Ross Buckwalter has over 30 years of experience in the application of statistical and other methods related to quality and process improvement. His major areas of focus include statistical process control, statistical analysis methods, design of experiments, and Taguchi methods. He also has assisted and guided client companies in developing quality systems for certification to ISO 9000 and Boeing's D1-9000.



For the past six years Ross has been very active in the Six Sigma arena, having taught DMAIC and DMADV courses and also advanced courses incorporating more in-depth and hands-on statistical methods, for many clients. He has a unique ability in relating the often technical and esoteric statistical concepts and tools to real-world situations. He has guided many teams in the successful application of Six Sigma methodology to their process improvement projects.



Ross was a manager of Statistical Analysis at Hercules Aerospace. He also headed up a successful quality improvement initiative that involved training 4500 employees and guiding the implementation of basic quality tools. He has extensive experience in developing courses and conducting training in quality and statistics, and is the author of a series of 26 training modules for the Council for Continuous Improvement (CCI). Some of his client companies are Applied Materials, Hexcel, Pacific Bell, FMC, Texas Instruments, Varian and Kaiser Electronics.



Ross is a Senior Consultant with Pivotal Resources and holds both a B.A. and M.S. in Mathematical Statistics from Brigham Young University. He is a member of the American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality Control.