Linkedin Recommendations

Former clients, peers and colleagues have posted their recommendations for me on the social networking site Linkedin.

Lean Breakthroughs

J. Randie Armatas, Manufacturing Manager/Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Evanite Fiber Corporation.

"I learned more in two days of Green Belt training from Daniel than I did in three weeks of traditional Black Belt training.

"I can tell you his techniques are fun, fast, and effective. Key Black Belt skills that usually take days to grasp are easily understood and applied within the first four hours of this course. Why wait when you can learn Six Sigma and use the tools immediately to create breakthrough improvements? I highly recommend him and his organization."

Proven Manufacturing Results

Robert Fesler, Quality Assurance Director for Freudenberg Nonwovens Tuft Division, Durham, North Carolina testifies to Sloan's consulting skills in the manufacturing arena,

"Mr. Sloan is superb in his style, knowledge, and results. I highly recommend him."

"Daniel takes two difficult subjects, statistics and Design of Experiments (DOE) and makes them easy to understand. He showed us how they can be taught and used simultaneously for retrospective, concurrent, and prospective analysis."

"I have personally gained valuable new insights. Dan uses real life examples from our factory to show how these tools improve productivity and reduce costs. His teaching methods are dynamic and nurturing."

Bravos from Brazil

Eduardo Guaragna, Quality Manager for Copesul, Brazil's National Quality Award winner for 1997, was one of the 1,253 delighted participants at Sloan's 1999, Porto Alegre speech, 3D Six Sigma and Beyond,

"How to understand Six Sigma? Mr. Sloan provides a friendly explanation. By using the Design of Experiments (DOE) leaders can quickly identify the focus and priorities for improvement. By choosing key measurements and by using enjoyable games, he demonstrates the results."

World Class Comments

Dr. Richard Schonberger, author of World Class Manufacturing, a book published in eight languages with more 100,000 copies sold and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington wrote,

"Daniel is an inspiring communicator in person -and he conveys the same thing in his books. Professionals who have lost their enthusiasm for quality management will have it rejuvenated."

Expert Endorsement

Dr. George E.P. Box, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, endorsed Sloan's Using Designed Experiments to Shrink Health Care Costs with the comment,

"Many have thought that statistical experimentation was applicable only to scientific research and engineering. Daniel Sloan has proved them wrong in this remarkably lucid book which shows how the use of simple experimental designs can catalyze the improvement of health care."

Millions of Dollars in Savings

James D. Hart, Retired President and CEO of Northwest Hospital in Seattle, Washington summarized Sloan's contributions to their improvement efforts in the early 1990s,

"If you can't measure quality you haven't adopted a total quality management model. This is where Daniel Sloan's teaching materials have become essential to us. He helped us get our hands around the importance of measurement in continuous improvement."

Six Sigma Healthcare Leadership

David Crane, President and CEO of MedCath, Inc. (MDTH), testified to Daniel's integrity, work ethic, vision, and his ability to produce Six Sigma results.

"We needed a leader who could produce million dollar results. We needed a mastery level six sigma educator. We needed an enthusiastic individual who could sell six sigma principles throughout our company."

"As a Senior Vice President, Dan provided leadership in accomplishing our initial six sigma objectives. Statistically significant quality of care improvements dramatically lowered lengths of stay. We reduced formulary costs. And we improved revenues in targeted areas. I would be pleased to speak with anyone about his superior performance."

Six Sigma Mexico City

Pablo Casar Palacios, Quality and Efficiency Vice President for Urrea Professional Tools, enthusiastically endorsed Sloan's Six Sigma presentation in Mexico City

"Daniel is doing a great job of educating professionals about Six Sigma quality. His ingenious, easy-to-understand manner is very effective."

"His work should be replicated to help companies increase their profits!"

Uruguay Chemistry

Enrique Bozzo, Chemical Engineer and Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mining of Uruguay, and a Fulbright post-graduate student (1986-87) comments on Sloan's Montevideo seminars and 1998 text The New Management Equation,

"After years in quality control, Daniel's seminar provided me with an entirely new, simpler way of looking at quality and cost problems. I frequently refer to his book."

"A few days after Sloan's seminar, when my colleagues and I had begun reading his book, phones began to ring and e-mails travel. We were consulting with each other and exchanging ideas on issues we had been working with for the last twenty years, but from a totally different point of view. The ones who didn't attend are still lamenting it!"

"Not only for engineers, but for any professional, Sloan's seminar and book are prime cost cutting instruments. I truly recommend them."

Adriana Anon Fondo, Chemical Engineer in charge of production for La Manchea Spice and Seasoning, Montevideo, comments,

“During the seminar I came to understand there is a more efficient way to think and to solve the problems one encounters at work. We are studying The New Management Equation and adopting this approach.”

Accolades from Down Under

Christopher F. Brendon, Chief Executive Officer of International Quality Management Ptyt. Lt., in Melbourne, Australia, a delighted client made the following observation on Sloan's Success Stories in Lowering Health Care Costs by Improving Health Care Quality,

"What makes this book so valuable and compelling is its novel approach in blending the theory of knowledge with applications of knowledge... My verdict in plain simple English, the book is absolutely brilliant!"

Academic Acclaim

H. Thomas Johnson, Professor of Quality Management at Portland State University and co-author of the award wining business book Relevance Lost, The Rise and Fall of Cost Accounting, praised Sloan's early work by saying,

"Exciting and highly readable. His books display Sloan's talents as an extremely effective teacher, a perceptive student of theory, and a wise councilor to leaders of organizations where his ideas have been validated in the heat of real life practice."