Andreas Kleinert is a partner of Valeocon Management Consulting and is a recognized expert and thought leader on Six Sigma tools and techniques. Before Valeocon, he led a German process improvement and design practice as a deployment leader and Master Black Belt, working with clients such as TRW, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, and Ericsson. Mr. Kleinert is based in Hamburg, Germany, and is fluent in German and English. He can be reached at andreas.kleinert@valeocon.com.