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Need a little help to support your operational excellence initiatives? Our MoreSteam Client Services team is ready to lend their expertise to assist you in getting things done. Each team member has extensive training and experience across a variety of industries. They're available to support your training by leading study halls, facilitating simulations, and coaching project leaders. They can also lend a hand with executive coaching, team onboarding, workshop planning, and project selection. Craft a services package that best fits your needs and aligns with your time zone!

From Master Black Belts to MBAs our partners have over 28 accreditations.

Cumulatively, our MSCS professionals have over 300 years of experience with process improvement.

Our team spans 5 countries and supports Operational Excellence initiatives across the world.

We have multi-lingual team members who offer coaching to align with coursework in 5 languages.

Meet Our Consultants

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Testimonials

I pursued a Lean Six Sigma certification for the first time and Chris was my coach. He was able to break the process down step by step, made me comfortable to ask all of my questions and provided me with valuable insight that I am able to carry on with my current role. I am grateful that he was my coach and I would love to be assigned to him again as I pursue the next belt for Lean Six Sigma.

– Renelizza M., Ernst & Young
West Pharmaceutical has had the pleasure of partnering with Maria over the past year. As a Master Black Belt, Maria has provided guidance on the blended model, developed training content, led study halls, and facilitated our four-day Capstone event. We would not have achieved and exceeded the expected levels of performance and success without her valuable contributions. Maria demonstrates strong commitment to deliver and is a great communicator with all whom she interacts. I highly recommend Maria to any organization.

– Kim K., West Pharmaceutical
Great experience learning LSS with Parth. His practical approach to apply LSS to almost all problems we face in our professional as well as personal life was commendable . It helped changing the thought process to make it more structured for tangible outcome with controls attached to it to avoid getting in the similar problem again. Big Cheers to Parth.

– Jimit T.
My department was working to establish Lean into our DNA. Tim did a great job teaching, coaching, encouraging and advising to get the group to understand the principles of structured problem solving and simplification. He is passionate about process improvement and skilled at teaching and coaching the art of implementing.

– Jeff G.
I was incredibly impressed by Maria's knowledge combined with her willingness and eagerness to share her expertise to coach our candidates (Green Belts and Black Belts) across our organization. At one time she was coaching upwards of 20+ candidates and scored 9.25 on a scale of 10 on overall Coaching. Maria's expertise in Lean Six Sigma is among the best I've seen — she integrated and adapted quickly into the culture and delivered sound practical advice and results. I wish her continued success!

– Ganesh S., Nationwide

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Filipe Barbosa

Actio Lean Consulting

Filipe Barbosa graduated as a mechanical engineer from Universidade do Porto in Portugal and launched his career as a process engineer in the semiconductor industry. He was immediately exposed to Lean Six Sigma techniques such as SPC, DOE, 7QC Tools, and 5S. Filipe advanced to maintenance and engineering management roles before moving to a consulting role to work across multiple industries, including automotive, pharma, food and beverage, packaging, chemical, and electronic companies around the world. In more than 20 years of consulting, he has led dozens of kaizen events, as well as trained and coached hundreds of Belts and Champions. Filipe is a certified Master Black Belt and Scrum Master.

Houria Bellatif

Shiftingly

Houria is a business transformation consultant with over 20 years of experience. She effectively partners with senior and executive leadership to assess opportunities in business optimization, facilitate strategy deployment, design, and facilitate Lean Six Sigma programs and drive successful implementation of change initiatives in multicultural organizations. Her engagements have touched various sectors, including technology, government, non-profit, transportation, manufacturing, energy, and technology. Houria brings curiosity to her assignments and takes pride in being a hands-on partner with her clients. Houria holds certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Master Blackbelt and an ICF Leadership Development Coach. She earned her MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of St. Thomas.

Parth Bommakanti

Vative

Parth Bommakanti is a highly respected Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and NLP Master Practitioner with over 30 years of leadership training and coaching, executive mentoring, along with business process transformation and corporate training experience. With previous roles in leading large teams at Ford Motor Company across various departments in quality, customer satisfaction and manufacturing, Parth then spent three years leading an Australian subsidiary of Sumitomo Wiring Systems Aust Pty Ltd, a large Japanese multinational. As a General Manager, he was responsible for engineering, business systems and safety before later joining Vative as a lead Facilitator and Consultant. Parth is a Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant and Master Black Belt.

Derrick James

Derrick has 25 years of experience as a mechanical and electro-mechanical engineer, in the paper machine, professional tool, food production, aerospace and defense, medical device, and energy management industries. He earned his certification as a Design for Six Sigma Black Belt while working for Textron. The tool that he enjoys instructing most is simulation combined with DOE. He also enjoys brainstorming new concepts, in particular applying technologies across different industries. He has mentored Green Belts through certification, and introduced Six Sigma tools and methodologies to engineering teams. Derrick earned a BA in general studies from Beloit College, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Andrea Church Kreisa

Andrea Church Kreisa became a Ford certified Master Black Belt during her tenure at Hertz, ultimately serving as the Global LSS deployment leader for over eight years. She focused on building internal capability throughout the business, as evidenced by developing more than 600 Belts who leveraged data driven methodologies to deliver results aligned with business strategies. Andrea's passion is seeing people translate their learnings into practical, sustainable results, and she views use of interactive practice-based simulations a key component of their success. She continues applying her skills today working with companies on business transformation efforts and acquisition integration. Andrea received a BA in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach.

Steve Ebbing

The Ebbing Group

Steve Ebbing progressed through engineering, engineering leadership, and plant management roles at Sundstrand Aerospace where he began implementing Lean. In later leadership roles at Woodward Aircraft Systems, Eaton Aerospace, and GKN Aerospace, Steve added Six Sigma to the continuous improvement efforts with great results. While at CareFusion, he instituted Lean Six Sigma at facilities worldwide including customer hospitals and pharmacies. Steve has trained, coached, mentored, and certified students in both corporate and academic settings. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from San Diego State University and a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from CareFusion. Steve earned his BS and MS degrees in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign - Urbana.

Maria Fry

Strategic Quality Solutions, LLC

For the last 25 years, Maria Fry has assisted organizations across a broad range of industries in developing and deploying Lean Six Sigma as a part of their Operational Excellence strategy. She has supported businesses in project selection, Lean "Kaizen" activities, instructional design, statistical analysis, one-on-one coaching, tollgate reviews, and all levels of belt training and certification. Maria began her career at GE Aircraft Engines as the first GE Leadership program graduate to receive a Six Sigma Blackbelt. She later worked for Eaton Corporation and Shiloh Industries where she led the deployment of Lean Six Sigma and started her tenure as a MBB. Maria earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a MBA from Cleveland State University.

Hans-Jürgen Weber

HJW Consulting

Hans-Jürgen Weber has a deep background in small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe. He served in leadership roles of CTO and CEO in the manufacturing sector, along with logistics and supply chain roles in the wholesale industry. In 1999, he became a consultant for Lean & Flow Manufacturing, developing and teaching to increase productivity in manufacturing organizations. Since 2008, Hans has coached leaders in Lean Thinking and has trained approximately 1500 employees across a broad expanse of functions in Lean Manufacturing, Lean Administration, and Six Sigma Green Belt. As part of the Green Belt training, he has coached and supported Green Belt projects for certification. Hans is a recognized AGILE Scrum Master.

Kevin Keller

Keller Statistical Consulting

Kevin Keller is a professional statistician and quality professional with over 30 years of experience teaching, coaching, and leading Lean Six Sigma project teams from the shop floor to the enterprise levels. He began his career as a process engineer at Texas Instruments and then served in a Master Black Belt role at MEMC Electronic Materials for 15 years. Kevin advanced to manage quality systems for AB-InBev and eventually accepted a Master Black Belt position for AB-InBev's North American Zone. Kevin earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology and a Masters in Applied Statistics from The Ohio State University. He also is a certified Lean Six Sigma MBB.

Dawn Lowe

Dawn Lowe is a certified Master Black Belt. She partners with a wide-range of organizations as an independent consultant helping them to maximize performance and drive business transformation using Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies. During her 28-year career at Hertz, she held a variety of leadership roles within Internal Audit, Continuous Improvement, and Internal Consulting. She has coached and mentored Yellow, Green, and Black Belts across the U.S., Europe and Australia. Dawn received a BBA in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma. She later earned her Black Belt certification from Ford and her Master Black Belt certification from Hertz.

Lars Maaseidvaag

Dr. Lars Maaseidvaag started out his career in operations research and management consulting. He then managed the Lean Six Sigma curriculum for Accenture/George Group as the Curriculum Manager for several years. Afterwards, Lars led MoreSteam's product development teams. During that time, Lars was instrumental in the design and creation of EngineRoom®, MoreSteam's online data analysis software, and was the mastermind behind Process Playground™, MoreSteam's online process modeling tool. Lars has been a lead instructor for the Master Black Belt training program offered in collaboration with The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business for over ten years and has over 20 years of experience teaching advanced Lean topics. Lars received a PhD in Operations from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He received a Masters in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and an MBA from The University of Texas in Austin.

As a MoreSteam Client Services professional, Lars helps clients design and deploy Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement programs, and is particularly adept at improving complex processes using process modeling and mathematical optimization.

Tim McCarthy

MCI Coaching Solutions

For over thirty years Tim McCarthy has been in the continuous improvement business. He has led countless Design of Experiments, implementation of floor level SPC programs, formal CAPA and FMEA programs, as well as daily huddles in many manufacturing and laboratory facilities. Tim achieved a Black Belt and then Master Black Belt certifications while at Eli Lilly and Co. There he trained, coached, and consulted with hundreds of GB's, BB's, MBB's and business leaders. Tim supports businesses with their strategy deployment, Kaizen, statistical analysis, ISO certifications, lean training, and 1-on-1 coaching. Tim earned his BS in Chemistry and Geology at Augustana College and an MS in Chemistry from the University of Montana.

Omar Mora

Blackberry&Cross

As a young industrial engineer in Costa Rica, Omar Mora started to work for electronics manufacturers in which quality engineering and continuous improvement were ingrained in the operations. He later moved to applying QE and OPEX tools to food and beverages processes in the industrial foods sector. He became involved in local ASQ chapters, APICS, SME, SMTA and continues to share ideas about how to better apply Lean Six Sigma, among other disciplines. In the early 2000s, Omar founded Blackberry&Cross with the mission to research, curate, and share the best QE and OPEX practices to help LATAM professionals improve their organizations. Omar holds a Master in Industrial Engineering and certifications of LSSBB, CPIM, CQE, and CLES instructor.

Amita Sherwood

E Squared Solutions

Amita Sherwood has over 21 years of performance improvement and organizational effectiveness experience in a variety of industries including Insurance, Federal (DoD and Civilian), Health Care, Higher Education, Financial Services, and Information Technology. Her experience includes large scale Lean Six Sigma deployment strategy and execution, development and delivery of LSS training, project and team coaching, leadership development and coaching, change management strategy planning and execution, strategic planning, and risk management deployment planning and execution. Amita holds certifications as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and as a John Maxwell Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. She earned a BS in Management Science and Information Systems while attending The Pennsylvania State University.

Chad Smith

Continuous Improvement Solutions

Chad Smith has 24 years of Continuous Improvement experience in retail, manufacturing, refining, high-tech, and food. He has led and guided process and product improvements for Tyson, Ernst & Young, Anheuser Busch In-Bev, ASQ, and SpaceX. His leadership experience includes quality management for Black and Decker utilizing Continuous Improvement tools as the enabler for breakthrough improvements. Chad is a certified American Society for Quality (ASQ) Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt. In 2015, he was recognized as an ASQ Fellow, previously serving as chair of the ASQ Master Black Belt Exam Review Committee and ASQ's Six Sigma Forum advisory council.

Christopher Spranger

Spranger Business Solutions

Christopher Spranger has over 20 years of experience training, coaching, and implementing Lean Six Sigma improvement programs in medical device, industrial, food, and aerospace manufacturing, health care, construction, service businesses, financial organizations, public service and nonprofits. Chris has trained and coached hundreds of professionals on Lean Six Sigma improvement methods. He has also developed and taught course curriculum on Lean Six Sigma at multiple technical colleges and universities. Chris earned a BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville and an MBA in Finance and Management from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. He is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) certified Six Sigma Black Belt and an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Joe Tanner

JTanner Consulting

Joe Tanner worked as an organic chemist at Eli Lilly and Company for 40 years. During his last 14 years there, he was introduced to Lean Six Sigma: first as a Green Belt and then later progressing to a Black Belt. Joe spent his last 10 years at Lilly as a Master Black Belt before retiring and becoming an independent consultant. His passion continues to be teaching and coaching. He has trained and coached over 500 Green Belts, 300 Black Belts, and 15 Master Black Belts spread across 10 corporations and government agencies.

Lutz Tückmantel

Cambridge Management Engineers GmbH

Lutz Tückmantel started his career as an engineer with the Ford Motor Company. During his 18-year tenure, he was instrumental in building the first Lean cells and leading quality initiatives in Ford's European Sales & Service operations. He later served as a Master Black Belt with GE Power & Water before transitioning to an external consulting role. Lutz has shared his expertise across a variety of industries including manufacturing, chemical, food processing, electronics, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical businesses. He is a trained mechanical engineer, earning his Diplom Ingenieur from Duesseldorf University of Applied Sciences. Lutz holds MBB Level-2 certification from Ford Motor Company and is a Lean Institute Lean Advisor.