Subir Chowdhury

Subir Chowdhury’s Key Accomplishments Include . . . 
Subir Chowdhury is Chairman and CEO of a consulting group recognized as a world authority in Quality leadership, strategy and methods. He advises CEOs and senior leaders of Fortune 100 companies as well as organizations in the public, private and not-for profit sectors all over the world, helping them make quality a part of their business culture.

Hailed by The New York Times as a “leading quality expert” and by Business Week as “The Quality Prophet,” Subir Chowdhury has worked with many organizations across diverse industry sectors encompassing manufacturing, healthcare, food and beverage, government and non-profits and his firm has saved over several billion dollars for clients around the world, including: Caterpillar, ITT, Ford, Procter & Gamble, Volkswagen, Kia Motors, State of Michigan, Kaplan Publishing, and many others.

Subir Chowdhury has also authored over a dozen books, including the international bestseller The Power of Six Sigma, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Subir‘s Design for Six Sigma is the first book on the topic and is credited with popularizing the DFSS philosophy worldwide. His book, The Ice Cream Maker, introduced LEO®, (Listen, Enrich and Optimize) his proven method that helps organizations achieve cultural and quality improvement transformations. The book was formally recognized and distributed to every member of the U.S. Congress. His book, The Power of LEO, instantly became an INC. magazine bestseller in the U.S.

Subir has received numerous international awards for his leadership in quality management and his major contributions to various industries worldwide. In 2011, he was named as one of the “50 Most Influential Management Thinkers” by the Thinkers50 sponsored by Harvard Business Review.

Subir Chowdhury is an honorary member of the World Innovation Foundation (WIF) and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology as well as the Automotive Hall of Fame. He is also the recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers‘ Gold Medal, the Society of Automotive Engineers‘ (SAE) Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering and the American Society of Quality‘s first Philip Crosby Medal for authoring the most influential book on Quality. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security presented him with the “Outstanding American by Choice” award for his enormous contributions in the field of quality and management.

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Both Harvard University and The London School of Economics established the “Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics” which is given to a doctoral Fellow each year to research and study the impact of quality in the advancement of the economics of a nation. The SAE International established the “Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership,” an award presented annually to recognize those who bring forth innovation and broaden the impact of quality in mobility engineering, design and manufacturing.

His philanthropic interest is evidenced through the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Foundation, which brings focus on the needs of society and those less fortunate in the world. Subir leads the foundation‘s Global Quality Awarenesscampaign, a worldwide initiative to raise awareness on quality in all spheres of life.

Subir Chowdhury received an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), a graduate degree from Central Michigan University, and an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Michigan Technological University. Both IIT and CMU honored Subir with their Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Subir lives with his family in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.