
Govind Ramu
Govind Ramu is senior director of global quality management systems at SunPower Corp. in San Jose, CA. He is a licensed professional engineer from Ontario, Canada. He also is the chair of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 176, Subcommittee 1 on ISO 9000:2015 standards. Ramu is an ASQ fellow, ASQ CROSBY Medal recipient and holds six ASQ certifications: manager of quality/organizational excellence, engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, auditor, software quality engineer and reliability engineer. He is a regular contributor to ASQ Quality Progress Expert Answers department, author of The Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt Handbook (ASQ Quality Press, 2016), co-author of The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook, second edition (ASQ Quality Press, 2015) and a contributing author of The Lean Handbook (ASQ Quality Press, 2012).