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Dr.
Michael Dreikorn has extensive
leadership experience in various industry segments, both
public and private sector. His personal focus has been on
the dynamics of social organizations and organizational
performance. Throughout his years of global experience,
Dr. Dreikorn has applied the concepts and tools of Integrated
Performance Leadership to develop integrated solutions to
business improvement.
Dr. Dreikorn has extensive experience in high-tech
industries, and most notably in the aerospace industry. His
aircraft familiarization includes space vehicles, general aviation,
commercial transport, and military aircraft, for both fixed
and rotor wing applications.
His capabilities
in performance improvement includes methods and tools learned
in Japan, throughout Europe as well as applied in the U.S.
Having led numerous high-impact process/business improvement
projects, Dr. Dreikorn has earned the certification as Executive Master Black
Belt in Lean/Six-Sigma leading significant cost reductions and
improvement in process/business effectiveness.
Prior
to founding The IPL Group, LLC, some of Dr. Dreikorn's past leadership
positions include:
Vice President
of Quality Assurance and Product Integrity Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies Corporation)
Deputy Division
Manager (AIR-201) Production & Airworthiness Division of the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington D.C.
Director
Operations and Quality Edge Technologies
Director
Operations and Quality Buderus Sell Aviation
Other leadership
positions at:
McDonnell Douglas
Northrop Electronics
U.S. Army
His educational
accomplishments include:
Bachelor of Science
in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University
Masters of Science in
Management from Friends University
Doctorate in Education in Human Resource and Organizational Development from
The George Washington University's Executive Leadership Program
He also been a
past board member of:
Performance Review Institute -
Nadcap (SAE) - Board Member ('98-'02)
Society for Organizational Learning
(at MIT) - Research Committee Member ('98-'02)
American Society for Quality;
Aviation, Space and Defense Division - Chair
('98-'05)
International Aerospace Quality
Group (IAQG) - Council Member ('98-'02)
Government and Industry Quality
Liaison Panel - GIQLP ('96-'98)
Author of:
Aviation Industry Quality Systems:
ISO 9000 and the Federal Aviation Regulations (Quality
Press/TSI, 1995) (also available in Japanese from the Japan
Defense Institute)
The Synergy of One: Creating
Sustainable High-Performing Organizations through Integrated
Performance Leadership (Quality Press 2003)
Turbulence
Forecasted for AS&D Industry: (Quality Progress, March
2004)
Operationalizing
Communities of Practice (Chief Learning Officer, October
2007)
He also holds/held
professional certificates, which include:
FAA Manufacturing DAR authorization
FAA Inspection Authorization
FAA Airframe and Powerplant License
RAB and IRCA Lead Auditor- Aerospace (no
longer active)
US Dept of Labor Journeyman Status
as Helicopter Mechanic
With
our offices in Taipei, The IPL Group offers cost effective
and capable support in Asia with local professionals.
