Fawzi A. Bawab, PhD

Partner

Education

Fawzi is a partner with Meirc. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration with focus on operational excellence from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot Watt University in the UK. He also holds a postgraduate certificate in business research methods from the same university. He holds an M.Sc. in industrial engineering and a B.Sc. in civil engineering from University of Jordan. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM). Among the certifications he holds are certified quality lead assessor with IRCA of England, certified TS16949 automotive assessor, approved ASQ Lean Six Sigma instructor and ASQ certified manager of quality and organizational excellence. Fawzi is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) with the engineering association in Jordan, a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CSSMBB) and a Kaplan-Norton strategy and KPI qualified practitioner. Fawzi is a certified training practitioner (CTP) from the Institute of Performance and Learning, Canada.

Experience

Prior to joining Meirc, Fawzi held several managerial positions in Canada and the Middle East. He was the training director and a consultant with British Standards Institution (BSI)- Americas based out of Ottawa, Canada. He also was the regional business manager with BSI based in Dubai, UAE. Before that, he was the training director with KPMG Quality Registrar in North America. Fawzi also worked with IBM/GBM as the quality manager/specialist for IBM locations in the Gulf region. Earlier in his career, he worked as a quality consultant with Talal Abu Ghazleh consulting firm in Dubai. Fawzi also worked for a leading insurance company in Jordan as an assistant marketing manager and quality coordinator.

Expertise

Fawzi has more than 30-year worth of top management experience in various companies in areas of quality, strategy planning and organizational improvement. At Meirc Training and Consulting, he has been supporting and coaching organizations in achieving their business objectives through training and consulting for business process improvement. His areas of competence include delivery of public and customized private in-house training in all areas of corporate quality systems. These include: Six Sigma (black belt, green belt, champion), Lean, customer service, ISO, strategic quality planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), process improvement, leadership, Statistical Process Control (SPC), performance management and strategic management. Fawzi has trained and coached thousands of participants in different fields. He is also a frequent keynote speaker at professional conferences and meetings.