized Shingo Alumni


2019

Brad Muir

President | Technical Change Associates, Inc.

2019

Brad Nay

Maintenance General Foreman | ams OSRAM Group

2019

Brendan Hindle

Chief Operating Officer | Aspen Pumps Group

2019

Brendan Walsh

Group President | EBI Space & Defense

2019

Brent Lyon

Retired | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

2019

Brian Decker

Sr. Process Engineer | Moog Medical

2019

Bruce Hamilton

Senior Advisor | GBMP Consulting Group

2019

Bruce Thompson

Principal | SLT

2019

Bruce Watkins

General Manager | Karl Storz Endoscopy

2019

Bryan Bergsma

Senior Research Scientist | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

2019

Carlo Villegas

Sr Finance Manager | Fisher & Paykel, Tijuana

2019

Carlos Cruz

President | The Guiding Principles

2019

Carlos Lopez

Ingeniero de manufactura | Arbomex

2019

Carlos Monjaras

Management Consultant | Advitria

2019

Carlos Waldo

Advanced Manufacturing Director | Mabe Mpt

2019

Carolina Segura Gomez

Administrative Coorinator Minatitlán | PPG Comex

2019

Cassandra Johnson

Industrial Engineering Manager | Boston Scientific - Arden Hills, MN

2019

Catherine Grubb

Sr. Manager - Eaton Business System | Eaton Corporation

2019

Catherine Wagner

Sr. Manager, Transmission Engineering | EPCOR Utilities Inc.

2019

Cecilia Montes Rabell

Coordinator | PPG Comex

2019

César Zarraga

Senior | PPG Comex

2019

Chad Christ

Operational Excellence Competency Lead | John Deere Power Products

2019

Chad Nordquist

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | 3M Hutchinson

2019

Chris Butterworth

Shingo Faculty Fellow | CB Enterprise Excellence

2019

Chris Gaby

Regional Lead - Global OPEX Team | Flowserve

2019

Chris Klasing

Retired Principal | JCK Associates, Inc

2019

Christopher D'Aiello

Opex Leader | Ingersoll Rand

2019

Chung Chiu

Operations Manager | Watts Water Technologies

2019

Clay Wilker

Consulting Engineer, Continuous Improvement, Digital Transformation | Northrop Grumman

2019

Colin McGookin

Director of Distribution and Materials - Clonmel | Boston Scientific, Clonmel

2019

Colin Scott

President & Partner | S A Partners LLP

2019

Colm Sheils

Manufacturing Engineering Director | Boston Scientific - St. Paul, MN

2019

Cristi Altman

Shire

2019

Curtis Anderson

Senior Director, Onboarding and Plan Change | TIAA

2019

Dale Lucht

Master Coach (retired) and Author | Discover Financial Services (retired)

2019

Dale Tidemann

Plant Manager - Brookings | 3M

2019

Damon Baker

Chief Executive Officer | Lean Focus LLC

2019

Dan Fleming

President | GBMP Consulting Group

2019

Daniel Amezquita

Global VP of Operational Excellence | Generac Power Systems

2019

Darcy McMickell

Vernal Operations Supervisor | Questar Gas Company

2019

Darren Patterson

Vice President of Global Operations | Edwards Vacuum

2019

Darrin Lee

Manufacturing Engineering Manager | Boston Scientific - Maple Grove, MN

2019

David Green

VP Reman Operations | Edwards Vacuum

2019

David Humble

Founder and Chief Executive Office | National Vanguard Consortium

2019

David Longlet

Manufacturing Director | 3M Corporate HQ

2019

David Siebert

Vice President | O.C. Tanner Company

2019

David Wesche

CI Manager | GBMP Consulting Group

2019

Deanna Russell

Structured Problem Solving Coach | Pendaran, Inc.

2019

Deborah Liefer

President | Deblean Manufacturing

2019

Denis Miling

Manufacturing Operations Manager | 3M Corporate HQ

2019

Derek Thompson

Director - Quality Operations | Takeda

2019

Dermot O'Neill

Cobotics Skillnet Manager | Irish Centre for Excellence in Robotics Technologies