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 Leader | Hologic, Costa Rica
Daniel Amezquita
Global VP of Operational Excellence | Generac Power Systems
Larry Anderson
Certified Facilitator | GBMP Consulting Group
Shaun Barker
Assistant Executive Director | Shingo Institute
Peter Barnett
Dir of Ex Education | Shingo
Jorge Barron
SVP Enterprise Operations and Systems Solutions | Elevance Health
Terry Bates
BES SBU Leader | Barnes Aerospace
Bryan Bergsma
Senior Research Scientist | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Glenn Bodinson
Principal | BaldrigeCoach, Inc.
Tolan Brown
VP - Supply Chain | O.C. Tanner Company
Suzy Burdge
Principal Consultant | OpEx Innovators, LLC
Drew Butler
Operational Excellence | HKPO
Douglas Carlberg
President | Carlberg Consulting Group, LLC
Michelle Cooper
Sr Innovation & Automation Mgr | WestRock
Virginia Cosgriff
Operational Excellence Strategy & Deployment Leader | 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
Sr. Process Engineer | Moog Medical
Joanne Deys
Executive VP, Strategic Partnering/President | Ozgene Pty Ltd / Ozgene LLC & VCS
George Donaldson
Leadership and Enterprise Excellence Coach | Manufacturers Network
Roger Echeverria
Partner, Excellence Consulting | Grupo PXS
Alfonso Felix
Gerente De Planta | Borgwarner
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.
Chris Gaby
Regional Lead - Global OPEX Team | Flowserve
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
Regional OpEx/ LSS Director | Jabil
Abdelhakeem Hammad
Ceo | Xi Horizons Consulting
Joe Healy
Senior Director, Operational Excellence | Johnson And Johnson
Tyson Heaton
Senior Director | 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 Operations Officer | Texecom
Nathan Holt
Founder | UP
Marshall Hooper
Vice President of People & Culture | Bullfrog Spas
David Humble
Vice President | Southwest Key Programs
Rob Hunt
Director of Lean Practices USA | Lean Focus
Juan Carlos Ituarte
Director | Advitria
Ted Iverson
Managing Director | ICG
Morgan Jones
Founder and Lead Coach | Independent Consultant
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
Business Consultant | Croixstone Consulting Firm
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.
Dale Lucht
Master Coach (retired) | Discover Financial Services (retired)
Michelle Lue-Reid
Chief Transformation Officer | Independent Consultant
Brent Lyon
Professor of Practice | Texas A&M University
Laszlo Magyar
VP, Global Operational Excellence | Entegris, Inc.
Mike Martyn
President | SISU Consulting Group
Oscar Mayet
Global Director, Continuous Improvement/Lean & Industrial Engineering | HBI
Jorge Francisco Mejía Coba
Managing Director | CEC Corporation
Carlos Monjaras
NAMER Supplier Quality Manager | NCR Corporation
Stephen Newlon
Sr. Manager, Continuous Improvement | Xylem Inc.
Kieran Noonan
Global Operations and Global Operational Excellence | Abbott
Nancy Nouaimeh
Founder and Managing Director | XcelliUm Management Consultancy Ltd
William Nusbaum
N/A | Retired
Michael O’Connor
N/A | N/A
Jose Luis Ordorica Hodgers
Senior Consultant AM Manufacturing Excellence | Continental Automotive 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
Tim Pettry
Senior Advisor, Continuous Improvement | Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Marcial Portillo
Regional Lean and 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
Jennifer Ralston
Chief Executive Officer | HKPO
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 | 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
David Siebert
Vice President | O.C. Tanner Company
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
Terry Spalding
Lean Facilitator & CI Champion | Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
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
Tim Suydam
Vice President, Carbonate Manufacturing | FuelCell Energy
Bruce Thompson
Prinipal | SLT
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
Pat Wardwell
retired | GBMP Consulting Group
Paul Waterman
Vice President Manufacturing | FLEXcon
Clay Wilker
Director, Continuous Improvement, Digital Transformation | Northrop Grumman
Jeremy Williams
General Manager - Services Quality | GE Vernova
John Wilson
Cardiology Business Optimization Manager | Boston Scientific
Ken Wrobel
Operational Excellence and Quality Systems Consultant | Ken Wrobel - Lean Consulting
Howard Wu
Dir, Opex | BioReference Laboratories
Helen Zak
Research Director | Shingo Institute