Craig Bucknor
National Director
Operational Excellence
Maxxam Analytics
Canada
Biography
Craig is responsible for overall leadership of Maxxam’s continuous improvement program deployment across Canada, collaborating with senior leaders of its lines of businesses in Environmental, Food Safety & Science and Petroleum to establish direction and focus to ensure comprehensive understanding and institutionalization of Lean Six-Sigma methodologies to drive strategic initiatives and improve operations. Craig is a certified Senior Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, Operational Excellence Practitioner and Train-the-Trainer professional with extensive performance management, process improvement, and program management office experience in multiple industries such as; food & beverage, supply chain and banking. He reports directly to the CEO and supports the global deployment of Bureau Veritas’ Excellence @BV program. Craig completed his post-diploma studies in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, ESI industry related courses in Program Management and Organizational Strategy, accredited by the George Washington University, and Ivey executive leadership program, University of Western Ontario. Craig was previously a member of the Board of Directors for a local non-profit organization and served as an Operating Committee member of The Coca-Cola Company, Asian Business Resource Group (BRG) Canadian chapter. Craig is responsible for overall leadership of Maxxam’s continuous improvement program deployment across Canada, collaborating with senior leaders of its lines of businesses in Environmental, Food Safety & Science and Petroleum to establish direction and focus to ensure comprehensive understanding and institutionalization of Lean Six-Sigma methodologies to drive strategic initiatives and improve operations. Craig is a certified Senior Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt, Operational Excellence Practitioner and Train-the-Trainer professional with extensive performance management, process improvement, and program management office experience in multiple industries such as; food & beverage, supply chain and banking. He reports directly to the CEO and supports the global deployment of Bureau Veritas’ Excellence @BV program. Craig completed his post-diploma studies in Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, ESI industry related courses in Program Management and Organizational Strategy, accredited by the George Washington University, and Ivey executive leadership program, University of Western Ontario. Craig was previously a member of the Board of Directors for a local non-profit organization and served as an Operating Committee member of The Coca-Cola Company, Asian Business Resource Group (BRG) Canadian chapter.
Research Interest
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination