Eugene Arrington
Senior Lean Process Specialist at Starkey Hearing Technologies
About
At Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eugene Arrington oversees organization-wide improvement work spanning manufacturing and other business areas. The event profile reports experience in aerospace and medical-device sectors and facilitation of more than 30 Kaizen and Lean events across Starkey’s international operations.
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OCT
6
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The program recognizes the 2026 Emerging CI Leader, Justin Adams, and includes a keynote, awards ceremony, and breakout sessions. Tim Keran’s keynote, “Getting Lean Out of the Toolbox and Into Your Culture,” covers building a continuous-improvement culture, involving employees in improvement work, and connecting everyday improvements to company performance. Keran is a business improvement coach, former manufacturing CEO and owner, and peer group facilitator. Kacinda Ruiz’s “Process Improvements with AI” session covers AI applications including Pareto analysis, defect data summarization, process mapping, work instruction creation, training documentation, standardized documentation, operational workflows, and value creation. Ruiz is Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement for Operations at Trystar. Jeff Weber’s “5S Success with AI” session examines Graco’s 5S journey, practical examples and case studies, AI-supported standardization across sites, consistent execution, and accountability. Weber is Director of Quality & Continuous Improvement at Graco Inc. Eugene Arrington’s “Kaizen Events with AI” session addresses automating time-consuming tasks, uncovering hidden insights, improving problem-solving speed and quality, and integrating AI before, during, and after Kaizen events while maintaining Lean principles and human collaboration. Arrington is Senior Lean Process Specialist at Starkey Hearing Technologies.