Peter Meissner

Peter Meissner, as a Lean Six Sigma subject matter expert, focuses on helping businesses through the transformation to become a Lean – Six Sigma enterprise. He is dedicated to working with businesses to achieve goals with sustainable change management.

Peter is a process expert with 30 years of technical, commercial, and managerial experience at General Electric (GE). His breadth of knowledge encompasses leading change within an organization, development of processes to support key objectives, and incorporating regulatory requirements to provide balanced metrics and ensure long term success.

His leadership helped GE transform a manufacturing-based quality toolset into a potent cultural change for all functions within a diverse set of businesses. The application of the Lean Six-Sigma methodology with internal and external teams led to gains in both traditional business metrics (sales, net income) and broader business needs (safety and customer satisfaction). Continuing the development and use of continuous improvement methodologies, Peter led the change management to operationally improve both corporate and manufacturing processes.

Key competencies include:

• Sustainable Process Excellence
• Lean Six Sigma Expertise
• Change Acceleration Management
• Balanced Scorecard Metric Development

Peter is a certified Master Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Change Acceleration Instructor. He has a Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Peter holds several patents.

Peter is a competitive sailboat racer. His other passions include motorcycle riding, trail biking, and hiking mountain peaks. He is a proud father of two sons with four grandchildren.