List of industrial engineers

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This is a list of industrial engineers, people who were trained in or practiced industrial engineering.

See also Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Charles Armstrong - President of Seattle Mariners (Purdue University)

[edit] B

• Drew Brees - NFL starting quarterback (Purdue University)

[edit] C

• Luke Cicilese - founder, Chalk Six Solutions

[edit] D

• John Dasburg - CEO, Northwest Airlines (University of Florida)
• W. Edwards Deming - Forerunner of Total Quality Management (TQC)
• Mike Duke - President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores USA (Georgia Institute of Technology)

[edit] E

• John Edwardson - CEO, CDW Computer Centers Inc. (Purdue University)
• A. K. Erlang - communications, queueing
• Michael Eskew - CEO, United Parcel Service (Purdue University)

[edit] F

• Joe Forehand - CEO, Accenture
• Henry Ford - founder of the Ford Motor Company. Revolutionized industrial production by being the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to a production process.

[edit] G

• Henry Gantt - inventor of the Gantt chart
• Frank Gilbreth - time and motion studies
• Lillian Gilbreth - time and motion studies (University of California, Berkeley)
• Charles Gordon - co-owner of Tri-City Beverages and inventor of "Dr. Enuf" beverage (University of Vermont)
• John Grado - Retired Chairman and CEO of Technographics, Inc. (Virginia Tech)
• Jack Guynn - President of the Federal Reserve Bank-Atlanta (Virginia Tech)

[edit] H

• G.C.(Chris) Hedye, Sydney - Inventor of Modapts, author of "The sensible task master"
• Homer Hickam - NASA Engineer, Author of The Coalwood Way, Rocket Boys, October Sky, Torpedo Junction and Back to the Moon (Virginia Tech)
• Charles O. (Chad) Holliday - CEO, DuPont

[edit] I

• Lee Iacocca - former CEO - Chrysler (Lehigh University)

[edit] J

• Joe Girardi - manager, Florida Marlins (Northwestern University)
• Joseph M. Juran - Six Sigma

[edit] K

• Robert S. Kaplan - Professor of Cost Accounting, Harvard University
• Edward J. Kearney, P.E. - President, Management Engineering (Northeastern University, Boston)
• Robert Kidder - Chairman of the Board, Borden Chemical Inc. (University of Michigan)
• Dick Kovacevich - CEO, Wells Fargo
• Joseph DeCosimo - Designer of Bio-Dome

[edit] L

• Tom Landry - former Dallas Cowboys Coach (University of Houston)
• Carl Lindenmeyer - pioneer in advanced work measurement and inventor of Computer-Aided Work Sampling with Excel (CAWS/E) and Computer-Integrated Time Study (CITS), professor emeritus Clemson University

[edit] M

• Jim McCaslin - President and CEO, Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
• William H. McCumber, P.E. - Fellow of INCOSE, President of EagleRidge Technologies, Professor of Practice at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC), retired from IBM Federal Systems and Loral/Lockheed; deceased 2003.
• Morteza Moalagh - Analysis Engineer,VSP Company www.vspco.com

[edit] N

[edit] O

• Taiichi Ohno - Father of the Toyota Production System, also known as Just In Time.

[edit] P

• R.K. Pachauri - Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director, Tata Energy Research Institute
• Andrew Patti - President and COO, Dial Corp. (Rutgers)
• Vince Placido - Management Engineer, Banner Health (Arizona State University)
• A. Alan Pritsker - Industrial Engineer and teacher, pioneer of Computer Simulation Languages. (Purdue University)

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[edit] R

[edit] S

• Jacob Samuda, the "first Jewish Engineer", credited with devising the atmospheric railway whilst working for Samuda Brothers.
• Shigeo Shingo - Creator of SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) technique and Poka-Yoke (fail-safe) devices.
• William H. Swanson - President and CEO, Raytheon Co.

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[edit] T

• Frederick Winslow Taylor - Scientific management

[edit] W

• Edward Whitacre, Jr. - Chairman and CEO of SBC

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• Yun Jong Yong - CEO, Samsung Electronics

[edit] Z