Joseph M. Ogundu, PHD, MBA - Board Chairman President / Principal Consultant
Dr. Joseph M. Ogundu is the Chairman/CEO of Emerald Global Consulting Inc., a Farmington Hills, Michigan based consulting firm. Dr. Ogundu brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from the automotive, oil & gas and service-related industries to Emerald Global Consulting Inc. His experience includes consulting and direct operating activities in the following areas; operations leadership, strategy, business process excellence, risk management, program/project execution, supply chain management, six-sigma, manufacturing engineering, HITRUST, lean transformation and total quality management. He has experience executing restructuring and organizational turnaround. Dr. Ogundu is a quality and operations excellence practitioner with expertise in solving complex operations problems and delivering results. He was an employee of General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Daimler Chrysler AG., and Country Coach Inc. Dr. Ogundu was adjunct professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering at both Lawrence Technological University, Southfield Michigan and Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, and adjunct professor of Business Administration at Kettering University, Flint Michigan.
Dr. Ogundu graduated with a Doctorate Degree in Engineering and Manufacturing Systems and Masters in Business Administration from Lawrence Technological University, Master’s Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Wayne State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from University of Tennessee Knoxville. He served as board member of Lawrence Tech. University College of Management Alumni Association, Finer Cabinetry & Woodwork Inc., Citation Plastics, LLC., River State Foundation Inc., Healthcare Management department at South University, Novi Michigan, Vice President of Chapter Development Institute of Industrial Engineers SE Michigan/Toledo Chapter. Dr. Ogundu is the author of the book “The Relationship between Types of Waste and Operating Performance Measures”, published by Lambert Publishing company