Hormoz Mogarei has been in management since 1990, with 20 years of those, directly in the “Lean” environment with Toyota and Toyota subsidiaries. In addition to many Lean Manufacturing courses, Hormoz has also authored and presented quite a few Management workshops such as: “Project Management, Effective Communication skills, Time Management, Strategic Planning, (Hoshin Kanri), Quality Improvement initiatives, Scientific Problem-solving, Standardization, Effective Leadership / Followership, and Team Building”. Mr. Mogarei was first trained on Lean Manufacturing Techniques by Toyota Supplier Support Center (TSSC) in Kentucky as well as in Nagoya & in Toyota-City, in Japan. He was able to initiate, implement, and lead various Kaizen projects in the areas of improving Quality, Cost, Lead-time, Team Member Development, Customer-Satisfaction, and Space utilization at a Toyota supplier and subsidiary. His claim to fame is to have achieved Zero-defects for 13-consecutive months, while at Toyota, producing a vehicle every 53-seconds with over 250,000 parts per day. Hormoz taught Quality Management courses at Silicon Valley Technical Institute (SVTI), in San Jose, CA, as well.

Many companies and major universities have hosted him as their trusted consultant in Lean Training and Implementation. His clients' list includes Boeing in Oregon, Applied Materials in Texas, Union Bank of California, Powis, Manex, Intel, Apple, HM Clause, Vilmorin, Spectrum Lithograph, SiTune, Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, Zazzle, UCSF, PlasmaTreat, Ascenx, Altera and the United Nation. He has lectured at Stanford U. and Cal-Poly University in San Luis Obispo. He is an international lecturer in countries such as Armenia, Brazil, China, Canada, Germany, and Japan, to name a few. He has been consulting in these industries, among others: Accounting, Aerospace, Agribusiness, Automotive, Banking, Chemical Manufacturing, Chip design, Computer Hardware Assembly, Construction, Contract Manufacturing, Electronics, Energy, Healthcare, Oil & Gas pump manufacturing, Printing & Packaging, Semiconductor, Telecommunication, and Transportation.

Mr. Mogarei is a Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley, DeVry, Keller universities, and at Silicon Valley Business Institute, teaching Lean Management, Leadership & Lean Manufacturing/Production courses. His expertise is in designing, controlling, and improving systems in a variety of organizations in the areas of Safety, Quality (TQM, QMS, etc.), Cost, Delivery, Customer-satisfaction, Team Member Development, and Environment. He is currently the President & CEO of getting Kaizened, Inc., a Lean Training & Consulting firm in Northern California. Hormoz Mogarei holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and a master’s in business administration, (MBA). He is a Ph.D. candidate in Organization Leadership.