Subir Chowdhury

Subir Chowdhury is the Chairman and CEO for the American Supplier Institute Consulting Group– the world leader on Six Sigma Leadership implementation consulting and training. Hailed by the New York Times as a “Leading Quality Expert,” Chowdhury is the author of nine books, including international bestseller “The Power of Six Sigma has been translated in more than 20 languages and is the all-time best-selling book on Six Sigma worldwide. A respected quality strategist, Chowdhury’s clients include Global Fortune 100 companies as well as small organizations in both the private and public sectors. Chowdhury’s Design for Six Sigma (May 2002) is the first book on the topic. His most recent books include Organization 21C: Someday All Organizations will Lead This Way (Sept. 2002) and The Power of Design for Six Sigma (Nov. 2002). His Management 21C: Someday We’ll All Manage This Way, selected as the Best Business Book of 1999 by the Amazon.com. (UK). Chowdhury has received numerous international awards including the honorable U.S. Congressional Recognition and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Gold Medal. In May 2003, American Society for Quality will honor him with the first Philip Crosby Medal for authoring the most influential business book on Six Sigma.

Noel Tichy

Noel Tichy is professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Michigan and director of the Global Leadership Program, an executive-development consortium of 36 companies. He consults to corporations around the world. His books include The Leadership Engine (with Eli Cohen) and, with coauthor Ram Charan, Every Business Is a Growth Business. His latest book (with Nancy Cardwell) is The Cycle of Leadership: How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win.

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