Chad Kymal：Chad Kymal is an international trainer and consultant whose broad experience includes TQM, setup reduction, technology assessment and inventory analysis, statistical process control, and quality function deployment. After graduating from the General Motors Institute Chad spent a number of years working at General Motors and KPMG before founding Omnex Inc. in 1986. Over Chad's successful career, he has served on the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners and has received numerous quality achievement awards, including the Quality Professional of the Year award by the American Society of Quality Automotive Division in 2005 . In addition to Chad's Bachelor's degree from GMI, Chad holds both a master's degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
Dave Watkins:Executive Vice President and Director of International Operations for Omnex, Inc., Dave Watkins has a wide range of experience encompassing full profit and loss responsibility in General Management, as well as manufacturing, production, Human Resources and distribution management in a variety of industries. Dave has had responsibilities at all levels of manufacturing, from production shift supervisor to President, and has led total process re-engineering efforts in several plants, involving a number of different process and product technologies.Dave's focus is on employing approaches that enhance the client's ability to create value for customers and stockholders; as a result he is particularly adept at the integration of quality and business management systems to enhance overall performance and competitive capability.
Greg Gruska：Mr. Gruska, a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), is presently the COO of Omnex Systems and a principal consultant in performance excellence and Six Sigma Master Blackbelt for Omnex Engineering and Management, Gruska had been associated with Dr. W. E. Deming and has assisted in the Transformation of Management since 1981. He has personally assisted large and small companies in North America and Europe in this transformation including the development and implementation of strategy, benchmarking, process control planning, and customer satisfaction. Further, he has worked with companies in the preparation of internal or external assessment utilizing criteria such as QS-9000, ISO/TS 16949, Total Quality Excellence, and MBNQA and has helped organizations using Six Sigma performance improvement strategies.
Kevin Lange:Kevin Lange is a self-motivated leader with proven results in the quality field and in purchasing and commercial activities. He has spent over 25 years in the quality field, including experience in the training and consulting fields in addition to tier one supplier and OEM experience. While at Chrysler, Kevin managed commercial issues with Dodge Viper suppliers which included leading multiple resource activities due to economic situations at suppliers. He was also responsible for the quality level of all incoming parts and managed PPAP activities for the Viper program.
Dave Barber:Mr. Barber is the General Manager and Senior Quality Consultant / Trainer for Omnex Canada Inc. He has been a full time consultant since 1998, and estimates a total of 4,500 hours of in-class instructional training and 2,500 hours of client consultation since that time Mr. Barber has over 18 years experience in the Quality profession with the majority of this time being spent in Quality Director / Manager and Quality Engineering roles. He has a diverse background with experience in the automotive, medical devices, consumer electronic, telecommunications, plastics, machining, and stamping industries. Mr. Barber has assisted companies in the development and implementation of cohesive quality systems that have resulted in the achievement of ISO 9001:1994, QS-9000, TS 16949:1999, ISO 9001:2008, TS 16949:2002, TL 9000, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and Six Sigma projects.
Helge Bolbrinker:Helge is a Senior Consultant in area of production and manufacturing with core skills in metal working, machining and semiconductor / electronics. Industry expertise is in Plastic processing, Metal production and processing, Construction, Electronics and Semiconductor, Vehicle assembly and supplying chain, Trade, Vehicle garages, and Research. Helge regularly works with ISO/TS 16949:2009, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, VDA and integrated management systems. He has 3 years of experience in R&D/Design and 10 years of work experience managing quality assurance within the automotive supply chain. For training he can rely on his practical experience in the application of quality tools like SPC, FMEA, MSA, DOE, PPAP, 6M, FTA, BPR, QFD, and 8D. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He holds third party auditor certifications for ISO/TS 16949:2009 (from IATF), ISO 9001:2008 (from IRCA) and ISO 14001:2004 (from RABQSA). He is an engineering graduate in the study of metallurgy, with specialties in metal physics, a combination of theoretical physics, material development and metal work technology. He speaks German, English and Russian.
Arun Kumar:Vice President of Omnex' Asia Operations, Mr. Kumar has been with Omnex in various management positions for over 8 years. He has immense experience in business consulting and quality systems implementation/training for the automotive and related industries. He was primarily responsible for starting up Omnex' operations in India and other parts of Asia. His career objective is to assist companies in achieving significant improvements in their competitive positions, both operational as well as technology oriented through the introduction of professionally managed quality/business systems, Integrated Six Sigma deployment and TQM philosophies. A certified Lead Auditor, he manages and leads a dedicated team of more than 60 professionals who take care of the needs of the India, UAE and the S. E. Asia market. His education includes a degree in Computer Science Engineering and other professional courses.
Michael XU：中國區總經理，在美國和加拿大的工作經驗以及在法國和中國的汽車零部件製造業、設備製造業工作經驗超過12年。他曾在美國和加拿大通用汽車零部件一級供應製造商中任職質量高層管理，對北美汽車行業及零部件製造方面的質量管理有著深刻的理解和實際的運作經驗。徐先生曾就職於歐洲和北美的著名跨國集團，職位包括技術研發和管理，工作的區域為中國，法國和義大利。
Ravikumar:Ravikumar is the General Manager & Principal Consultant / Trainer for Omnex - Middle East. Ravikumar has 14 years of rich experience encompassing Manufacturing and Services in a variety of industries & organizations such as precision engineering, automotive, oil & gas, banking, investment services, transportation, project management & IT-enabled services such as BPO & E-commerce. Ravikumar is a Metallurgist and Quality Management professional who has rich experience in different aspects of Quality Management (coaching, training, consulting and mentoring). He has assisted organizations in the development and implementation of management systems such as ISO 9001:2008, ISO/ TS 16949:2009, ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007, Lean/ Six-Sigma, etc., as a single system or integrated with other management systems.
Rajasekharan Pillai:Rajasekharan Pillai is the Managing Director and CEO of Omnex' Singapore operations. He has immense experience of around 20+ years of which the last 6 years has been in operations consulting with McKinsey and Company. Apart from being the Expert Associate Principal and Leader of the Asia Operations Practice based at the Singapore office, he was also a leader of the M
ckinsey Global Energy and Materials (GEM) Practice and Reliability Practitioners' network.
His McKinsey experience includes: Operations transformation leadership
Ports and shipping network of one of the National Oil and Gas Company in South East Asia- (Lean operations reducing turnaround time, improving vessel performance and port performance and maintenance)
Dan Reid:R. Dan Reid, the Omnex Director of Consulting is best known as an author of QS-9000, ISO Technical Specification (TS) 16949, ISO 9001:2000, the first ISO International Workshop Agreement (IWA 1), which applies ISO 9001 to healthcare and its replacement, AIAG’s Business Operating Systems for Healthcare Organizations (HF-2). He also worked on the Chrysler, Ford and GM Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Production Part Approval Process and Advanced Product Quality Planning manuals. While at AIAG, he led successful projects for Effective Problem Solving, Cost of Poor Quality and Supplier Management. While at General Motors, among other assignments, he led the Supplier Development Administration, served on the Chrysler, Ford, GM Supplier Quality Requirements Task Force, which was responsible for QS-9000 and later ISO TS/16949, and he established a Supplier Quality function at GM Service Parts. He later established a Supplier Quality function at Baxter BioScience Division’s Los Angeles plant before serving as the BioScience Divisional Supplier Quality Director.
