FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 12, 2010

The Courage to Lead A Lean Journey

By Joe Barto

In September 2010, Joe Barto, Founder and President, will present "The Courage to Lead a Continuous Improvement Journey," at three venues in Baltimore, MD, West Point, NY, and Richmond, VA. His message will take his 8 years of experience as the Founder and President of TMG and working with over 30 companies to provide senior executives with best practices and lessons learned for those who seek to accelerate their lean implementation journey, or for those who are revitalizing an existing program that is failing to produce value and deliver improved business results. 
On Wednesday, September 1st in Ellicot City, Maryland, he is being hosted by The Maryland World Class Consortia's Quarterly Meeting. The Maryland World Consortia's event is open to the general public, and if you would like information about how to attend, please visit their site: http://www.mwcmc.org/MWCCEvents?eventId=180361&EventViewMode=EventDetails

On Thursday, September 9th he heads back to his alma mater, the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY to present at the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Champions Club's Meeting.  The AME Champions Club Meeting is an invitation only event that brings together manufacturing leaders from across North America. The September meeting's theme is "Building Leaders to Achieve Perfection" where join joins LTG Mark Hertling DCG TRADOC and former Commander of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, the Office of the USMA Superintendent, and Dan Shunk, Professor of Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University.  This session has been over-booked since June 2010.
 
Joe rounds out his three city tour on Wednesday, September 15th at the 2010 Virginia Forum for Excellence being held in Richmond, Virginia.  The Forum is presented by the United States Senate Productivity and Quality Award Program with this year's theme being, "The Upside of the Downturn: Sharing Best Practices to Move Ahead". For more information and to register go to  http://www.spqa-va.org/

Training Modernization Group, Inc. (TMG) is a service disabled veteran owned small business that has been nationally recognized for their work in performance improvement by the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD).  TMG specializes in the arena of Human Capital Management with current and former clients throughout the United States such as Northrop Grumman, Ball Corporation, BAE Systems, STIHL, Aera Energy, MEDRAD, Virginia Department of Transportation, Liebherr America, Army Fleet Support, and others.

 

Contact:
Joseph C. Barto, III
President and Founder
TMG, Inc.
757-218-8444
jbarto@tmgva.com
www.tmgva.com