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Author
D. H. Stamatis is the president of Contemporary Consultants Co., in
Southgate, Michigan. He is a specialist in management consulting, organiza-
tional development, and quality science. He has taught project management,
operations management, logistics, mathematical modeling, economics, man-
agement, and statistics at both graduate and undergraduate levels at Central
Michigan University, the University of Michigan, Anhui University (Bengbu,
China), the University of Phoenix, and the Florida Institute of Technology.
With over 30 years of experience in management, quality training, and
consulting, Dr. Stamatis has serviced numerous private sector industries
including but not limited to steel, automotive, general manufacturing, tool-
ing, electronics, plastics, food, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense, phar-
maceutical, chemical, printing, healthcare, and medical device.
He is a certied quality engineer through the American Society of
Quality Control, certied manufacturing engineer through the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers, certied Master Black Belt through IABLS, Inc.,
and a graduate of BSI’s ISO 900 Lead Assessor training program.
Dr. Stamatis has written over 70 articles, presented many speeches, and
participated in both national and international conferences on quality. He is
a contributing author on several books and the sole author of 52 books.