KERRY L. STONE

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Professional Profile

Nationally recognized expert in Quality and Process Improvement who has demonstrated the ability to lead and

teach professionals to improve any process, including manufacturing, service, measurement, and sales. Over 25

years of experience as a quality manager, consultant, and trainer; empowering and enabling people to succeed with

an enthusiastic and amicable personality well suited for interaction with corporate and customer personnel.

Core Competencies

MBA (Management/Statistics) & BS degree Quality System Design & Deployment

(Statistics)

Quality Assurance & Process Improvement Training Program Development & Delivery

Management

Project Management Supplier Quality

Lean/Six Sigma SAP & LIMS

Quality Engineering Customer Support/Service

Experience with most quality improvement Systems: ISO 9000, Root Cause Analysis, CAPA, FMEA,

GMP’s, SPC, Process Capability, Experimental Design, Gage R & R, Minitab, Microsoft Office, etc.

Recent client manufacturing experience: BASF, BASF Plant Science (BPS), DeRoyal Industries, DuPont,

Kao Brands, Kerr Group pharmaceutical packaging, Land O’Frost, Monsanto/NutraSweet, Paradigm

Genetics, Standard Functional Foods, and Unilever among others.

Career Highlights

11/1992- QUALITY CONSULTANT, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

present Manufacturing Process Improvement Specialist

Accomplishments

• Managed consulting and training services which produced over $100MM of client financial benefit.

• Led the design of quality improvement and supplier auditing systems at numerous companies and

taught corporate executives how to plan and deploy those systems.

• Led over 100 process improvement projects (including projects for FDA regulated processes) which

averaged over 8x ROI for clients.

• Delivered training for over 10,000 people in SPC/SQC, Experimental Design (DOE), Six Sigma,

Quality Engineering, and other statistical process and quality improvement concepts, producing over

$8MM in training revenue.

2/1984 –

QUALPRO, KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

10/1992

Consultant, Management and Process Improvement

Accomplishments

• Developed QualPro’s Statistical Process Improvement Techniques for the Chemical Industry seminar,

QualPro’s most successful seminar generating $50MM revenue with over 3000 courses delivered.

• Developed statistical and process improvement applications and training programs (for technical and

non-technical personnel) customized for different industries and business processes.

• Trained and led process improvement teams through numerous process improvement projects

producing client savings of over $15MM.

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• Led measurement development and improvement projects, including sampling protocol, test

equipment validation, R & R studies, lab QA protocol, electronic data storage, etc.

• Successfully expanded QualPro services to multiple sites for over 50 companies

11/1981 – Y-12 NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX, OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE

2/1984 (Managed by Union Carbide)

Supervisor, Metal Preparation Field Statistician Group (1983-1984)

• Oversaw field statistician activity that provided statistical control, process improvement, and other

statistical services for the Metal Prep Division at the Y-12 plant.

• Directed capability studies for weapon system components and production processes.

Field Statistician (1981-1982)

• Worked with weapons production and development personnel doing statistical quality control and

process improvement work. Applications included metal casting and forming, machining, physical

and chemical measurement systems, and maintenance.

EDUCATION:

Lean/Six Sigma

Quality Engineering

Studied directly under W. Edwards Deming

M.B.A., Business Administration, University of Tennessee.

Major: Management; Minor: Statistics. (Graduated with High Honors)

B.S., Business Administration, University of Tennessee.

Major: Statistics with a Management Science Option. (Graduated with Honors)

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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