Instructor Biographical Information
Paul J. Fields
- PhD, Business Administration, Penn State University
- BS and Master of Engineering, Brigham Young University
- 18 years academic teaching experience at Brigham Young University, United States Naval Postgraduate School and James Madison University
- 12 years industry experience in manufacturing and services industries
- International training experience developing and providing over 200 programs in over 40 countries
- Expertise: Total quality management, continuous process improvement, reliability analysis, failure analysis, design of experiments, sampling techniques and measurement system evaluation, and also training pedagogy, design and delivery
- Performed reliability and quality improvement projects on:
- Nuclear power plant equipment including reactor vessel, steam generator and piping structures, with savings over $1 million in one project alone
- F-18 Hornet jet turbines, with savings over $1 million per aircraft-life
- Liquid natural gas storage tanks and other large-scale storage facilities
- Boeing 747 wing structure and fuselage
- AH-64 Apache helicopter Kevlar graphite composite structures
- Healthcare delivery systems including primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care
- Commercial food service processes
Kenneth W. Chase
- PhD, Mechanical Engineering, California University - Berkeley
- BS and Master of Engineering, Brigham Young University
- 42 years academic teaching experience at Brigham Young University
- Industry consulting particularly in the automotive and aerospace industries
- Adviser to Motorola during the development of Six Sigma methodology
- Founder of the Association for the Development for Computer-Aided Tolerancing Systems (ADCATS)
- Expertise: Tolerance analysis, geometric and mathematical modeling, and numerical analysis
Alan Openshaw
- BS, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Brigham Young University
- Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification, with SBTI and ASQ Certifications
- Advanced training at University of Tennessee and Delphi Automotive Systems
- Engineering teaching experience at Brigham Young University - Idaho
- 22 years industry experience in manufacturing including global sourcing
- 15 years Six Sigma training experience including development and delivery of training courses to over 450 participants
- Supervised deployment of Six Sigma projects generating over $36 million is documented saving
- International consulting and training experience, most recently in China
- Expertise: Operations excellence, Kaizen, Lean, capability analysis and Six Sigma project deployment, and also statistical software in Six Sigma applications
Jerald Erickson
- Master of Project Management, Golden Gate University
- Project Management Professional Certification from Professional Management Institute
- 32 years industry experience in manufacturing including 20 years of project management experience
- Worldwide return products manager at Hewlett-Packard and received President’s Award for Excellence
- 14 years project management teaching experience at California State University - Sacramento, including development and delivery of courses
- Expertise: Project administration, project evaluation and critical path analysis, and also technology in project management applications
Larry Bassist
- MS, Applied Statistics, Brigham Young University
- BS, University of California - Los Angeles
- 21 years industry experience in semiconductor industry, including production process improvement, and pharmaceutical industry, including clinical trials
- Experience developing and delivering quality improvement training courses for engineers, technicians, managers and other technical professionals
- 9 years academic teaching experience at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley State University
- Expertise: Process improvement, statistical process control, design of experiments and statistical analysis