Dr Sureshchandar G S is an educator, researcher, author, and consultant in diverse areas of quality management/operational excellence. He is currently the Director of Operational Excellence Academy Private Ltd. He was formerly a Director – Learning Offerings with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) South Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Management from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai.
He is a recipient of the internationally acclaimed lifetime fellowship from the distinguished Alexander von Humboldt (AVH) Foundation, Germany. The post-doctoral Humboldt fellowship is one of the world’s most celebrated fellowships in the realms of research. He has been accorded the status of a Fellow of the esteemed American Society for Quality (ASQ) for his exceptional contribution and leadership to the discipline of quality, in the realms of research and practice, as a renowned educator, researcher, author, and consultant.
He has great flair for writing which is exemplified by the several research publications that he has in reputed, refereed International Journals and International Conferences. Most of his papers are extensively cited by other researchers and authors. Currently, the overall citations for his papers are more than 5200. He has served as a Visiting Professor at premier institutes such as IIT Madras, IIM Trichy, and IIT Kharagpur.
He serves in the peer review committee of Quality Press that publishes ASQ books. He also serves as an Editorial Review Board Member and Reviewer for many International Journals. He also serves as an ASQ Master Black Belt Examiner having been invited by the ASQ Certification Council for scoring the ASQ MBB Certification Exam. He holds ASQ certifications such as Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Manager for Quality, and Certified Quality Auditor.
He has served as an Author as part of the ASQ Influential Voices Program. The ASQ Influential Voices are a select group of quality experts and online influencers, across the world, who raise the global voice of quality through their blogs on various key quality management topics.
To encapsulate, he has a rich and extensive blend of research/academic expertise as well as industry experience, spanning over two decades, in the areas of Lean, Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Data Analysis for Management, Business Statistics, Statistical Methods for Problem Solving; Process Improvement, and TQM across multiple industries.