Carl is a consultant and instructor in the areas of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and other reliability and quality disciplines, supporting clients from a wide cross section of industries. He has 40 years of experience in reliability testing, engineering, and management positions, including as senior manager for advanced reliability at General Motors. He has a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, is a Senior Member of the American Society of Quality, and a Certified Reliability Engineer. His book, Effective FMEAs, was published by John Wiley & Sons in 2012, and he regularly writes and podcasts on AccendoReliability.com. Fred is an international authority on reliability engineering and founder of Accendo Reliability. He is the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm he founded in 2004. Fred left Hewlett Packard's Reliability Team where he helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation to assist other organizations. His passion is working with teams to improve product reliability, customer satisfaction, and efficiencies in product development and to reduce product risk and warranty costs. Fred has a Bachelor of Science in physics from the United States Military Academy and a Master of Science in statistics from Stanford University.
"A great resource for those wanting their organization to implement or improve product reliability. It contains many hard earned nuggets of wisdom learned from years of practicing reliability embedment and execution in projects. (Daniel C. Conrad, Ph.D. Director Design Quality, Reliability, & Testing, Hussmann) ""Every engineer and manager should own this book"" This book provides a detailed road map to develop and execute a reliability plan that requires a blend of organizational capabilities and behaviors. It focuses on reliability decision making while emphasizing reliability goals cannot be achieved without influencing the culture. The example scenarios blended throughout the book reflect the various program priorities and constraints that must be balanced within the reliability plan. This book is suitable for engineers and managers at all levels in the organization. The authors combined their years of experience and knowledge to create a 6 Step process to guide organizations through the process of developing a reliability plan. They provide specific elements and questions for each of the 6 steps. I like how they referenced sections of various industry standards to highlight specific points they make throughout the book. My favorite quote from this book is ""Reliability occurs at the point of decision"". Every engineer and manager should own this book. (Bill Haughey, Vice President, ReliaTrain)"