When

Monday, June 14, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM CDT
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Via Zoom 
 

 
 

Contact

Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence 
Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence 
608-663-5300 
menzer@wisquality.org 

Why Baldrige? A focus on business and manufacturing

 

The Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence  is pleased to host a complimentary online webinar discussion on Monday June 14th: “Why Baldrige”  The discussion wil highlight the benefits of using the Baldrige Framework, and applying to the Wisconsin Forward Award program.  It will be facilitated by Steve Hoisington, a retired vice president of quality and safety at Flowserve, Inc., in Irving, Texas,a worldwide organization that provides engineering, project management, products, and service expertise for the challenges of fluid motion control.

More about Steve:
A recognized senior level executive for many years, he was the president of Electro-Motive Diesels  Locomotive Company (EMDLC) in Pretoria, South Africa, vice president of India operations at Caterpillar and EMD Locomotive Technologies Pty. Ltd. in Delhi, India, vice president of quality and reliability at Electro-Motive Diesels, Inc. in LaGrange, Illinois, senior vice president of operations for Exel, Inc.. in Bracknell, United Kingdom, and vice president of quality for Johnson Controls, Inc. in Milwaukee, WI prior to joining Flowserve in 2012. Entering the field in 1979, Mr. Hoisington was hired by IBM as an engineer and progressed his career up to director of quality and customer satisfaction over the next 20 years.  He was instrumental in writing IBMs application for the Baldrige National Quality Award and has helped other companies from a variety of sectors write their Baldrige winning applications.

 
Currently serving on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Foundation Board of Directors since 2015, Mr. Hoisington is also the past chairman of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Forward Award and a past board member of the Minnesota Council for Quality.  He chaired the Juran Medal committee for the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as well as served on the ASQ Medal committee.  He served as an examiner and senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for the National Institute of Science and Technology from 1993 to 2011.  Mr. Hoisington is also a former appointed Judge of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.  He has assisted with organizational improvement assessments in New Zealand, India, Europe, Mexico, Canada, and other parts of Asia.

 Mr. Hoisington co-authored two books “Customer Centered Six Sigma: Linking Customers, Process Improvement, and Financial Results” and “Implementing Strategic Change: Tools to Transform an Organization”.  

 

About Wisconsin Forward Award and the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence

Wisconsin Forward Award is Wisconsin's premier performance excellence recognition program. Modeled after the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, WFA uses the Baldrige Framework as the basis for assessment, recognition, and feedback reports. The Framework represent the benchmarks for management excellence across the country and around the world. WFA offers entry-level, intermediate and advance application pathways.  The WFA Program is administratered by the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence. Contact us to learn more.