Griselda Abousleman
Vice President Continuous Improvement
Professional Bio
Griselda Abousleman was appointed Ingersoll Rand’s vice president, operational excellence for Transport Solutions NA/EMEA in May 2018. Ingersoll Rand’s family of brands includes Club Car®, Ingersoll Rand®, Thermo King® and Trane®. In her current role, she leads the operational excellence and transformation strategies for Transport Solutions NA/EMEA and its partnering dealer network. She has led successful business transformations globally and has extensive experience in leading teams to accomplish breakthrough results. Prior to this role, she was integrated supply chain leader for Fluid Management, Material Handling and Power Tools, she drove continued improvement of the value streams and was responsible for a supply chain strategy to optimize performance in critical operational areas, including cycle time, safety, quality, delivery and productivity for three of the company’s 10 strategic business units. Prior to Ingersoll Rand, she was with Honeywell as director, global growth; Flowserve as a multi-site leader; Volvo-Novabus as senior manufacturing engineering manager; and AlliedSignal-Honeywell as lean supervisor and global transitions leader. Griselda holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University, which includes overseas study in economics from the Pontificía Universidad Católica de Chile, and a master’s degree in business administration from Arizona State University. She has also earned her Lean Master certification from Shingijutsu and Honeywell, and is a member of Prospanica, the National Society for Hispanic MBA’s, a member of the Society of Women and Hispanic Professional Engineers, and is the immediate past Chair for the Women in Manufacturing national association.
Individual Professional
Education:
Stanford University 1994
Bachelor of Science , Industrial Engineering
Arizona State University 1997
MBA
Volunteer Work:
Potocki-Lupski Outreach Foundation
Stanford Outreach Volunteer Alumni Link (OVAL)
Chapter Affiliation
No chapter in my area
Areas of Expertise
Diversity and Inclusion, Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence/OpEx, Engineering