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Ron Schulingkamp serves as Instructor of Management and Business Analytics in the College of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and Quality Improvement Project Manager at University Medical Center New Orleans. With 30+ years of experience, he designs innovative, resilient organizational systems using performance excellence frameworks.
Education:
- Doctor of Science, Health Systems Management, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- Master of Quality Management, Loyola University New Orleans
- MBA, Loyola University New Orleans
- B.S. Petroleum Engineering, LSU Baton Rouge
His research centers on quality management and performance excellence in healthcare systems, specializing in the NIST Baldrige Framework and EFQM methodologies. He investigates organizational dynamics that enable sustainable excellence through leadership development, process optimization, and employee engagement strategies across healthcare, government, and industrial sectors.
His 2015 seminal study demonstrated Baldrige Award-winning hospitals outperformed competitors in 95% of CMS metrics. Current research examines longitudinal sustainability of high-performance organizations, revealing critical factors for maintaining excellence through systemic resilience and adaptive leadership.
No scientific awards are explicitly attributed to Dr. Schulingkamp in the source material.
Teaching Loyola MBA students since 2007, he integrates real-world projects improving Jefferson Parish government operations. Student initiatives reduced animal shelter euthanasia rates by 30% and transformed the Jefferson Workforce Connection into Louisiana's top-performing workforce office with 81% employee engagement (49% above national average).
Active in performance excellence communities, he serves as Louisiana Quality Foundation Vice-President, Quality Texas Foundation Board Member, and Alliance for Performance Excellence Board member. His Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certification and ISO 9001 Lead Auditor credentials support cross-sector improvement initiatives.
