Dan Gonzalez
Project Director & Master Black Belt,
Johnson & Johnson
Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Dept.,
Cal Poly Pomona
Dr. Dan Gonzalez is an Engineering Professional who has held various Principal and Director-level responsibilities, including Master Black Belt (Six Sigma, Lean, Dex & Change Management) throughout his career at Johnson & Johnson. He has also worked for many innovative organizations, including Pepsi Co., Guidant, Solectron, and various Silicon Valley start-ups. Dan has over twenty-five years of Design/Development, Manufacturing, and Quality Engineering experience that spans the Avionics, Consulting, Food & Beverage, Medical Device, Sheet Metal, and Corporate Training Industries with extensive experience in the US, Israel, Mexico, Germany, Belgium, and China. Dan has worked with Southern California Universities for over two decades and has helped develop hundreds of engineering students to reach their highest potential. He is currently a part-time Professor of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and occasionally consults for organizations worldwide.