Bonnie Smith is Director, LeanSigma SM Quality Improvement for TBM Consulting Group, Inc., and a master black belt with more than a decade’s experience transforming industry. Bonnie played a pivotal role in creating the synthesis of lean and Six Sigma tools that is LeanSigma, and she is currently responsible for LeanSigma’s deployment worldwide.

A graduate of United States Military Academy at West Point, Bonnie is recognized as a dynamic speaker who presents to packed rooms at meetings such as the American Society of Quality’s Annual Conference, ASQ Round Tables and the Institute for International Research. Bonnie has worked closely with companies such as Applica Products Corp., The HON Company and Pella Corporation, where she has a proven track record of results. She was responsible for implementing both lean manufacturing and Six Sigma at GE Aircraft Engines and, as Director of Total Quality Management, at York International. Her last role was as a plant manager implementing lean and Six Sigma methodologies at York.

TBM Consulting Group, Inc. has been instrumental in bringing lean business principles to the United States, Europe and South America over the past decade. From its Connecticut beginnings, TBM has branched out to include offices in Brazil, England, France, Mexico and Switzerland, while growing at a rate of about 30 percent annually. Profiled in several publications, TBM has been credited with turning around dozens of companies worldwide from the manufacturing and service sectors.

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LeanSigma is the fusion of best practice methodologies -- lean business culture that embraces Kaizen Breakthrough events and Six Sigma measurement and quality tools. Joining the fast-paced Kaizen transformation with the process analysis of Six Sigma, TBM’s LeanSigma represents the next generation of productivity improvement methodologies: rapidly deployed, sustainable change.