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Frederick A. Rich, PhD, has worked in industry, as Quality Engineer and Manager since 1984. He earned a PhD degree in Technology Management from Indiana State University in 2020, MSc in Technology Systems-Performance Improvement from East Carolina University in 2009 and BSc in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1984. He received his Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Graduate Certificate form East Carolina University in 2012, Lean Black Belt Certification from Caterpillar University in 2007 and Master Black Belt Certification from Caterpillar University in 2006.

A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Doctor of Engineering, is Professor in the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Management and Director of PhD in Technology Management Program at Indiana State University, USA. Prior to this, from 2000 to 2009 he was at University of Louisville, as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering. He received his doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lamar University in 1999, MSc in Materials Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in 1991 and BSc in Metallurgical Engineering from Tehran University in 1988. He has published over 65 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings.

M. Affan Badar, PhD, is Professor at Indiana State University. From 2016 to 2018, he was at University of Sharjah. He received a PhD Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 2002, MSc in Mechanical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1993 and MSc in Industrial Engineering in 1990 and BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering in 1988 from Aligarh Muslim University. Professor Badar has published more than 80 articles in refereed journals and proceedings in the areas of quality, reliability, lean manufacturing, health care, supply chain, coordinate metrology and energy system design.

Christopher J. Kluse, PhD, is Associate Professor of Quality Systems in the Department of Engineering Technologies at Bowling Green State University. Christopher earned his PhD in Technology Management with a specialization in Quality Systems from Eastern Michigan University in 2012. Christopher has over 25 years of industrial experience in quality systems with most of the time spent in the automotive sector as a quality and manufacturing professional. Additionally, Christopher is an American Society for Quality (ASQ)-Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence and has published multiple articles focusing on quality systems, lean manufacturing and competency-based education.