About the author

With more than 16 years of experience in manufacturing operations in the automotive industry focused on processes of Continuous Improvement and Quality, taking positions of leadership through Quality and Continuous improvement (Lean) Manager to Plant Director.
Jose Gabriel Mendoza as a manager experience implemented Lean Tools focused from the development of Strategy (Hoshin) to the implementation of the tools at Gemba, always focused on the value added activities and being the priority Cultural Change through the experience of Lean Implementation in different companies like Honeywell, Delco Remy, Heil Trailer, CPE Italia and Gonvarri Steel Services, developed different projects with direct impact on the Operating Income also gained experiences of work with global teams that brings the knowledge of working in different cultures. He has experience as instructor and consultant teaching through Lean Simulator to increase the success in the implementation of Lean techniques. He is Project Manager at Staufen Americas since 2017.