MEMBERSHIP
Member Profile: Rod Munro
Rod Munro joined the Greater Detroit Section council in the summer of 1984 as Assistant Education Chair for CQE. Since then, he has served continually in some capacity and is now the Greater Detroit Section Historian and Examining Committee Chair. He also is a Regional Deputy Director for Region 10 as well as assisting with one other section council.
Personal Purpose: To provide coaching and training services to individuals and organizations that search for continual improvement opportunities for their business, employees, suppliers and customers through the application of Profound Knowledge and lessons learned.
Best Known For:
- Expertise in the Quality Profession - public presentations, auditing, articles, teaching, coaching and books
- Committed to Excellence
- Creative and Innovative Thinking
- Energetic and Enthusiastic
- Unswerving support of my own learning and that of others
Major Accomplishments:
- Certified Stat-A-Matrix Master Black Belt for Six Sigma Methodologies.
- Author of ASQ Pocket Guide Series: Six Sigma for the Shop Floor and Six Sigma for the Office.
- Served four years on the ASQ Board of Directors – an 117,000+ member international organization.
- International speaker with over 140 public presentations on Business, Quality and Learning.
- Project Manager for improvement projects in excess of $100M.Managed a $10M annual quality training organization for over three years.
- Leader in the development and delivery of Ford Motor Company’s Six Sigma program in North America.
- Managed the design and delivery Ford’s Technical Education Program (FTEP) for engineers and managers.QS-9000 Task Force (APQP) - Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan Team Chair.
- Active in Ford’s “Quality Operating System” and Supplier Quality Improvement Guidelines.
Employment History:
RAM Q UNIVERSE, INC. – President (active management consultant 1986 to present)
- Many managerial positions in volunteer activities for professional organizations for over 20 years
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Education, Training & Development; designer, Training Program Director, Business Solutions Partner
- NAAO Purchasing, Supplier Quality Improvement, Quality Associate – Lead Trainer
- Vehicle Operations, Supplier Quality Improvement, Senior Quality Engineer
JOHNSON CONTROLS, PLASTIC CONTAINER DIVISION, Divisional Quality Engineer
ASC, INCORPORATED, Quality Services Coordinator.
FABRICON AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, Purchasing / Buyer
Lincoln Park High School, Permanent and Substitute Teacher. Hourly worker for two different manufacturing operations
United States Marine Corps - Reserves: Combat Engineer, Served to E-5 Sergeant
Various service industry positions while in high school and undergrad
Formal Education:
- Ph.D. – Wayne Statue University & Cambridge State University - Curriculum and Instruction
- Ed.S. - Wayne State University - Instructional (Educational) Technology
- M.S. - Eastern Michigan University - Manufacturing (Industrial) Technology – Quality Management
- B.A. - Adrian College - Business Administration, Economics and Earth Science
Certifications and Specialized Training: ASQ Fellow & QSA Fellow
- ASQ - Certified Quality Manager
- Ford Lean Manufacturing / Quality Operating System
- ASQ - Certified Quality Engineer
- Quality Circle Facilitator
- ASQ - Certified Quality Auditor
- ISO 9000 Series - Lead Auditor Training
- Stat-A-Matrix Six Sigma Master Black Belt
- 14000 Lead Auditor Training
- ABET Program Evaluator and Trainer
- Ford's Global Eight Disciplines (G8D)
- Michigan Quality Leadership - Senior Examiner
- Ford Technical Education Program (FTEP)
