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QFD Red Belt^®

Mastery Level

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This highest level of QFD mastery is by direct appointment of the co-founder of QFD, Yoji Akao. Dr. Akao accepts recommendations only from at least two certified QFD Red Belts^®.

BENEFITS
	•	International QFD leader
	•	Train and certify QFD Master Black Belts^®
WHO CAN APPLY
	•	QFD Master Black Belts^® with 10 or more years QFD experience and have led at least 25 project teams
	•	Prerequisite: Full status QFD Master Black Belt^® Certificate from the QFD Institute.
	•	Recommendations from two (2) QFD Red Belts^®. Contact the QFD Institute for details. Tel +1.734.995.0847 Fax +1.206.203.0733 Email qfdi@qfdi.org

Meet the founder
Yoji Akao, Ph.D. (Emeritus)
	QFD Co-founder
	QFD Institute Senior Advisor
	Chairman, ICQFD
	Professor, Asahi University School of Business
	Dean (ret.) ,Tamagawa University School of Engineering
	Chairman, JSQC/JUSE QFD Research Committee 1975-1997
	Deming Prize, 1978
	Quality Control Literature Prize, Japan Economic Times 1960, 1978
	Best of Quality Award, International Academy of Quality, 1993
	Distinguished Service Medal, ASQ 2001


Meet the QFD Red Belts^®
Glenn H. Mazur
	Japanese quality specialist, fluent in Japanese President,
	Japan Business Consultants
	Executive Director, QFD Institute
	Executive Director, International Council for QFD
	Adjunct Faculty, University of Michigan
	1998 Akao Prize for Excellence in QFD.
	Certified QFD Red Belt^® Senior Member of American Society for Quality Member of Japan Society for Quality

Richard E. Zultner
	Software Quality Specialist
	President, ZULTNER & COMPANY
	Director, QFD Institute
	1998 Akao Prize for Excellence in QFD.
	Certified QFD Red Belt^®
	TOC Software Jonah

QFD Gold Belt^®, QFD Green Belt^®, QFD Black Belt^®, QFD Red Belt^®, and Blitz QFD^® are registered marks of the QFD Institute.