E4 – FranklinPodcast.com – Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee

Dec 9, 2017 | Posted by craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com | Art, FranklinPodcast, Music |

Welcome to the Franklin Podcast at www.FranklinPodcast.com

Hosted by Craig A. Stevens

For the Audio of this episode go to – http://www.podcasts.com/brentwoodpodcast.com-28f2a7427/episode/E4-FranklinPodcast.com-Eastern-Music-in-Middle-Tennessee–c587

Our goal is to bring you interesting people, stories, business, places, and thinks from Franklin Tennessee and the Middle Tennessee Area. Let’s build community and relationships where you can share your ideas and learn from others.

Franklin and Brentwood Tennessee are sister communities, back-to-back just south of Nashville. We will post our first few episodes of the BrentwoodPodcast.com and the FranklinPodcast.com together. Later they will develop their own identity.

During this podcast we are starting to find our format, where you can go to find the local events in the Franklin area. Join us.

Episode 4 – the FranklinPodcast.com – Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee

Local Franklin Events Calendar – During this podcast Craig introduces the events happening in the Middle Tennessee Area for the week of 20171210.
Interesting Local People, Places, and Things – You will also meet two interesting artist who live in Middle Tennessee. Both compose a type of Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee and One is also an accomplished visual artist as well. Robin Barns (Robin Barns – RobinBarns2@gmail.com (615) 474-3678 and Massood Taj at http://www.massoodtaj.com/)

For the Audio of this episode go to – http://www.podcasts.com/brentwoodpodcast.com-28f2a7427/episode/E4-FranklinPodcast.com-Eastern-Music-in-Middle-Tennessee–c587

This podcast is sponsored by Westbrook Stevens, LLC where we help you implement change and build a culture of continuous improvement. You can help sponsor these podcast by going www.CraigAStevens.com and buy some of Craig’s Art.

Here are some Franklin Tennessee Links/Events:

Outline Of the Next Three Podcast:

Episode 5: www.FranklinPodcast.com – Excellent Customer Service with Greg Brown of Ford Lincoln of Franklin

Local Franklin Events Calendar
Interesting Local People, Places, and Things – An introduction to Greg Brown of Ford Lincoln of Franklin

Episode 6: www.BrentwoodPodcast.com – An introduction to the Civil Air Patrol in Middle Tennessee.

Local Brentwood Events Calendar
Interesting Local People, Places, and Things – An introduction to the Civil Air Patrol in Middle Tennessee

Episode 7: www.FranklinPodcast.com – An introduction to the UT’s Industrial and Systems Engineering Department’s Center for Operational Excellence.

Local Brentwood Events Calendar
Interesting Local People, Places, and Things – An introduction to The University of Tennessee Knoxville’s (UTK) Tickle Engineering’s Industrial and Systems Engineer (I&SE) Department’s Center for Advanced Systems Research and Education (CASRE). They are creating a Masters Science in Industrial Engineering for those interested in Operational Excellence in healthcare and service organizations here in Middle Tennessee.

About craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com

Craig Stevens is supporting UT’s Operational Excellence in Healthcare Program in Nashville Tennessee and hopes to finish his PhD with the UTK Industrial and Systems Engineering Program. He is the founder and president or Westbrook Stevens, LLC (WBS) (www.e-WBS.com) and is a Senior Project Manager in the PMO at Ardent Healthcare. Craig has been a Management, Industrial, and Systems Engineering consultant for over 35 years and is the Author of Geronimo Stone (https://issuu.com/craigastevens/docs/geronimostone); and a well know Visual Artist in oils and acrylics (www.craigastevens.com). He is also a Captain in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as part of the Ground Team and Air Crew Search and Rescue Emergency Services. ......................He was the Manager of the Process Improvement Program for HCA Physician Services, where the Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Team developed the CPI/Lean/Six Sigma program for about 800 practices. Before HCA, he worked as a consultant for over 100 different organizations in 25 states including (US DOD, US DOE, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Westinghouse, DuPont, etc.). ......................Craig has worked in every layer of an organization and in several industries (Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Hospitality, Scientific Research, Energy, Waste Management and Environmental Restoration, Not-For-Profits, and Construction). He was the Chief Engineer and Quality Manager for PRAGMATICS, INC. (8a), Program Manager for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and was the Mechanical Engineer SME in solar and electric power, explosives, and general engineering for U.S. doe, Office of Scientific, and Technical Information (OSTI). ......................Craig has taught for several universities and has written many papers on quality, change management, and other management related subjects and has served as adjunct faculty for Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Trevecca Nazarene University, University of Phoenix, Nashville State Tech, and UT Knoxville as a TA. He was also a trainer/facilitator of Project Management for the American Management Association International (AMAI) and Padgett Thompson. He has taught graduate and undergraduate classes and workshops in Strategic Implementation, Innovation and R&D, Operations Management, Project Management, Change Management, Manufacturing Management, Strategic Management, General Management Principles, Systems Management, Statistics, Customer Service, Engineering Economy, and Human Factors Engineering. ............................Craig has several certifications: • Six Sigma and Lean (Lean Six Sigma) Master Black Belt • PMP • CAP – Mission Observer, Scanner, and Aerial Photograher • General Licenses Amateur Radio (KC4WBS) • SCRUMstudy Agile Master Certified (SAMC™) • SCRUMStudy Certified Trainer (SCT) • Scrum Product Owner Certified (SPOC) • Scrum Master Certified (SMC) • Scrum Developer Certified (SDC) • Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC) • SCCS-P - SMstudy Certified Corporate Sales Professional • SCDM-P - SMStudy Certified Digital Marketing Professional • SCMS-P - SMstudy Certified Marketing Strategy Professional

E4 – FranklinPodcast.com – Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee

E4 – FranklinPodcast.com – Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee

Welcome to the Franklin Podcast at www.FranklinPodcast.com

Episode 4 – the FranklinPodcast.com – Eastern Music in Middle Tennessee

Episode 5: www.FranklinPodcast.com – Excellent Customer Service with Greg Brown of Ford Lincoln of Franklin

Episode 6: www.BrentwoodPodcast.com – An introduction to the Civil Air Patrol in Middle Tennessee.

Episode 7: www.FranklinPodcast.com – An introduction to the UT’s Industrial and Systems Engineering Department’s Center for Operational Excellence.

About craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com

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