The Board of Directors of the ESSC-D

Michael Kierdorf
Chairman

KVP.expert

Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean Champion
Systemic coach and change manager
Experienced Agile Master

Dr. Michael Ohler
Deputy Chairman / Chief Financial Officer

Managing Director exceedium GmbH

Black Belt since 2006
Master Black Belt since 2009

Prof. Dr. Bert Leyendecker

Professor of Production Management and Operations Research
Koblenz University of Applied Sciences

Managing Director Leyendecker Consulting GmbH

Black Belt since 2001
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt since 2004

Björn Noreik

BNB Quality Statistics and Training

Managing Director JBB Seminars GmbH

Black Belt since 2006
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt since 2018

Achim Schmidt

Managing Director Innovigate GmbH

Six Sigma Master Black Belt since 2006
Design for Six Sigma Black Belt since 2014
TRIZ Level 3 Expert since 2016

Achim Schmidt

Further contact persons in the association

Sylvia Rohm

Office @ ESSC-D

For more than 10 years, the name Sylvia Rohm has been synonymous with the “office” of our association. Most members have already had contact with Sylvia Rohm, as she is the “good spirit” in the back office.

Mario Jürgens

Mario Jürgens ist Gründungsmitglied und seit der erste Stunde im ESSC-D aktiv. Er leitet den Advanced Statistics Workshop, arbeitet in mehreren Arbeitskreisen mit, stellt regelmäßig Neuentwicklungen zur Verfügung und ist der erste Ansprechpartner für Nutzer und Nutzerinnen der Marke des ESSC.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Pötters

Prof. Dr-Ing. Patrick Pötters has been active in the ESSC-D since 2015 and has headed the “German Six Sigma Award for Business Excellence” since the beginning of 2021.
He is a professor of industrial engineering at
of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and advises companies across all industries on all aspects of process optimization.

Eckhard Freudenberger

Eckhard Freudenberger has been a member of the ESSC since 2010. Since 2016, he has been responsible for the entire organizational part of the conference, both preparation and implementation, as well as the trophies and certificates for the German Six Sigma Award for Business Excellence. Professionally, he works throughout Europe as a consultant for business excellence in the Machinery & Equipment, Automotive and Cross Industries sectors.

Dr. Thomas Rietdorf

Thomas Rietdorf is a Master Black Belt and has been an active member of the association since 2015. He is involved in several working groups, including “Six Sigma weitergedacht”, “Lernen 2.0” and “Speed”.

He also helped us to convert our membership database to the Webling club software.

Karlheinz Eichinger

Karlheinz Eichinger is a “veteran of the ESSC”. As a graduate engineer in plastics technology, he is a Master Black Belt for Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma and is known for his specialist presentations at the ESSC and other platforms. He developed the Six Sigma app for the ESSC and has been maintaining it ever since.
He also checks compliance with the ESSC quality standards for training on behalf of the ESSC.

Daniel Fügner

Daniel Fügner has been a member of the ESSC-D for several years and has been actively involved in the “Raising Profile” working group and as a cash auditor for the association since 2022. He is a sales engineer for Minitab at ADDITIVE GmbH and, as a black belt, provides cross-industry support in understanding and improving processes.

Dirk Jödike

Dirk Jödicke was Head of Research and Development, Head of Quality Assurance and has been a Six Sigma Master Black Belt freelance consultant for Six Sigma, statistical data analysis, statistical test planning and process optimization since 2017. He is a cash auditor for the ESSC.