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:

Mike Richman
Chairman of the Judging Panel
Publisher, Quality Digest

Richard Amori
R&A Six Sigma Deployment Director, Ford Certified Master Black Belt, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company

Kamal Ayoub
Vice President, Operational Excellence, Covidien

Ray Baron
Engineer/Scientist, Boeing

Georgette Belair
Vice President, Design Excellence, CardinalHealth Clinical Technologies and Services

Julie Brignac
Group Vice President, Procurement, Lean Six Sigma and Quality, Brambles Ltd

Andre Booyzen
Director of Six Sigma & Master Black Belt, Lonmin (2006 and 2007 Winner of Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Manufacturing)

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

Rodney Comegys
Principal, Center for Excellence, The Vanguard Group

Aravind Immaneni
Vice President, Strategic Analysis & Improvement, Capital One (2006 Winner of Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Service & Transactional Environments)

Bob King
CEO & Founder, GOAL/QPC

Richard Lam
Deployment Leader, Bank of Montreal (2007 Winner of Best Achievement of Six Sigma in Financial Services and Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma)

Hung Le
Lean Six Sigma Master Belt, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Don Owen
Vice President, Operational Excellence and Product Development, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Mannington Mills, Inc.

Sonya Pombrik
Senior Director, Six Sigma, ATMI

Gordon Ward
Director of Quality and Raytheon Six Sigma, Raytheon

Steve Wittig
Vice President, Six Sigma, Masco Builder Cabinet Group

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 a short career resume to .

All interested parties that wish to apply need to register first.

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Association with The Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards will provide outstanding brand recognition across the business improvement world. Sponsorship of an award will confirm your organization's commitment and contribution to best practice and business improvement.

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