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Adrian
Guardia, Ph.D., SPHR
President & Principal Consultant
Applied Group Dynamics
Dr. Adrian Guardia has more than 30 years of experience
in Human Resources. His expertise spans
diverse fields including financial services, electronics
manufacturing, soft drink bottling, and high-end retailing. His
career assignments have included nationally recognized
firms such as JPMorgan Chase, Harris Corporation,
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company, and Federated Department
Stores.
Dr. Guardia is president and principal consultant
for Applied Group Dynamics, a San Antonio–based consulting
practice focused on the development of high-performance
organizations. The practice is an affiliate
of the Architecture for Excellence™.
From 1988 through 2000, Dr. Guardia served as manager
of Human Resources for Harris Corporation, Microwave
Communications Division, where he was personally involved
in the San Antonio operations’ journey for high performance. Beginning
with a “cellular factory” pilot, the experience rapidly
evolved from just-in-time and demand flow manufacturing
to supply chain management. Total Quality
integrated the experience and featured quality initiatives
based on Phillip Crosby, W. Edwards Deming, Toyota
Quality, ISO 9000 certification, and the Malcolm Baldrige
Award. Completing the total integration
of the high-performance journey was the development
of self-directed, self-managed work teams and the
deployment of the Architecture for Excellence.
These experiences resulted in numerous awards and
site recognition including: IndustryWeek
Top 25 Finalist in the annual search for America’s
Best Plants (1996 and 1997), Harris Corporation Gold
Award recipient for Total Quality – Malcolm Baldrige
Quality Systems Review criteria (1997 and 1998), the
Association for Quality & Participation’s Organizational
Excellence Award (1997), Clemson University’s 21st
Century Organizational Excellence Award (1997), the
North American Manufacturers’ Association Shingo Prize
for Excellence in Manufacturing (1996), and the Texas
Association of Business & Chambers of Commerce Business
of the Year Award (1996).
Dr. Guardia is a member of the Society for Human Resource
Management and has received Professional in Human
Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources
(SPHR Lifetime) accreditations. He is a
member and former president of the San Antonio Human
Resource Management Association (SAHRMA) and a member
of the San Antonio Manufacturing Association (SAMA).
Education
BBA, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX
MBA, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio,
TX
Ph.D. in Leadership Studies, Our Lady of the Lake
University, San Antonio, TX
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