Combining the Speed of Lean Manufacturing with the Science of Human Factors Engineering

Lean Healthcare Specialists

Mr. Holliday has 20 years experience, optimizing processes through Lean Manufacturing, Human Factors, TQM and Six Sigma methods. He has a wide variety of experiences in many industries including but not limited to aerospace, military, telecommunications, health care and automotive. He has worldwide auditing experience auditing manufacturing quality and testing operations at over 100 sites in Australia, Belgium, Japan, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He has developed reliability programs at several commercial and military aerospace corporations. He has recently been working within the health care profession as a consultant to improve throughput and increase bed turns through a combination of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies within hospital settings. He is an experienced teacher, leader, motivator and curriculum developer.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2000-2005 Holliday Consulting President
1998-2000 British Approvals Board for Telecommunications Manager of Audit Services
1997-1998 ADC Telecommunications Senior Outsourcing Engineer
1996-1997 Collins/Kaiser Aerospace Senior Reliability Engineer
1988-1995 Honeywell Inc. Senior Project Engineer
1985-1988 IBM Corp. Scientist/Engineer

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2005-present Faculty Member Portland State University
2004-present Instructor Oregon State University
2003-present Faculty Member Oregon Institute of Technology

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Student - Industrial Engineer Oregon State University 2004 - present
Masters Degree - Industrial Engineer University of Utah 1986
Bachelors Degree - Psychology University of Utah 1973

OTHER CREDENTIALS

Certified Six Sigma Instructor Six Sigma Partnering LLC
Certified ISO 9000 Auditor Excel Partnership
Certified TL-9000 Auditor Excel Partnership
Member of Mensa American Mensa Ltd.


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