Rick Guba is a senior consultant at S A Partners, as well as a faculty member in the Master of Business Operational Excellence program at The Ohio State University’s Fisher Business College. Mr. Guba joined Fisher in 2016 after retiring from General Electric Company, where he worked for 35 years. At GE, he held multiple manufacturing and design positions in a variety of locations, with his most recent role of managing the Lean transformation in GE’s 87 Aviation Division global facilities. Mr. Guba has extensive experience in Six Sigma, Lean methodology, change management, teaming, leadership development, and manufacturing management. His experience includes problem solving in traditional manufacturing applications as well as transactional applications. He earned a BS in engineering from the University of Dayton and MBOE from The Ohio State University.