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Six Sigma Forum List of Speakers
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Key Notes (Click here for Abstracts and Bios of Keynotes)

"Reinventing our Organizations: Innovation Drives Business Success"
Blanton Godfrey
Dean and Joseph D. Moore Professor of Textile & Apparel Technology & Management
College of Textiles
North Carolina State University

Matthew Krathwohl
Executive Director, Performance Excellence and Strategic Alliances
Memorial Hospital/Health System

"Data Mining in DFSS Land" 
Michele Boulanger, Ph.D.
Senior Partner
JISC Consulting

June Gunter , Ed.D.
TeachingHorse partner and lead facilitator
Teaching Horse

Innovations in Technology
"How to Complete a Six Sigma Project with Little or No Data"
Larry Goldman
Product Marketing Senior Manager 
Crystal Ball Global Business
Oracle

Simulation Panel
Simulation in SAS JMP - Jeff Perkinson (SAS)
Simulation and Optimization using Simulation and Optimization usingCrystal ball - Larry Goldman (Oracle, Inc.)
Utilizing Process Simulation – Jeff Joines (NCSU) and Emily Lada (SAS)
Moderated by Jeff Joines, Ph.D.

Seeing Your Way to Quality Improvement
JMP

Manufacturing Break Out Sessions
"Optimization of injection molding process parameters utilizing a combination of DOE, SPC, and Lean methods."
Garret Agee
Product Quality Manager
Pentair Water Pool and Spa        

"Intermittent Failures in Electromechanical Parts"
Vladimir Chevtchenko
Quality Engineer
Omron Dualtec Automotive Electronics, ECU Division

"Whatever It Takes…DMAIC, DMADV and Lean in Private Label Product Development"
Kathleen Clark, Ph.D.
Director of Process & Product Optimization
The Carriage House Companies, Inc.

"Using Kaizen Events to Error Proof Your Process!"      
Kevin Wood,CMBB
Lean Supervisor
Corning Cable Systems

Healthcare Break Out Sessions
"'Healing' Healthcare: Using Six Sigma to Save Money and Lives"
Christine Agee, MSN, CPNP
Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Kshitij P. Mistry, MD, MSc
Medical Instructor / Attending Physician Pediatric Critical Care Associate Director for Children's Performance Improvement
Duke University Health System
Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

"Reduce Lab Tests Per Discharge"      
Meg Cannon
Six Sigma Green Belt
High Point Regional Health System

"Billing Accuracy and Cycle Time"
Billy Tatum
Assistant Director of Patient Financial Services
Christine Keyton-Utley
Financial System Analyst
First Health of the Carolinas Moore Regional Hospital

Service
"The Use of Six Sigma Tools in Learning and Development"
Marti Matthews
Manager of Training Services
Biogen Idec

"Electricity Expense Management at BB&T"
Dan O’Hara
Process Improvement Manager
BB&T Corporation

"Using Six Sigma to Improve the Procurement Process"
Frank Starosto, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Milliken & Company

"Improving the Timeliness of Personnel Electronic
Records Management System (iPERMS) Processing"
Captain Tod Thames
Army G1
North Carolina Army National Guard



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