Samuel Alara

Lean Trainer and Consultant

Samuel is an experienced healthcare quality improvement and strategy specialist, coach, trainer and facilitator; with a deep knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, strategic planning, change and project management. He is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a certified Lean Leader with a masters (MPH) degree in Public Health.

For 8 years, Samuel worked in different regions within the Saskatchewan Health Authority as a Lean Specialist where he supported the identification, planning, design, execution, management and evaluation of several improvement projects; coached health leaders, physicians and frontline staff in a range of Kaizen activities - from basic entry-level continuous improvement courses to more advanced Lean programs. Samuel also coached and supported the implementation of the Saskatchewan Healthcare Management (Lean) System, as well as many rapid process improvement workshops, value stream mapping sessions, PDSA cycles, mini-kaizens, strategic planning sessions and several other improvement initiatives across multiple service lines within the health system.