Norbert Gloser

Current

• Freelance Consultant at Zintro.com
• Continuous Improvement Coordinator at NIBCO

Past

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Qimonda
• Reliability Group Leader at STMicroelectronics
• Process Engineer at Infineon Technologies

• Process Engineer at Siemens (SIMEC Dresden)
• Engineer at Siemens (Erlangen)

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Education

• BMG University
• STUniversity
• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Industry

Building Materials

Norbert Gloser’s Summary

Accomplished Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Trainer, results driven Problem Solving Expert and highly motivated Innovator delivers breakthrough results through organic growth and innovative solutions for companies and contributes to the satisfaction of its customers and clients.

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black belt with a variety of ASQ and RABQSA certifications (CQE, CRE, CQMgr, CQA, Internal Auditor).
Broad experience in all aspects of Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement and Change Management.
Particularly interested in Data Analysis, Advanced statistics, New applications of Quality tools and teaching quality related classes/courses.

Norbert Gloser’s Specialties:

Lean Six Sigma, DMAIC, DFSS, BPR, Continuous Improvement, Lean Enterprise, TPS, Kaizen (TPM, 5S, VSM, Kanban, Batch reduction, SMED), Quality Assurance, Keppner-Tregoe, ISO9001, ISO/TS16949, Cert. ISO Lead Auditor, Supplier Quality, Quality Tools, QFD, 8D, FMEA, A3, SPC, MSA, PCDA, Innovation, TOC, Certified Master Trainer/Coach, Advanced Statistics, Data Analysis, Project Management, Industrial Engineering, Strategic Planning, Policy Deployment, Performance Measurement, Change Management & more

Norbert Gloser’s Experience

• Freelance Consultant

  Zintro.com

  (Management Consulting industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

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• Continuous Improvement Coordinator

  NIBCO

  (Privately Held; Building Materials industry)

  June 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Continuous Improvement Coordinator:
  • Plan and lead Lean and Kaizen events, monitor follow-up activities and maintain associate event participation.
  • Participate in cost savings activities and PP safety program.
  • Train team leaders and associates on Lean tool and techniques and work with supervision to sustain results.
  • Implement and train associates in the use of statistical tools, methodologies to understand process variation and Six Sigma.
  • Ensure changes conform to ISO standards.

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

  Qimonda

  (Public Company; QI; Semiconductors industry)

  October 2005 — February 2009 (3 years 5 months)

  Lean Six Sigma Black Belt:
  • Manage and execute Lean Six Sigma projects using appropriate process improvement tools and methodologies.
  • Mentor and coach Black Belts and conduct Yellow/Green Belt training.
  • Act as Six Sigma technical expert and internal consultant for functional areas.
  • Participate in project selection workshops, identify opportunities to apply DMAIC methodology and scope new process improvement projects.
  • Act as a change agent to introduce Six Sigma culture throughout the organization.
  • Partner with Process Owners and Champions to drive results and monitor performance and improvements in key metrics.
  
  Lean Team Leader and Change Agent:
  • Lead cross-functional capacity improvement teams.
  • Act as internal team consultant.
  
  Defect Reduction Engineer:
  • Identify and implement defect reduction projects and yield improvement activities.
  • Develop a strategy to halt yield loss and implement corrective/preventive actions.
  
  Accomplishments:
  • Leading Six Sigma projects focused on Defect and Cycle Time Reduction returning over $5.8M/year.
  • Supported Lean Six Sigma Green Belt projects returning approx. $8+M/year.
  • Trained over 250 engineering employees as Lean Six Sigma Yellow and Green Belts and on 8D.
  • Leader of five Lean/Value Stream projects resulting in an average capacity improvement of 32%.
  • Leading two defect reduction projects with a financial minimum return of $1.2M/year.
  • Submitted three cycle time reduction proposal with a potential savings of $350K/year.
  • Leading four consumable reduction initiatives which returned $550K/year
  • Team Leader of a Metrology/Clean reduction project with average savings of $240K/year.

• Reliability Group Leader

  STMicroelectronics

  (Semiconductors industry)

  July 2001 — October 2005 (4 years 4 months)

  Reliability/Quality Manager:
  • Conduct Reliability Control, Product Characterization and Failure Analysis.
  • Train and supervise reliability technicians.
  • Plan, organize and analyze Technology, Product and Material Qualifications.
  • Generate reports of Quality parameters to executive management and customers.
  
  SPC champion:
  • Report SPC and Cpk key parameters to executive management and customers.
  
  QMS Lead Auditor for ISO/TS16949 standard and
  
  Certified trainer of STUniversity for the following classes: 8D, Quality Improvement Process, Tools for Quality Improvement, Business Process Management, SPC, and MSA.
  
  Accomplishments:
  • Saved more than $300K during the acquisition of new laboratory equipment.
  • Implemented Quality monitoring system that allows earlier excursion detection (hours vs. days).

• Process Engineer

  Infineon Technologies

  (Public Company; IFX; Semiconductors industry)

  January 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 7 months)

  Process Engineer:
  • Leading cycle time and cost of ownership reduction efforts.
  • Participation in yield enhancement and defect reduction activities.
  • Transfer and integration manufacturing processes from other manufacturing sites.
  
  QMS Lead Auditor and member of the substrate material core team and SPC council.
  
  Accomplishments:
  • 35% cycle time reduction on a bottleneck process step through a new in-line measurement system.
  • Qualified a new Silicon substrate creating potential savings of $5M

• Process Engineer

  Siemens (SIMEC Dresden)

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1997 — December 1997 (10 months)

  CMP Process Engineer:
  • Technology Transfer to White Oak Semiconductor

• Engineer

  Siemens (Erlangen)

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1996 — February 1997 (10 months)

  Various departments:
  • Medical Equipment
  • Public Transportation
  • R&D

Norbert Gloser’s Education

• BMG University

  GB & BB , Lean Six Sigma , 2007 — 2008

• STUniversity

  Master Trainer , Quality Methodologies and Tools , 2002 — 2003

• Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

  M.S. , Material Science , 1990 — 1996

  Projects as Academic Assistant:
  • Manufacturing of storage phosphor films
  • Development of an X-ray camera system for the material inspection of medical parts - Marketing of a diffractometer system at the Hannover Exhibit.

  Activities and Societies:

  Institute WW6: Department of Materials for Electronic Engineering (Albrecht Winnacker)

Additional Information

Norbert Gloser’s Interests:

• Spending family time • Volunteer work at Victory Life Fellowship • Movies and Opera

Norbert Gloser’s Honors:

• 2007 iQ QNA Regional Award
• 2006 Several iQ QNA site Awards
• 2004 Above & Beyond Award as QMS Lead Auditor
• 2003 Corporate Sponsor of the Year from Corporate Leaders Program of ASU
• 2003 TQM CEO award for Technology Shrink Team
• 1999 Best Practice CMP within Siemens and Motorola
• 1998 Fab of the Year Award for start-up with White Oak Semiconductor
• 1996 Special Recognition Award for contributions to new MRI software qualification

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