Walter Reade's Professional Page
I'm a Ph.D. chemical engineer who specializes in creating and optimizing methods for quality management, manufacturing process improvement, and effective knowledge transfer in organizations.
I currently lead the Quality Management Systems Team for North America and Europe Consumer Products at Kimberly-Clark.
Core Competencies and Skills
I excel doing work that involves problem solving, data mining and data analysis, optimization, and innovation.
I use many different tools sets to accomplish my objectives, but at the core I use the principles of Lean Thinking.
Personal Productivity
I'm obsessive when it comes to improving personal productivity.
I use the following suite of tools to continuously improve my productivity: MindManager Pro (for mind mapping), Outlook 2007 for email, calendar and tasks, Evernote to record notes, and Excel 2007 for data analysis.