Lean Expert Witnesses
Lean expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on lean. The lean expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Manufacturing, Risk Management, and Statistics.
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Christopher Kluse, PhD
Specialist in Mfg. Quality & Quality Systems
Sylvania, Ohio
Manufacturing
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Quality, QA, Automotive, Manufacturing, TQM, FMEA, PPAP, Lean, QC, Audting, Certification, QMS, IATF, ISO9000, APQP, CAPA, Compliance, SPC, Six Sigma, RCA
Christopher Kluse is an Associate Professor of Quality Systems & Engineering Technology and the Assistant Director for the School of Engineering at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Prior to his full time appointment in Academia in 2015, Kluse was a lecturer of Quality Management at Eastern Michigan University, adjunct instructor at SNU where Kluse taught graduate courses in Quantitative Studies and Operations Management. Furthermore, Kluse and was employed, full time for 25 years, in the automotive industry holding various quality management related positions. Kluse holds a PhD in Technology Management, with a concentration in Quality Systems, a MS in Industrial Technology with with a concentration in Quality Systems, and is an ASQ Certified Manger of Quality & Organizational Excellence.
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Bryan L Dodson
Quality & Reliability Engineering Expert
THE WOODLANDS, Texas
Risk Management, Statistics
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Reliability, Quality, Automotive, Chemicals, Lean, Manufacturing, Warranty, Aluminum, Systems Engineering, Failure Analysis, Inventory, Product Development, Data Analysis, Design Verification, FRACAS, FMEA, Product Design, Database, Six Sigma, Optimization
Employment
SKF - Senior Director Quality Systems and Transformation
Collins & Aikman - Senior Director Corporate Quality & Continuous Improvement
Visteon - Associate Director Quality & Reliability Engineering and Senior Technical Fellow
Continental Teves - Manager Reliability Engineering & Quality Information Systems
Alcoa - Reliability Leader & Technical Quality Consultant
Morton Thiokol – Industrial Engineer
Licenses & Certifications
Professional Engineer – Michigan
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Design for Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Awards
Distinguished Alumni Louisiana Tech University
Society of Automotive Engineers Forest R. McFarland Award for Technical Leadership
Fellow – American Society for Quality
Fellow – Society of Automotive Engineers
Publications
Developer of NASA’s standard reliability life data software
Dodson, Bryan, Pat. Hammett and Rene, Klerx, Probabilistic Design for Optimization and Robustness for Engineers, John Wiley & Sons,...