Over Terence Burton
Terence T. Burton is President of The Center for Excellence in Operations, Inc. (CEO), a management consulting firm headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire with offices in Munich, Germany. Terry has over 35 years of experience in operations, quality, engineering, supply chain management, distribution and logistics, maintenance and repair, customer service, finance, and sales/marketing. Terry is best known for his "hands-on" approach to consulting and his executive leadership in transforming organizations.
Prior to his consulting career, Terry held several senior executive and line management positions at Wang Labs, Polaroid, and Atlantic Richfield, and practice leadership positions with two international consulting firms: KPMG Peat Marwick and Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd, & McGrath (PRTM). Terry has extensive and diversified business improvement experience with over 300 clients in North America and Europe ranging from large diversified international Fortune 500 corporations to small and mid-sized companies.
Terry holds a B.S. and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of New Haven, and an MBA from Boston University. Terry is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and has held national positions with APICS, AME, ASQ, and PDMA. Terry is a frequent speaker and webinar presenter at many industry and professional associations and has written hundreds of articles on business process improvement for various trade publications.
