Gurpreet Singh (ASQ MBB, CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M.) is an international award-winning thought leader, consultant, entrepreneur, coach, educator, and founder of SSC Square.

 

Gurpreet serves as a subject matter expert on various functions within Supply Chain Management, Lean Six Sigma, and Operational Excellence and provides consulting services to public and private sector firms as well as public agencies. Additionally, he provides coaching and training in the field of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, Change Management, and Organizational redesign. He has trained over 1,000 executives in Lean and Six Sigma methodologies and has assisted them with Lean Six Sigma certification.

 

Gurpreet has served as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Business School since 2011, and has been teaching various MBA, MS, and executive MBA courses in the field of Supply Chain Management and Lean Six Sigma. He shares his passion of education with other students through mentoring and shares his positive experiences with Rutgers students he teaches and others that he comes in contact with. He was appointed as an Industry Advisor to MBA students in 2014.

 

Gurpreet has an MBA from Rutgers Business School, NJ with a dual concentration in Supply Chain Management and Strategic Management with an undergraduate degree in Industrial/Production Engineering from India. Gurpreet Singh is an ASQ Certified Master Black Belt designated by American Society for Quality (ASQ), a distinction held by less than 100 people around the globe. He is also a designated Certified Purchasing Manger (C.P.M.), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), and a Certified Professional in Supplier Diversity (CPSD) having achieved all of these designations from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).

 

Gurpreet’s professional affiliations include ISM and ASQ. He recently completed his term as the President of the Board of ISM’s New Jersey chapter (one of the largest affiliates with almost 800 members) where he led a team of almost 20 Board members. He continues to serve on the Board as a Trustee. He has also served on the ISM National Leadership Training Committee for several years.

 

Gurpreet has received several awards. Most recently, he was named the recipient of “ASQ Armand Feigenbaum Medal” for 2015. This is a national award administered by the American Society for Quality and given to a young professional “who has displayed outstanding characteristics of leadership and professionalism in the field of quality and whose work has been or will become of distinct benefit to mankind.”  For his efforts in the field of education, Gurpreet was honored with “ISM Education Person of the Year Award” in 2009 and with “Ray Clapton C.P.M. Award” in 2010. He was also honored with “ISM J. Terry Leadership Person of the Year” in 2014. 

             

Gurpreet has led countless break-through Six Sigma and procurement projects in his career and has a proven record of achieving considerable savings while streamlining the processes and focusing on change management while developing the people involved. He has developed a multifaceted focus on cost savings and process improvement by eliminating waste and has saved millions of dollars for his clients. He has a passion to share his knowledge with his students. Gurpreet is often invited to seminars as a keynote speaker and to present at conferences across the nation. He has authored articles for several organizations.