Paul Kobishop

Paul Kobishop is currently an advisor at Intelleges. Prior to that, they worked as the Global Director of Quality and Safety at Jabil Defense and Aerospace. In this role, they oversaw the operations related to quality, safety, supply chain, and business process improvement with four international facilities. Paul has regulated financial budgets worth $29.5M.

Paul has developed and implemented a continuous improvement system that consists of 4 Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belts, performing 2 projects each per year driving cost reduction and process improvement. This incorporates a 6S system that currently functions at 96% weekly scoring, and delivered 6% above goal for cost reduction programs, with a current goal of $285,000 in cost reduction, and are currently at 72% of that goal.

Paul has also decreased EMOD from 0.97 to 0.70 in 18 months, lowered workers’ compensation insurance costs by 21%, and achieved 21 months of incident-free facility and site performance by instituting a safety system that emphasized on education, accountability, and incentives. Paul reduced $185,000 in lost time due to reportable.

Paul Kobishop has a Masters of Science in Operations Management from the University of Phoenix, a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, Associates degrees in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Mid-State Technical College and Food Service Management from Western Wisconsin Technical College, and a Diploma in General Field of Study from Stevens Point Area Senior High School. Paul is also certified in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from GoLeanSixSigma.com, Certified Internal Auditor from ASQ - World Headquarters, and Certified Supply Chain Analyst from APICS.