List of industrial engineers
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This is a list of notable industrial engineers, people who were trained in or practiced industrial engineering who have established prominence in their profession.
- See also: Institute of Industrial Engineers
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Charles Armstrong - President of Seattle Mariners (Purdue University)
- Ayham Massadeh- Management Consultant at PCG ( Jordan University)
[edit] B
- Ali Babacan - State Minister for Economy of Republic of Turkey (Middle East Technical University)
[edit] C
- Roger Corman - American film Producer and Director (Stanford University)
- Nancy Currie - Astronaut
[edit] D
- John Dasburg - CEO, Northwest Airlines (University of Florida)
- W. Edwards Deming - Forerunner of Total Quality Management (TQC)
- David Drake - Professional Lego Builder
- Mike Duke - President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores USA (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Deepesh Chatterjee- System Designer (Keane)
[edit] E
- John Edwardson - CEO, CDW Computer Centers Inc. (Purdue University)
- A. K. Erlang - communications, queueing (University of Copenhagen)
- Michael Eskew - CEO, United Parcel Service (Purdue University)
[edit] F
- Adel Faqeeh - CEO of Savola company in Saudi Arabia , Mayor of Jeddah city in Saudi Arabia (King Abdulaziz university)
- Joe Forehand - CEO, Accenture (Auburn University)
- Henry Ford - founder of the Ford Motor Company. Revolutionized industrial production by being the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to a production process.
[edit] G
- Henry Gantt - inventor of the Gantt chart
- Frank Gilbreth - time and motion studies
- Lillian Gilbreth - time and motion studies (University of California, Berkeley)
- Samuel Ginn - Wireless Communications Pioneer and former chairman Vodafone (Auburn University)
- Joe Girardi - manager, Florida Marlins and New York Yankees (Northwestern University)
- Charles Gordon - co-owner of Tri-City Beverages and inventor of "Dr. Enuf" beverage (Virginia Tech)
- John Grado - Retired Chairman and CEO of Technographics, Inc. (Virginia Tech)
- Jack Guynn - President of the Federal Reserve Bank-Atlanta (Virginia Tech)
[edit] H
- Joe Hardy - Founder and CEO of 84 Lumber, (University of Pittsburgh)
- G.C.(Chris) Hedye, Sydney - Inventor of Modapts, author of "The sensible task master"
- Homer Hickam - NASA Engineer, Author of The Coalwood Way, Rocket Boys, October Sky, Torpedo Junction and Back to the Moon (Virginia Tech)
- Charles O. (Chad) Holliday - CEO, DuPont (University of Tennessee)
- Dr Eric Haffner- Industrial Engineering Chair and Stand-in Dean of Engineering, Western New England College
[edit] I
- Lee Iacocca - former CEO - Chrysler (Lehigh University)
- Jonathan Ive - Senior Vice President - Apple Inc (Newcastle Polytechnic)
[edit] J
[edit] K
- Robert S. Kaplan - Professor of Cost Accounting, Harvard University
- Edward J. Kearney, P.E. - President, Management Engineering (Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts))
- Robert Kidder - Chairman of the Board, Borden Chemical Inc. (University of Michigan)
- Dick Kovacevich - CEO, Wells Fargo
- Prof. D.R.Kiran , Principal, PMR Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
[edit] L
- Tom Landry - former Dallas Cowboys Coach (University of Houston)
- Manny Lawson - NFL Linebacker 2006 to present; 1st round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers (North Carolina State University)
- James Lofton - NFL Coach and former player
- Steve Lynn - CEO, Shoney's Restaurants
- Khaled AL-Sakhel - Management Consultant - PCG (Hashemite University)
[edit] M
- Jim McCaslin - Board member, Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
- Edwin Moses - World record hurdler
- Alphonse Munchen - Luxembourgian engineer and Mayor of Luxembourg City
- Richard Muther- Consultant and author of several influential books on plant layout and material handling
[edit] N
- Carlos Nemer - University Professor (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
[edit] O
- Taiichi Ohno - Father of the Toyota Production System, also known as Just In Time.
[edit] P
- R.K. Pachauri - Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director, Tata Energy Research Institute
- A. Alan Pritsker - Industrial Engineer and teacher, pioneer of Computer Simulation Languages. (Purdue University)
- A.V.V. Prasada Raju - Project Coordinator, Energy Infratech Pvt Ltd (India)
[edit] Q
[edit] R
Rahul Sahai- Sales Executive (Kennametal Pvt Ltd.)
P K Ray- Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
[edit] S
- Jacob Samuda, the "first Jewish Engineer", credited with devising the atmospheric railway whilst working for Samuda Brothers.
- Shigeo Shingo - Creator of SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) technique and Poka-Yoke (fail-safe) devices.
- William H. Swanson - President and CEO, Raytheon Co. (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
- Shahabudeen P, Professor of Industrial Engineering at Anna University,Chennai
[edit] T
Tahmasbpur Ali- Student of iust
[edit] U
- Thomas Usher - CEO, USX
[edit] V
- Tommy Vardell - NFL Fullback 1992-1999; first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns (Stanford University)
- Venkatanarayanan.V. - Manufacturing Engineer, Kennametal India Limited
[edit] W
- Edward Whitacre, Jr. - Chairman and CEO of AT&T
- Dr. John A. White - Chancellor, University of Arkansas
- Ed Woolard - CEO, DuPont
[edit] Y
- Yun Jong Yong - CEO, Samsung Electronics
