Ronaldus Joannes Michael Maria "Ronald" Does (born 13 January 1955 in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English language, English) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the Provinces of the Nether ...

) is a Dutch

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

, known for several contributions to

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

and

Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a process improvement approach that uses a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing operational waste and reducing process variation. It combines the many tools and techniques that form the "to ...

. His research interests include control charts, Lean Six Sigma, and the integration of industrial statistics in services and healthcare. Since 1991 he has been holding a full-professorship in Industrial Statistics at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

, first at its

Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics The Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI) is the institute for mathematical research at the University of Amsterdam. The KdVI is located in Amsterdam at the Amsterdam Science Park. Robbert Dijkgraaf, Alexander Schrijver, Nicolai Re ...

, and since April 2009 at the department of Operations Management. In 2007 he has been appointed as ''fellow'' of the

American Society for Quality The American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a society of quality professionals, with more than 30,000 members, in more than 140 countries. History ASQC was established on 16 February ...

and in 2014 as fellow of the

American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is the main professional organization for statisticians and related professionals in the United States. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 27, 1839, and is the second-oldest continuous ...

. He is the managing director and founder of the Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics of the University of Amsterdam. Since 2011 he has also been director of the ''Executive Programmes'' of the University of Amsterdam.Executive Programmes at the University of Amsterdam
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Books

*"Lean Six Sigma Stap voor Stap" (2008, in Dutch) *"Lean Six Sigma for Services and Healthcare" (2012)

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(Dutch) 1955 births Living people Dutch mathematicians Leiden University alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Scientists from Haarlem Fellows of the American Statistical Association {{Europe-mathematician-stub