Joe Velez

Joe Velez has over 30 years of experience working in large, multi-national manufacturing companies. His background includes all aspects of supply chain management, program management, strategic planning, operations management, business process re-design, ERP implementation management, and Lean Transformation. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico and has done extensive graduate research in the areas of lean manufacturing/transformation, factory physics, theory of constraints, and high-performance leadership. He has served on ALCOA’s Science and Technology advisory council, on the governing board of MIT’s Leaders for Manufacturing program as well as on advisory boards at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Wisconsin Quick Response Manufacturing Center. Joe is a founding member of the Industrial Engineering program at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. Joe has achieved certifications from Oliver Wight in S&Op and APICS (CPIM) and is an ALCOA trained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.