GARTMAN AND ASSOCIATES

Jerald B. Gartman, President

204 Harbor Drive

Morehead City, NC 28557

(252) 247-2575

jgartman7@embarqmail.com

        Jerald B. Gartman started Gartman and Associates in 1991, after a distinguished career of service in the U.S. Marine Corps where he attained the rank of Colonel.  He has over 26 years experience in demanding leadership positions including services as a program manager for engineering at the Naval Air Systems Command, managing the Production, Production Control, Production Engineering Departments at a Naval Aviation Depot, Command of a Marine Air Base Squadron, Executive Officer of a Marine Air Group and a Marine Amphibious Unit, Chief of Staff for Operations of a Marine Air Wing, and Command of the Naval Aviation Depot at Cherry Point.

        Colonel Gartman served five and one-half years as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point, North Carolina where he implemented an award winning total quality management system.  Under his leadership, the depot at Cherry Point won the Presidential Quality Prototype Award, the Office of Management and Budget Quality Improvement Award, the Institute of Industrial Engineers Productivity Improvement Award, the Secretary of Defense Productivity Award and the North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence.  He was awarded the Navy League Award for Inspirational Leadership in 1990.  He  is prominently mentioned in the following books: Deming Management at Work, by Mary Walton, Thinking About Quality by Lloyd Dobyns, and Quality in Action by Pat Townsend.  He is also featured in Pat Townsend’s video, Pat Townsend: On Quality.

        Mr. Gartman was a member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige Award (1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 and 2000), a Judge for the North Carolina Quality Award (1991, 1992, 1994, 1995), a member of the North Carolina Leadership Awards Council, and member of the North Carolina Quality Center Advisory Board.  He served on the Department of Navy Productivity Plan Development Group, the Department of Navy Productivity Work Group and Navy’s Total Quality Management Senior Leadership School Advisory Committee.    He has lectured extensively on quality and productivity issues and has authored numerous articles on both subjects.  He consults and provides training to government and private customers throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, and Mexico.

        Mr. Gartman has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1965 and a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California in 1970. He is also a graduate of numerous military schools including the Armed Forces Staff College in 1980 and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1983.  He earned numerous military awards including the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, twenty-one Air Medals, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Purple Heart and two Navy Achievement Medals.