Michael Bremer has held many positions including director of the information systems for Beatrice Foods, Chief Financial Officer and Board member for the Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME), and President of the Cumberland Group in Chicago for 28 years (global consulting company). Served as adjunct faculty for the University of Chicago's Graham School for 15 years and also served as a senior mentor at a new business start-up incubator focused on manufacturing (mHub Chicago).

Awards:

• 2016 Shingo Prize Research Award for How to Do a Gemba Walk.
• 2019 recipient of the Mac McCulloch Lifetime Achievement Award from AME.

Author of four books:

• Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook
• Six Sigma Financial Tracking & Reporting
• Escape the Improvement Trap
• How to Do a Gemba Walk

Current activities:

• Serve as a volunteer V.P. for the Association of Manufacturing Excellence Award -- activities included managing a network of 50+ volunteer assessors and leading a site visit team to Malaysia in 2022.
• Moderate Global Issues discussion group for Dominican University's OLLI program..

Feel free to connect on LinkedIn, Twitter @michaelbremer, or michael@michaelbremer.net