Dr. Tony LaTurner
CEO, Pacific Rim Business Review, LLC      

Tony LaTurner is a pioneer in Six Sigma, having been on the cutting edge of the development of this discipline and teaching hundreds through the years as he helped develop additional disciplines to enhance the basic Six Sigma.

Schooling:
Bachelor of Science: Brigham Young University, 1968 (academic scholarship)
Graduate Schools:
University of Northern Colorado, 1971–73
University of Wyoming, 1972
Chapman University, 1973–75
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1975–77
Master of Business Administration: California Coast University
Doctor of Business Administration: California Coast University

Carolyn LaTurner
VP Pacific Rim Business Review, LLC.

Business owner, manager and artistic instructor for more than 25 years, Carolyn LaTurner has hands-on experience, teaching a wide variety of artists and professionals what they must do to continuously improve their performance.

As Vice President and Associate Instructor of 5S for Pacific Rim Business Review, she draws upon her teaching and practical experience. She started and ran her own personal enhancement business, demonstrating acumen and results in marketing, entrepreneurship, inventory control methodology and ethics management.Her hands-on ability to communicate with people has helped her instruct musician for more than 25 years in how to dramatically improve their performance skills. Many have gone on to achieve success in competitions and performance.

She gained a strong base of academic knowledge from attending Weber State College, Utah Valley State College and Brigham Young University.

Peter N. Barnett
Instructor

Education:
   MBA, Masters of Business Administration, Seattle University, Seattle WA, 1994BS,
   Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1991
   Certified Team Facilitator Trainer, Development Dimensions International, 1998
   Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Six Sigma Academy, 1996
   Certified Manufacturing Technologist, SME #2001035, 1991
   Competent Toastmaster, Toastmasters, 1990 
Industry Experience:
   President and General Manager, The Ensign-Bickford Companys, Spanish Fork, UT,
   Cleburne, TXVice Chairman of Board of Directors,
   Union Explosives-Ensign-Bickford, Madrid Spain
   Examiner for the "Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing" 2001 - 2006
Shingo Prize Coordinator, The Ensign Bickford Company, Simsbury CT

Member of Board of Governors, Institute of Makers of Explosives, Washington, DC
Continuous Improvement Manager, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense, Simsbury, CT
Team Leader, AlliedSignal Aerospace, Cheshire, CT
Six Sigma Black Belt, AlliedSignal AeroSpace, Redmond, WA& Cheshire CT
Senior Manufacturing Engineer, AlliedSignal Aerospace, Redmond, WA
Lead Standards Engineer, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Renton, WA
Process Advisor, Boeing Engineering Division, Renton, WA   
Tooling Engineer, Boeing 747/767,  Everett, WA  

Selected Accomplishments:
Led successful challenge for the "Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing."
Led/Facilitated over 50 Kaizen events
Kanban Champion for EBCo North American operations
Consolidated Gyroscope manufacturing in Lean Clean Room Environment, Provo, UT
Winning World Standards Day Paper "Standard Parts Management," Published in ANSI Reporter, Nov.   1993 and Standards Engineering, Nov./Dec, 1993

Dan R. Manning
Instructor

Schooling:
BS, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Brigham Young University,
     Provo, Ut    Graduation Date: April 1987
 Lean Certification, University of Alabama, Huntsville
Jonah Certification, TOC Institute
 Master’s degree in Manufacturing Management, course work completed

Experience:
 Field Engineer, Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of Utah, Orem, Utah,    August 2000­Present
F-22 Aft Fuselage Assembly Manager, Boeing Space and Defense, Seattle,    Washington,    February 1996­August 2000
Engineering Manager, The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, Everett,    Washington
Manufacturing Eng. Instructor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,    September 1993­July 1994
 Process Engineering Manager, Boeing Fabrication Division, Auburn,   Washington, April 1987­September 1993

Selected Achievements: Led 8 companies in setup reduction implementation.
 Led 12 companies in 5S implementation.
Conducted over 25 Kaizan events with a variety of companies.
F-22 Assembly Integrated Product Team (IPT) Manager; incorporated Lean concepts to reduce
   lead time from one year to approximately 30 days within a 10-unit span. DOD secret clearance.
777 Producibility Manager; managed 26 employees responsible for insuring manufacturability,
   design for manufacturing, assembly, and cost of all drawings released to production in the initial
   production of a new airplane program.
Loaned Executive from Boeing to Brigham Young University. Developed and instructed classes
   in tool design, material science, NC Programming, welding and casting.