Dr. Scott Kowalski received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He works as a Technical Trainer at Minitab, Inc. where he mentors Minitab's International Partners on their training efforts and teaches statistics to corporations in the United States, Asia and Australia. Prior to joining Minitab he taught at Stetson University and University of Central Florida. Dr. Kowalski is a Senior Member of ASQ, a member of the American Statistical Association, an Associate Editor for Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, and serves on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Quality Technology and Quality Engineering. Along with co-author Geoffrey Vining he was awarded the 2005 Nelson Award winner for paper with the greatest immediate impact to practitioners" by the Journal of Quality Technology."