Jerry Bussell is President of Bussell Lean Associates, a lean advisory service for CEOs and their executive teams. He is also Executive Advisor to Underwriters Laboratories’ Center of Continuous Improvement and Innovation.
Jerry recently retired as Vice President of Operational Excellence for Medtronic Surgical Technologies. He has over 30 years of operations experience with high growth companies. At Medtronic he served as Director of Manufacturing Operations, Managing Director and Sr. Director during domestic and international plant start-ups and initial public offerings. He has worked for divisions of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Allergan Inc., and Kraft Inc.
Jerry holds a BA from St. John Fisher College and a MBA from Baylor University. He is a founder and past chairman of the Jacksonville Lean Consortium. He serves as past chairman of the Board of Governors for the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence. He has served as a trustee of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and the Vice Chairman of the Jacksonville University Athletic Association. In 2005 Jerry was inducted into the Shingo Academy for his outstanding contributions to operational excellence. He is also a member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence’s Champions Club.
Jerry received the prestigious Medtronic Wallin Leadership award for transforming Medtronic ENT’s traditional manufacturing operation into a nationally recognized model of lean manufacturing. Under Jerry’s leadership, Medtronic ENT was recognized as one of IndustryWeek’s Best Plants in North America in 2002, received the Shingo Prize in 2003, and received a Shingo Silver Medallion in 2009.
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