Chapter 7 - Harry Kenworthy

Harry Kenworthy has authored articles on Total Quality in Quality Progress and Purchasing magazines and several articles in Government Finance Review: “Getting Started with Lean”60, “A Guide to Starting the Lean Journey”61, and “Blending Agile and Lean Thinking for More Efficient IT Development”62. He worked previously in several manufacturing organizations, serving as process engineer, general foreman, operations manager, division manager, group vice president, and lastly as vice president of manufacturing. Harry has worked in industries including copper & brass rolling, tube and bar mills; printed circuit boards; custom plastic molding; and his last tenure was 26 years at Rogers Corpo- ration which served a variety of markets and technologies. He was responsible for the Rogers worldwide Lean Six Sigma effort and left to devote full time to his consulting firm in 2004. His consulting organization, QPIC, LLC63, focuses on clients im- plementing Lean Management Systems in over 20 states with state government agencies, counties, cities, and large K-12 school systems. Harry has a B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute (RPI), and an M.B.A in Finance from Syracuse University. Harry and his wife Elaine reside in Connecticut. This chapter is excerpted from his upcoming book: Lean Government Now - We Can Do This!