Dr. Harry's contributions to Six Sigma

Art Sundry ignites the quality improvement effort at Motorola during 1979 annual officer's meeting

Motorola begins corporate focus on product quality

Motorola establishes Corporate Training and Education Center (MTEC)

Motorola Corporate Quality Council established

Motorola establishes 5 Year 10X improvement goal

Mr. Mikel Harry begins his ASU doctoral internship at Motorola GEG Radar Operations under the guidance of Mr. Murry Allen

Mr. Mikel Harry works as an external consultant with Motorola GEG training department to establish a statistical problem solving curriculum and then teaches several of the resulting courses

Mr. Mikel Harry finalizes the "Logic Filters" problem solving strategy as a doctoral student within the Division of Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Arizona State University

Mr. Mikel Harry begins working with Mr. Dorian Shannin at Motorola GEG on several engineering problems and latter teahes the Shannin Methods for the GEG training department (Advanced Diagnostic Tools)

Mr. Mikel Harry initiates the design and construction of a comprehensive statistical problem solving curriculum for Motorola GEG

Motorola Government Electronics Group formally adopts the "Logic Filters" problem solving strategy invented by Dr. Mikel Harry

Motorola engineer Mr. Bill Smith publishes internal white paper relating product failures to latent defects and design margin

Application of statistical methods are highlighted within several Motorola business units

Motorola engineer Mr. Bill Smith coins the term "Six Sigma" to describe an expected level of design margin and product quality

Dr. Mikel Harry publishes the Logic Filters problem solving process (predicessor to the Breakthrough Strategy)

Dr. Mikel Harry publishes nine instructional manuals through Motorola GEG, covering Statistical Process Control (SPC), Applied Diagnostic Methods (ADM), and Design of Experiments (DOE)

Top management (executive committee) of Motorola commits to Total Customer Satisfaction

Motorola sets Six Sigma quality goal and distributes the "Motorola Card" to all employees

Motorola engineer Dr. Mikel Harry inititates Six Sigma collaboration with the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Arizona State University

Dr. Mikel Harry begins to work with top management of GEG and key corporate executives to spread the word of Six Sigma throughout Motorola

Dr. Mikel Harry initiates and leads first Motorola GEG class of SPC experts (forerunner of the Six Sigma Black Belt curriculum)

Dr. Mikel Harry invents and applies the Black Belt naming convention at the Salt Lake City Printed Circuit Facility, Unisys Corporation

Motorola business units begin benchmarking and reporting product quality on the sigma scale of measure and discover the average capability to be about four sigma

Motorola corporate leadership adopts 2 year 10X improvement, 4 year 100X goal, and Six Sigma by 1992

Motorola's Government Electronics Group (GEG) announces Design for Manufacturability initiative

Motorola GEG engineers Dr. Mikel Harry and Russ Benson leads the creation and implementation of Six Sigma performance metrics and supporting documentation

Motorola engineer Dr. Mikel Harry creates and leads GEG's Statistics Advisory Board (SAB)

Motorola engineers Dr. Mikel Harry, Mr. Reigle Stewart, and Mr. Ray Currens works with US Navy to develop and publish product design producibility guidelines (later integrated into the practice of Six Sigma)

Six Sigma Research Institute establishes Black Belt Steering Committee

Dr. Mikel Harry develops the Six Sigma Electrical Design Methodology and supporting instructional course

Dr. Mikel Harry establishes standardized process for creating a cadre of Motorola Six Sigma Black Belts

Dr. Mikel Harry initaties planning to create the Motorola Six Sigma Technical Institute

Motorola SSRI Director (Dr. Mikel Harry) initiates and leads the Six Sigma Black Belt concept at Motorola

Motorola SSRI Director (Dr. Mikel Harry) formulates and plans the Six Sigma Technical Institute (SSTI)

First operations review of the Six Sigma Research Institute (SSRI)

Stalking Six Sigma quality briefing by Bob Galvin and George Fisher

Dr. Harry releases version 1.0 of the Six Sigma Breakthrough Strategy

Motorola Six Sigma Research Institute (SSRI) corporate partners sponsors first annual Black Belt Symposium

Mr. Bill Smith publishes article on Six Sigma Design in IEEE Spectrum magazine (September 1993)

Dr. Mikel Harry introduces the concepts, practices, and benefits of Six Sigma to the corporate officers of General Electric

Dr. Mikel Harry trains first wave of General Electric Master Black Belts and provides initial leadership to spearhead the Six Sigma thrust at GE

Motorola Automotive Group (AIEG) reintroduces Black Belt program

Dr. Mikel Harry publishes the Six Sigma Vision in Quality Progress magazine

Dr. Mikel Harry and Mr. Richard Schroeder publish best selling book "Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World's Top Corporations"

Quality Digest publishes a narative history of Six Sigma

Dr. Mikel Harry introduces Six Sigma to the J.D. Powers International Automotive Roundtable

The business book "Six Sigma" by Dr. Mikel Harry and Mr. Richard Schroeder tops the charts and is bestowed the title "Best Seller"

Dr. Mikel Harry invents the ICRA business improvement strategy and ushers in Generation III (G3) Six Sigma with a focus on value creation

Dr. Mikel Harry forms the Six Sigma Management Institute (SSMI) and establishes a strategic and operational partnership with Arizona State University to advance Generation III (G3) of Six Sigma

Dr. Harry interviewd for the book entitled "Six Sigma Leadership Handbook" by Rath & Strong

USA Today article "Feds May Unleash Six Sigma on Terrorism" takes Six Sigma to new unchartered territory

Dr. Mikel Harry endorsed and recommended for leading Six Sigma initiative for United States Homeland Defense

Dr. Mikel Harry receives the ASU Engineering Excellence award for extraordinary contribution to society

Korean steel manufacturer POSCO and Chairman Lee adopts Generation III (G3) Six Sigma and value creation focus

Korea holds first Six Sigma Mega Conference in conjunction with the Korea Standards Association (KSA), Arizona State University (ASU), and the Six Sigma Management Institute (SSMI)

India holds first Six Sigma Mega Conference in conjunction with the government of India, Arizona State University (ASU), and the Six Sigma Management Institute (SSMI)

Quality Digest magazine acknowledges Dr. Mikel Harry as the world's foremost expert on Six Sigma and creator of Six Sigma as it is practiced today

Dr. Mikel Harry cited by Quality Digest magazine as the world’s foremost expert on Six Sigma.

Quality Digest recognizes Dr. Harry’s Six Sigma work with the US government for the war terrorism.

Dr. Mikel Harry rejoins the Six Sigma Academy, Inc. as Vice-Chairman and Chief Knowledge Officer.

Dr. Mikel Harry formulates the Breakthrough Process that underpins The Great Discovery.

Dr. Mikel Harry extensively interviewed by the Journal of Health Care Quality.

Dr. Mikel Harry recognized by Quality Digest magazine as the “Father of Six Sigma”.

Dr. Mikel Harry continues philanthropic work with institutions, charities and individuals.

Dr. Mikel Harry creates Six Sigma Scholarship at Ball State University.

Delfino Media Group in Hollywood releases the Six Sigma for Kids Program featuring Dr. Mikel Harry and The Great Discovery Breakthrough Process.

iSixSigma.com, the generally accepted Six Sigma community, unveils the Six Sigma for Kids program.

Dr. Mikel Harry cited as one of the original innovators of Six Sigma by the World Congress on Engineering, London, UK.

Motorola Inc. recognizes Dr. Mikel Harry as the originator of the Black Belt naming convention.

Motorola Inc. recognizes Dr. Mikel Harry and Mr. Bill Smith as the original creators of Design for Six Sigma.

Dr. Mikel Harry releases The Great Discovery Associate Program.

Dr. Mikel Harry recognized and cited on the QualityGurus.com website.

Dr. Mikel Harry and Mr. Bill Smith cited as the originators of Six Sigma by eHow.com website.