Consulting Team Member
Michael Braid

Michael consults and leads six sigma, process management and re-engineering implementation projects for major corporate clients. Develops and conducts training necessary to support projects. Consults with teams and management to ensure integration of continuous improvement within processes as well as the overall total quality system of the enterprise.

Led training and consulting activities in Hong Kong, China, Australia, Thailand, Austria, and across the U.S.  Certified as Master Black Belt.  Serves as Florida Governor’s Sterling Quality Award Examiner.

Clients include: Union Electric Corp., Allstate Insurance Co., Inc., U.S. Postal Service, CSX Transportation, Inc., GE Capital Mortgage, Inc., Total Distribution Services, Inc., GE Mortgage Insurance, Inc., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, United Technologies Pratt & Whitney, Cigna Health Care, Inc., Union Fidelity Life Insurance Co., Colonial Insurance Co. Of California, Inc., York International Corporation, NASA/KSC , Microsoft.
 

Other Accomplishments:

• Managed preparation and successful completion of environmental compliance audit.

• Served as Inventory Services Department Head during challenge for the first Deming Prize for Overseas Companies. Department was identified as exemplary for integration of quality management principles into daily activities.

• Developed one of FPL's first successful benchmarking applications that was chosen by Edison Electric Institute to use as an annual inventory management survey.

• Certified as Energy Auditor and Technical Assistance Analyst by State of Florida.

• Developed Author and presenter of Integrated Manpower Budgeting.

• Study and report resulted in successful settlement of labor dispute between FPL and IBEW.

Certified Instructor

• Process Management

• Problem Solving

• Policy Management

• Team Leader Training

• Process Analysis & Control Charts

• Six Sigma Black & Greenbelt

• Statistical Tools & Techniques

• Integrated Manpower Budgeting

• Management Analyst Training

• Operations Auditor Training

• Materials Management

Other Activities

• Institute of Industrial Engineers: District 4 Director, President - Miami

• Palm Beach Chapters, Director - Energy Management Division

• President, Florida International University Alumni Association:

• Association of Energy Engineers: Charter Member, Interim President

• Florida Engineering Society, National Society of Professional Engineers: Senior Member

• American Society for Quality: Member