Subir Chowdhury is Executive Vice President at the American Supplier Institute - an international consulting and training firm for Six Sigma and quality management. Prior to ASI, he served as a quality management consultant at General Motors Corporation. Hailed by The New York Times as a "Leading Quality Expert", Chowdhury was also recognized by the Quality Progress of the American Society for Quality as one of the 'Voices of Quality in the 21st Century'.

Chowdhury has received numerous international awards for his leadership in quality management and major contributions to the automotive industry. Chowdhury was honored by the prestigious Automotive Hall of Fame, and the Society of Automotive Engineers awarded him its most prestigious recognition, the Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in automotive engineering. He also received the honorable U.S. Congressional Recognition.

Chowdhury's major expertise is in the field of quality strategy, management and leadership. His most recent book "Management 21C: Someday We'll All Manage This Way" (Financial Times - Prentice Hall, 2000) is a major contribution in the field of management of the 21st century and praised by best business thinkers and CEOs, and taught by top business schools worldwide. He co-authored two books on Quality Engineering with Japanese Quality Guru Dr. Genichi Taguchi titled Robust Engineering, and The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System. In 1999-2000, he served as Chairman of the American Society for Quality's Automotive Division. He is also a FELLOW of the prestigious Royal Statistical Society.

Chowdhury lives with his wife Malini in Novi, Michigan.

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