Rijk Schildmeijer

Rijk W. Schildmeijer is a partner and Master Black Belt at The Lean Six Sigma Company. Rijk has almost 20 years of experience as a Lean Six Sigma Black and Master Black Belt within several multinational companies including DuPont de Nemours and Alcan (now Rio Tinto). He has been a process improver for all of his working life, even before when he studied for his master in chemical technology at the University of Twente. Rijk aims to help companies perform better, with a structured approach such as Lean Six Sigma. He has trained and coached hundreds of Green Belts and Black Belts in English, German and Dutch to certification within DuPont and Alcan, and dozen of other companies through The Lean Six Sigma Company. He has led many Kaizen Events within his client base, summing up to millions of savings. Rijk is one of the main Lean Six Sigma trainers within The Lean Six Sigma Company, and author of the book Six Sigma in Practice and co-author of Lean in Practice.