Steven M. OuelletteSteven M. Ouellette is an instructor on the Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program, University of Colorado. He is also the lead consultant for Vector, working with a number of the university's clients on implementations of the TAU/CPR odel. Ouellette earned his undergraduate degree in metallurgical and materials science engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. After graduation, he won a Thomas J. Watson fellowship and spent a year in Europe studying the evolution, fabrication, and social impact of the European sword. He then worked for Alcoa, achieving the rank of senior metallurgical engineer, and subsequently joined Luftig & Warren International. He is now president and owner of The ROI Alliance and director of EMP's Center for Statistical Solutions. He writes a monthly column for Inside Six Sigma called "The Six Sigma heretic." Read More Read Less