Dr. Mikel J Harry Six Sigma Management Institute Asia

Dr Mikel J Harry Six Sigma Management Institute Asia (SSMI Asia) was established in the year 2015 as the APAC office of the world-renowned Six Sigma Management Institute, USA – by the ‘Principal Architect of Six Sigma,’ founder of Belt Certification System and DMAIC Methodology, Prof. Mikel J Harry and his disciple, who is popularly referred to as ‘The Sri Lankan Guru of Lean Six Sigma,’ Dumidu Ranaweera, to spread the goodness of Lean and Six Sigma in the region. SSMI Asia operates in more than 20 countries, offering services in 14 languages. It has over 1M followers globally and has produced over 30,000+ trained practitioners on structured problem solving, including Lean Six Sigma Black Belts, Green Belts and Master Black Belts. SSMI Asia was ranked as Asia’s Best Consulting & Training Organization on Organizational Excellence & Lean Six Sigma in 2019, 2020 & 2021.

One of the well-known resources in the field of "Lean Six Sigma" (referred to as the Lean Six Sigma Guru of Sri Lanka” by print media) and "Organizational Excellence" in the region and has been personally endorsed by the principal architect of Six Sigma Dr Mikel J. Harry is one of the best resources available on "Six Sigma". He is featured frequently as a Keynote Speaker/ Chief Guest/Award Judge in many international and local conferences/forums (i.e., Japan, USA, Singapore, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Maldives, Netherlands, etc.) and carries extensive expertise relating to Organizational Excellence & Lean Six Sigma. During his illustrative career, Dumidu has been recognized by many industry forums and associations. These include Lean Six Sigma Coaching Excellence Medal by SSMI USA, Karma veer Chakra Silver Award by REX in association with the United Nations, 'The Business Leader of the Year 2017 & 2019' Awards during Sri Lanka Quality Leadership Awards, 'Hall of Fame Award' during Asia Training & Leadership Awards 2019 and in Sri Lanka in 2017, IT-BPO Young Outstanding Professional Sri Lanka Award from ICTA, Distinguished Industry Achievement Award from IEOM in 2021 etc. He is also the first individual outside the USA to be awarded the 'Executive Master Black Belt' status by the late Prof. Mikel J. Harry was recently listed under the "101 Most Fabulous Global Training & Development Leaders" at the World Training and Development Congress 2020. He currently works as an Advisor/ Consultant for three leading universities in Sri Lanka and was responsible for re-designing the curriculum of the Quality Management Degree and the Business Process Management degree offered by SLIIT and the University of Moratuwa, respectively. In 2017, Dumidu introduced Lean Six Sigma methodology to Maldives with HR Maldives. Dumidu has guided over 500+ manufacturing and service organizations across 11 countries in their organizational excellence journey and is known for his avid skills in Lean Six Sigma deployment and credentials in multiple business disciplines. During the 22+ span of his career, he has mentored over 1000+ process excellence projects across various domains and trained over 40,000+ resources, including over 1000 Black Belts /Master Black Belts. He has also been responsible for award-winning Organizational Excellence & Lean Six Sigma deployment programmes and implementing management systems in novel domains. Apart from EMBB certification from SSMI, he also holds three Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certifications from BMG University, Indian Statistical Institute & Dialog Axiata, Black Belt certifications from ASQ & Motorola University and Lean Practitioner certification from BMGI. His other credentials include, MBA with Merit (USJ-PIM), BBA (Colombo), DQM(SLSI), ASQ CQE, ASQ CMQ/OE, ASQ CQA, IASSC ATA, Lean Bronze, Lead Auditor ISO 9001 QMS, ISO 14001 EMS & ISO 27001 ISMS, Certified TPM Facilitator (CII, JIPM, TPM Club), PMP, PGDM (CIM-UK), ACMA (CIMA-UK), FCMA (CMA-SL), Senior member ASQ, Council member SLAAQP, HMM (Harvard) & NDHRM (IPM) etc. Dumidu is also currently reading for his Doctorate in Business Administration. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dumiduranaweera/ Personal Website: www.dumidu.com