Booth Associates - Dr. Gordon D. Booth

Gordon holds both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics from Iowa State University. For over 39 years, he has had broad experience in the application of statistics to many varied types of problems. During these years he has worked in medicine (both human and animal), microbiology, physiology, immunology, physics, chemistry, engineering, quality, legal issues, surveys of many types (customer satisfaction, perception, etc.), statistical process control, product and process improvement through designed experiments, reliability and warranty establishment, market research, and a variety of other quality-related areas.

Dr. Booth has been active for over 35 years in training many diverse groups. He has presented workshops and seminars throughout the U.S. and abroad. His presentations have covered a wide variety of subjects, including: Six Sigma, Design of Experiments, statistical methods, sample surveys, market research, epidemiology, environmental statistics, process improvement, quality engineering, technical aspects of quality, and quality management.

Dr. Booth has published over 80 technical and scientific publications and is a co-developer of the FACE^TM troubleshooting methodology.

Throughout his career, Gordon has worked with government agencies both as a consultant and in the establishment of compliance to regulations. He has dealt with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Food and Drug Administration. While working with the Veterinary Biologics Division of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, he was instrumental in establishing compliance standards for biologics.

Dr. Booth is currently a Principal Consultant with Booth Associates and is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has received certification from the American Society for Quality as a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) and as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE). He is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality and a charter member of the ASQ Six Sigma Forum.