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ALUMNI MEETING NOTES March 29, 2019

MARCH 29, 2019 ALUMNI MEETING NOTES The discussion topic for Breakthrough Performance Group’s Alumni Luncheon in Cincinnati on March 29 was ageism.  Over 25 alumni came to share their experiences and to hear guest speaker Dana Glasgo [...]

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Lean Six Sigma Key Concepts Applied to Supply Chain Processes

BPG Regional Director J.B. Wilcox often shares this story with his Black Belt classes to illustrate key Six Sigma concepts including: project value proposition, Pareto analysis, and value stream mapping. J.B. Wilcox and his team were working [...]

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J.B. Wilcox

J.B. Wilcox is a February 2018 graduate of Breakthrough Performance Group’s Black Belt class. An Aerospace Engineer, J.B. began his career in the Marine Corps as a jet fighter pilot after graduating from the United States Naval Academy, then, as [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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