Professor Yohannes Yebabe Tesfay is a senior engineer-scientist of new product introduction (NPI), reliability and quality functions. He has innovated many equations, models, and applied theories which include Tesfay coordination. He is aLean Six Sigma Black Belt, IATF, and ISO professional and is experienced with lean manufacturing engineering practices via process and design development, job-shadowing, and modeling. He is an expert in process flow, plant layout of vertically integrated manufacturing operations, and leading projects utilizing his strong analytical background,emphasizing the design of new product development. He can interpret intricate drawings (GD&T) and technical standards in many engineering sectors. In his most recent role as a new product development engineer scientist at HMPA, he is accountable for the supervision of research, junior industrial, process, and manufacturing engineers in developing design and implementing improvements to eliminate operational wastes within the process and identify potential gaps associated with quality control via applying SPC, engineering DoE, APQP, FMEA, MSA, and PPAP standard engineering methodologies of ISO, IATF, and AS.