Quality Award for Army Center

Army engineering center is recognized for its Lean Six Sigma achievements with a Malcolm Baldrige Award. ...

... "Rowland said ARDEC had competed in the President's Quality Award process and used that as an incentive for implementing management programs like Total Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma. Donelle Denery, who manages ARDEC's performance excellence programs, said the agency was able to promote new management programs by getting almost total participation from managers. " ...

Via Government Executive: Army Quality

Via ARDEC: Malcolm Baldrige Award: "The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center here today became the first Department of Defense organization in history selected to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. President George W. Bush and Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced ARDEC's selection this morning in a joint news release. "

Six Sigma COO Career Path

Profitline promotes Six Sigma expert to chief operating officer position. ...

... "Mr. Boyle has close to 30 years of progressive experience leading, establishing and managing operations, quality management and process improvement programs. Throughout his career, he has led over 400 lean and six sigma projects, trained numerous green and black belts, and worked as an operations consultant for clients such as Plantronics, LGE, QUALCOMM, BAE Systems, Illumina, and the US Department of the Navy. In a previous role with Solar Turbines Mr. Boyle managed several business operations, and was instrumental in helping the company win the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. " ...

Via ProfitLine: Keith Boyle Promoted to ProfitLine COO