James Ladtkow is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and has recently completed his MBA. James has over twelve years of experience in medical product support and medical injection molding. During that time, he has successfully applied the theories of decoupled molding, design of experiments, and statistical process control to injection molding processes. He was awarded a patent for an insert molded surgical instrument and has applied for a process patent on a unique insert molding technique. He regularly consults for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the topics of plastic processes used in medical devices and process validation for molding and extrusion.

Robert Launsby is president of Launsby Consulting in Colorado Springs, Co.  Mr. Launsby is the co-author of four books:
                     -“Understanding Industrial Designed Experiments”
                     -“Straight Talk on Designed Experiments”
                     -“Process Validation” for Business Success
                     -“DOE for Injection Molding”
Bob has trained thousands of people in various techniques including experimental design, process control, FMEA, concept selection, design control, process validation, fuzzy control, Design for Six Sigma, and QFD.

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