Dr. Babatunde J. Ayeni is currently the Division Statistician and Advanced Quality Specialist in the Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division of 3M Company. Dr. Ayeni received his BS (1980) and MS (1981) in petroleum engineering and his Ph.D. (1984) in statistics, all from the University of Louisiana. He was previously professor and chairman in the Department of Technology at Southern University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He possesses a high degree of expertise in industrial statistics and petroleum engineering with significant application experience in major 3M businesses in such areas as quality, R&D, oil and gas, Six sigma, supply chain, manufacturing and laboratory. He is a recognized expert in the field of statistics both within and outside 3M. He has excellent customer focus and has been providing leadership on statistical methods since 1988. He has provided project and consulting supports to most 3M business units in United States, Europe, Asia, and South America with major contributions to the polyester film plant in Caserta, Italy, and the development of a feedback controller design that controlled a printing plate process in Sulmona, Italy. He also has a strong research capability as evidenced by his more than 50 technical publications and two books published in 1993 and 2011. Dr. Ayeni also developed models for oil & gas productions. At 3M Oil & Gas, he developed models for gas condensate reservoirs for oil and gas wells in USA, UK, China, Thailand, Mexico, Indonesia, New Zealand as well as developing models for many fractured treatments for wells in Columbia, South America. Dr. Ayeni has received several academic honors: Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor), Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor), Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor), and Pi Epsilon Tau (Petroleum Engineering Honor). He has served on the editorial advisory boards of the Institute of Industrial Engineers Journal as well as on Journal of Operations and Logistics. Dr. Ayeni is a senior member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Statistical Association. Dr. Ayeni was a recipient of Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarships leading to BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees. He has contributed substantially to quality and productivity improvements, cost savings, and product innovations at 3M laboratory, R&D, quality, oil and gas, supply chain, and manufacturing environments. He is a recipient of the 3M Specialty Materials Film Division Quality Achievement Award, 3M Kenneth D. Kotnour Award for Leadership in Statistical Thinking, the Minnesota Institute for Nigerian Development (MIND) professional achievement award, 3M Information Technology Division Pyramid of Excellence Award, and 3M Pollution Prevention Pays (3P) award. Dr. Ayeni also served as quality examiner on the Minnesota Quality Award Board of Examiners. He was profiled in "Tall Drums": Portraits of Nigerians Who are Changing America. Dr. Ayeni also served as an Industrial consultant to the United Nations TOKTEN program.
