Paul is a leading practitioner in reliability and maintenance improvement methodologies with a focus on helping Meridium clients with value creation and realization. He gained hands-on manufacturing plant experience in reliability, maintenance, operations, engineering and construction in a variety of industries including chemical, steel, aluminum, automotive, mining, aerospace, and consumer goods. Before joining Meridium Paul served as the Manager of Reliability Technology for Eastman Chemical. Paul holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University, a Masters in Engineering Management from Marshall University Graduate College, an MBA from Clemson University, and a Masters in Maintenance Management and Reliability Engineering from the Monash University in Gippsland, Australia. He is currently pursuing an MS in Applied Statistics and a PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Paul is an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt, holds ASQ certifications in Reliability Engineering and Quality Engineering and is a SMRP Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional. He has served on the University of Tennessee's Maintenance and Reliability Center's advisory board and is an active member of ASQ and IEEE.

Dr. Gershon, founder of the World Class Training Institute, has worked in the quality field for over 30 years. The author of three books and over 40 research journal articles, he is most proud of pioneering the research track concerning what actions make process improvement programs successful, and in what kind of organizations. His consulting clients have included Abbott, Searle, GSK, and Pfizer, as well as hospitals, banks and other organizations. His latest innovations concern how best to implement LSS and how to incorporate LSS into a project managed environment, such as R&D or IT projects.