TJ Janakiraman

29 Fairfield Avenue * Randolph, NJ 07869

Cell: 973-220-0459 * Email: tjade67d@westpost.net
Summary
Quality Director with Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification and degree in Me
chanical Engineering along with an MBA. Experienced in Pharmaceutical, Health C
are, Automotive, Aerospace and Chemical industries. Proven ability to improve pr
oduct quality and reduce manufacturing costs for both companies and their suppli
ers using Six Sigma and Lean methods. Successful in certifying numerous plants i
n ISO-9000, QS-9000 and ISO-14000. Fluent in five languages (English, French,
Tamil, Hindi and Kannada). Taught Operations Management at the University of No
tre Dame and Indiana University as Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Business Sc
hool.
Professional Experience
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, Madison NJ 07940
(2007- Present)

Black Belt - Corporate Finance and Puerto Rico Business Unit (2008-Present)
Led Six Sigma Training, Coaching, Project Management and Implementation for Corp
orate Finance and the Puerto Rico Business Unit.
Achievements include:
* Saved the company $3.1 million in 2008 and 2009 through a Six Sigma Reshape Pr
oject.
* Trained and coached six waves of employees in Greenbelt Six Sigma Methodology
* Participated in the Design and Delivery of "Blended" Greenbelt Training which
was received well enough to be accepted for all future Greenbelt classes. Reduce
d training costs by 50% by utilizing "Moresteam" software
* Completed a total of 21 Greenbelt projects within Corporate Finance and Puerto
Rico Business Unit
Was invited to be the guest speaker for several classes at Fordham University Gr
aduate School of Business on "Implementation of Six Sigma at Quest Diagnostics

Black Belt for three Business Units - Clinical Trials, International and Point
Of Care Testing (2007-2008)
Led Six Sigma Training, Coaching, Project Management and Implementation for the
three Businesss Units of Quest Diagnostics.
Achievements include:
* Saved the company $2.3 million in 2007 through a Six Sigma Reshape Project
* Trained and coached three waves of employees in Greenbelt Six Sigma Methodolog
y
* Mentored three Black Belts located in three different countries
* Increased the number of Greenbelt projects completed from 0 to 16 in 2007
* Appointed as interim Six Sigma Training Director reporting to the VP of Six Si
gma with responsibility to run multiple sessions of seven Lean and Six Sigma cou
rses. Coached 30 Master Black Belts to serve as instructors.

Honeywell International, Morristown, NJ

(2003-2007)
Manager, Six Sigma and Digitization, Corporate Health, Safety & Environment (HSE
) (2005-2007)
Led Functional Transformation Initiative for corporate HSE department. Managed H
SE systems reporting to VP, Corporate HSE. Supervised Customer Support Analyst,
Corporate Governance Analyst and IT Programmer.
* Achieved 20% improvement in Safety and 25% improvement in Environmental metric
s during first year of leading the HSE Functional Transformation Initiative.
* Streamlined department using Six Sigma Tools and achieved cost savings of $3.1
million vs. target of $1.8 million, enabling HSE to be ahead of schedule in red
ucing cost by 50% in three years.
* Designed and developed dashboard of ten key HSE metrics to track performance o
f the function.
* Reduced HSE Management System Audit time by 30% by implementing a system to el
iminate paper work during the audit process.

Six Sigma Black Belt, Global Business Services (GBS) (2003-2005)

Trained, coached and certified several teams on effective use of Six Sigma tools
for process improvement and cost reduction in GBS and various other departments
within corporate.
.
* Enabled GBS and Corporate to achieve objectives of successfully training and c
ertifying all employees in Six Sigma/DFSS Greenbelt processes.
* Coached 28 Greenbelt teams on quality improvement and cost reduction projects
which resulted in cost savings of $3.5 million.

Six Sigma Quality Management Consultants, Randolph, NJ

(1997-2002)
Consultant
Provided Six Sigma consulting services to several General Motors Plants, Electro
nics and Chemical industry clients.
* Achieved ISO-9000 Certifications ahead of the company's one year target for Su
mitrans, division of Sumitomo of Japan. Streamlined operations which resulted in
cost savings of $800,000 by reducing the number of operators from 12 to 8 and c
onsolidating the number of suppliers from 400 to 125.
General Motors Inc., Detroit, MI
(1995-1997)
Senior Quality Management Auditor
Developed and implemented QS-9000 Quality Management Systems and conducted Inter
nal Quality Audits.
* Enabled all the plants to achieve QS-9000 Certifications within a year.
DNV Certification Inc., Houston, TX
(1994-1995)
Lead Assessor, ISO/QS-9000 Certification.
Conducted ISO/QS-9000 Quality Management System Certification Audits for a varie
ty of manufacturing companies.
* Led the audit team and completed all the audits on time and within
Earlier Experience:
Bayer Corporation, Elkhart, IN
Manager, Total Quality Management
Led the Total Quality Management initiative for Diagnostics Division. Enabled t
he company to achieve significant improvements in quality and profitability of e
lectronic instrument as well as chemical product lines by successful implementat
ion of Quality and Lean methods.
* Achieved the goal of $20 million cost reduction in three years by spearheading
the Division President's Supplier Consolidation Initiative. Accomplished 30% re
duction in the number of suppliers and significant drop in Supplier Returned Goo
ds rate from 20% to 1% in three years. Trained retained suppliers which resulted
in their achieving ISO-9000 certification.
Held various positions of increasing responsibilities including:
QA Manager, Senior Quality Auditor and Senior Operations Research Analyst

Education

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Ph.D. in Economics
Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0: Passed the Ph.D. exam with Distinction
Indiana University, South Bend, Indiana
M.B.A. in Management and Administration
Grade Point Average: 3.9/4.0: Was admitted to Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Honor S
ociety
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
M. S. in Industrial Engineering
Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0
Madras University, Madras, India
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0: Passed in First Class with Honor
Company Sponsored Training Completed
* Lean Training in Japan (Bayer)
* Dr. Deming's Quality Management Seminar (Bayer)
* ISO-9000/ QS-9000/ ISO-14000 Management Systems Lead Auditor Training (General
Motors)
* Leadership Skills Workshop (Honeywell)
* Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) (Honeywell)
* Six Sigma Black Belt (Quest)
* Six Sigma Lean Training (Quest)
* Six Sigma Lean Supply Chain (Quest)
* Advanced Project Management (Quest)