James Crichton

Kimberly Clark
Principal Statistician
Jamey Crichton is the Principal Statistician at Cook Pharmica. He supports the training and application of statistical methods for manufacturing and development. He has a Master’s Degree in Applied Statistics with over 30 years of training and consulting experience including his own consulting firm. He has consulted in a variety of industries including the automotive, chemical, and the steel industries, along with 5 years as Global Lead Statistician at Sandoz/Novartis. He is a Master Black Belt having worked as a consultant to Motorola for over 13 years in Six Sigma. His expertise includes the practical application of measurement systems analysis, design of experiments, process monitoring, and sources of variation analysis.

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