Our Leadership
The Leadership at SBTI is the Leadership of the Industry.
It all began with our founder who was one of the original authors of Six Sigma at Motorola. Today, the leadership and management of SBTI are seen as the forerunners in innovation and process excellence — driving breakthrough change in multiple industries across the globe.
For more than a decade of success, SBTI has recruited only the best and brightest talent in the industry. Our consultants come with years of experience in delivering performance excellence in the industries in which they are consulting.
Dr. Y.K. Chan – Managing Director, SBTI-HK
Dr. YK Chan had over 10 years engineering and managerial experience in toy, pleasure boat, shipbuilding, container and kitchen equipment manufacturing companies and over 25 years services in MTR. During that, he had extensive experience in development and deployment of Lean and Six Sigma projects. Dr. Chan also developed and conducted Lean, Six Sigma and TOC courses and successfully trained up over 1,000 Lean Six Sigma professionals. He represented SBTI to promote implementation and training of Lean Six Sigma in Hong Kong
Dr. Sebastian Chan, SBTI-HK
Sebastian acted as General Manager in 2007, with over 15 years of management consultant, specializing in Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints (TOC). Sebastian has a proven track record of driving significant organizational change and enhancing throughput across diverse sectors including Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Healthcare, Hospitality, and Banking.
Dr. Stephen A. Zinkgraf – Chairman of the Board
As one Founder of Sigma Methodology, Dr. Zinkgraf founded SBTI in May 1997. Steve joined Motorola in 1988 as a Statistical Quality Engineering Group Leader leading a large electronics plant’s Statistical Process Control effort. Other positions held while at Motorola include Engineering Group Leader, Production Manager and Plant Quality Manager. Steve has also spent time at Compaq Computer Corporation as a staff statistician and at ABB leading an internal consulting group focused on implementing Six Sigma in combination with Lean Manufacturing systems. Steve was instrumental in deploying Six Sigma in the Engineered Materials Sector of Allied Signal from 1994 through 1997, returning over $360 million to the company.