Enrique Bekerman is Founder and Principal Consultant of Quality Manufacturing
Associates (QMA) specializing in Operations, Organizational Excellence, and Quality
improvement. Enrique has 30+ years of business experience in Manufacturing, Research
and Development, Quality Assurance and Business Development in numerous industries
including over 20 years managing FDA regulated operations. Enrique has worked
extensively in International settings including Mexico, Brazil, Asia, and the United Kingdom.
Enrique has led and participated in initiatives that have resulted in success stories posted
in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) web site with documented
financial impacts to clients of approximately $10 million. He has led a plant turn-around that
resulted in profits of $6 million, directed technology transfers, and managed multi-plant
domestic and overseas operations. He has authored several Quality Improvement articles
published on the internet including “5 keys to Building Quality” the basis for a workshop by
the same name presented at various prestigious venues. . Enrique has conducted
numerous seminars and workshops in Quality Principles, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
and team effectiveness. He has assisted companies in implementing ISO-9001: 2000 and
ISO- 13485 and is thoroughly familiar with c-GMPs for food, drugs, cosmetics and medical
devices.
Enrique has BE and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering and an MBA in Management. He
is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) and ASQ Certified Manager of Quality and
Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE). He is an MEP Certified Facilitator of Lean
Manufacturing Principles, Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen Rapid Improvement Events. He
is OSHA authorized to teach industrial safety awareness courses. He is Section Chair of The
American Society for Quality (ASQ) of Greater Palm Beach, Florida. He won the ASQ 2004-
2005 Award for Community Service.
Myriam Ochart is a Trainer, Process Improvement and Project Manager with extensive
experience in analyzing business processes to reduce operating costs, increase
productivity, eliminate waste, reduce defects, and improve process cycle time. Her
experience provides her the connection between theory and training to practical business
application. She is a creative, practical and inspirational leader leveraging her deductive
reasoning and creative communication to enhance her strengths in training, collaborating
and engaging employees in building a cohesive team environment.
Over the course of the past 6 years Myriam has leveraged her expertise and yielded
millions of dollars of benefits to the bottom line through managing and coaching multiple
Six Sigma project teams.
Six Sigma project experience includes:
• Operations defect reduction
• Operations and production efficiency opportunities
• Document repository and imaging efficiencies
• Software enhancement requirements
• E-commerce design for Six Sigma, VOC, QFD and HOC requirements
Other project experience includes:
• Logistics and product distribution
• Joint Commission regulatory healthcare requirements and risk mitigation
Myriam has delivered a variety of Six Sigma training programs to Executives, Managers,
and Associates. Training experience includes: Green Belt, Work-out, Process Mapping,
Process Modeling and Process Costing, Problem Solving and Seven Management and
Planning Tools, and various Goal setting and SMART Objective techniques. Myriam is
teaching Six Sigma at FIU (Florida International University) as adjunct faculty.
Prior to her Six Sigma career, Myriam held Sales and Management positions in the
Technology Industry; ten years selling technical solutions to Fortune 500 companies and
eight years as the District Regional Manager managing a $20M per month distribution
operations center of electronic equipment where she developed leading edge processes
and partnerships for just-in-time inventories and increased productivity.
Myriam is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, is on the Board of Directors for the Southeast
Florida American Society for Quality Section, (ASQ), the ASQ Deputy Director for the Florida
and Puerto Rico, and a juror for the ASQ International Team Excellence Award.
Our Team
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