Mark Kiemele, Ph.D., is president and co-founder of Air Academy Associates, a consulting firm established in 1990 which specializes in Knowledge-Based Management Systems including the design and implementation of Lean Six Sigma, Design for Six Sigma and Systematic Innovation programs. Dr. Kiemele has more than 30 years of teaching, consulting, and coaching experience and has mentored thousands of managers, scientists, engineers, and other practitioners in business improvement activities across virtually every profit sector and in non-profit organizations.