Robin Francis

About Me

Location
Ontario, Canada
Languages
English, Hindi, Malayalam

I am a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with 16.5 years’ experience in solving Business Problems. I have 10 years experience in Manufacturing and 6.5 years in Health Care. I have led many Lean Six Sigma projects and saved my employers more than 15 Million Dollars.

I am an expert in applying Industrial Engineering, Statistical Methods and Analytics to solve business problems.

I have built a reputation for actively listening to the customer requests and translating them into Data problems and providing insights to customers to reduce costs, improve profits and provide outstanding customer experience.

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Experience

I have provided leadership in consulting and problem solving in Medicine and Emergency Departments as Decision Support Consultant at London Health Sciences Center (LHSC). This job involved understanding customer requirements and translating them to data needs and querying complex data sets and extracting relevant data and then analyzing the data to understand the patterns for insights. I presented the results of my analysis to senior administration and physician leadership. This enabled them to make data driven evidence based decisions. These projects have saved LHSC above 3 Million Dollars per year.

Furthermore, I have worked 10 years at 3M Canada as a Quality Specialist and was a leader of Lean six sigma projects in cost reduction, new product development, solving Quality issues and an expert in the applications of statistical methods in manufacturing. These projects saved the company approximately $10 Million by reducing the process variability and by the implementation of innovative quality tools. In addition, as the corporate statistician, I had conducted various training courses for managers, engineers and technicians in data analysis and problem solving.

I have excelled in Manufacturing and Health Care settings. However, my skills, tools and lessons learned are versatile and can be tailor made to suit any work setting.

Recent Work:

  • Data Leadership for COVOD-19 Medicine Clinic Project (2021)
  • Patient Oriented Discharge Summaries (PODS) Project (2018)
  • Statistical Consulting and Training (2021)
  • Development of New Duct Tapes (2015)

Notable Career History

  • Presidents Team Award for Innovation at LHSC (2018)
  • Circle of Technical Excellence in Innovation Team Award at 3M (2015)

Qualifications

Education

  • Ph.D. Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario 2005
  • M.Tech. Quality and Reliability Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India 1999
  • B.Tech. Rubber Technology, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai,  India 1996
  • B.Sc. Chemistry, Mahathma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, 1993

Professional Development

  • SQL Tips and Tricks for Data Science (LinkedIn Learning), Jun 2022
  • Data Science and Machine Learning Certificate, May 2022
  • MIT Professional Education, May 2022
  • Python for Data Science from IBM, Dec 2021
  • SQL Training Udemy, Dec 2021
  • Crucial Conversations from 3M, Dec 2012
  • Dr. Donald Wheeler’s Statistical Process Control Seminar, Sep 2011
  • Negotiation and communication skills Waterloo Management Education Center, May 2007
  • Project Management Waterloo Management Education Center, July 2007
  • Green Belt Six Sigma Training 3M, Dec 2005
  • Matlab Fundamentals Mathworks, Dec 2004

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I have provided leadership in consulting and problem solving in Medicine and Emergency Departments as Decision Support Consultant at London Health Sciences Center (LHSC). This job involved understanding customer requirements and translating them to data needs and querying complex data sets and extracting relevant data and then analyzing the data to understand the patterns for insights. I presented the results of my analysis to senior administration and physician leadership. This enabled them to make data driven evidence based decisions. These projects have saved LHSC above 3 Million Dollars per year.

Furthermore, I have worked 10 years at 3M Canada as a Quality Specialist and was a leader of Lean six sigma projects in cost reduction, new product development, solving Quality issues and an expert in the applications of statistical methods in manufacturing. These projects saved the company approximately $10 Million by reducing the process variability and by the implementation of innovative quality tools. In addition, as the corporate statistician, I had conducted various training courses for managers, engineers and technicians in data analysis and problem solving.

I have excelled in Manufacturing and Health Care settings. However, my skills, tools and lessons learned are versatile and can be tailor made to suit any work setting.

Recent Work:

  • Data Leadership for COVOD-19 Medicine Clinic Project (2021)
  • Patient Oriented Discharge Summaries (PODS) Project (2018)
  • Statistical Consulting and Training (2021)
  • Development of New Duct Tapes (2015)

Notable Career History

  • Presidents Team Award for Innovation at LHSC (2018)
  • Circle of Technical Excellence in Innovation Team Award at 3M (2015)

Education

  • Ph.D. Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Windsor, Ontario 2005
  • M.Tech. Quality and Reliability Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India 1999
  • B.Tech. Rubber Technology, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, Chennai,  India 1996
  • B.Sc. Chemistry, Mahathma Gandhi University, Kerala, India, 1993

Professional Development

  • SQL Tips and Tricks for Data Science (LinkedIn Learning), Jun 2022
  • Data Science and Machine Learning Certificate, May 2022
  • MIT Professional Education, May 2022
  • Python for Data Science from IBM, Dec 2021
  • SQL Training Udemy, Dec 2021
  • Crucial Conversations from 3M, Dec 2012
  • Dr. Donald Wheeler’s Statistical Process Control Seminar, Sep 2011
  • Negotiation and communication skills Waterloo Management Education Center, May 2007
  • Project Management Waterloo Management Education Center, July 2007
  • Green Belt Six Sigma Training 3M, Dec 2005
  • Matlab Fundamentals Mathworks, Dec 2004

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Reviews

  • Ravi S
    5 out of 5

    Yes, he was involved in projects with Six Sigma, Neural network modelling etc at 3M. He also trained a lot of engineers to use various tools.

  • Dr. Francisco H
    5 out of 5

    He is a highly ethical person, with very strong principles. His knowledge in his field is way beyond average. I highly recommend Robin as one of the top fellows I know. His charisma will bring continuous business to your enterprise. I strongly believe that he has the best qualifications to be a consultant.

  • Krishna P
    5 out of 5

    Robin has both the verbal and written skills that are essential in the modern business world. In addition he has been extensively involved in both the health care and manufacturing sectors where he has deployed his skills in data analysis in various areas of the sectors.

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