Kankakee Community College
Ron Yartz currently serves as the Environment, Health and Safety Compliance Manager at Mondelēz International since April 2024, while also teaching Lean Manufacturing and Quality Systems as an Adjunct Professor at Kankakee Community College since August 2017. Prior experience includes roles such as Head of Quality Assurance at West Madison Foods and Quality Assurance Manager at Ventura Foods. Ron Yartz previously held positions at Van Drunen Farms as Plant Quality and 3PL Warehouse Manager and at Johnsonville Sausage as Innovation and Continuous Improvement Coordinator, where Ron was recognized as a Certified Innovation Mentor. Earlier in the career, Ron Yartz was a Business Unit Manager at Pepsico. Ron Yartz holds an MBA in Operations Management and Supervision from Davenport University, earned between 2004 and 2006.