ISSSP - Key Persons
Dean Galvin is the Webinar Coordinator and Host for our webinar series. Dean is a career military member, serving in a wide variety of assignments in the US, along with assignments in both the Pacific and European regions.
After his military service, he spent over 10 years in healthcare administration, focused on support services, managing divisions in housekeeping, laundry, and transportation.
Dean is a native Texan and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chairman
- Managing Director and Consultant With NextGen People
Dr. Lepora Flournoy currently serves as the managing director and consultant with NextGen People, an organization that helps C-suite executives improve their effectiveness in their roles through various methods. She previously served as senior director of global talent management with Equifax. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. She also carries several certifications, including: Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Change Management Professional (Prosci), Project Management Professional (PMP) and Center for Creative Leadership Assessment (360, etc) certification.
Jaclyn is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a Lean facilitator who believes in optimum utilization of Lean principles to plan, perform, and implement process improvement initiatives to drive business excellence and improve customer satisfaction.
She has vast experience of working in hospital and clinical environments, and he currently serves as Sr. Director of Revenue Cycle at the Titus Regional Medical Center.
Jaclyn has a Bachelor's in Mathematics, a Master's in Statistics and she also has a Project Management certificate from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Job Titles:
- Operational Excellence Leader Certified Master Black Belt Certified Life Coach Motivational Speaker Author
- Process Improvement Consultant
Jewel Brodie-Reid is an accomplished Process Improvement Consultant with diverse experience leading & coaching successful corporate projects using Six Sigma methodology. During Jewel's career, she has implemented quality initiatives that saved millions of dollars for various companies. Jewel is also a Certified Life Purpose Coach®️ who helps clients identify their purpose and live to their greatest potential.
Jewel earned a MS in Engineering Management and BS in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina A&T State University.
Jewel is also the published author of "Anchored in Purpose: Positioning Yourself for a Fulfilling Life."
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Director of Rapid Continuous Improvement - Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
I am and throughout my career have been a leader and student of continuous improvement methods, with a strong passion for delivering customer value and driving out waste. The belief that only the customer can determine value and that eliminating root cause is dependent on data-based decision making and respect for employees is what powers my determination to always strive to do things better as an organization.
I have spoken at multiple national and international events on using data analysis, Lean thinking, and Six Sigma principles to drive excellence in any organization, and bring fun and energy into topics that many would find bland or academic. I am passionate about improvement and about the power of the tools that achieve it!
I am the author of the Random Thoughts column in Six Sigma Forum magazine and the Applied Statistics Manual.
Job Titles:
- Director of Quality and Operational Excellence - Certified Master Black Belt
Job Titles:
- Member Services and Accreditation Manager
Maria has been working in the Six Sigma field since 2015. She has excellent planning and organizational skills, with the ability to multi-task and problem solve with over 12 years of experience in administrative management and operational oversight.
Ms. Mora has prior experience in the nonprofit sector working and volunteering for Red Cross Spain as a Social Educator for a homeless shelter and teaching financial literacy to women with low-income for a small NGO in Mexico.
Dr. Spagon serves as ISSSP's Program Advisor. In that role, he provides advice and recommendations to the ISSSP Chairman, Board, Staff, and others as needed. Pat has over 35 years of experience applying quality and process improvement methodologies in manufacturing and service industries, focusing on Lean Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Experimental Design. He has been a member of several of the top Six Sigma consulting firms including Six Sigma Academy and Motorola University. He has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- President of SixSigma.Us
Mr. Peterka is the President of SixSigma.us and a leading consultant on the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Peter has 20 years of experience performing as a Master Black Belt, and extensive experience in the industry as an improvement specialist and engineer with an expertise in DFSS, working with numerous companies, including 3M, Dell, Dow, GE, HP, Intel, Motorola, Seagate, Xerox and many government institutions including the highest levels such as the Executive Branch and US Army to local entities. Peter is a certified Master Black Belt and holds an MS degree in Statistics from Iowa State and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue.