Peter J. Sherman is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Certified Quality Engineer. He has 22 years experience, including serving as Sr. Black Belt for AT&T’s Product Development Group. He began his career in quality and process improvement working in Japan as a visiting M.I.T. scholar from 1986 to 1987. In Japan he was privileged to work with Dr. W. Edwards Deming and learn firsthand such quality practices as The Toyota Production System, Kaizen and quality circles. Sherman has led Six Sigma initiatives across the entire value chain, including product development, sales, fulfillment, installation, customer support, and billing. Sherman is lead Instructor at Emory University’s Six Sigma Program in Atlanta, Georgia, and has been published in iSixSigma, Quality Progress, Quality Digest, Hospitals & Health Networks, and Solutions (Supplement to Journal of Financial Planning). He holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from Georgia State University and is a member of the ASQ and ISSSP.