Congratulations to Dr. Steve Kramer for being inducted as ASQ Fellow! 

Beloved, NSU Process Improvement (PI) professor Steve Kramer, Ph.D. was awarded Fellow status at the American Society for Quality World Conference on Quality and Improvement held in Philadelphia, PA on Sunday, May 7, 2023. Steve was awarded for his “Outstanding leadership in quality education, devoted professional advocacy for young quality professionals, and promoting the field of process improvement throughout his career”. 

In November 2022, the ASQ Board of Directors voted on Dr. Kramer’s application fully awarding him Fellow status. To quality for ASQ Fellow, an ASQ member must represent the highest level of the quality professional serving over 15 years in the field of quailty, meet minimum-score requirments across six professional categories, and be sponsored by peers and endorsed by the applicant’s ASQ section.

Steve Kramer is an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at the Huizenga School at Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale. He leads their unique Process Improvement MBA Concentration and also teaches undergraduate Operations Management.  He holds BS and MS in Industrial Engineering degrees and a Ph.D. in Business and Management. Professor Kramer is a Fellow and was certified by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has facilitated and mentored > 200 lean/six sigma process improvement projects.  He has applied process planning and improvement techniques in a variety of environments via his active consulting in areas including healthcare, engineering, manufacturing, government operations, financial services, and education.  He has published in and about process management issues. In 2022 he was trained as a Sterling Examiner and then participated on an examination team for a healthcare organization.

Before entering academia Professor Kramer worked in aerospace/defense for 20 years as Sector Integration and Process Improvements Manager. He is a student advocate and has been the Counselor for the Student Branch of the Southeast Florida chapter of ASQ since facilitating its charter in 2014.  He has held several Chapter leadership positions.