THOMAS CASPERSON NAMED INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR THE OHIO AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
The Board of
Trustees of the newly formed Ohio Award for Excellence (OAE) has appointed Thomas
Casperson as the organization’s interim executive director. As interim executive director, Casperson will be
responsible for running the program’s day to day operations including examinations,
awards and finances.
“Tom Casperson has played a crucial role in
the efforts to make Ohio organizations successful through the Ohio Award for Excellence. When the OAE needed to fill this position,
Tom’s credentials assured an excellent match,” said Susan Nagel, member of the
OAE board of trustees and Director of Quality for the Ohio Department of Commerce, which
provides support for OAE. “Now, with
Tom’s solid leadership and inspiring attitude, the program is assured continued
success.”
Casperson
received his B.S. in Business Administration from the Rochester Institute of Technology in
Rochester, New York. He also received an AAS
in Real Estate Property Management from Sinclair Community College in Dayton. He is currently on loan from the NCR Corporation,
where he serves as the Director of Management System Assessments.
Casperson has worked at NCR for 34
years, starting as a salesperson to the retail industry and moving on to management
positions in corporate market and product evaluation, corporate product release, Europe
product marketing and global quality. While
NCR was a business unit under the AT&T Corporation, he served as project manager in
1994 and 1995 for the “Chairman’s Quality Award,” following the Baldrige
format. He was also appointed by the U.S.
Department of Commerce to serve on the Board of Examiners of the Malcom Baldrige National
Quality Award for 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Casperson
currently resides Dayton.
The Ohio
Award for Excellence was created to promote overall competitiveness and growth of
Ohio-based organizations in domestic and global markets by developing and recognizing
those organizations that practice measurable continuous improvement and utilize
outstanding processes to achieve customer-focused performance excellence.
The award is
open to all organizations in business, education, health care, government and
not-for-profit sectors. The award, presented
annually, is based on criteria which covers the areas of leadership, strategic planning,
customer focus, information and analysis, workforce development, process management and
the business results achieved.