Morgan Jones has more than 30 years of experience in Lean and 20 years in Six Sigma, a pragmatic and experienced improvement Leader, delivering over $2.1.Bn in hard savings to the organization, improving customer, staff experiences and improved Health and Safety. The legacy capabilities of Business Improvement have resulted in over 23 international awards and chairing of 27 international conferences around Business Improvement. Morgan is an international award-winning author and has written 5 books. He has led a business unit with overall P&L accountability of $167M and led an organization to be the first bank to a Shingo award. He is also a Chartered Engineer, Certified Master Black Belt, Lean Master, and Executive Coach. Morgan has leadership experience in Marine, manufacturing, government, military, mining, utilities, telecommunications, oil and gas, banking, and supply chain. Peter Barnett is an accomplished professional with more than 30 years of experience guiding teams in all aspects of business operations and change management. His experience includes a history of crafting and executing strategies that reduce costs, improve service, drive revenue growth, and increase profitability as well as leveraging his vast knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. His educational background includes a BS in Engineering with Master of Business Administration and Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification. Peter joined Discover Financial Services in 2017. Prior to Discover, he was at Liberty Mutual Insurance supporting their global Lean transformation efforts as a Lean Architect and the director of the Continuous Improvement and Methodology team. Peter is a lead examiner with the Shingo Institute. In addition to speaking at several conferences, He has led and participated in assessments of organizations ranging from healthcare to automotive to military to food processing in the US, China, Australia, Israel, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the UK. Prior to Liberty Mutual, Peter led the nationwide Lean transformation work at Ensign-Bickford Industries across four SBUs. He held several roles there including President & General Manager of the Ensign-Bickford Company where he held a full P&L responsibility for their nationwide commercial explosive business spanning Utah, Illinois, Texas, and Spain. The highlight of his time there was leading the successful challenge for the Shingo Prize.
