Biography
Trevor Smith is a senior quality management executive with extensive international business experience spanning 35 years in global manufacturing, organization supply chain and the business service sector. He has demonstrated strong leadership in committee work through the development of consensus-based international standards to assist growth in international cooperation and trade. Trevor Smith is a proven effective university/community college lecturer in operations management, quality & food safety. Being a leader, trainer and coach in corporate and operational functions, he is driving business results in the integration of management strategies and lean enterprise approaches to suit unique organizational needs. He is also an expert in business process audits/assessments, quality improvement, and change management. Trevor is part of the Faculty team at George Brown College who established and is currently teaches in the Sustainable Fashion Production graduate certificate program. He is motivated by the college's environment and is committed to see students rise to their full potential.
Academic Credentials
Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry, University of Southampton (UK), 1974
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, University of Southampton (UK), 1970
Quality Management System Lead Auditor, ByWater and Associates, 1991
Environmental Management System Auditor, Excel Partnership, 1999
Business Excellence Management Auditor, Kodak In-house Baldrige Assessment, 1999
Certified Management Black Belt, Eastman Kodak Six Sigma program, 1999
Areas of Specialization
Quality Management
Operations Management
Technical product research & development
Analytics
Lean enterprise transformation
Global Supply Chain excellence
International Standards
Areas of Expertise
Quality Management systems
Lean and Six-Sigma improvement strategies
Management coaching
Change management
Process management and audits
Data-driven improvement methodologies
Role of standards in business
College/University professor
Research proposal assessments
Career Highlights
George Brown College – School of Fashion & Jewellery (PT Prof): 2017-present
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (PT Prof): 2016-present
University of Guelph - Food Science (PT Prof): 2007-present
Quality Integration Solutions, Business consulting – Principal: 2006-present
Standards Council of Canada, Committee member and Chair: 2009-2015
Green Cricket Inc., Quality manager: 2008-2016
ISO Chair of International Committee for Quality Management (ISO/TC176): 2002-2008
Canadian Standards Committees / Business liaison: 1992-1999
Eastman Kodak Company, Worldwide Quality Director/Lean enterprise development: 2002-2006
Eastman Kodak Company, Quality Manager/Director: 1992-2002
Kodak Canada Inc. - Technical product development, Quality control & assurance: 1977-1992
Kodak Ltd (UK) – Technical product development, Quality control: 1973-1977
Other Activities
Board member Humber River Hospital, Toronto: 2009-present
Science Award assessment panel member – NSERC: 2008-present
Member Innovation Council, Conference Board of Canada: 1995-2000
Canadian delegate to ISO14000 Committee for Environmental Management Systems: 1992-2002
Member Royal Society of Chemistry UK (MRSC): 1973-present
Senior member – American Society for Quality (ASQ): 1991-present
Short-term volunteer African hospital (Angola) – consulting in quality management: 2006-present
Awards
INLAC (Latin American Quality Institute) Recognition of Service: 2008
Award of Merit – Canadian Standards Association (CSA): 2006
Standards Council of Canada - Certificate of Service recognition: 2002-2008
Canadian Industry/University Synergy Award winner (National Science & Engineering Research Council: NSERC): 2000
