Russ Aikman has more than 19 years experience in the manufacturing a= nd business process arena

Russ Aikman has more than 19 years experience in the manufacturing and business process arena. His expertise includes implementation of Lean Six Sigma and ISO 9000 quality systems. He has performed process improvements in a variety of environments, including manufacturing and service/transactional processes. =

Russ is the Program Manager for Lean Six Sigma at The University of Texas at Arlingt= on. In this role he has acted as the lead instructor= in teaching Black Belt, Green Belt, and Executive training courses. He has also served as the coach for Senior Managers, Black Belts and Green Belts.

Russ has worked as project manager with over a dozen different companies in the development of their ISO 9000 quality system. Ru= ss has worked with a variety of companies on implementing lean manufacturing projects including value stream mapping, setup reduction, cellular manufacturing, kaizen events, and pull systems. He has also taught numerous Lean Manufacturing workshops to over 500 individuals.

Prior to joining TMAC, Russ consulted for Andersen Cons= ulting and George Group. Russ designed and implemented Lean Manufacturing systems = for various companies including Teledyne, ITT, Hill’s Pet Products, and H= . B. Fuller. He served as a facilitator on over 20 process improvement teams, developing operators into effective team leaders. Russ has designed and implemented several pull scheduling systems, including one currently used in scheduling production for over 1,000 products at three different plants of a $75M powder paint company. He also worked with an operator team in cutting equipment setup time by over 50%.

Before his consulting positions, Russ worked as a Quali= ty Engineer at Baxter Health Care where he validated production systems and te= sted new products. Prior to Baxter, Russ worked at AT&T Technologies where he performed cost estimation studies, prepared equipment layouts, and worked w= ith a team to design a high purity chemical system.

Russ holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineerin= g and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Arkan= sas. Russ served as an examiner for the Texas Award for Performance Excellence from 1998 through 2000, and is working on becoming a registered ISO 9000 Lead Auditor. Russ is a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and is the f= ormer President of the Dallas Chapter. He is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. =