While the advancement of technology is critical in the manufacturing industry, she stresses the importance of people, leadership and clarity to compete today and tomorrow.
FRONT ROYAL, VA, November 27, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Susan O. Schall, PhD, founder and lead consultant with SOS Consulting, LLC, was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the Philadelphia/Eastern Pennsylvania regional edition of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine.
Having accrued more than two decades of expertise in engineering and consulting, Dr. Susan O. Schall currently excels as the founder and lead consultant of SOS Consulting, LLC. Founding her first consulting practice in 1999, Susan O. Schall Process Improvement Consulting, she maintained her role as president until 2002, when she began serving as the methodology director of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Inc., departing the firm in 2004. Subsequently, she returned to her consulting work in 2004, when she commenced SOS Consulting, which transforms small U.S. manufacturing workplaces into places that work for all to compete today and tomorrow.
Alongside her primary ventures, Dr. Schall is an authorized partner of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team and Everything DSC. Furthermore, she has been a lead consultant for the ABET Foundation, Inc. since 2014, for which she has also served on the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and board of directors. Earlier in her career, she served as a technical superintendent of the Control Systems Engineering Group for DuPont Engineering Polymers from 1997 to 1998.
From an early age, Dr. Schall possessed an innate interest in mathematics and the sciences, furthering her desire to delve into the engineering profession. Today, she is a proud ASQ Certified Engineer, Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, and recently became certified in the Six Types of Working Genius. In this respect, she is dedicated to creating healthy organizations and teams that, in turn, build healthy communities. While the advancement of technology is critical in the manufacturing industry, she stresses the importance of people, leadership and clarity to compete today and tomorrow.
Civically engaged, Dr. Schall is a former member of the Industrial and Professional Advisory Council in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at her alma mater, Pennsylvania State University. She is also past president, vice president and a board member of the Penn State Engineering Society. Notably, Dr. Schall has contributed a myriad of articles to professional journals, including "Is Your Organization Healthy Enough for Six Sigma?" in 2015.
Dr. Schall attended the State University of New York at Fredonia, from which she received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1981. She went on to matriculate at the Pennsylvania State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering in 1982, a Master of Science in industrial engineering in 1986 and a Doctor of Philosophy in industrial engineering in 1988. She is also a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
To attest to her success, Dr. Schall was honored with Engineering Excellence Bronze and Silver Awards from DuPont Engineering in 1990 and 1992, respectively, along with the Medallion Award from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in 2018, which also elected her a fellow in 2020. Additionally, she has earned numerous alumni awards from Pennsylvania State University.
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