Valero Energy / Guest Services / Honsha Associates Darril Wilburn / Visual Management / Ecology / OMDD / Point B / The Performance Thinking Network / Genie Industries / Customer Focused Management Training / Puget / Toyota Motor Manufacturing / New England Journal / Community Benefit / Microsoft / Value Stream / Kimberly-Clark / Lean Systems / Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas / Monomoy Capital Partners / Volvo Trucks / StanCorp Financial Group / ESI / Wrigley Europe / Carl Zeiss / Floating Point Systems / Omark Industries / M&M Mars / Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership / Starbucks / Honsha Associates Sammy / VMPS Implementation / /
Continent
Africa / Asia / North America / /
Country
Venezuela / Brazil / United Kingdom / China / Mexico / Japan / Canada / Indonesia / Austria / United States / /
Currency
USD / pence / /
Event
Person Travel / Employment Change / M&A / Person Communication and Meetings / Judicial Event / /
Facility
Defense-Lithuania ISM University / Seattle Children's Hospital / Syracuse University / Stanford University / Hospital Barb Bouche / University Of Washington School Of Medicine / Virginia Mason Medical Center / Loyola University / Seattle Children’s Hospital / University of Puget Sound / University of Portland / Arizona State University / Haverford College / The Toyota Institute / McMaster University / Duke University / University of Washington / Iowa State University / Seattle University / Brazil MM Mars Latin American Leadership Team Retreat / San Diego State University / Hospital Sanford Melzer / University of Pennsylvania / /
IndustryTerm
large northwest law / overall program management / energy / oil spill prevention / healthcare environment / manufacturing sector / financial services / retail / technology start-up / manufacturing environments / quality management systems / finance / forest products / social media / information technology / manufacturing / technology firms / improvement tools / implement systems / healthcare / pharmaceutical / manufacturing plant / project management / high tech industries / operations management / banking / manufacturing capability / /
OperatingSystem
Microsoft Windows / /
Organization
University of Washington / Wharton School / Northwestern University Medical School / American Society for Quality / U.S. General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service / Kaizen Promotion Office / Governor's Office / National Board / Quality Improvement Committee / Iowa State University / Syracuse University in New York / Occupational Safety and Health Administration / American Production and Inventory Control Society / Department of Social / National Institute of Standards and Technology / Virginia Mason Institute / Center for Health Care Solutions / University of Puget Sound / Department of Health / Utilities and Transportation Commission / Washington State Department of Labor / McMaster University / Food and Drug Administration / University of Washington School of Medicine / San Diego State University / Public Disclosure Commission / Diabetes Clinical Research Unit / California Community College / United States Marine Corps / American Diabetes Association / Employment Security Department / State Energy Office / Council on Health Care Delivery for the ADA / U.S. Department of Labor / Ways & Means Committee / Lean Office / way state government / Seattle University / Department of Corrections / House of Representatives / Department of Revenue / Virginia Mason Medical Center / Department of Ecology / University of Portland / Duke University / NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / Michael G. Foster School of Business / Washington State Department of Transportation / Department of Commerce / Improvement Promotion Office / Seattle Children’s Hospital / Washington State Department / Haverford College in Philadelphia / Health Systems Board / Harvard / Institute of Medicine / DRS / Seattle Children's Hospital / the University of Pennsylvania / Department of Social and Health Services / Defense-Lithuania ISM University of Management and Economics / Vilnius / Association for Productivity and Quality / Washington State Health Care Initiative Committee on Benefits for Chronic Conditions / Washington State Department of Commerce Rogers Weed / Conference Board / Lean Institute / School of Public Health / Loyola University / Toyota Institute in Japan / Arizona State University / Stanford University / Oregon legislature / Puget Sound Health Alliance / Stanford / Kaizen Promotion Office at Virginia Mason Medical Center / /
Person
Samuel Obara / Darril Wilburn / Joel Sacks / Seattle Children / Premera Blue Cross Performs / Sarah Stuart / Gary Locke / Elizabeth Bennett / Diane Schairer / Robert Bree Collaborative / Mass Ingenuity John / Rogers Weed / Stokke / Brett Jackson / Carlos Venegas / Robert Mecklenburg / Marcie Frost / Alex Thompson / Impact Washington / Darrell Damron / Ecology Ted Sturdevant / Premera Blue / Chris Gregoire / Holly Valkama / Sanford M. Melzer / Christina Webber / Gordy Anderson / Rhea Wallace / Ted Sturdevant / Pat Edmonds / Linda Hebish / Paul Trause / Mike Rother / Bob Brown / Connie Polzin / Judy Schurke / John Bernard / Steve Reinmuth / Barb Bouche / Michele Adams / Tim Hirsch / Carole Washburn / Brian Jorgensen / /
Position
cyclist / active speaker / Executive Director / Vice President / Certified 3P leader / Director of Operational Excellence / Rapid Process Improvement Workshop leader / Director of Government and Community Affairs / Assistant Secretary for Infectious and Chronic Diseases / Chief / author / lead author / CEO / Professor of Pediatrics / Governor / Washington State / Chief of Staff / Technical Writer /Editor / instructor of Global Strategy / the deputy director of field services / Process Specialist / district manager / senior director / board member / Director of Account Management / Chief of Staff / Customer Service Center Director for Western Washington / and Director of Business and Financial Management / speaker / improvement consultant / Medical Director / certified instructor for the Training Within Industry J Programs / Senior Assistant Attorney General / independent consultant / deputy commissioner / Consultant / assistant commissioner for the Budget / regional director for both company and licensed business units / leader / Director of Government Relations and Chief Counsel / Chief Strategy Officer / Commissioner / director of finance / lecturer / Director / VMPS Implementation / author of BUSINESS AT THE SPEED OF NOW / Vice President at Children / executive team member / director of Governmental Relations / Deputy Director for Operations / Director of Growth Services / budget analyst / Head / Deputy Director / Washington Department of Retirement Systems As Deputy Director / principal architect / discussion leader / Managing Partner / senior human resources leader / Workshop Leader / Executive / legislative correspondent / regional director / assistant commissioner / Prime Ministers Conference Minister / Coffee As director / Deputy Commissioner / Washington State / the Assistant Director for Energy Policy / certified Lean consultant / founding CEO / co-author and co-editor / Vice President / Chief Strategy Officer / co-founder / Management Consultant / Consultant / Coraggio Group / director of Customer Service in U.S. Operations / specialist / certified instructor / Governor / Director / Client Services / director of the free-standing ambulatory surgery centers / Chairman / Director / Co-chair / Chair / leader in the development / leader and executive / instructor / Director of Operational Excellence / Finance / /
ProgrammingLanguage
J / DC / /
ProvinceOrState
Pennsylvania / Washington / Oregon / /
PublishedMedium
The Wall Street Journal / the New England Journal of Medicine / Harvard Business Review / /
Region
Latin America / Western Washington / Northwest / /