Top Master Black Belts in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Richard Argentieri
Director of Business Planning & Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Director of Business Planning & Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
President
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
North Tonawanda High School
Recommendations: 18
Six Sigma
Supply Chain
Lean Manufacturing
Logistics
Renewable Energy
Mergers
SCADA
Operations Management
Mike Kenfield
Director, Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Director, Master Black Belt
Principal
Senior Consultant
Director, Business Development and Strategy
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Tartan Process Improvement
Measurement and Assessment Lead: Change, Communication, and Education Team (Change Management)
Process Excellence Leader (Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt)
Manager, Business Team Strategy (Business Innovation)
Work Out Team Leader: HR (Organizational Development, Business Process Reengineering)
Knowledge Strategist (Knowledge Management System Innovation)
Senior Organizational Development and Quality Improvement Consultant
Quality Improvement Consultant
Berklee College of Music
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Recommendations: 10
Organizational Effectiveness
Process Improvement
Process Innovation
Change Management
Lean
Six Sigma
Healthcare Innovation and Improvement
Organizational Learning
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Rachel Gustad
Senior Director Business Analysis
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Senior Director Business Analysis
Executive Director, Process Improvement, Revenue Management Solutions
Director Business Process, Master Black Belt
Process Improvement Manager, Black Belt
Senior Consultant
Six Sigma Project Director
Director of Claims Processing & Project Mgmt
Consultant
College of St. Benedict
Recommendations: 7
Six Sigma
Project Managment
Team Leadership
Change Management
Statistical Data Analysis
Process Improvement
Business Process Improvement
Project Management
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Mike Weckesser, MBA
Continuous Improvement Leader / Lean Coordinator, Consultant
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Continuous Improvement Leader / Lean Coordinator, Consultant
Director, Transformation Management
Director, Continuous Improvement: Master Black Belt
New Business Director / Health Solutions
Director, Continuous Improvement: Master Black Belt
Director - Supply Chain
Supply Chain Partner Innovation Director
General Manager / Delivery Distribution Center
Business Analysis Director (Finance)
Inventory Logistics Manager
Sr. Industrial Engineer - Distribution/Retail
Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School
University of St. Thomas
Northwestern University
Recommendations: 7
Demand Planning
Supply Chain Management
Healthcare Information Technology
Innovation Development
Supply Chain Optimization
Business Strategy
Operations Management
Business Process Improvement
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Theo Black
Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt
MNASQ Education Chair (Appointed Volunteer)
Past International Board of Directors 2009-2011 (Elected Volunteer)
IT Black Belt and Project Manager
Past District 6 Governor (Elected Volunteer)
IT Black Belt and Project Manager
Service Desk Manager
Software Technical Support
Manager of Flour Milling Quality Assurance and Technical Services
Directory of Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Manager - Analytical and Laboratory Methods
Director (Elected Volunteer)
University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Recommendations: 6
Business Process...
Six Sigma
Balanced Scorecard
Strategic Planning
Leadership Development
IT Service Management
SPC
Team Leadership
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Susan Song
Labor Strategy Specialist
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Labor Strategy Specialist
Production Supervisor
Current and Forward Model Manufacturing Engineer
Systems Design Engineer
Lean Production Manager/Master Black Belt
Black Belt/Master Black Belt
Vehicle Line Program Manager
Product Design Engineer
Ford Motor Company
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Recommendations: 4
Operational Excellence
Six Sigma
Lean Manufacturing
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Continuous Improvement
Process Improvement
Value Stream Mapping
Quality Management
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Carol (Smorch) Kramer
Adv. Quality Engineering Specialist
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Adv. Quality Engineering Specialist
practitioner
Dog Agility Judge - Masters Level
Dog Agility Judge, Volunteer Measuring Official
JNL Fusion Certified Master Trainer
Sr. Quality Engineering Specialist
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Pilot Plant Supervisor / Manager
Sr. Quality / Product Service Engineer
University of St. Thomas
Iowa State University
Northwestern University
Recommendations: 3
Six Sigma
Quality Systems
Problem Solving
Quality Assurance
Process Improvement
Supervisory Skills
Statistics
Quality Management
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Darrin Hebert
VP Info Tech & Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
VP Info Tech & Master Black Belt
GE John F. Welch Leadership Development Center
Bemidji State University
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Recommendations: 3
Six Sigma
Integration
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Leadership
Process Improvement
Vendor Management
Program Management
Management
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George Bazarko
SVP, Strategic Support
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
SVP, Strategic Support
Managing Consultant - Strategy & Innovation (Financial Services)
Senior Contract Consultant
Director - Process Excellence (Six Sigma Deployment Leader)
Senior Contract Consultant
Director of Operations
Vice President - Productivity & Quality (Six Sigma Solutions)
Director of Operations
Six Sigma Quality Leader / Master Black Belt
Master Black Belt - Health Care and Medical Programs
Corporate Audit Staff
Manufacturing Management Program (MMP)
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management
Columbia Engineering
Recommendations: 3
Process Improvement
Change Management
Financial Acumen
Business Process Improvement
Six Sigma
Business Acumen
Business Strategy
Internal Audit
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Rob Cimperman
Director, Strategy and Business Development
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Director, Strategy and Business Development
National Sales Manager
District Sales Manager
Business Development Analyst/Supervisor
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Director, Strategic Planning and Lean Six Sigma
Manager, Business Development and Marketing Operations
VP Sales and Marketing North America
Business Development and Strategic Planning
Marketing Manager
Global Business Director and President, Aearo Technologies llc., a 3M company
Global Business Manager
Product Marketing Manager
Recommendations: 3
Alex Garcia
VP Operational Excellence & Strategy Execution
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
VP Operational Excellence & Strategy Execution
Sr. Director, Global People Analytics Test & Learn
Director, Global People Analytics Test & Learn
Director of Global Continuous Improvement
Master Black Belt
Quality Manager
Southern Methodist University
John Brown University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Recommendations: 2
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Six Sigma
Continuous Improvement
Strategy
Change Management
Process Improvement
Lean Manufacturing
Leadership
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George K. Wilson
Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Master Black Belt
Master Black Belt
Instructor
Master Black Belt
Black Belt
Production Lead
Lead Production Engineer
Production Engineer
Production Engineer
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
University of St. Thomas
The University of North Dakota
Recommendations: 2
DFSS
Six Sigma
Transactional Lean
Business Statistics
Team Facilitation
Technical Training
Job Coaching
Design of Experiments
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Cody Kotnik
Senior Director - Operational Risk Management
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Senior Director - Operational Risk Management
Director - Product Management / Enterprise Money Movement
Director - Internal Consulting / Strategic Transformation & Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Operations Manager - Technogy Help Desk and Billing
Internal Consulting / Six Sigma Black Belt
Business Analyst
Fund Trader
Stockbroker
University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
St. Olaf College
Recommendations: 1
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Business Process Improvement
Management
Vendor Management
Process Improvement
SDLC
Product Management
Analytics
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Kathleen Hagen
Master Black Belt | Research, Technology and Development (RT&D)
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Master Black Belt | Research, Technology and Development (RT&D)
Senior Director, Design Reliability and Manufacturability
Director Mission Assurance, Safety, Environment and Health
Vice President, Operations
Senior Director, Engineering
Master Black Belt
Director of Operations
Manager of Business Development
Business Development Representative
Senior Principal Research Scientist and Program Manager
Adjunct Faculty
University of Saint Thomas
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Woodbury
Recommendations: 1
Six Sigma
Engineering Management
Systems Engineering
Lean Manufacturing
Design for Manufacturing
Design of Experiments
DMAIC
SPC
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Ed Wern
Sr. IT Managaer
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Sr. IT Managaer
Sr. Staff Analyst
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Six Sigma Black Belt
Software Development Team Project Lead
Engineer
Member of Technical Staff
Stanford University
Columbia University in the City of New York
Hamilton College
Herricks Jr. High
Recommendations: 1
Six Sigma
Manufacturing
Analysis
ITIL
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Lean Manufacturing
Program Management
Business Process Improvement
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Bernard Cicut
Area Vice President Central Eat Europe Middle East Africa (CEEMEA)
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Area Vice President Central Eat Europe Middle East Africa (CEEMEA)
Master Black Belt, Six Sigma, East Europe/Middle East and North Africa Region, and MBB Finance EMEA
Vice President Central & East Europe
Vice President ,Finance, Asia Pacific
Managing Director
Executive Director Finance
Manager, European Shared Service Center
Vice President & General Manager Personal Safety Division
Managing Director Mexico
Institut Supérieur de Gestion
Recommendations: 0
Six Sigma
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Change Management
Business Strategy
Strategy
International Business
Finance
Management
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Brian Spiewak
Laboratory Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Laboratory Manager
Technical Manager
Manufacturing Technology Manager & Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Product Development Specialist
Process Development Specialist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Recommendations: 0
R&D
Six Sigma
Product Development
Manufacturing
DMAIC
Cross-functional Team...
Consumer Products
Process Improvement
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Todd Masser
Vice President of Enterprise Quality
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Vice President of Enterprise Quality
Senior Director of Continuous Improvement, UHG-IT
Senior Director of Lean Six Sigma
Master Black Belt
Master Black Belt
Master Black Belt
St. John's University
Recommendations: 0
Six Sigma
Process Improvement
Hospitals
Lean Sigma
Value Stream Mapping
Executive Management
Health Insurance
Strategy
t****[email protected]
Brian Lorence
Health Care Division Engineering Mgr
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Health Care Division Engineering Mgr
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Technical Mgr
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Recommendations: 0
Mechanical Engineering
Six Sigma
Engineering
DMAIC
Project Management
Lean Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
FMEA
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Michael Bristol
Plant Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Plant Manager
Various Engineering and Operations Leadership Positions
Director Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Master Black Belt
Director of Operations
The University of Connecticut School of Business
University of Hartford
Recommendations: 0
Lean Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Six Sigma
Management
Strategy
Lean manufacturing
Strategic Planning
Continuous Improvement
m****[email protected]
Pedro Recio
Global Business Manager Cleaning & Workplace Safety
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Global Business Manager Cleaning & Workplace Safety
Global Portfolio Manager Floor Care Products
Business Development Manager, LAmerica & Canada
Industrial Business Group Manager
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
IE Business School
Universidad de Los Andes
Universidad de Los Andes
Recommendations: 0
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Anita Tuch
Company Name
Medtronic
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Company Name
Medtronic
Lean Sigma Master Black Belt
Plant Manager - Filtration
Company Name
Osmonics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Recommendations: 0
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Michael De Georgeo, Ph.D.
Master Black Belt - PRO|CV Lean Six Sigma Program Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Master Black Belt - PRO|CV Lean Six Sigma Program Manager
Lecturer / Adjunct Professor
Manager
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Recommendations: 0
Leadership Development
Organizational Development
Change Management
Coaching
Team Building
Program Design
Lean Sigma
Training Delivery
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David Badger
Six Sigma Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Six Sigma Black Belt
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Director, Safety and Continuous Improvement
Director of Continuous Improvement
Supply Chain Manager
Vice President, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Team Manager & Mfg Engineer, Paint and Final Assembly
Industrial Engineer
University of Iowa
University of Iowa
Hampton
Recommendations: 0
Leadership Development
Risk Management
Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma
Continuous Improvement
Kaizen
Supply Chain
5S
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Pam Passman
Integration Program Manager, Fleet Management
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Integration Program Manager, Fleet Management
Simplification, RFP and Product Manager
Strategic Initiatives Leader
VP, Operations
Master Black Belt
Global Marketing and Operations Management
Field Service Management
Manufacturing Mgmt Program
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Michigan
Recommendations: 0
Operations Management
Six Sigma
Operational Excellence
DMAIC
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Business Process Improvement
Outsourcing
Change Management
p****[email protected]
Michael Ristau
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Global Strategic Key Accounts and Initiatives Leader
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
University of New Hampshire
SPA
Recommendations: 0
Sales Management
Cross-functional Team Leadership
B2B
New Business Development
Team Leadership
Project Management
Management
Marketing Strategy
m****[email protected]
Heather Bye-Kollbaum
MBB, Process Redesign and Optimization for Cardio Vascular Services
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
MBB, Process Redesign and Optimization for Cardio Vascular Services
Lean Sigma Master Black Belt
Recommendations: 0
Process Improvement
Six Sigma
Medical Devices
Change Management
Black Belt
DMAIC
Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
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Sam Espana
Mobile Application Development Program Faculty
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Mobile Application Development Program Faculty
Computer Technology Instructor
Program Manager
Adjunct Faculty
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Senior IT Project Manager
Six Sigma Black Belt
IS Project Manager
Six Sigma Expert
Systems Administrator
The Johns Hopkins University
University of Saint Thomas
Winona State University
Recommendations: 0
Six Sigma
Project Portfolio Management
Privacy
Continuous Improvement
Business Intelligence
DMAIC
Operational Excellence
Metrics
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Wesley Steffan
6 Sigma Master Black Belt
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
6 Sigma Master Black Belt
6 Sigma Black Belt / NPI Product Support Manager
Product Support Manager - Compaction Product
Product Support Manager - Asphalt Pavers
Sr. Service Engineer - Compaction Product
Engine Product Support - Minneapolis District
Service Representative Trainee
University of Missouri-Columbia
Recommendations: 0
Lean Manufacturing
Value Stream Mapping
DMAIC
Continuous Improvement
Six Sigma
Black Belt
Service
Customer Driven
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Charles Shaklee
Materials Technology Lab Head
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Materials Technology Lab Head
3M Co - Global Lab Head - Architectural Markets
New Technology Lab Manager
Technical Manager - Master Black Belt
Senior Research Engineer, Group Leader, Supervisor
Penn State University
University of Washington
Strategyn Institute
Recommendations: 0
Materials Science
R&D
Front-end Development
Engineering Management
Strategic Planning
Technology Roadmapping
Product Road Mapping
Product Development
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Stephanie Lam DeShaw
International Engineering Manager
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
International Engineering Manager
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Engineering Manager
Manufacturing Manager
Technical Supervisor
Sr. Project Engineer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Recommendations: 0
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Jennifer Bessinger
Director, Global Strategy Execution & Business Process
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Director, Global Strategy Execution & Business Process
Master Black Belt, Quality
Master Black Belt, Fleet Services
Strategic Consultant, Fleet Services
Field Clinical Representative
Sr. Consultant
Commodity Marketing Representative
Recommendations: 0
Business Process Improvement
Six Sigma
Strategy
Change Management
Business Process
Project Management
Operational Excellence
Process Improvement
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Carolyn Oldani
Sr Operations Director
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Sr Operations Director
Senior Principle Supply Chain Specialist
Operations Director
Program Director
Vice President of Global Operations
Process Engineering
Engineering Manager
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Recommendations: 0
