Fred Herbert, CSSBB, CMQ/OE ASQ Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ Certified Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence Author of “Business Turnaround Blueprint” and “Business For Sale Blueprint” Recognized as an influential leader with unrelenting commitment to process improvement and value creation and an impressive track record in building and cultivating cohesive, quality-oriented, high-performance teams. Currently focused on helping business owner’s turnaround their struggling businesses with “Business Turnaround Blueprint” training program. Operations executive and turnaround specialist with 40+ years of experience transforming operations to obtain optimum quality, efficiency, and profitability. Expertise in partnering with the senior leadership team to drive Lean/Six Sigma initiatives that have consistently achieved improvements across engineering, quality, production, process development, and service delivery functions. Since early 2013 Fred has consulted for an ExxonMobil subsidiary, managing large IT projects. One project alone is expected the company $5 million annually. Projects include; Developing Document Management System on SharePoint platform, building a Data Management Center with Dark Fiber Ring, implementing a MPS (Managed Print Services) program, and implementing a MDM (Master Data Management) System for Well Header Data across six platforms. Fred has also performed business performance assessment, built project tracking system, and weekly metrics review system. Published author and sought-after consultant and speaker on topics that range from business turnaround to process documentation and workforce organization. Played an integral role in helping a local organization win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and served two years as a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner and two years as a Texas Award for Performance Excellence Examiner.
