SIX SIGMA GLOBAL INSTITUTE - Key Persons

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• Vice President at High Bridge Associates

Grad of the U.S. Naval Academy and MIT where he earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering and naval architecture. Deputy Project Manager for the DOE Office of Science.

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• Chief Learning Officer
• Co - Founder
• Member of the SSGI Executive Management Team
• Professor Emeritus at Peter T. Paul Business School
• Professor of Business at Peter T. Paul Business School, University of New Hampshire

Barry Shore earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University and a PhD in Management Science from The University of Wisconsin. Upon Graduating from Tufts he worked for Boeing Company and General Electric. At both organizations he was recognized for his breakthrough work on missile guidance systems. Shortly after earning an MBA he became one of the youngest production managers in the history of Hewlett Packard. With over 40 years' experience in industry and teaching, Professor Shore has earned a reputation as one of the leading authorities in Six Sigma and Project Management. His pioneering work in Project Management dates back to General Electric and later Hewlett Packard. After receiving his PhD he was a consultant for Harbridge House in Boston known for introducing PERT/CPM, a project management tool, to the Department of Defense and its many contractors. Later he became a consultant for Arthur D. Little Company in Cambridge and MetaB in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Shore has written extensively in these areas, including over 100 peer reviewed papers published in leading scholarly journals, four books published by McGraw Hill book Company and Holt, Rinehart and Winston, and hundreds of articles in trade publications. McGraw Hill honored him as a prize winning author for his book on operations management. He has consulted at many of the top organizations throughout the world including Westinghouse, Chase Manhattan Bank, Timberland, United States Navy, Deutsche Telecom (Germany) and Doosan Heavy Industries (South Korea). He has lectured at the University of Naples Federico Secondo (Italy), Henley Management School (UK), Renmin University in Beijing (China) and universities throughout the United States. He is a Fellow of the Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) and was elected to membership at the Cosmos Club where he was cited for his distinguished contributions to the field of management science. Today, Professor Shore is an outspoken advocate of the role of Project Management and Lean Six Sigma as metaphors for driving company performance to not only develop the right products and services but for creating efficient and competitive organizations capable of excelling in world markets. His recent course material, prepared specifically for SSGI, has been acclaimed for its ability to present complex material in a very straight-forward and easy-to-understand style. When asked about this work he says, "One of my greatest pleasures is to help professionals move their careers to the next level and gain the skills that industry needs to compete on a global scale." Barry, Professor Emeritus at Peter T. Paul Business School, University of New Hampshire, has consulted for companies such as GE, Doosan, Hyundai and Deutsche. He has been a guest lecturer at some of the world's leading business schools in England, Italy, South Korea and China. He is seen as an expert within the Six Sigma community.

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• Executive VP, Oracle

Mr. Ilg currently holds the position of Executive VP at Oracle. He has also served as the President of SAP Japan Co, President of Adobe Europe as well as the President of Adobe Japan. He joined Adobe from BEA Systems Inc, where he served as the Senior Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific. Garrett has also he held marketing and sales positions with Dow Jones, Walt Disney, Columbia Pictures and Mitsubishi Electronics.

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• Professor of Management Engineering at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Giuseppi served as the President to the Regional Agency for Innovation of Campania Region, Italy. He has been the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Award from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (1992)

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• Founder & CEO Tower 42

Lance was instrumental behind Orange's entry into the business market, Lance was also the founder of Orange Ventures, Orange's £100M investment arm. He was also responsible for launching the first virtual mobile operator in China and for writing and implementing the mobile development plan for the Republic of Lebanon. Lance holds an MBA from the University of Portsmouth.

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• Professor of Engineering Management at Stevens Institute of Technology

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• Executive Director & Founder, Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Systems ( IEHSS )

Marjorie Godfrey, PhD,MS, BSN, FAAN, is a Research Professor in the Department of Nursing at the College of Health ad Human Services, University of New Hampshire (UNH). She is also the Executive Director & Founder of the Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Systems (IEHSS).

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• General Manager of the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC / the Cosmos Club

The Cosmos Club is considered one of the top ten private cubs in the United States and has included presidents, 12 Supreme Court Justices, and more than 30 Nobel Prize winners. It has played an integral part in the country's history, with National Geographic and Wilderness Society both founded on its premises. Mr. Platt currently holds the following credentials: MCM (Master Club Manager), CCE (Certified Chief Executive), General Manager of the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC, Chairman of the Club Management Association of America (CMAA). He has served as a guest lecturer at the University of Delaware, Club Management Class, and as a speaker at the American University Hotel Law Program.

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• Prof. of IT Leadership at Henley Business School

Sharm has held National and European CIO positions at three blue-chip multinational organizations leading large-scale international IT-enabled change programmes supporting business process redesign.

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• Co - Founder
• Managing Director
• Member of the SSGI Executive Management Team

Zach has been the driving force behind the expansion of SSGI and also served as the U.S. Managing Director of Butterfly Srl, a technology company founded in Italy. He currently sits on the Ivy Tech College, Supply Chain Department Advisory Board. With a background in private equity and project management, he has consulted for numerous small and medium sized companies located in the U.K. and United States.