Tina Agustiady is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Continuous Improvement Leader. She consistently improves cost, quality, and delivery by applying Lean and Six Sigma tools to achieve improvements through a simplification process. She is an experienced leader who has facilitated many kaizen, 5s, and root cause analysis events throughout her career in the healthcare, food, and chemical industries. She is a past President of the Lean Division and Technical Vice President of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Beth Cudney, Ph.D. is President of Cudney Consulting Group, LLC and a Professor of Business Data Analytics at Maryville University of Saint Louis. Dr. Cudney is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. She is a recipient of the ASQ Crosby Medal, IAQ Walter E. Masing Book Prize, ASEE EMD Bernard R. Sarchet Award, IAQ Yoshio Kondo Academic Research Prize, ASQ A.V. Feigenbaum Medal, and SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineering Award. She is an ASQ Fellow, IISE Fellow, ASEM Fellow, and Academician in the International Academy for Quality. She has published 11 books and over 200 peer reviewed publications. She holds eight ASQ certifications, which include ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence, and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, amongst others.
