ED GARDNER, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ed joins Thresher with more than 20 years of quality and manufacturing experience. Ed is currently the Corporate Quality Director at Greene Tweed and most recently, Ed served as the Global Quality Systems leader at Owens Corning where he initiated the worldwide Quality Management System, driving Quality performance and waste elimination across the corporation. Ed also gained valuable insight into the Quality arena working with Holley Performance Products, Allied Signal, and Warn Industries. Ed holds a B.S. degree from Utah State University and a MBA from Willamette University in Oregon. Ed is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Belt, and is pursuing his Master Black Belt Certification.
Past•Vice President, Global Quality and Cont. Imp. at Thermadyne
•Corporate Quality & Lean Six Sigma Director at Greene Tweed
•Global Quality Systems Leader/Div Quality Mang at Owens Corning
Quality & Current Products Manager at Holley Performance Products see less...
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Education•Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management
•Utah State University
Connections 49 connections IndustryManagement Consulting
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Ed Gardner’s Summary
Principled business leader (honest & direct, customer focused, team oriented, analytical, process thinker, results driven) with 25 years of increasing Quality and Continual Improvement experience, B.S., M.B.A., Process Management, Lean and Master Black Belt certifications. Experience includes successful leadership of Quality and Continual Improvement strategy/resources and systems for multi-site North American and International product design and manufacturing organizations across diverse and demanding industries and product lines.
Ed Gardner’s Specialties:
Certified Master Black Belt
Global Leader of Quality and Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma - Gobal Deployment
ISO/TS 16949/AS9100 Quality System
Business Process Improvement
Customer management/interface
Operational Excellence
Supplier Quality management/interface
Budgetary, CI savings and P&L responsibility
Business & new product development
Team-based Management ·
Team Problem Solving/Root Cause Analysis
Post-graduate Training: Quality/Operations
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Ed Gardner’s Experience
Vice President, Global Quality and Cont. Imp.
Thermadyne
(Public Company; THMD; Machinery industry)
October 2008 — January 2009 (4 months)
Directed the world-wide Quality and Continual Improvement operations and staff. Provided vision and strategy to build an effective Quality organization and supporting QMS designed to deliver significant improvements in Product Reliability & Quality.
Corporate Quality & Lean Six Sigma Director
Greene Tweed
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
August 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 8 months)
Direct the Quality, Lean Six Sigma and Business Process Improvement effort for a $300M global, multi-site organization.
Global Quality Systems Leader/Div Quality Mang
Owens Corning
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Building Materials industry)
April 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 4 months)
Lead the worldwide Quality Management System development and implementation for a $5B, global, 125-facility organization. Coordinate Quality performance improvement and waste elimination across the corporation. Provide consulting and guidance on Quality to CEO and staff.
Lead the Quality Management function for a 13-facility division. Develop and implement the division-wide Quality System compliant with and certified to TS16949/ISO 9000. Drive continual improvement in customer satisfaction, Quality, and financial performance.
Quality & Current Products Manager
Holley Performance Products
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)
February 1997 — April 2000 (3 years 3 months)
Lead the Quality Management, Current Engineering and Document Control functions for a multi-plant corporation. Improve Quality performance & oversee design activities and integration of new product lines.
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Ed Gardner’s Education
Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management
MBA , Quantitative Analysis , 1990 — 1993
Utah State University
B.S. , Forestry , 1978 — 1981
