Subir Chowdhury

Subir Chowdhury Profile

Selected multiple times by Thinkers 50 as one of the “top 50 management thinkers in the world,” Subir Chowdhury’s thoughts and techniques on performance improvement and quality management have powered numerous business movements, most notably the Six Sigma movement and the LEO movement. His management expertise is responsible for saving hundreds of companies billions of dollars while his books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated in over twenty languages.

As an author, Subir is known for breaking down complex concepts and making them both understandable and enjoyable by illustrating them with fictional fables, a device he exercised in two of his most famous best-sellers, The Power of Six Sigma and The Ice Cream Maker. Author of 14 books, his most recent work is
Robust Optimization: World’s Best Practices for Developing Winning Vehicle. He is currently working on a book that will address the ‘quality of human mindset’ that is vital for any organization’s success either in private or public or non-profit sector.

As Chairman and CEO for ASI Consulting Group, LLC, Subir advises CEOs and Sr. Leaders of many of the world’s largest corporations and organizations on quality leadership implementation, consulting, and training. He is an advisor to the World Bank and an active philanthropist working to promote education and help the poorest of poor through the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation. He recently collaborated with the University of California at Berkeley to establish the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies—the first of its kind in any academic institutions in the United States. The center awards graduate fellowships, scholarships, and research grants that focus on ways to improve the quality of life for the people of Bangladesh, Subir’s home country.

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  Subir Chowdhury is chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC, a global leader on strategic initiatives, quality consulting, and training. Under Subir’s leadership, ASI Consulting Group has helped hundreds of clients around the world save billions of dollars and increase revenues. Subir has worked with many organizations, large and small, across diverse industries including manufacturing, healthcare, food, government, and nonprofit organizations.

  His client list includes global Fortune 100 corporations and industrial leaders such as American Axle, Berger Health Systems, Bosch, Caterpillar, Daewoo, Delphi, Fiat-Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai Motor Company, ITT Industries, Johns Manville, Kaplan Professional, Kia Motors, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Loral Space Systems, Make It Right Foundation, Mark IV Automotive, Procter & Gamble, the State of Michigan, Thomson Multimedia, TRW, Xerox, and more.

  Subir is recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World” by Thinkers 50 of London, UK. Hailed by the New York Times as a “leading quality expert” and by BusinessWeek as “The Quality Prophet,” Subir is the author of fifteen books, including several international bestsellers, The Ice Cream Maker (Doubleday Random House, 2005), The Power of Six Sigma (Dearborn Trade, 2001), and Management 21C (Financial Times, 1999). His books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated in more than twenty languages.

  Subir is an honorary member of the World Innovation Foundation (WIF) and has been inducted into the Engineering, Science and Technology Hall of Fame and honored by the Automotive Hall of Fame. He is a recipient of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Gold Medal, the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering and the American Society of Quality’s first Philip Crosby Medal for authoring the most influential book on quality. The Society of Automotive Engineers established the Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership, an annual award that recognizes those individuals who promote innovation and expand the impact of quality in mobility engineering, design, and manufacturing. The United States Department of Homeland Security presented the “Outstanding American by Choice Award” to Subir for his contributions to the field of quality and management.

  In 2014, University of California at Berkeley established the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies—the first of its kind in any academic institutions in the United States. The center awards graduate fellowships, scholarships, and research grants that focus on ways to improve the quality of life for the people of Bangladesh. Each year the Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics is awarded by both Harvard University and the London School of Economics and Political Science to doctoral and postdoctoral student respectively to research and study the impact of quality in the economic advancement of a nation. His philanthropic efforts through the Subir & Malini Chowdhury Foundation focus on the education of those less fortunate in the world.

  Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Subir received his undergraduate degree in aeronautical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, and his graduate degree in industrial management from Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He has received distinguished alumnus awards from both institutions, as well as an honorary doctorate of engineering from the Michigan Technological University. Subir is frequently cited in the national and international media. He delivers keynote addresses around the globe sharing the stages with heads of state and business leaders. He lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.