Bruno Ternon
Senior Executive, Client Services Europe

Bruno is a Director of Client Services with George Group, SARL in Europe. He has helped plan and deploy corporate-wide Lean Six Sigma initiatives for a number of multinational, multi-billion-dollar companies. He is also a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience in product development and manufacturing for diverse industries such as electronics, financial services, construction equipment, multimedia, defence, and energy. Fluent in French and English, Bruno has developed hundreds of Black Belts, Green Belts and Champions worldwide.

Bruno's specialties include rapid transition of new products from design to manufacturing and re-design and streamlining of existing core processes to reduce cycle times and increase quality and value as perceived by customers. He orchestrated the new development of a large truck mounted crane, successfully reducing the development time by 50% (from team launch to release of the 1^st production vehicle) and manufacturing cost by 25%. This project earned the 2001 National Industry Award for Design Innovation.

Bruno is a registered Professional Engineer in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (equivalent to an M.S.E.E. and M.S.M.E.) with training from the E.S.M.E. College in Paris (France). He is a certified Master Black Belt and Lean Master, and is also an ISO 9001 Certified Lead Auditor from the British Standard Institute (BSI).

Bruno is frequently recognized within George Group for his unique client contributions and has received the following awards: