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Date: Thursday evening, May 1st, 2003

Location: Misys Hospital Systems, 4801 E. Broadway (One block east of Swan on north side of Broadway)

Guest Speaker: Tony Strickland, Six Sigma Expert, Raytheon Missile Systems

Schedule:

5:45 to 6:15 PM: Refreshments and networking

6:15 to 6:30 PM: Business and announcements

6:30 to 8:00 PM: Enjoying the food, networking and evening speakers

Topic Abstract: Raytheon Six Sigma: Changing a Culture/Business the way it ought to be

So exactly what is the difference between Six Sigma and RAYTHEON Six Sigma? Do I need to know? Why should I care? What tools can I immediately use in my work? Will I actually enjoy what I'm doing? Will I get a bigger raise after using these tools? The answers may surprise you!

Raytheon Six Sigma is an integrated toolbox that focuses not only on lean, Just-In-Time, quality, Kaizan, Kanban, and statistical process measures, but it also focuses on activities that reshape a company's culture into a positive, focused, goals-driven organization.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND? We can all improve the way we do business. Come catch a glimpse of what Raytheon is doing differently these days and see if you might find some solutions to your "burning platforms".

THIS WILL BE HANDS-ON. Expect to be involved! Team activities...You're going to be entertained, educated, and enlightened. If you're hoping for a quiet, relaxing evening filled with an hour of Powerpoint slides and a lone speaker, expect to be disappointed.

"Changing a culture is like moving a cemetery. You can do the job, but you won't get much help from the residents."

Presenter Biographical Sketch:

Tony Strickland is a Raytheon Six Sigma Expert assigned to the Software Engineering Center at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona. He has been in the aerospace and defense industry for 14 years. Tony has been the Software Project Manager for three different programs at Raytheon. He was the Software IPT Co-Lead with a Navy customer on the Tomahawk Block III software program from 1999-2001. He then led the software development on the Advanced Gun System program for the DDX destroyer, and most recently in 2002 was the SPM for the TOW Fire and Forget Continuing Effort program for the Land Combat product line before transitioning into the Raytheon Six Sigma Integrated Product Team. Tony's other previous software positions have included developing and testing avionics software on testbed F-16 aircraft and designing, developing, and testing the flight data recorder software for the F-22 fighter at Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems in Fort Worth, TX. He also taught digital flight controls theory for 18 months to a group of Taiwanese students while working on the Taiwan Fighter program at LMAS.

Tony has a Master of Science in Administration from Central Michigan University (1993) and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Louisiana Tech University (1989).

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Pedro Ahlmark

Tucson SPIN Secretary