Leo Wright

Product Manager, Six Sigma and Quality

Leo Wright is Product Manager of Six Sigma and Quality Solutions for JMP, a division of SAS. He joined SAS in 1999 and has 27 years of professional experience in biological sciences and manufacturing. Specializing in manufacturing quality and operations, Wright has significant experience in quality improvement techniques.

At Gerber, where he worked before joining SAS, Wright directed the Corporate Quality Assurance program, and won the 1999 Process Manufacturing Enterprise Integration Award from Software Strategies magazine for the development of an integrated process control system that achieved $575,000 in cost improvement during its first year. Wright’s career also includes management positions with Ocean Spray Cranberries and Stroh Brewery.

Wright received his bachelor’s degree from Roger Williams College in 1980 and has completed several graduate-level courses in applied statistics, focusing on manufacturing process improvement. He earned Quality Engineer certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and is a Senior ASQ member in the areas of Six Sigma, statistics and food regulation.