Paul and Jon from Fastcap talk about the ‘Great Equalizers’ (snow, time, voting), history, and the importance of voting.
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Paul Akers and Jon Lussier from FastCap get fired up this week talking with callers about a fee-supported expansion of fire inspections imposed on FastCap and other Bellingham businesses. Hosts Paul Akers and Jon Lussier from FastCap talk with Harry Kenworthy from QPIC, LLC (www.leangovcenter.com) on implementing lean in government. QPIC, LLC has been working many years with State and Municipal Governments to focus on projects that reduce wastes and save money to close budget gaps. From Harry’s web site: Harry Kenworthy is Principal & Manager of the Quality and Productivity Improvement Center (QPIC, LLC), a consulting organization he founded in 1984. He has been focused full time on QPIC since 2004. He had the honor of working with Dr. W. Edwards Deming in 1983-85 on a series of seminars throughout the US. He has spoken at over 80 conferences on Quality, Productivity, LEAN, and Six Sigma and has been published in Quality Progress and Purchasing magazines. Harry has been interviewed and quoted by various media. Harry also had relationships with Dr. Joseph Juran and Dorian Shainin. He was one of the first practitioners to apply LEAN in Government in the mid-90’s. He was also a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner from 1989-1991, a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Quality Engineer. He worked at a NYSE listed, global manufacturer, for 26 years in a variety of capacities: Operations Manager, Division Manager, Group VP and, for his last 3 years, as Corporate VP, Manufacturing. He was the Executive Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Champion: leading the LSS effort and developing the LSS training program, which incorporated the best of traditional Six Sigma (DMAIC), LEAN, and a series of Specialized Problem Solving Techniques. He provided LSS training in the US, Europe, Japan and China. For 9 years, he was on the Board of Directors of a Japanese Joint Venture based in Nagoya, Japan. The JV was a key supplier to Toyota and Harry was able to learn about LEAN through Toyota. He also had a long term relationship with JUSE (Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers) which administered the Deming Prize in Japan and had the honor of visiting several Deming Prize winning companies. Harry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Finance from Syracuse University. He’s listed in Who’s Who in America.
• How can we best organize the resources of a community to fight poverty? Once Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, Ken transformed the department into one of the few government agencies nationwide to be honored as a State Quality Award winner. The Department also reduced tax refund issuance time by 80 percent (the fastest in the nation)and cut wait times in motor vehicle offices by half. Ken was later named Director of Performance Improvement for Missouri State Government, where he led award-winning performance measurement initiatives and a series of transformation projects saving more than $200 million overall. Paul Akers and Jon Lussier from FastCap say “take action this day,” and talk about some of the lean improvements that people have made in their lives. Hosts Paul Akers and Jon Lussier talk with Richard Abercrombie, owner of Lean Promotion, an independent network of Lean Manufacturing professionals experienced in Toyota Production System implementation.
Hosts Paul Akers and Jon Lussier from FastCap talk again with Suzzane Pak and discuss what it means to be an American on this anniversary of 9/11. – Suzanne Pak is the Executive Director of Song of Truth Foundation, an interactive online organization for grassroots leaders. Song of Truth provides online education in technology, policy, and electoral process, as well interactive candidate town halls. Suzanne graduated from MIT with B.S. in Economics and has 13 years of global management experience in technology, marketing, and education. While working for companies like Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase, Suzanne has deployed marketing technology training programs and customer relationship management initiatives in over 15 countries and 30 states. Suzanne is a naturalized American citizen and is proud of her father, who served in Vietnam alongside American soldiers after graduating from the South Korean military academy. Suzanne also is a strong advocate for small business and free enterprise, and thanks her mother for having run a small donut shop in Texas to food on the table.
– Suzanne Pak is the Executive Director of Song of Truth Foundation, an interactive online organization for grassroots leaders. Song of Truth provides online education in technology, policy, and electoral process, as well interactive candidate town halls. Suzanne graduated from MIT with B.S. in Economics and has 13 years of global management experience in technology, marketing, and education. While working for companies like Microsoft and JP Morgan Chase, Suzanne has deployed marketing technology training programs and customer relationship management initiatives in over 15 countries and 30 states. Suzanne is a naturalized American citizen and is proud of her father, who served in Vietnam alongside American soldiers after graduating from the South Korean military academy. Suzanne also is a strong advocate for small business and free enterprise, and thanks her mother for having run a small donut shop in Texas to food on the table. Using Lean Principles to organize your garden tools. |
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Monty Montoya pursues the world-wide eradication of cornea blindness with a passion. In the world of cornea transplantation and eye banking, he is considered a true social humanitarian who doesn’t shy away from risk in the pursuit of excellence and innovation. His ambition is focused, simple, and singular: eliminate cornea blindness at a global level. 
Hosts Paul Akers and Jon Lussier from FastCap talk this week about becoming an activist with Suzanne Pak, founder of 