An Overview of Continuous Improvement at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in Southern California.
This podcast was done in conjunction with the PEX (Process Excellence Network), a division of IQPC and the Business Process Excellence for Telecoms & Utilities which will be taking place June 27- 29, 2011.
I'm talking today with Matt Aguilar, a process and efficiency expert who works in the telecoms and utilities sector here in the US.
Matt is the Senior Business Process Improvement Manager at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station AKA (SONGS) here in Southern California where he works to help them achieve Regulatory, Industry and Financial Excellence.
Matt's CV and experience is very impressive!
With 18 years in the business, his experience ranges from Telecommunications and Nuclear Power all the way to Biotech and Health Care.(Genentech, Motorola, Petco just to name a few)
Matt is also a member of the Project Management Institute, the American Society for Quality and the Association of Manufacturing Excellence, in addition he’s a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and holds a BA in Organizational Leadership.
We talk about:
- How continuous improvement (CI) fits into the SONGS facility.
- The common lean six sigma tools that they use.
- How they go about problem solving in such a procedure driven environment.
- The vision for the future of CI at SONGS.
Prior to this podcast Matt and I had a very nice conversation about biotech, health care and several non-OPEX topics. He's very pleasant, easy to speak with and extremely knowledgeable.
If you want to contact Matt I highly recommend going to his Linkedin profile and connecting with him immediately before you leave this page.
You can hear more from Matt Aguilar and other experts at the Business Process Excellence for Telecoms & Utilities which will be taking place June 27- 29, 2011 at the InterContinental in Miami, Florida. For additional details about the event please visit www.bpetelcoandutilities.com or call the IQPC enquiries team at 1-800-882-8684 you can also email them directly at [email protected].
