WCBF has today announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program. A total of 40 entries have been selected by the independent judging panel from 12 categories to go forward to the final stages of the judging process.

Listed by category, the finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program are:

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Financial Services
ANZ
BMO Financial Group
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Deutsche Bank
Toyota Financial Services
United Services Automobile Association

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Healthcare
ALSAC/St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Manufacturing
myGolfDNA

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in the IT, Software and Telecoms Industries
British American Tobacco – Group Service Delivery

Best Achievement of Organization Business Improvement in Transactional Services
Infosys BPO Ltd
Firstsource Solutions Ltd

Best Emerging Business Improvement Deployment
Avis Budget Group
PAS Technologies Inc
Prestolite Electric Inc

Best Project Achievement in Business Enabling Process – HR/IT/Regulatory/Risk Management
Dephi Powertrain Systems
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation

Best Project Achievement in Health, Safety and Environment
PACCAR
TRW Automotive
University Health Network



Best Project Achievement in Innovation or Product Development (including Design for Six Sigma)
Capital One Bank
PACCAR
Satyam BPO Ltd
The Army Research Development Engineering Center

Best Project Achievement in Sales, Marketing or Customer Experience
Borusan Power Systems
Capital One Bank
Firstsource Solutions Limited
Tocquigny
United Airlines

Best Project Achievement in Supply Chain Management
OCBC Bank
Sonoco
Teradyne Inc

Six Sigma and Business Deployment Leader of the Year Award
Dave Curran, Managing Director, Operations & Transformation, Personal, ANZ
Richard Lam, Deployment Leader, BMO Financial Group
Chandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Process Excellence, Firstsource Solutions Ltd
Andre Booyzen, Senior Manager, Centre for Leadership and Business Excellence, Lonmin

Visit www.tgssa.com for more info.

The winners for all categories and the Special Awards will be announced at The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards Gala Dinner on Wednesday October 15th 2008, being held at The Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. The Gala Dinner is part of WCBF’s 3nd Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit. www.gsssa.com

WCBF's 3rd Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit, October 14-17 2007 in Orlando is positioned to be the largest gathering of CEOs and Senior Executives passionate about Six Sigma for 2008. The summit agenda is packed with unparalleled opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing and networking, providing key insight into how to get ahead of the competition and survive the test of time through the integration of Six Sigma, innovation and beyond.

For further information, please contact:

Flora Hamilton, Head of Global Six Sigma Awards, WCBF
T: + 1 800 965 1574
E: flora.hamilton@wcbf.com


The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program was established in 2006 to identify outstanding organizational success achieved through the application of Six Sigma methodologies. The 2008 program has received entries from organizations based in Australia, Canada, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the U.S.

The independent judging panel for The Global Six Sigma Awards includes:

• Richard Amori, R&A Six Sigma Deployment Director, Ford Certified Master Black Belt, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company
• Kamal Ayoub, Vice President, Operational Excellence, Covidien
• Ray Baron, Engineer/Scientist, Boeing
• Georgette Belair, Vice President, Design Excellence, Cardinal Health, Clinical Technologies and Services
• Andre Booyzen, Director of Six Sigma & Master Black Belt, Lonmin
• Julie Brignac, Group Vice President, Procurement, Lean Six Sigma and Quality, Brambles Ltd
• Robert Bryant, GOS VP of Quality, CSC Lean/Six Sigma Program Lead, Computer Sciences Corporation
• Jerry Calvert, Group Vice President, Enterprise Business Process Services, SunTrust Banks Inc.
• Rodney Comegys, Principal, Center for Excellence, The Vanguard Group
• Tiran Dagan, Director/Engagement Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Analysis, NBC Universal
• Phil Geyer, Deployment Leader and Director, LSS, North American Gases, Praxair
• Jacob Granek, Managing Director, DTCC
• Adam Hallet, Quality Leader, Wealth Management Division, ING
• Carolyn Harper, Lean Six Sigma Analyst, Newfield Exploration Company
• Aravind Immaneni, Senior Vice President, Strategic Analysis & Improvement, Capital One Bank
• Bob King, CEO & Founder, GOAL/QPC
• Richard Lam, Deployment Leader, Bank of Montreal
• Hung Le, Lead Master Black Belt, Northrop Grumman Corporation Dr Ujjwal Majumder, Chief Quality Officer, WNS Global Services
• David Myers, VP & Global Deployment Leader, AVISBudget
• Don Owen, Senior Director of Operational Excellence and Product Development, Mannington Mills
• Sonya Pombrik, Senior Director, Six Sigma, ATMI
• Mike Richman - Chairman of the Judging Panel, Publisher, Quality Digest
• Chandeep Singh, Senior Vice President – Process Excellence, Firstsource Solutions
• Steve Wittig, Vice President, Six Sigma, Masco Builder Cabinet Group
• Gordon Ward, Director of Quality and Raytheon Six Sigma, Raytheon

About WCBF has today announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program. A total of 40 entries have been selected by the independent judging panel from 12 categories to go forward to the final stages of the judging process.

Listed by category, the finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program are:

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Financial Services
ANZ
BMO Financial Group
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Deutsche Bank
Toyota Financial Services
United Services Automobile Association

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Healthcare
ALSAC/St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Manufacturing
myGolfDNA

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in the IT, Software and Telecoms Industries
British American Tobacco – Group Service Delivery

Best Achievement of Organization Business Improvement in Transactional Services
Infosys BPO Ltd
Firstsource Solutions Ltd

Best Emerging Business Improvement Deployment
Avis Budget Group
PAS Technologies Inc
Prestolite Electric Inc

Best Project Achievement in Business Enabling Process – HR/IT/Regulatory/Risk Management
Dephi Powertrain Systems
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation

Best Project Achievement in Health, Safety and Environment
PACCAR
TRW Automotive
University Health Network



Best Project Achievement in Innovation or Product Development (including Design for Six Sigma)
Capital One Bank
PACCAR
Satyam BPO Ltd
The Army Research Development Engineering Center

Best Project Achievement in Sales, Marketing or Customer Experience
Borusan Power Systems
Capital One Bank
Firstsource Solutions Limited
Tocquigny
United Airlines

Best Project Achievement in Supply Chain Management
OCBC Bank
Sonoco
Teradyne Inc

Six Sigma and Business Deployment Leader of the Year Award
Dave Curran, Managing Director, Operations & Transformation, Personal, ANZ
Richard Lam, Deployment Leader, BMO Financial Group
Chandeep Singh, Senior Vice President, Process Excellence, Firstsource Solutions Ltd
Andre Booyzen, Senior Manager, Centre for Leadership and Business Excellence, Lonmin

Visit www.tgssa.com for more info.

The winners for all categories and the Special Awards will be announced at The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards Gala Dinner on Wednesday October 15th 2008, being held at The Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. The Gala Dinner is part of WCBF’s 3nd Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit. www.gsssa.com

WCBF's 3rd Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit, October 14-17 2007 in Orlando is positioned to be the largest gathering of CEOs and Senior Executives passionate about Six Sigma for 2008. The summit agenda is packed with unparalleled opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing and networking, providing key insight into how to get ahead of the competition and survive the test of time through the integration of Six Sigma, innovation and beyond.

For further information, please contact:

Flora Hamilton, Head of Global Six Sigma Awards, WCBF
T: + 1 800 965 1574
E: flora.hamilton@wcbf.com


The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program was established in 2006 to identify outstanding organizational success achieved through the application of Six Sigma methodologies. The 2008 program has received entries from organizations based in Australia, Canada, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK and the U.S.

The independent judging panel for The Global Six Sigma Awards includes:

• Richard Amori, R&A Six Sigma Deployment Director, Ford Certified Master Black Belt, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company
• Kamal Ayoub, Vice President, Operational Excellence, Covidien
• Ray Baron, Engineer/Scientist, Boeing
• Georgette Belair, Vice President, Design Excellence, Cardinal Health, Clinical Technologies and Services
• Andre Booyzen, Director of Six Sigma & Master Black Belt, Lonmin
• Julie Brignac, Group Vice President, Procurement, Lean Six Sigma and Quality, Brambles Ltd
• Robert Bryant, GOS VP of Quality, CSC Lean/Six Sigma Program Lead, Computer Sciences Corporation
• Jerry Calvert, Group Vice President, Enterprise Business Process Services, SunTrust Banks Inc.
• Rodney Comegys, Principal, Center for Excellence, The Vanguard Group
• Tiran Dagan, Director/Engagement Leader, Strategic Initiatives & Analysis, NBC Universal
• Phil Geyer, Deployment Leader and Director, LSS, North American Gases, Praxair
• Jacob Granek, Managing Director, DTCC
• Adam Hallet, Quality Leader, Wealth Management Division, ING
• Carolyn Harper, Lean Six Sigma Analyst, Newfield Exploration Company
• Aravind Immaneni, Senior Vice President, Strategic Analysis & Improvement, Capital One Bank
• Bob King, CEO & Founder, GOAL/QPC
• Richard Lam, Deployment Leader, Bank of Montreal
• Hung Le, Lead Master Black Belt, Northrop Grumman Corporation Dr Ujjwal Majumder, Chief Quality Officer, WNS Global Services
• David Myers, VP & Global Deployment Leader, AVISBudget
• Don Owen, Senior Director of Operational Excellence and Product Development, Mannington Mills
• Sonya Pombrik, Senior Director, Six Sigma, ATMI
• Mike Richman - Chairman of the Judging Panel, Publisher, Quality Digest
• Chandeep Singh, Senior Vice President – Process Excellence, Firstsource Solutions
• Steve Wittig, Vice President, Six Sigma, Masco Builder Cabinet Group
• Gordon Ward, Director of Quality and Raytheon Six Sigma, Raytheon

About WCBF-Six Sigma Solutions

WCBF-Six Sigma Solutions is the leading provider of extensively researched, high-quality six sigma conferences covering healthcare, financial services, sales and marketing, design for six sigma, lean and six sigma and service and transactional environments. WCBF’s Global Six Sigma, Lean & Business Improvement Summit, covering all industry sectors, is the largest senior-level annual event for the global six sigma community.

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