JIM ATHON A highly rated instructor that has taught over 60 Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training courses and numerous Root Cause, Green Belt and DOE courses. Author of a full suite of proprietary LSS training materials and seminars, including Black Belt, Green Belt, Yellow Belt, Champion, Executive Overview, Root Cause Analysis, VSM, Advanced DOE, A3 Problem Solving Led organizational programs generating significant revenue gains for clients like Alberta Health, Chevron, Kraft Foods, Mitsubishi Chemical, UTZ Foods, Silgan Closures, Air Liquide, WL Gore and many others. Held positions as an Industrial Engineer, Project Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Design Engineer with 2 patents, Black Belt and Master Black Belt.

28 years of success in driving Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology, principles, and best practices across organizations to gain significant efficiencies and revenue gains. Track record of passionately disrupting tradition by training and mentoring leaders and contributors through processes that drive collaboration and synergies. Enthusiastic and flexible, Jim helps organizations realize Operational Excellence using stakeholder teamwork combined with data analytics, thoughtful strategies, and a commitment to culturally aligned, value-focused success. Jim uses his skills, experience and innate teaching skills to focus on training and coaching individuals to identify and improve processes in their own organization realizing significant project savings (recent class median $155k!) and supporting their career development, encouraging both personal and professional growth.