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NEWS | Aug. 27, 2018

23 trained for Navy innovations graduate Aug. 24

By PSNS & IMF Public Affairs

Innovation is at the core of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s strategy for accomplishing its mission: maintaining, modernizing and retiring the Navy’s fleet. The shipyard and other local Navy commands recently certified a group of employees specially trained to lead the innovative processes intended to make their organizations successful into the future.

Twenty-three employees from local Navy units graduated from the Naval Sea Systems Command Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program during a ceremony Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Norm Dicks Government Center.

The graduates completed five weeks of intensive training in organizational improvement processes using the Lean Six Sigma methodology. The Black Belt certification will enable them to lead teams in analyzing work processes to develop improvements in efficiency or quality.

Thirteen of the graduates work at PSNS & IMF. The remaining 10 work for Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport; Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific; Ship Repair Facility, Japan; Submarine Group Nine; Naval Submarine Support Center Bangor; and the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

Rear Admiral Stephen F. Williamson, deputy commander for logistics, maintenance and industrial operations at Naval Sea Systems Command, was the guest speaker at the ceremony. Organizers estimate that about 60 family members, friends and guests attended the event.

Graduating were:

Bryan Allen, Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific

Daryl Anderson, PSNS & IMF

Robert Bosarge, PSNS & IMF

T.C. Bowers, Submarine Group Nine

Taylor Cable, PSNS & IMF

Kristina Childs, PSNS & IMF

Norma Domingo, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport

Kiri Eberhart, PSNS & IMF

Bill Frey, PSNS & IMF

Yuki Funamizu, Ship Repair Facility, Japan

Tim Harnishfeger, PSNS & IMF

Scott Huttleston, Naval Submarine Support Center Bangor

Junko Isozaki, Ship Repair Facility, Japan

Bob Ketch, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Steve Komar, Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific

Ailia Krause, PSNS & IMF

Chuck Lance, PSNS & IMF

Rich Marquina, PSNS & IMF

Shannon Miller, PSNS & IMF

Kirsten Pearson, PSNS & IMF

Eliana Sanchez, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport

Nioka Troyer, PSNS & IMF

Lindsay Vigo, Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific