Automotive

As a productivity consultant at UT CIS, Lynn Reed develops and delivers ISO 14001:2015 environment system training and assistance to industries. He also provides environmental regulatory EPCRA Tier II and EPCRA Form Reporting assistance to these industries and other communities. Additionally, Reed is skilled in implementing ISO 9001:2015 principles, product failure mode effect analysis (PFMEA) and 8D, as well as customizing supply chain development programs. 

Reed holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and a Master of Science in industrial engineering. His background spans over 40 years of industry experience as a chemical and industrial engineer. He is Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified and maintains other certifications for ISO Environment Management System Lead Auditor and ISO Quality Management System Lead Auditor.

Mark Sebby is a Solutions Consultant with the Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Partnership. He brings more than 30 years of experience leading quality and lean improvement initiatives in manufacturing, including 22 years in the automotive industry in engineering and management roles and 13 years consulting across a wide range of industries. His project work applies tools such as DOE, value stream mapping, theory of constraints, and advanced statistical analysis to improve yield, reduce material usage, and eliminate waste.

Mr. Sebby guides companies through the creation and certification of quality management systems, including ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 13485, AS9100, and ISO 14001. He also leads Kaizen events, quick changeover, cellular manufacturing, standard work, and downtime reduction projects. Earlier in his career he held quality management and quality engineering positions with Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers, where he supported multiple facility start-ups, validated new processes and products, and secured customer approvals ahead of product launch.

Mr. Sebby holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Lincoln Memorial University. He has been a certified Six Sigma Black Belt since 2001 and holds BSI lead auditor certifications in IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and AS9100D.

Misty Prince is the Resource Manager for the Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Partnership (TMEP), housed in the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services. She joined UT CIS in 2003 as a Manufacturing Consultant and brings over twenty years of experience managing manufacturing operations and continuous improvement projects across a broad range of industries. Ms. Prince leads the TMEP resource consultant team, helps develop, manage, and report on federal grants, and coordinates new program development.

Ms. Prince holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is a Tennessee Certified Economic Developer, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certified lean trainer, and an SME Bronze level lean certified sensei.