Rod Baxter, author of Operational Excellence Handbook, Strategy Driven for Success Handbook, Project Management for Success Handbook, Problem Solving for Success Handbook, and Workshop Facilitation for Success Handbook, is principal and cofounder of Value Generation Partners, headquartered in Naples, FL. In his thirty-year career, he has led operational excellence and continuous improvement efforts for organizations such as ACI Worldwide, Diebold, The Hoover Company, The Timken Company, GOJO Industries, Florida Gulf Coast University, and Kent State University. Through these experiences, he traveled around the globe, facilitating teams in China, UAE, Singapore, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Poland. As a Value Generation Partners principal, Rod is the subject matter expert, facilitating its Operational Excellence training, consulting, coaching, and project mentoring.
He earned a BS from Kent State University and an MBA from the University of Akron; and he holds the following professional certifications: PMP, MBB, CSSBB, CMQ/OE, CQE, CQA. Rod is a distinguished alumni of Kent State University's College of Technology, published guest writer to Quality Progress magazine, and has served as a member of the board of examiners for Ohio Award for Excellence and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.