Clem Goebel worked for 22 years at Automotive / Agricultural OEM’s including Chevrolet Motor Division, White Motor Truck, John Deere and Massey Ferguson.  He then worked 23 years at Tier I Automotive Suppliers including Johnson Controls, Walker Manufacturing and Faurecia Exhaust.  Over the span of his career he has held the positions of Jr. Quality Engineer, Quality Engineer, SR. Quality Engineer, Quality Engineering Supervisor, Quality Manager, Quality Director and Vice President Quality.

Currently, Clem is the President of Goebel Consulting Group Inc., where his primary focus is on Six Sigma implementation, though he does consult on all aspects of Quality Engineering, such as Supplier Quality Assurance, PPAP, Design of Experiments, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Engineering Prototype Shop productivity and quality enhancement. 

In addition, Clem is an Adjunct Instructor at Cleary University in six of the seven courses in their undergraduate Quality Major, as well as an instructor in Operations Management at the undergraduate and graduate level. Beyond the classroom, Clem is also an Examiner for the Michigan Quality Council’s Baldrige Quality Award. Further, he's the Professional Development Chair for the Detroit Section of the American Society for Quality, from whom he received the Distinguished Service Award in 2007, and he serves as the Membership Chair for the Automotive Division of ASQ. Along with that, Clem is the Vice President of Development for the Detroit Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and a member of the Detroit Deming Study Group which meets at Madonna University.

He has twice spoken on “A Case Study on Total Quality Management (TQM)” at the Toledo University Graduate School of Business. He has also addressed audiences on “Deming’s Red Bead Experiment”, “A Plant full of Problem Solvers” and “A Case Study on Total Quality Management (TQM) at the Detroit Section’s General Meetings. Other presentations include talks Automotive Warranty at the Quality Audit Division annual conference in St. Louis in March 2005 and at the Kitchener Section of the American Society for Quality. Recent addresses include the one he did on Monte Carlo Simulation at the Automotive Division’s “Paper Symposium” at Oakland University in February 2007, which made the Spring 2007 edition of “Automotive Excellence,” as well as the two talks at this year’s World Conference on Quality & Improvement in Orlando, which included the Deming Red Bead experiment and a presentation on “A Plant Full of Problem Solvers”.

Speaker:  Clem Goebel, President, Goebel Consulting Group Inc.

Time:  Hors d’oeuvres & Networking @ 5:15 pm, Program @ 5:30 pm

Location: M-TEC at KVCC

Map/Website:  http://mtec.kvcc.edu