MBA, Vanderbilt University
BS Industrial Systems, University of South Florida

Gary is known to friends and colleagues as “the Godfather of Six Sigma”, having drafted the first roadmap of tools at Motorola and being one of the four people who launched the Six Sigma revolution in the business world beginning at AlliedSignal in 1994 where he was personally responsible for leading the deployment in the $6 billion automotive sector. He is the only one of the original four who is still actively engaged in serving clients, transferring his vast knowledge to anyone who is willing to learn and providing executive coaching to GPS clients.

Gary has more than 30 years of experience achieving business performance improvement, successfully employing and adapting his knowledge of Business and Quality Systems, Strategy Deployment, Lean Methods and Six Sigma Tools. In addition to working with a broad range of Fortune 100 companies, originally as one of the founders of Six Sigma International and now, GPS, Gary has a rich business heritage, having held executive and senior management positions with Zenith Data Systems, Compaq and NCR.

In co-founding Global Productivity Solutions in 2000, Gary was determined to become the best implementers of productivity improvement to achieve breakthrough performance and sustainable results.  The GPS team has delivered significant returns to customers in the private sector like Sequa Corporation, R. L. Polk and Company, Procter & Gamble, Life Technologies, Kraft Foods, ADA Carbon Solution, Abbott Nutrition, and Mars Petcare, to name a few. GPS owns the trademark on the commercial phrase Operational Excellence®.

Gary resides in Metro Detroit with his wife and two teenage daughters. He enjoys spending time with his family, especially when diving in warm saltwater.