Dr. Thomas A. Little is President of Thomas A. Little Consulting (TLC) an internationally
recognized Six Sigma consulting firm with a proven record for achieving results. He has
extensive experience in developing and deploying Six Sigma programs aligned to core
management and business objectives. Dr. Little has developed curricula in manufacturing
excellence with Six Sigma, transactional excellence with Six Sigma and design for Six Sigma in
product, service and business development. TLC is a strategic partner of SAS/JMP.

In addition to Six Sigma course development, Dr. Little has developed specific content courses
in engineering statistics, data analysis, design of experiments, performance modeling, statistical
process control, measurement systems analysis, mixture design of experiments, root cause analysis,
process mapping and failure modes and effects analysis. These courses are used by a variety of
Fortune 100 companies to train their engineers and scientists.

Dr. Little has a B.S. from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from Purdue University and is a
former professor at San Jose State University with extensive experience in applying analytical
methods to pharmaceutical, medical device, semiconductor and consumer products development
and manufacturing. He has published numerous articles and books and has presented papers on the
subjects of Six Sigma, analytical thinking and quality engineering. Dr. Little has trained over 15,000
engineers and scientists during his career.

email: drlittle@dr-tom.com