Ron Crabtree
Mr. Ron Crabtree, CPIM, CIRM, is president of MetaOps, Inc., - a consulting firm that specializes in strategic business transformation – aligning "Inside Realities" with "Outside Perceptions." He is an internationally recognized expert and author in cutting-edge business process improvement methodologies. He serves as adjunct faculty for Villanova University developing and teaching Lean Six Sigma for the University Alliance Online professional education program. Mr. Crabtree writes the "Lean Culture" Department in APICS Magazine for APICS, The Association for Operations Management – the global leader and premier source of the body of knowledge in operations management.
Mr. Crabtree serves as adjunct faculty for Villanova (Operational excellence on-line professional certification program) in cooperation with the University Alliance developing courses and teaching Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, and Business Analysis.
He holds a BA in Management and Organizational Development, and is certified through APICS, the Educational Society for Resource Management, in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM). Currently, Crabtree serves as a Director-at-Large for the Greater Detroit Chapter of APICS and is also a member of the Greater Detroit Section 1000 ASQ Chapter. Mr. Crabtree is currently co-authoring a textbook on Lean Six Sigma for Villanova University and is considered a leading Master Six Sigma Black Belt by his peers.
In addition to contributing to many other publications, Crabtree is active in consulting and conducting seminars and training across the country, for businesses and professional organizations of all kinds. Crabtree has spoken to diverse audiences, such as software user groups, APICS, The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), The Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility in Land Sea Air (SAE), PMA (Precision Metal Forming Association), the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), SAVE, and CPA Societies, ASQ, PIA/GATF, AME (Society for Manufacturing Excellence), the DBM Association, CPA Societies, and others too numerous to mention here. For a past and current calendar of events on the web, go to http://www.metaops.com – news/education.
Drawing on a lifetime of experience in implementing operational excellence methodologies, Crabtree has worked as both an insider and as a consultant in many different international industries – from automotive assembly plants to A&D suppliers, process, printing, injection molding, complex manufacturing/job shop, finance, service, remanufacturing, distribution, and retail operations.
He has held many different manufacturing industry and consulting positions, including: Director in the world's largest Lean consulting and training practice, Materials and Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Operations Management, General Plant Management, and Oracle Practice Leader for a top-ten accounting and management consulting firm.
Contact Information:
Ron Crabtree, CPIM, CIRM
President MetaOps, Inc.
30425 Munger Street
Livonia, MI 48154
Cell: 248-568-6484
Office: 734-425-1455
Email: rcrabtree@MetaOps.com
Website:www.MetaOps.com