Committe Member Bios:

James P. Schlichting is a Validation and Quality Assurance Professional at Abbott Diagnostics Division. James is a Senior Member of AIChE, IEEE, and ASQ. James is co-author of Understanding and Implementing Lean Six Sigma. He can be contacted at, James.Schlichting@abbott.com or schlijp@sbcglobal.net

James has 29 years of engineering and management experience.

• 12 years at IBM in a semiconductor pilot plant as a manufacturing and development engineer.
• 8 years at Valspar in resin and coatings plants as a process development and validation manager.
• 10 years at Abbott in engineering and quality assurance for diagnostic devices
• BS Chemistry, U of Minnesota
• MS Chemical Engineering, U of Wisconsin
• MBA Northern Illinois University (NIU)
• MS MIS NIU
• Licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois.
• Through ASQ Mr. Schlichting holds certifications in CSSBB, CQE, CRE, CSQE, CQA, CQM/OE
• Published through ASQ “The Executive Guide to Understanding and Implementing Lean Six Sigma”, 6 IBM technical disclosures, 4 technical articles, and a chapter of the ASQ’s Certified Quality Manager Handbook.
• Actively involved in technical organizations:
• The American Society for Quality’s (ASQ); senior member (Management Division, Chemical Process Industries Division)
• Chapter Representative for Lake County chapter of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE, NSPE)
• America Institute of Checmical Engineers (AIChE, Chicago chapter; webmaster)