About our Founder

Jay P. Patel, President & CEO of Quality & Productivity Solutions, Inc. possesses over 25 years of professional work experience in management and quality assignments, including holding past positions as Project Engineer, Program Manager, Plant Manager, and Director of Corporate Quality. His professional work experience includes working at General Electric, Allied Signal-Bendix, United Technologies-Carrier, and Cabot Safety Corporation. He has provided consulting to many Fortune 500 clients and trained thousands of people.

Jay has taught on site courses to several public and private companies. He has presented speeches and seminars to various organizations such as Project Management Institute, American Production and Inventory Control Society, Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society for Quality, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He holds 10 ASQ Certifications including Six Sigma Certified Black Belt and Certified Quality Auditor. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and two Master Degrees (one in Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University and one in Business Administration from the University of Bridgeport). He is a RAB-Quality System Lead Auditor and has taught an RAB-approved course for ISO 9001: 2000 Transition and Auditing. Jay has been the National Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Examiner.

Jay holds PMI certifications. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a certified Risk Management Professional (RMP®) and a certified Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP®). Jay has served as Chapter President of the Project Management Institute and served as Chapter President of Institute of Industrial Engineers. He has held a number of positions at Section and Region levels within ASQ, including Worcester Section Chairman, Education and Certification Chair. Currently, Jay is the Chairman of ASQ NEQC (North East Quality Council). Jay has co-authored the Quality Council of Indiana’s Six Sigma Black Belt & Green Belt Primers, which are used in QPS programs at the QPS Institute.

Our Commitment to Education and Training

The QPS Institute is committed to providing the highest quality of education and training for our clients. Our commitment to the goal of providing quality-driven training and education to our clients is strongly anchored in our history of client success and fully focused in our future mission to continue client success initiatives.
As global providers of business solutions, quality, productivity and performance excellence, our expertise in the areas of Lean, Six Sigma, Management System, Supply Chain, Project Management and Professional Development demands adherence to the highest of standards which we continuously administer. Our aim to provide world-class training is accomplished daily in our newly opened corporate training center, through using state of the art technology, and with expert leaders mentoring every step of the way.

Project Management

The QPS Institute provides well-rounded training in all areas of Project Management and for PMI certifications, using the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK) as its foundation for learning. All of our instructors are PMI PMP® Certified and some of them have multiple certifications such as PMI Risk Management Professionals, ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belts and many others. Over 90% of our clients pass PMI PMP® exam at first attempt due to our unique and personalized approach to Project Management Learning.
The QPS Institute will help you to achieve PM knowledge and skills, whether your goal is to become a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®), a Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP®), Program Management Professional (PgMP®) or a Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP®). All of our Instructors have 15+ years of project experience, cover all practice questions at the end of each module, administer two sample exams and administer a QPS final exam. Having the ability to practice 1500+ questions, using a project example as an application exercise in class to build skills and access to instructors that are experts because they are industry practitioners contribute to all clients’ successful learning, as well as a satisfaction score of 4.9 out of 5.0.

Lean Six Sigma

QPS has become a recognized performer in the fields of consulting and training. Our success is based on the commitment and promise to help our clients succeed as well as the enthusiasm and results we generate to manage and sustain that success. QPS brings bottom line results by evaluating a client’s needs and developing breakthrough strategies while enhancing processes and people. We consistently work to understand our clients and turn that knowledge into meaningful results. Jay P. Patel, QPS founder, has co-authored Six Sigma Black Belt & Green Belt Primers which follow the ASQ Body of Knowledge and are used at the QPS Institute.

Trainers
QPS has trained over thousands of students in the quality and business improvement area, with instructors that possess a significant amount of credentials. Some QPS staff are members of:

• American Society for Quality
• Project Management Institute
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• American Production & Inventory Control
• National Association of Workforce Development Professionals

The certification of trainers includes:

• ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
• ASQ Certified Quality Manager
• ASQ Certified Quality Improvement Associate
• ASQ Certified Quality Auditors
• SME Lean
• Senior Professional in Supply Chain Management (SPSM®)
• PMI Certified Project Management Professional
• PMI Risk Management Professional
• RAB Certified Environmental Auditors
• RAB Certified Lead Quality Management System Auditors
• QPS Certified Master Black Belts
• QPS Certified Lean Experts

The trainers designated have taught:

• Black Belt Certification courses
• Green Belt Certification courses
• Champion Certification courses
• Master Black Belt Certification courses
• Lean Certification courses
• Train Trainer courses
• Supply Chain Excellence courses
• ISO 9001 courses and other ISO related courses
• ASQ/APICS/SME certification courses (Supply Chain, Lean, Green Belt, Black Belt, etc.)