List of industrial engineers

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This is a list of notable industrial engineers, people who were trained in or practiced industrial engineering who have established prominence in their profession.

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)
• Ayham Massadeh- Management Consultant at PCG (University of Jordan)
• Ari. K - Industrial Engineer/Project Manager, JE Pistons (University of Southern California, USC )

[edit] B

• Ali Babacan - State Minister for Economy of Republic of Turkey (Middle East Technical University)

[edit] C

• Roger Corman - American film Producer and Director (Stanford University)
• Nancy Currie - Astronaut

[edit] D

• John Dasburg - CEO, Northwest Airlines (University of Florida)
• W. Edwards Deming - Forerunner of Total Quality Management (TQC)
• David Drake - Professional Lego Builder
• Mike Duke - President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores USA (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• Deepesh Chatterjee- System Designer (Keane)

[edit] E

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

[edit] F

• Adel Faqeeh - CEO of Savola company in Saudi Arabia , Mayor of Jeddah city in Saudi Arabia (King Abdulaziz university)
• Joe Forehand - CEO, Accenture (Auburn University)
• 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)
• Samuel Ginn - Wireless Communications Pioneer and former chairman Vodafone (Auburn University)
• Joe Girardi - manager, Florida Marlins and New York Yankees (Northwestern University)
• Charles Gordon - co-owner of Tri-City Beverages and inventor of "Dr. Enuf" beverage (Virginia Tech)
• John Grado - Retired Chairman and CEO of Technographics, Inc. (Virginia Tech)
• Jack Guynn - President of the Federal Reserve Bank-Atlanta (Virginia Tech)

[edit] H

• Joe Hardy - Founder and CEO of 84 Lumber, (University of Pittsburgh)
• 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 (University of Tennessee)
• Dr Eric Haffner- Industrial Engineering Chair and Stand-in Dean of Engineering, Western New England College

[edit] I

• Lee Iacocca - former CEO - Chrysler (Lehigh University)
• Jonathan Ive - Senior Vice President - Apple Inc (Newcastle Polytechnic)

[edit] K

• Robert S. Kaplan - Professor of Cost Accounting, Harvard University
• Edward J. Kearney, P.E. - President, Management Engineering (Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts))
• Robert Kidder - Chairman of the Board, Borden Chemical Inc. (University of Michigan)
• Dick Kovacevich - CEO, Wells Fargo
• Prof. D.R.Kiran , Principal, PMR Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

[edit] L

• Tom Landry - former Dallas Cowboys Coach (University of Houston)
• Manny Lawson - NFL Linebacker 2006 to present; 1st round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers (North Carolina State University)
• James Lofton - NFL Coach and former player
• Steve Lynn - CEO, Shoney's Restaurants
• Khaled AL-Sakhel - Management Consultant - PCG (Hashemite University)
• Kalyankar Narendra - Manufacturing Engineer- Sandvik

[edit] M

• Jim McCaslin - Board member, Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
• Edwin Moses - World record hurdler
• Alphonse Munchen - Luxembourgian engineer and Mayor of Luxembourg City
• Richard Muther- Consultant and author of several influential books on plant layout and material handling
• John Muir - Founder of Sierra Club
• Eng. Mahmoud Amer- Business Development and Quality Management Specialist- Palestine

[edit] N

• Carlos Nemer - University Professor (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
• Mazwan Noor - Industrial Engineer (ATS Automation Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.)

[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
• A. Alan Pritsker - Industrial Engineer and teacher, pioneer of Computer Simulation Languages. (Purdue University)

[edit] R

• Rahul Sahai - Sales Executive (Kennametal Pvt Ltd.)

• P K Ray - Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

[edit] S

• 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. (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
• Shahabudeen P, Professor of Industrial Engineering at Anna University,Chennai

[edit] T

• Tarun Mohan Lal, Texas A&M University

[edit] U

• Thomas Usher - CEO, USX

[edit] V

• Tommy Vardell - NFL Fullback 1992-1999; first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns (Stanford University)
• Venkatanarayanan.V. - Manufacturing Engineer, Kennametal India Limited

[edit] W

• Edward Whitacre, Jr. - Chairman and CEO of AT&T
• Dr. John A. White - Chancellor, University of Arkansas
• Ed Woolard - CEO, DuPont

[edit] Y

• Yatharth Wadhwa,Texas A&M University
• Yıldırım Muzaffer,Istanbul Marmara University

[edit] Z

• Zanganas, Georgios - Industrial & Systems Engineer, Hermes Communications