Seminar 2: Is Value Engineering successful internationally?
Guest speakers :
Mr. James RAINS
President of Advanced Value Group in USA.
CVS, FSAVE, Life Member and ex-president of SAVE International, USA.
Venue :
Plaza Conference Centre, 35/F., Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road,
Hong Kong
Language :
English
Date :
30th June 2004 (Wednesday)
Time :
19:00 - 21:00
Guest Speaker
James (Jim) A. RAINS
Jr., CVS, FSAVE
President
Advanced Value Group, LLC
Jim got his start in value analysis in 1980 as a workshop participant. At that time he learned about the power of value analysis, mainly because he applied it first hand to a project, and implemented numerous design proposals that improved the quality of the product, whilst also achieving a significant reduction in cost.
Earned his Certified Value Specialist (CVS) in 1988 and became a Life
CVS in 2000.
Serviced to SAVE Int’l - elected as Executive Vice President
('98 - '99), President ('99 - '00), Immediate Past President ('00 -
'01), Regional Vice President ('91- '93), and Southwestern Ohio Chapter
President ('90 - '91).
Served as the Chairperson of the General Motors Corporate Value Management
Committee.
Facilitated over 600 teams in the value methodology and/or lean concepts.
Facilitated workshops and/or presented papers globally such as Mexico,
Hungary, Korea, Australia and Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden,
Canada, England and areas of the Middle East.
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