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Expert in:
Innovation Methodologies & Tools
Innovation Coach/Consultant and Certification Training
Systems Reliability & DfR DFSS-Black Belt, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA, FMECA, FTA, FH-Decomposition
Innovative Rapid System Problem Solving

Expert developed PDD, Principle Driven Development to help develop 15X more product hit than misses.
He also developed the Principle Driven Solutions-Generator (PDS-G), to solve system problems & engineering constraints 30X - 300X faster.
He combines the 'Open Windows' tool and the 14 Stages of Innovation, to forcast or predict the next innovation your market will adopt and embrace, up to 18 years before your competitors.

Expert is Six Sigma DFSS Black Belt certified by GDLS and by Air Academy. He is also a certified TRIZ Associate in Structured Innovation, helping corporations build an Innovation Vehicle to carry them 15X faster down the road of innovation to create improved product value, cut costs and improve profitability with new and old product lines. He founded the Employer and the Innovation Certification Program.

Expert spent 11 years facilitating DfR and new Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and helping engineering groups at General Dynamics find innovative solution to their “unsolvable problems” by walking them through a simple innovation process to generate innovative solutions. He thus helped 26 separate engineering teams find innovative solutions, which resulted in $233 million savings for the US Army.

Expert is a 28-year veteran consultant where he has helped 53 of the Fortune 500tm to eliminate 70% - 92% of their unscheduled equipment downtime, usually within 30-60 days! He coined the acronym FISH™ and FISHing™, Functional Interface Stress Hardening, to quickly teach others how to boost reliability of new designs and of existing automate equipment by 500% – 900%. In 2009 he extracted from TRIZ Methodology all reliability conflict information and created the R-TRIZ, structured innovation tool which rapidly provides the best 2, 3, or 4 principles, from over 300,000 patents, for solving the current reliability problem. In 2010 he created similar innovation tools for solving safety problems, then maintainability, thermal, weight, HFE, manufacturability and productivity problems. Expert coaches manufacturers, design teams, hospitals, telecom, data centers, office complexes, oil companies, etc. to achieve increased reliability and Ao uptime, resulting in “Lean Capable Equipment” and increased profits. His online training and certification of Innovation Directors and Innovation Engineers empowers them with the tools and processes (the i3-Vehilce) to bring clarity and immediate solution to long standing and critical corporate and system problems.

Expert holds a Bachelors degree in Industrial Technology with dual minors in mathematics and electronics from SUU and a Masters in Industrial and Technical Education from BYU. He served as Fabrication and Diffusion Supervisor for Signetics Semiconductor, as Chief Maintenance & Reliability Engineer for John Deere Co. and then for Hughes/Baker EIMCO. He spent 12 years as Design for Reliability and Innovation Engineer at GE Healthcare OEC and for General Dynamics. He now does consulting and coaching as founder of Employer training, certification and consulting group.

He has been a speaker, presenting papers at annual conventions for:
RAMS (Reliability and Maintainability Symposium - Annual)
NDIA (National Defense Industry Association)
GVSETS (Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering Tech Symposium)
IMTBA (International Machine Tool Builders Association),
ASHE (American Society of Hospital Engineers),
ULPA (United Lightning Protection Association),
LPI (Lightning Protection Institute,
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)

Expert is author of various articles and papers published in:
● Measurements & Controls ● American Machinist
● Production Engineering ● Tooling & Production
● Plant Services ● Commline
● Computer/Electronics Service News ● Control Magazine
● Medical Electronics ● SME/CASA Annual Proceedings
● SuperFactory ● Oil & Gas Journal

Past Clients include:
GE, Cummins Engine, National Semiconductor, FMC, The Trane Co, Rockwell, Intel, BF Goodrich, Honda, American Express, Hercules Aerospace, General Dynamics Defense Corp, Colt Industries, Rexnord, Norgren, HCA Hospitals, Caterpillar, Borg-Warner, Texas Instruments, NTN Bower, SW Bell, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Chubb Insurance, Snap-on, Helmerich & Payne IDC, Sturm Ruger, Exxon-Mobil, Hughes/Baker EIMCO, etc.