Charlie Protzman spent over 13 years with
AlliedSignal and has a total of 24 years experience in
Materials and Operations Management. The first Lean Master
and a Strategic Operations Manager for AlliedSignal,
he received several special recognition and cost reduction
awards. Charlie was an external consultant for the Maryland
World Class Consortium and a contributor to the resulting
World Class Guidelines. He assisted the Consortium in
the first three World Class company assessments.
Charlie spent the last eight years implementing successful lean product, and
administrative implementations and World Class Kaizen events across the U.S.
in all types of industries. He has taught Lean Thinking principles to students
from all over the World.
Charlie is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Charles W. Protzman,
Sr. who, as part of the CCS, under the direction of Macarthur, in 1948 surveyed
over 70 Japanese companies and in 1949, taught CEO's of over 50 prominent Japanese
telecommunications companies an eight week course in American Management Techniques
which paved the way for Deming's visit in 1950.
Charlie has a BA and MBA from Loyola College in Maryland and is a member of SME,
SAE, Association for Psychological Type (APT) and past member of APICS, AME Champions
Club and NAPM organizations.
