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Judging Panel

The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards will be judged by an independent panel of esteemed experts in the Six Sigma arena, coming from industry and publishing backgrounds.

Judges confirmed to-date include:

Beth Barnickel
Sector Director, Lean Six Sigma/Quality
Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Robert Bryant
GOS VP of Quality, CSC Lean/Six Sigma Program Lead, Computer Sciences Corporation

Pamela Cagle
Sr. Director Global Continuous Improvement, Walmart Stores, Inc.

Jerry Calvert
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Process Services, SunTrust Banks Inc.

Ravichandra CL
Service & Quality Leader, Thomson Reuters

Tiran Dagan
Director/Engagement Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Analysis, NBC Universal

Lisa Fuller
Director of 6 Sigma, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center

Phil Geyer
Director, Lean Six Sigma
Praxair Inc.

Amber Gravett
FVP Enterprise Programs, MBB, JP Morgan Chase

Sanjay Harkawat
Global Operations/Program Manager, Dell Inc

Carolyn Harper
LSS Black Belt, Newfield Exploration Company

Vinay Khanna
Lean Six Sigma Leader, Quaker Foods and Snacks (a PepsiCo business)

Manny O. Laveria
LSSBB, MA CI Group, Northrop Grumman Laser Systems

Richard Ledet Jr.
Master Black Belt, Textron Marine & Land Systems

Govindakumar Madhavan
Program Manager - Quality & Services, Hewlett Packard (Personal Systems Group – Asia Pacific & Japan)

Philippe Mathijs
Global Lean Six Sigma Practice Lead, EDS, an HP Company

Kim Mueller
Director - Business Excellence, Dominion

Roger Noble
Corporate Director of Performance Excellence, Shriners Hospitals for Children

Barbara Peterson
GIO Six Sigma, Agilent Technologies

José Pires
Strategy Deployment Leader- Six Sigma MBB, Black & Veatch Corporation

Chris Reid
Director, Process Engineering
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Nancy Riebling
Director of Operational Performance Solutions, North Shore-LIJ Health System

Shar Stocker
Senior Master Black Belt, Intel Corporation

Jayendran Sundararaman
Senior Lean Consultant, Dell Inc

Gajendiran Ramachandran
Head Corporate Quality and Operation Excellence Group, HCL Technologies Limited

Dave Wheeler
Vice President of Global Production, Logistics and Corporate Six Sigma, Cintas

Karen Welch
Director BEx, Strategic Projects, ABBOTT

Deron Ertel
General Manager – Process Excellence, Embarq

To be a member of the judging panel for The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards, a person needs to satisfy the following criteria:
  • hold a position such as Business Improvement Deployment Leader or VP of Six Sigma or equivalent within their organization
  • be a certified Master Black Belt
  • be willing to sign and comply with strict codes of confidentiality.

If you are interested in being considered as a member of the judging panel, please email .

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