Director Process Engineering
Crowley Maritime
9487 Regency Square Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32225
Ernesto Garcia has over 20 years of process and business improvement experience in all areas of operations management, and strategic deployment of enterprise change initiatives in large and small companies. Ernesto began his process improvement career in operations with Procter & Gamble, later he worked for Motorola University where he taught applied statistics to Motorola's Black belts, as well as a full-range of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies worldwide. His areas of expertise includes Lean and Six Sigma deployment, advanced statistical analysis, forecasting, operations research/management science, and process simulation. Currently, Ernesto is the Director of Process Engineering for Crowley Maritime. He leads a team of Master Black Belts, Black Belts, and Industrial Engineers that deliver process improvements for all Business Units of the corporation. Ernesto graduated from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) in Monterrey Mexico with a BS in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from ITESM in Mexico City. As a Fulbright Scholar, he received a PhD in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri. Ernesto is the current Chair of ASQ section 1506 in Jacksonville, FL, and a member of the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Advisory Council for Florida State and Florida A&M Universities. Ernesto Garcia is highly qualified in process transformation with more than 20 years of experience strategically applying improvement technologies for companies around the world. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He also holds an MBA and a B.S. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from Monterrey Tech (ITESM). Currently, Ernesto and his wife enjoy living in Fernandina Beach Florida.