Luis Socconini
Director
Lean Six Sigma Institute
Luis Socconini is the director of the Lean Six Sigma Institute, a business consulting and training firm in Chula Vista, CA. He is the author of numerous books in English and Spanish, including Lean Six Sigma Management System: Breakthrough Results Step by Step; Lean Six Sigma Management System for Leaders; and, most recently, Lean Manufacturing Step by Step, which was published in May 2021. Prior to founding the institute in 1998, Socconini worked as a small business development consultant for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School; a process engineer for Grolsch Brewery in Holland; and a manufacturing engineer for IBM Mexico. He holds master’s degree in productivity and quality and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and manufacturing systems from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies. He is working on a doctoral degree strategic leadership and business consulting from Regent University