Also known as: dlbrecken
Don Brecken is an instructor and business advisor for Ferris State University on the Grand Rapids, MI campus. Don is also Director of Quality for Commercial Tool & Die, Inc. located in Comstock Park, MI. His background includes quality leadership, continuous improvement, operations learning and development, management consulting, quality auditing, and management system implementation. Don is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the immediate past Chair of ASQ Section 1001 (Grand Rapids), Deputy Regional Director for ASQ Region 10, and served on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners in '04, '05, and '07. He is an ASQ Certified Manager of Quality and Orgnaization Excellence (CMQ/OE) and RAB/QSA Certified Business Improvement Auditor (QMS-BI). Don earned his MBA in Strategic Management from Davenport University’s Sneden Graduate School. He has three undergraduate degrees in business with a Technical Specialty in Quality Leadership. Don also instructs graduate and undergraduate courses in quality management, strategic management, operations management, and leadership at Davenport and Ferris State Universities. Specialties • Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) • ASQ Certified Manager of Quality and Organization Excellence (CMQ/OE) • RAB/QSA Certified Business Improvement Auditor (QMS-BI) • ISO/AS9100 Management Representative • 2004, 2005, 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner • MBA in Strategic Management • Three undergraduate degrees in business • Technical Specialty in Quality Leadership • Instructor/Business Program Advisor at Ferris State University • Published Author
