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Alumni in Action: Jenna McHugh, Human Resources Executive

“I would recommend Breakthrough Performance Group’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training for anyone in any industry.” That was Jenna McHugh’s reply to the question “Would you recommend BPG Black Belt training to other Human Resource professionals?” Jenna, Vice President, Human [...]

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Alumni in Action: Cynthia Iwasaki, ITC Manufacturing

Cynthia Iwasaki’s voice beams with excitement as she talks about applying Lean Six Sigma at ITC Manufacturing, a steel decking manufacturer in Columbus, Ohio, where she is leading quality improvements, including a focus on reducing scrap tonnage (a metric for efficiency). To reduce scrap, [...]

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A Millennial’s View on Career Agility

David Yung (pictured with Tasos Georgopoulos, Director, and Instructor at BPG, in the top two photos in the collage), is an engineer with 10 years background in the food industry. He enrolled in the BPG Black Belt and PMP Exam Prep courses as the next step in his career progression.  He [...]

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Alumni in Action: Dean McKay

As a General Manager for a large retail store, Dean McKay most loved developing leaders, building teams, and facilitating cultural change. When he accepted a buyout from his employer of 30 years, Dean knew he wanted to leave retail and work in Human Relations. Changing Industries and Job Titles [...]

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Employee to Contractor, Karen Forristal

Karen Forristal is an IT professional with over 20 years of business and leadership experience as well as an MBA from Xavier University. After Karen’s Vice President position was eliminated in a corporate downsizing, she earned her Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB) from BPG and her [...]

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Lean Six Sigma Belt Levels Explained

We get a lot of questions about the levels of Six Sigma so we’re going to take this space to explain the system. Master Black Belts are Mentors, Coaches, or Trainers. They have earned their Black Belt, facilitated several projects and “mastered” Lean Six Sigma. They can teach [...]

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A Sneak Preview of the PMP Exam Prep Course

One of our students offered to blog about our PMP Exam Prep class in Cincinnati. We thought that sounded like an excellent idea! Her summary of the course is below. The week before the class: Someone told me a couple years ago that I was a “Project Manager.” I didn’t realize this, [...]

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Alumni in Action: Audrey Pettingill, Contract Project Manager

When Audrey was considering her options after her position at a publishing company was eliminated in 2013, she knew she would need to find work in a new industry. While Audrey had extensive experience in project, process, and vendor management, she decided to take the BPG Six Sigma and PMP prep [...]

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Success Story: Quality Assurance Specialist

Cynthia Iwasaki’s voice beams with excitement as she talks about applying Lean Six Sigma at ITC Manufacturing, a steel decking manufacturer in Columbus, Ohio, where she is leading quality improvements, including a focus on reducing scrap tonnage (a metric for efficiency). To reduce scrap, [...]

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Improve Efficiency with One Piece Flow

BPG Lean training includes an activity to illustrate the benefits of utilizing “One Piece Flow” and “Work Balance.” We use a robot assembly company as our simulated business and have each student participate as a specific role, including members of the assembly line and supervisors. The project [...]

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