STATISTICAL DESIGN INSTITUTE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice - President of Tools and Methods
Garron has over 20 years of product development experience in thermal management and reliability of power electronics for medical, telecommunication, and lighting industries at Motorola and General Electric. Garron's areas of expertise include mechanical engineering, thermal analysis, reliability analysis, model development, statistical analysis, and software development. As a certified Design for Six Sigma Master Black Belt and ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer, he has trained and mentored engineers on DFSS and Reliability concepts on all aspects of product development. Garron received his M.S. and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1996 and 1994, respectively.
George's experience includes 30 years in design, systems engineering, and program management for product development programs at Texas Instruments (TI) and Raytheon. In addition to his program responsibilities at TI, he received certification as a Six Sigma Black Belt, focusing on the application of Six Sigma for engineering and product development. George's work has resulted in a framework of statistical analysis design concepts and methods for Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) applications. This framework has been used in DFSS training for engineers, Master Black Belts, and Black Belts at various companies in the U.S. and Europe. For SDI, George is director of training development activities. George received his B.S. (1976) and M.S. (1980) degrees in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and a Ph.D. (2000) in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas Tech University. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.
Job Titles:
- Vice - President of Technology and Development
Jesse has been applying Six Sigma techniques in product development since 1996. As a systems engineer at Texas Instruments and Raytheon Systems Company he helped establish a foundation for applying Six Sigma concepts during requirements development and concept modeling, well before hardware is built. As a Master Black Belt at General Electric he guided an engineering organization in the daily application and implementation of DFSS and Six Sigma. For SDI, Jesse leads the development of our DFSS software tools. Jesse received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1997 and 1994, respectively, and he received his B.S. in Engineering Science from Harvard University in 1992. He is a certified Master Black Belt.