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Jeff Heslop, president and founder of Value Creation Institute, LLC and Certified Executive Master Black Belt, served as a Master Black Belt (MBB) for two decades and later the manager of the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Training Team at GE Aviation . Mr. Heslop recognizes that training alone is not sufficient to truly impact the business without a sound deployment strategy and process.  The deployment strategy may be top down, bottom up, or local depending on the unique needs of the client.
After ten years as a design engineer for GE Aviation, Jeff moved to full time work in continuous improvement as a Total Quality Adviser. During this time, he learned directly from some of the greatest thinkers in business and quality improvement such as Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Dr. Brian Joiner, and Dr. Don Wheeler. In 1995, he became one of the original Master Black Belts (MBB) at GE Aviation and was taught directly by Dr. Mikel Harry who co-founded Six Sigma. Jeff led the team that created the first Six Sigma training material which became a best practice for all of GE. Since that time, he has worked continually to both simplify and clarify Lean Six Sigma training, application, and deployment.

In February, 2015, Jeff was certified to the highest level of Six Sigma certification, the Certified Executive Master Black Belt (CEMBB) through the Six Sigma Management Institute.  The certification was taught and personally mentored by Dr. Mikel Harry, co-founder of Six Sigma. The EMBB is trained to speak the language of the C-suite executives to identify the highest leverage impact projects for major business improvement.

During his years as an MBB, Mr. Heslop has trained and mentored thousands of students from around the world in LSS. This includes over 130 waves of Black Belts plus Master Black Belts, Green Belts, Design for Six Sigma Black Belts, suppliers, customers, and many executives. While providing a thorough understanding of the tools and methods, his emphasis is on the Six sigma Way of Thinking and the critical success factors for a successful deployment.

Mr. Heslop is the President and founder of Value Creation Institute, LLC that provides consulting services and training to clients engaged in improving the quality of their business.

Jeff received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University and his Master’s in Statistics from Miami University of Ohio. He is a certified MBB through GE and a certified Executive MBB through Dr. Mikel Harry and the Six Sigma Management Institute.