Fred Ott

Fred Ott is a Senior Lean Business Systems Manager at MKS Instruments, with extensive experience in Continuous Improvement roles across various industries. At Xylem Inc., Fred served as Director of Continuous Improvement for Corporate Functions and later for the Americas, implementing Lean and Six Sigma strategies to enhance performance and drive CI projects. Prior positions include Program Manager at Valspar, Continuous Improvement Change Agent at Sara Lee, Master Blackbelt at BP, Quality and Productivity Blackbelt at Bank of America, Blackbelt at SIRVA, Inc., and Global Sourcing Engineer at General Electric. Fred holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University.