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Personal Profile:
Male, married with two sons, living in Escondido,
CA. Raised in Quartz Hill California in the Mojave desert near
Lancaster where the Joshua tree
grows & the Space Shuttle lands. Spent 15 summers in Estes
Park Colorado & have lived in San Diego since 1980.
Professional Bio:
Kim Niles has a Master’s degree in Quality Science
from CSUDH ... Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt ... Adjunct instructor
... see more here
Specialty: Improving quality, costs, &
or productivity of complex, high volume, or problematic manufacturing systems.
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Kim Niles
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Professional Activities: |
170
DOE's performed; Estimate $6M
savings generated in ~31 personal
projects. 159
Talks given to ~2450
students / people. Adjunct instructor for UCSD
Ext. (trained 5 waves=
54 Black Belt's), BPS
(75 GB's), GQS, and SDSU (1wave;11students Jan. 2008). Roadmaps
Institute think tank rep. Dale Carnegie - Coach.
National ASQ medical device advisor. ASQ SD (703;Sr.)
officer, AEA past officer, &
CTM Toastmaster. Also active or
attend ASQ 708,
SAMPE (past Chair,Dir.; International Finance
& Web.), SDEC/SDES (past VP),
NEW, IIE,
APICS,
ASM, SDRAN, ASQ BioDiv., SMTA,
SCLN / AME.
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Publications: |
~3M article circulations via 34+
article publications,
17 cited & interview
publications, ~254
Unaccredited publications, & 1 book
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Education:
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Currently have 4 degrees &
4 certifications:
MSQA
2003, UCSD CSSMBB '06,
ASQ CQE'02,
CSBB'04, BSIT SDSU'84,
CET Mesa'94, ASGE'80, QHHS'78
Currently on
3 college advisory boards and in
1 think tank
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