Our Board of Directors

	Anand Sharma President and Chief Executive Officer Co-founder of TBM Consulting Group, Anand Sharma has served as president and CEO since its beginning in 1991. Anand is the author of The Perfect Engine: How to Win in the New Demand Economy by Building to Order with Fewer Resources (Free Press, 2001), and a monthly columnist for Manufacturing Today Europe, where he comments on business and economic trends. He was named a Hero of U.S. Manufacturing in 2001 by Fortune magazine, was awarded the 2002 Donald C. Burnham Manufacturing Management Award by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and is a member of the Shingo Prize Academy. National media regularly seek his opinions on business and the new economy and he is a frequent speaker at gatherings and conferences. Anand has more than 20 years experience within the manufacturing industry and held a number of line and staff positions with American Standard, Inc. before becoming vice president of operations for one of its leading operating divisions. Immediately prior to establishing TBM Consulting Group, he was executive vice president at Productivity Inc. and headed the firm’s consulting and training practices. He has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Boston University and an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Roorkree University in India. His education also includes Advanced Management studies at The Wharton School of Management.

	Bob Dean Executive Vice President and Managing Director Bob Dean is a co-founder of TBM Consulting Group, Inc. and vice president of administration and product development, a role that keeps him on the leading edge of trends in business improvement. Bob has been instrumental in the incorporation of lean business techniques and Six Sigma – creating LeanSigma – and in taking the improvement tools that traditionally belonged to manufacturing and applying them to service industries. Bob is a frequent contributor to the Managing Times quarterly journal where he writes on developments in lean philosophies and, most recently, he has been helping companies integrate their value chains beyond manufacturing. For nearly 20 years, Bob has been consulting with companies from the manufacturing and service sectors worldwide such as Allied Signal, Ames True Temper and Pella Corporation. He continues to have close ties with the Japanese team responsible for the legendary Toyota Production System, and has worked extensively with the core group of men who worked under Taichii Ohno, recognized as the father of just in time. Bob is a graduate of Clarkson University with a degree in Engineering.

	William A. Schwartz Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals A partner with TBM since 1991, Bill Schwartz is head of worldwide business development. He has introduced lean principles at dozens of companies over the years and often launches LeanSigma initiatives for new clients. Bill has a widely recognized expertise in translating lean principles for business processes in manufacturing and service industries. He is currently responsible for marketing and new client development for TBM Consulting Group worldwide, and has consulted with such leading companies as Freudenberg-NOK, the Critikon Division of Johnson & Johnson, and Hill-Rom Company. Bill’s expertise in streamlining and optimizing business processes makes him much sought after as a consultant. Earlier in his career, Bill was a senior consultant with Howell Management Corporation and was Vice President of sales and marketing for Medallic Art Company. A graduate of Colgate University with a degree in mathematics, Bill earned his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

	Dan Sullivan Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Industrial Products Dan Sullivan is managing director of TBM West and oversees all business for the western half of the United States. He has been a respected consultant, both internationally and in the U.S., for nearly a decade. Dan came to TBM from the automotive industry, where he worked at Ford and Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation in line management positions, industrial and manufacturing engineering. During his 13-year career at Nissan, Dan developed expertise in visual controls, 5S and other aspects of what we now recognize as LeanSigma. He has been a trusted advisor to Hubbell Corporation, Reiter Automotive Group and Pella Corporation, as well as dozens of other companies, large and small, throughout the country. Dan is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a degree in Industrial Management.