Workshops
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2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 14, 2025
Project Management Workshop – Emotional Intelligence
Dr. Tony Prensa, PhD, MBA, PMP, CB-PMO, CCP, ITIL, 6σ
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
TP Global Business Consulting, LLC, Orlando, Florida, USA
4:00 – 7:00 pm, October 14, 2025
AI Workshop
Mohammad Islam
Associate Director, Optum – United Healthcare Inc.
2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 15, 2025
PPAP Workshop
Steve Sibrel
Senior Supplier Quality Manager, Harman and ASQ Detroit Past Chair
4:00 – 7:00 pm, October 15, 2025
Toyota Kata Workshop
By Dave Harry
2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 16, 2025
AI in Manufacturing Workshop
by Dr. George Pappas, LTU
4:00 – 6:00 pm, October 16, 2025
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop
By Professor Don Reimer
4:00 – 6:00 pm, October 16, 2025
Six Sigma Workshop
By Dr. Ahad Ali
Project Management Workshop
2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 14, 2025
Leading with Emotional Intelligence: A Seminar for Industrial Engineers
Dr. Tony Prensa, PhD, MBA, PMP, CB-PMO, CCP, ITIL, 6σ
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
TP Global Business Consulting, LLC
Orlando, Florida, USA
Dr. Prensa is a highly accomplished executive and leader of project management office (PMO), project/portfolio management, information systems and technologies, combines a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with a major in Information Systems and Technologies, Certified PMO Professional, Authorized PMO Instructor, Certified Project Management (PMP), and ITILIV certification with extensive experience managing and overseeing large information systems projects/programs, strategic planning, and seamless IT implementations. Adept at reengineering business processes, change management and IT infrastructure with business visions to drive profitability, efficiency, and growth within the organization. Proficient at ensuring all processes comply with regulatory requirements and IT governance practices. Excellent communicator with strong influencing and problem-solving skills. Strong leadership skills and demonstrated ability to lead team members and external business contacts including stakeholders such as consultants, partners and vendors. Demonstrated track record of delivery of multiple technical and business projects on time and within budget. Experience in full-lifecycle project management methodologies and tools. Dr. Prensa has been involved with the Project Management Institute for more than twenty-five years. He served a vice president of PMI Puerto Rico Chapter from 1998-2000. He also volunteered in many activities to promote project management and participated of writing PMP exam questions workshop in Dallas, Texas in 2002. Dr. Prensa has helped hundreds of project management professionals to get prepared for the PMP exam. Dr. Prensa has taught project management for several universities in the country, including Virginia Technical University, Grand Canyon University, Colorado Technical University, University of Phoenix and currently teaching for Walden University. With more than 25 years of teaching experience in various formats, face-to-face and virtual. Dr. Prensa has developed techniques to connect with learners and students in the most efficient way. Dr. Prensa has extraordinary people skills, he always puts people first.
AI and Machine Learning Workshop
4:00 – 7:00 pm, October 14, 2025
STEPPING INTO AI & MACHINE LEARNING – Workshop
INSTRUCTOR-LED WORKSHOP WITH HANDS-ON TRAINING
Mohammad Islam
Associate Director
Optum – United Healthcare Inc.
New Jersey, United States of America
Mohammad Islam serves as an Associate Director at the UnitedHealth Group USA. He specializes in application and web-based software development, as well as machine learning and deep learning models and their practical applications. Mohammad holds a U.S. patent for a wireless GPS mapping device and has contributed articles to esteemed publications such as ASCE and CSCE.
With a keen strategic mindset and a robust IT and Engineering background, Mohammad brings extensive experience in team management, technical leadership, and coaching. He excels in connecting individuals and teams with the right tools and products to optimize effectiveness and efficiency for their mission. With nearly 20 years of experience in IT Program and Portfolio management, spanning agile, SDLC, Kanban, and Scrumban methodologies, Mohammad believes that leveraging AI wisely can lead humanity to unprecedented heights.
Before joining UnitedHealth in 2018, Mohammad held positions at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Walmart, and the United Nations.
Workshop Details
Get hands-on experience with the latest AI tools and technologies in our intensive workshop, designed
and delivered by an industry experienced professional, Mohammad Islam. In this workshop pyour training
will provide you with the tools to:
- Develop intelligent machine learning models with Python
- Data exploration and visualization
- Identify significances between supervised versus unsupervised ML
- Building supervised/unsupervised models
- Get an introduction to as well explore the world of Neural networks
- Build image recognition models
Upon course completion you will be able to:
- Understand the beneficial roles Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence play in modern society
- Describe with clarity supervised and unsupervised machine learning
- Implement linear and polynomial regression models
- Implement (model using) K means clustering
- Describe deep learning versus machine learning
- Know the importance of model image recognition
About the Trainer
Mohammad Islam brings over 20 years of diverse industry experience to his role as Associate Director at UnitedHealth Group, USA. His background spans insurance, finance, retail, humanitarian, and manufacturing, equipping him with a unique perspective and adaptability. As an engineer and software expert, he boasts over 15 years of IT portfolio/program management expertise, including agile, SDLC, RAD, and kanban methodologies. Recognized by certifications like Data Scientist in Python, AI Toolkit Scikit Learn, Tensor flow and Keras, SPC®, PMP®, ACP®, and CSM®, his previous roles include working with Bank of America – Merrill Lynch, Walmart, and the United Nations WFP. Mohammad’s leadership extends beyond technical expertise, managing in-house and offshore teams across Russia, India, Ireland, Italy, and the US. Additionally, he holds a US patent on wireless GPS mapping and has published in prestigious journals like ASCE and CSCE.
PPAP Workshop
2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 15, 2025
Steven Sibrel
Senior Supplier Quality Manager
Harman International, Novi, MI
Past Chair – ASQ Greater Detroit
Steve Sibrel is a business process improvement trainer, coach and auditor with over 35 years of experience in the business and manufacturing world. He is currently working as Senior Supplier Quality Manager at Harman International, a manufacturer of audio and infotainment systems for consumer, professional, and automotive industries, with well-known brands such as JBL, Lexicon, Crown, Infinity, Mark Levinson, Becker and Harman-Kardon. Previously he held a number of engineering and management positions in diverse industries at Applied Materials (Semiconductor), NEC (Telecommunications) and Texas Instruments (Military). He has conducted over 200 supplier audits in North America, Europe, and Asia and is a Lead Auditor for ISO/TS16949, ISO9001, ISO13485, ISO17025, and 21CFR820. He has been the Chair for Professional Development for the ASQ Detroit section since 2008. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and the Leadership Award in 2013 from ASQ. Current ASQ Certifications held are Six Sigma Black Belt, Quality Engineer, Quality Inspector, Quality Auditor, and Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence. He is an adjunct facility member at Macomb Community College. Steve has a BSEE degree from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and an MSEE degree from Southern Methodist University.
TOYOTA KATA Workshop
The Secret Sauce for Toyota Production System
4:00 – 7:00 pm, October 15, 2025
Speaker:
DAVE HARRY, a.k.a. “The Process Whisperer®”
Retired U.S. Naval Aviator
CEO of Process Whisperer® Consultants LLC, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA
ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt and A PMI certified PMP®
Kata in the Classroom (KiC) workshops are based on Mike Rother’s “Toyota Kata” methodology and that Scientific Thinking is a life skill. It’s the basis for creativity and successfully pursuing seemingly unattainable goals. KiC demonstrates a teachable skill that anyone can learn — by combining a simple scientific striving pattern with practice routines called Kata – to help you learn meta-cognitive strategies. Many view Toyota Kata as the “secret sauce” of the Toyota Production System (TPS). Mike Rother wrote “Toyota Kata” to explain the secrets of TPS improvement sustaining methodology. How do we prepare for the future when we don’t know what the future will bring? We can’t predict how to get from A to B… we’re stumped and overwhelmed, there are time constraints and economic pressure. Dave Harry will share the “secret sauce” with IEOM and Dubai Area University students through an intense hands-on “Kata in the Classroom” workshop. Be prepared to move fast!
Prizes: Each round table will be used for a team. Local university can form teams to complete. Dave is very kind to provide some prizes with gift cards.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER – DAVE HARRY, a.k.a. “The Process Whisperer®”
Dave is a retired U.S. Naval aviator and currently CEO of Process Whisperer® Consultants LLC. He teaches LSS classes for TMG Inc of Newport News, VA. Prior to TMG, Dave was a Six Sigma and Productivity Consultant for the University of TN Center for Industrial Services. Dave is a “Kata Geek” and also an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He is active in ASQ Sections and the ASQ Lean Enterprise Division Communications. In addition to ASQ, he also holds Black Belt Certification through Rolls-Royce and Northrop Grumman. He is a seasoned ASQ International Team Excellence Awards (ITEA) Judge. Dave is also currently on the Lean Division Board with the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Dave is on the Conference Advisory Committee for ASQs 2019 L&SS Conference in Phoenix as well as the Conference Committee for the IISE Engineering 2018 Lean Six Sigma Conference in Atlanta. A PMI certified PMP®, Dave also holds Lean Bronze Certification (LBC) through the SME/ASQ/AME/Shingo Institute Alliance and he holds three Master’s Degrees in management related fields. In addition to ASQ, PMI and IISE, Dave is also a member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME) and the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Dave lives in Greeneville TN.
AI in Manufacturing Workshop
2:00 – 4:00 pm, October 16, 2025
Dr. George Pappas
Associate Professor
Director, MSAI graduate program
Electrical + Computer Engineering
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, Michigan, USA
Over 10 years of teaching, research, and work experience in embedded systems and high-performance computing. Dr. Pappas is currently the director of the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence (MSAI) program. Research projects included being a Principal investigator (PI) for a DENSO grant in machine vision safety systems in vehicles titled “Intelligent Smart Real-Time Vision (ISRTV) as an Embedded System for Advanced Applications”. Also currently being a co-PI working on a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) Contextualizer that incorporates AI and software integration for manufacturing integration for Stefanini. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Autonomous vehicles, employs machine-learning techniques to collect, analyze, and transfer data for a safer driving experience. Also, investigate encryption and optimization algorithms and security of the transfer of electronic medical data using wireless cellular communication systems for evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients in remote locations. Some additional research interests are Artificial Intelligence (AI) within radiology, specifically computerized tomography (CT) image reconstruction. Precise data analytics for pathology images. Virtual Reality (VR) in medical applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) to aid diagnostics, Telemedicine, Medical and Health Informatics, Wireless implantable sensors, and biomedical Transducers.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop
4:00 – 6:00 pm, October 16, 2025
Workshop Facilitator: Professor Don Reimer, Lawrence Tech, MI, USA
Each team will develop an idea to solve an engineering problem that may have commercial potential. They will develop a business plan using the business model canvas. Teams will compete for prizes with best ideas and best commercial potentials. Students need to bring their laptops.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop – A hands-on interactive learning experience
This workshop has been designed to encourage participants in a hands-on interactive learning experience on the development of the entrepreneurial mindset
Topics:
- Idea Generation
- Opportunity Recognition
- Ventura Creation
- Value Creation
- Understanding and working with the Business Model Canvas as a validation tool
- Identifying “Customer Segments” and the “Customer Archetype”
- Introduction to the Business Planning Process
- Presentation and Recognition (Prizes)
- Join us for an exciting and interactive learning experience on how to make your dream a reality.
Professor Donald M. Reimer
President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Chief Operating Officer, IEOM Society
Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education.
He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Six Sigma Workshop
4:00 – 6:00 pm, October 16, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Six Sigma Certification Topics
- Six Sigma Fundamentals
Define
- Project Charter
- Process Maps, SIPOC, Matrix Diagrams, Critical to Quality (CTQ) Metrics, and DPMO
- Pareto Chart
- SIPOC
Measure
- Process analysis
- Probability, Statistics and Distribution
- Data collection and analysis
- Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility (R&R)
- Process capability
- X-Bar Charts, Run Charts, Moving Average Charts, EWMA Charts, Attribute Charts, Takt Time, Standardization, Spaghetti Diagrams, and Setup Reductions
Analyze
- Value Stream Map
- Hypothesis Testing
- Goodness of fit test
- Regression Analysis
- Cause & Effect Diagrams
- Scatter Diagrams
- ANOVA
- Confidence Interval
Improve
- Lean Tools to reduce NVA: 5S, Kaizen, Seven Zeros, TPS Principles, FMEA, and Simulation
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
- Solutions Validation
Control
- Control Plan
- SPC
- Tracking
- DFSS
Dr. Ahad Ali
Associate Professor
Director of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
Director, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group
A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Executive Director, IEOM Society International
Dr. Ahad Ali is an Associate Professor and Director of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics and Industrial Engineering at the Lawrence Technological University, Michigan. Dr. Ali is the Director of Smart Manufacturing and Lean Systems Research Group. He earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, Masters in Systems and Engineering Management from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Ali is the Executive Director of IEOM Society and Conference Chair of the Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and operations Management, Kuala Lumpur 2016. He advised six doctorate students in Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems. Dr. Ali has published journal and conference papers. He was past President of IIE Lean Division. Dr Ali has done research projects with Chrysler, Ford, DTE Energy, Delphi Automotive System, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (ITEC), National/Panasonic Electronics, and Rockwell Automation. His research interests include quality, reliability, six sigma, manufacturing, simulation, optimization, scheduling, maintenance, e-manufacturing, lean, CAE and GD&T and. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, IEOM, INFORMS, and SME.
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