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James Myers

JAMES W. MYERS
Associate Dean and Contributing Associate Professor
B.S., Western Oregon University
M.M., Willamette University

EML: jwmyers@willamette.edu

 
 
Biography

James W. Myers currently serves as a contributing associate professor and brings with him twenty years of operations leadership experience focusing on customer service, product delivery and process development. His background includes maintenance, materials, and manufacturing management, continuous improvement, and enterprise planning in capital equipment and aerospace/defense sectors. He is also the founder of Praxis Analytics Incorporated, a business consultancy focusing on enterprise optimization and process improvement.

“We’re delighted to welcome James Myers to the administrative team at the Atkinson School,” said Debra Ringold. “As a graduate of the program and an innovator in operational and project management, James will work to streamline processes that support our faculty and staff in serving the needs of our students.”

 
Areas of Instruction
Operations Management, Project Management
 
Professional Training
Recent Advanced Technical and Improvement Methodology Training and Seminars:
Six Sigma Green Belt Training, November 2007
Accelerated Improvement Workshop (AIW) Leader Class Boeing, Lean Office, May 2007
Good System, Good Thinking, April 2007
ITAR and Empowered Official Seminar, February 2007
Competitive Advantage through Operations, November 2006
Benchmarking Seminar, SISU Consulting Group, June 2006
Lean Leader Certificate Training, March 2005
Lean Introduction and Advanced Workshops NWHPEC, June/July 2004
 
Selected Publications
“Ethical Reasoning, Epistemology, and Administrative Inquiry,” (with Fred Thompson), Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management; Volume 14, 2006.
 
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