Educational Background

Ph.D., Statistics, 1975 - Florida State University

Dissertation Title: Statistical Models for X Chromosome Inactivation

Major Professor: I. Richard Savage, well-known Bayesian statistician at Florida State University and later at Yale University.

M.B.A., Management, 1982 - University of Tennessee

B.S., Mathematics, 1970 - Emory University, Phi Beta Kappa

Related Graduate Management Coursework

· Market Strategy and Decision Making 1982

· Production Management I and II, Operations Management 1982

· Organizational Theory and Behavior 1981

· Financial Decision Making and Analysis 1981

· Marketing and Distribution Management 1981

· Human Problems in Administration 1980

Related Graduate Statistical Coursework

· Advanced Topics in Applied Statistics 1974

· Advanced Statistical Inference I and II 1972

· Linear Statistical Models, Multivariate Analysis I and II 1972

· Queuing Theory, Linear Programming, Reliability 1971-1972

· Biometry, Genetics, Human Genetics 1971-1972

· Statistical Inference I and II 1971

· Statistics in Applications I, II and III 1970-1971

Industrial Training Courses

· Ford Production System & Lean Manufacturing 1995-2001

· Shingo Award (Lean Manufacturing) 1998

· Business Leadership Initiative 1997

· UAW/Ford Sourcing 1997

· Ford Total Productive Maintenance 1993

· Ford-UAW Labor Management Studies Program 1988

· Dale Carnegie 1987

· Taguchi Methods for Design of Experiments 1983

Teaching Experience

· Six Sigma Champion for 12 plant Black Belts. Assisted with training and mentoring in the industrial applications of statistics (2001-2002).

· Current State Mapping (Lean Manufacturing) at Ford Production System Coordinators Meeting (1984).

· Visual Factory (Lean Manufacturing) for all Essex Engine Plant employees (1999).

· Business Leadership Initiative (Ford’s cultural change) for all Essex Engine Plant salaried employees (1998).

· Defect Prevention short course sponsored by University of Wisconsin (1991).

· Statistical Process Control at Macomb Community College (1990, 1992).

· A System to Establish Defect Prevention and Use of Problem Solving Tools - taught to over 100 trainers from across Ford divisions (1984).

· Taguchi Design of Experiments given to 50 top managers (1984).

· Tutored Powertrain Vice President in Managing with Statistics (1983-1984).

· Assistant Professor University of Tennessee part-time (Mathematics) directing MS thesis (1977-79).

· Lecturer, Traveling Lecture Program Oak Ridge Associated Universities (1978-79).

· Graduate Assistance Stipend required teaching undergraduates (1971-1973).