Carsten H. Bogs

Carsten H. Bogs has extensive experience in quality management and operational excellence. Carsten H. currently holds the position of Senior Director, Quality at Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. Their previous roles include Quality Director at Reading Truck Group, Director of Quality, Americas at EnerSys, and Sr. Director of Quality at SMA America Production, LLC. Carsten has also worked as Director of Quality at Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, Head of Quality Improvement Initiatives & Customer Consulting at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, General Manager at Durr Ecoclean, Inc., Plant Quality Manager at ThyssenKrupp Automotive Systems de Mexico S.A. de C.V., and Quality & Account Manager at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG. Carsten H. began their career as an Application & Quality Engineer at MHP Mannesmann Präzisrohr GmbH. Carsten has demonstrated expertise in leading quality activities, implementing continuous improvement initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and developing quality management systems.

Carsten H. Bogs has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Operations Management and Supervision from Purdue University Daniels School of Business, which they obtained in 2002. Carsten H. also holds a Master's degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from Regis University, which they completed between 2017 and 2020. Furthermore, they have a Master's degree in Materials Science and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Materials Sciences from Technische Universität Berlin, although the specific years of completion are unknown.

In terms of additional certifications, Carsten H. Bogs has obtained various qualifications, including A3 Problem Solving for Continuous Improvement from LinkedIn (in 2021), Procurement and Sourcing from Rutgers University (in 2020), Project Management from the University of California, Irvine (in 2020), Reliability Testing from ASQ - World Headquarters (in 2019), and ISO 13845 Auditor from Calisco (in 2016). Other certifications include Situational Leadership: Building Leaders from The Center for Leadership Studies (in 2016), ISO 9001 Lead Auditor - Quality Certification from Cavendish Scott, Inc. (in 2015), Six Sigma Black Belt from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (in 2015), MSA and Statistical Process Control from Whittington & Associates LLC (in 2013), Product Liability and Quality Assurance from Thyssenkrupp Steel (in 2010), PPAP and FMEA from TEAM - Tecnologia Educativa Asesoria en Manufactura (in 2006), ISO/TS 16949 Lead Auditor from TUV North America (in 2005), ISO 14001 Lead Auditor from Supporte Estrategico (in 2005), and APQP from Instituto para Formacion y Desarrollo Volkswagen, S.C. (in 2005).