Track 18 -Delivering Results through Lean Sigma Methods in a Domestic Electronic Manufacturing Services Company

Achieving Lasting Results: Lessons for Organizations and Individuals
Ed Biernat, Consulting with Impact, Ltd.
and Jeremy Biernat, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist

Abstract : In this highly interactive presentation, Ed and Jeremy Biernat will outline how to achieve success in targeting and achieving results. Ed is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has over 25 years experience in implementing change in a wide variety of businesses. Jeremy is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach that has helped hundreds of individuals achieve lasting personal fitness results. Although the applications are different, the principles they follow are the same.

How to set targets that yield lasting results
The top five reasons people and companies can’t shed pounds
What to measure and how often to measure it
What to do when you plateau, and what to do when you are losing ground
How LEAN techniques can help you lose weight and how strength and conditioning tools can help your company become LEAN

Bios: Edward Biernat is the president of Consulting With Impact, Ltd., a locally-based continuous improvement consultancy, and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Ed has degrees in engineering from Clarkson University and served as the Vice President of Corporate Quality at PSC in Webster , NY before starting CWI in 1997. He has personally lead Lean Transformation efforts in the North America and Europe , as well as Lean Six Sigma events across the country. Ed has presented at annual conferences for organizations including the IIE and the European Organization for Quality and at regional venues. He is also an instructor in Monroe Community College ’s Lean Six Sigma certification program.

Jeremy Biernat is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist as well as a Certified Personal Trainer. After graduating Summa Cum Laude with degrees in Exercise Science and Education, he moved on to manage the personal training department at a highly successful hospital-based fitness center in Texas . Feeling the need to spread his knowledge and particular brand of fitness, Jeremy started Tall Trainer Fitness Systems in Canandaigua , NY , where he creates personalized exercise solutions tailored to the individual client. “It’s important to customize the exercise to the person and not demand the person fit into the exercise.” (www.talltrainer.com)