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Isaac B. Mitchell

QUALIFICATIONS:

Lean Black Belt with 9+ years continuous process improvement experience including managing lean programs, lean culture change, conducting kaizen events, throughput/productivity studies, quality and safety compliance, 5S programs, value stream mapping, and A3 thinking as well as establishing companywide goals and objectives. Managed capital projects, cross-functional team training, outside consulting support, and effectively provided ongoing communication across multiple departments and workforce levels. Focus on implementing lean continuous improvement techniques to improve healthcare processes and outcomes.

EDUCATION:

Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Master of Business Administration

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

February ’12 Leadership Academy, The Advisory Board Academie
December ’11 Lean Black Belt Certification, Institute of Industrial Engineers
June ‘11 Horizontal Thinking for Healthcare, Jim Womak, Lean Enterprise Institute Delivering Constantly Improving Healthcare Value, John Toussaint, ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value
June ‘11 Assessing and Accelerating Your Lean transformation, Creating a Culture of Service Excellence, Transforming Out Front Line Leaders, Lean Enterprise Institute Healthcare Summit
November ’10: Lean for the Operating Room, University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education
June’ 10: Collaborative Care Model, A3 Thinking, 3P Design, End to End Patient Flow, Lean Enterprise Institute Healthcare Summit
October ‘08: Lean Manufacturing for the Job Shop, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
July ’07 Business Law and Ethics, Xavier University
June ’06 Toyota Systems Overview, Gateway Community & Technical College

March ‘06 Business in China, Xavier University

March ‘06 “The Toyota Way” Problem Solving, Toyota North America
January ’06 Toyota Production Systems, Toyota North America
May ’05 Lean Manufacturing, Production Planning/Simulation, Human Factors, University of Tennessee

SPEAKING TOPICS:

Applications of Lean in Healthcare
Ideal Patient Care

Lean Overview Training

Lean Basic Training

Lean for Physicians

Ideal Patient Care Through Lean Thinking

A3 Thinking: Getting to Right

Creating Systems that Work Through Value Stream Mapping

Industrial Engineers Role in Healthcare

COMPUTER SKILLS:

AutoCAD 2D, Arena Simulation, Meditech 6.0, Microsoft Office /Access /Visio, SAP

HONORS:

February ’12 Presenter at the Institution of Industrial Engineers Society for Health Systems 2012 Conference
October ’10 Service Excellence Nomination at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
May ’05 The University of Tennessee Outstanding Undergraduate IE Student Award
April ’00 Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America
December ’99 Congressional Nomination to United States Air Force Academy

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