Rebecca Staton-Reinstein Bio

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Rebecca Staton-Reinstein

Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein, President of Advantage Leadership, has had a successful career as an organizational leader, educator, and management consultant. In addition to her experience as a general manager, she spent many years as an Information Technology manager.

She developed and managed the Quality Assurance function and deployed it successfully in three companies. In 1989, because of the results she had achieved, she was appointed as a corporate officer to implement Total Quality Management.

Dr. Staton-Reinstein has been implementing the philosophy of Dr. W. Edwards Deming since 1982. In 1991, she began consulting to manufacturing and service companies, public, and nonprofit organizations on applying the Deming approach. Dr. Staton-Reinstein established her own management consulting firm in 1995 and concentrates on using the quality approach on every aspect of solving today’s business problems. She works with management on strategic planning, understanding customer expectations, implementing continuous improvement, establishing leadership and improvement teams, and transforming managerial and organizational behavior and results. She has proven her ability to help organizations navigate organizational change to achieve business results.

Dr. Staton-Reinstein began her association with the Quality Assurance Institute in 1986 and served on the Board, organized several international IT quality conferences, and is currently a member of the QAI Journal Editorial Board. She is part of the initial group designated as a Certified Quality Analyst by QAI. She serves on the board of the International Institute for Software Testing and is a regular featured speaker and tutorial instructor for IIST conferences.

Her international work includes work with the Hong Kong Productivity Council, the St. Petersburg Institute of Informatics and Automation, the Lviv Institute of Management (Ukraine), and businesses in Russia, Canada, and Mexico.

Dr. Staton-Reinstein develops and teaches management and leadership courses for the American Management Association and the University of Miami.

She holds a Ph.D. in organizational development and is a certified user of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicatorâ. She has been honored for her leadership and service contributions by a variety of organizations, is a member of Who’s Who Worldwide and the St. Petersburg Engineering Academy. She is active in civic and business organizations and nonprofit boards. She is a sought after speaker and her articles appear regularly.