According to the company, as CQO, Stamper is responsible for improving Heil’s quality infrastructure, while providing leadership and direction for the company’s lean manufacturing initiatives and Six Sigma processes.

She will help facilitate and guide every part of the business in continuous improvement activities. An important aspect of Stamper’s role is to listen to Voice of Customer (VOC) input and integrate it into Heil’s business systems in order to improve the company’s products and services.

“Improving quality throughout all aspects of the Heil Environmental enterprise is a top priority for me and every member of the Heil team,” says Michael Jobe, president. “By dedicating an experienced, talented individual such as Crista toward this vision, I am confident that we — and most importantly, our customers — will see significant improvement achievements.”

Stamper has extensive experience in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma methodology, program management and manufacturing. Most recently, she served as plant manager for a Dana Corporation facility in McKenzie, Tenn.

Prior to coming to McKenzie, she was also a plant manager in Danville, KY and a plant superintendent in Henderson, KY.  Stamper also held the position of division plant quality manager for a Dana facility in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, where she was responsible for the total quality system in multiple plants. She has also worked for Mark IV-Dayco Products as quality manager, and at General Motors-Delphi as senior supplier quality engineer.

“Crista has the knowledge, experience and leadership abilities Heil needs in order to take our quality efforts and results to an even higher level,” Randall Young, Heil’s vice president and chief supply chain officer in charge of running all of Heil’s worldwide operation says.

Stamper earned a bachelor’s degree in management with a concentration in statistics from Ferris State College and a master’s of business administration from Oakland City University. She also has been certified as a Quality Manager (CQM), Quality Auditor (CQA) and Quality Engineer (CQE) through The American Society for Quality (ASQ). She earned her Six Sigma Black Belt through Dana University and received additional training in lean manufacturing at the University of Kentucky.

Stamper is based at Heil’s flagship facilities in Fort Payne, Ala.  She, her husband and three children are relocating to the area.

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