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ARV Excellence has trained people from:
 
 
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Stryker, Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Wyeth, Transitions and many more... 
 
  
ARV Excellence helps companies improve. A reliable and effective supply chain is at the cornerstone of competitiveness. Whether its improving yields, preventing errors resulting in defects or defects entering the supply chain we take a pragmatic approach. We help companies achieve performance breakthroughs in quality, cost and speed.

 

Eoin Barry

Eoin Barry, Director

Eoin developed the MDSixSigma© Programme and founded ARV Excellence Eoin has ...
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Kaiser Aziz

Dr. Kaiser Aziz, Senior Quality, Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Consultant

Kaiser is former director of the US FDA division of mechanics and materials science.....
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Michael Holman

Michael Holman, Master Black Belt

Mike is a leading expert in the training and coaching of Lean Six Sigma Black Belts ...
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Team Expertise

The ARV Excellence Team also has extensive experience in the application of Lean Six Sigma in the automotive, healthcare and financial sectors. In addition to life science companies ARV Excellence consutants have worked for AlliedSignal/ Honeywell, Guidant, BostonScientific, the Six Sigma Academy and have completed assignments for Bosch, Shell, Pfizer financial services and the NHS (UK).

ARV Excellence has expertise in compliance with the US FDA drug and device QSRs, premarket approval, clinical trials and QSIT.

 

Eoin Barry

Eoin Barry

Director

Eoin is passionate about process improvement. He certified as a black belt with AlliedSignal Turbocharging Systems in 1996. He got hooked on Six Sigma when in the five month period of his first black belt project he delivered over $300,000 in annualised saving. He was hooked on Kaizen when he lead a team to reduce throughput time by 98% in a seemingly "complex" manufacturing process in 1998. A registered trainer with the International Association of Food and Drug Officials and Global Risk Management Alliance. Eoin has extensive experience in the improvement of the manufacturing and quality processes of automotive and medical devices including orthopeadic implants, cardiac rhythm management devices, stents and catheters. This covers a diverse range of technologies including precision vacuum investment casting, electronic assembly, machining, extrusions, moulding and manual assembly. Eoin is a University of Limerick graduate where he studied materials science and business administration. 

 

Kaier Aziz

Kaiser Aziz Ph.D., FACB, FACS, DABB

Senior Regulatory, Quality and Clinical affairs consultant.

Kaiser completed a 29-year career with FDA. Kaiser was Director, Division of Mechanics and Materials Science – FDA, Assoc. Director, Clinical Lab Devices – FDA, and Chief, Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, and Pathology – FDA. Kaiser had a distinguished career as a clinical regulatory scientist and manager of drug and device evaluations, approvals, reengineering, standards, good manufacturing and quality system applications.   During his career Kaiser worked with individual and industry organizations in design and total product life cycle (TPLC) approaches to premarket applications for medical devices, pharmaceuticals and combination products. In his career Kaiser has recieved numerous awards including an award from the Vice President of the United States, Al Gore for his work on QSIT.   
During his tenure at FDA, he served as an adjunct faculty in the Department of Medicine and Physiology, NIH Graduate School, where he developed and taught courses and workshops in Medical Devices and Clinical Laboratory Medicine.  Currently, he serves as an adjunct faculty at the Center for Applied Health Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he teaches medical device and pharmaceutical risk management courses and workshops.  He has published numerous scientific and regulatory articles in professional and trade journals, and he has published several individual Text Book Chapters.  He is a fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and Association of Clinical Scientists.  He is certified as a Clinical Laboratory Director by the American Board of Bioanalysis.  He serves as a member of editorial advisory boards of professional journals.  He was an invited guest editor on Nanotechnology and Clinical Trials in the Journal of Clinical Ligand Assay in 2006.

 

Michael Holman

Michael Holman

Senior Master Black Belt

Mike is a leading expert in the training and coaching of Lean Six Sigma Black Belts, Champions, Master Black Belts, Lean Experts and mentors. Mike has over 25 years industry experience. As a Six Sigma Master Black Belt Mike was responsible for six sigma at seven of AlliedSignal's (Honeywell) European plants. Prior to joining ARV Excellence Mike was a senior master consultant with the Six Sigma Academy. Mike is a Chartered Engineer from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and a graduate of the University of Liverpool where he read mechanical engineering.

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