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Dr. Eric Maass

PhD · Author, Consultant, Adjunct Professor

Eric Maass, PhD, is an author, consultant, adjunct professor, and retired Senior Director of Design, Reliability, and Manufacturing at Medtronic’s Restorative Therapy Group. He served as Senior Director for Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), where he developed and led the DFSS strategic plan for most of the company and served as chief architect of Medtronic’s DFSS Green Belt, Black Belt, and Master Black Belt programs. He was recognized with Medtronic’s individual Star of Excellence award and as a Medtronic Technical Fellow. Prior to joining Medtronic, he spent many years at Motorola in roles spanning research and development, manufacturing, operations, and design and systems engineering, and was a co-founder of the Six Sigma methods there as well as Lead Master Black Belt for DFSS. He is the author of Applying DFSS to Software and Hardware Systems. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a Master’s degree in Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, and a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering, both from Arizona State University, where he also serves as an Adjunct Professor and as chairman of the Industrial Advisory Board for the NSF-sponsored B.R.A.I.N Institute/University collaborative research consortium.