Steve is an experienced mentor of Six Sigma Black Belts, specializing in Root Cause Analysis, Engineering Statistics, Design of Experiments, Measurement Systems Analysis, and Statistical Process Control. He holds a Bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and has completed several Masters level courses in Applied Statistics. He has gained vast real world experience as a mastermind in problem solving. He has enjoyed a long career solving many “impossible” problems through skilled product characterization and optimization and has assisted dozens of Black Belts to successfully complete hundreds of projects yielding extraordinary financial results.

Academic/professional Qualifications:

Master of Applied Statistics participant at Bowling Green State University, Ohio (2006-2008)
Certified Jonah, First Solar and in the TOC Community (2007)
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Maxtor Corp through ISG (2005)
Bachelors of Electronic Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo CA (Dec 1990)

Working Experience:

Thomas A. Little Consulting (2012 to Present)
Director of Continuous Improvement, First Solar (2006 - 2011)
Principal Engineer, Maxtor (2001 - 2006)
Director of Product Engineering, Read-Rite Corp (1993 – 2001)
Design Engineer, Applied Magnetics Corp (1990 – 1993)

Email address: steve.fowler@dr-tom.com