W. Edwards Deming

W. Edwards Deming

male, deceased (1993)
Qualityexperts, University of Colorado alumni, statistical hypothesis testing, Yale University alumni, composer, Economics Writer…quality guru, quality
William Edwards Deming was an American statistician, college professor, author, lecturer, and consultant. Deming is widely credited with improving...
Kaoru Ishikawa

Kaoru Ishikawa

male, deceased (1989)
Qualityexperts, Japanese, JUSE, Dr. Juran, Dr. Deming, quality circle…quality guru, quality
Kaoru Ishikawa (1915-1989) was a Japanese University professor and influential quality management innovator best known in North America for the...
Genichi Taguchi

Genichi Taguchi

male, 85 years old
Qualityexperts, Japanese, quality guru, quality, Japanese industrial engineer, Statistician
Gen'ichi Taguchi is an engineer and statistician. From the 1950s onwards, Taguchi developed a methodology for applying statistics to improve the...
Watts Humphrey

Watts Humphrey

male
software license, MBA, Watts S. Humphrey, Qualityexperts, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University…quality guru, Humphrey Software Quality Institute
Watts S. Humphrey is a key thinker in the discipline of the management of software development, often called the father of software quality. His...
Walter A. Shewhart

Walter A. Shewhart

male, deceased (1967)
Qualityexperts, quality guru, engineer, Business theorist, Statistician, scientist at Bell Labs…quality, father of statistical quality control
Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "Shoe-heart", March 18, 1891 - March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician,...

Bill Smith

male, deceased (1993)
Qualityexperts, University of Minnesota alumni, u.s. naval academy, Motorola, Six Sigma, quality guru…total quality management, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Bill Smith (1929 - 1993) is the "Father of Six Sigma". Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smith graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and studied...
Shigeo Shingo

Shigeo Shingo

male, deceased (1990)
Saga, Saga, Saga City, Qualityexperts, from Saga Prefecture, Utah State University, Japanese…quality guru, quality
born in Saga City, Japan, was a Japanese industrial engineer who distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts on manufacturing pr...
Yoji Akao

Yoji Akao

81 years old
Business theorist, strategic planning, quality, decision making, Japanese, Tokyo Institute of Technology…Qualityexperts, Quality Function Deployment
Yoji Akao (born 1928) is a Japanese planning specialist, recognized as the developer of Hoshin Kanri (a strategic planning methodology). With the...
Phil Crosby

Phil Crosby

male, deceased (2001)
Qualityexperts, Business Person, American, Glenn L. Martin Company, itt, quality guru…quality, quality is conformance to requirements #, Quality Is Free
Philip B. "Phil" Crosby, (June 18, 1926-August 18, 2001) was a businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management...

Armand V. Feigenbaum

male, 87 years old
TQC, Total Quality Control, Qualityexperts, CEO, American Society for Quality, Ph.D.…quality guru, quality control, quality
Armand V. Feigenbaum is an American quality control expert who was born in 1922. He received a bachelor's degree from Union College, and his...