Jerald B. Gartman started Gartman and Associates in 1991, after a distinguished career in the US Marine Corps where he attained the rank of Colonel. He has over 26 year 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 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 office of Management and Budget Quality lmprovement Award, the Institute of Productivity Improvement Award, the North Carolina Govenors' Award for Excellence, and the Secretary of Defense Productivity Award. 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, Quality in Action by Pat Townsend, Thinking about Quality by Lloyd Dobkyns, and Pat Townsend's video, Pat Townsend: On Quality.
Mr. Gartman was a Member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (1991,1992,1993, 1999 and again for 2001), a Judge for the North Carolina Quality Leadership Award (1991,1992,1994,1995), a former member of the North Carolina Quality Leadership Awards Council (1993), and a former 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 Working Group and the 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 and Mexico.
Mr. Gartman received a bachelor of Science 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
