Wade A. Harper

Founder & Principal Consultant, AmeriPIE, LLC

Licensed Professional Engineer · Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt · 40+ Years as Process Improvement Expert

Why AmeriPIE Exists

The Process Improvement Industry Lost Its Way. AmeriPIE Exists to Restore the Rigor.

Lean. Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma. These methodologies have delivered transformational, sustained results in organizations that applied them with discipline. The evidence is overwhelming and the track record is decades long.

But somewhere along the way, the industry lost the plot.

Projects got renamed to earn certifications. Metrics shifted from measuring improvement to counting projects. Tools got deployed without the thought process behind them. The methodology became a label — applied to work that was already happening, rebranded to satisfy a dashboard, and declared complete without measuring whether anything actually got better.

The tools were around long before the methodologies. They worked then and they work now. But tools without methodology are just tools. A hammer does not build a house. Discipline builds a house.

The result is predictable: organizations that invested heavily in process improvement deployments are sitting on a pile of closed projects and wondering why performance did not sustainably improve. The methodology did not fail them. The rigor failed them.

AmeriPIE exists to restore that rigor — not to rename what you are already doing, not to certify activity, but to define problems with discipline, structure projects for success, and build the management systems that sustain gains long after the engagement ends.
Wade Harper - Founder and Lead Consultant, AmeriPIE
Wade Harper
Founder & Lead Consultant

Wade A. Harper

Founder & Principal Consultant, AmeriPIE, LLC

Wade Harper has spent more than 40 years in the most demanding operational environments in the world — from designing components for U.S. nuclear weapons systems to leading the largest Lean Six Sigma deployment in U.S. Army history. That breadth of experience across defense, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and federal government is not a resume line. It is the foundation of a practitioner’s perspective that no classroom can replicate.

Wade founded AmeriPIE in 2018 with a single conviction: sustainable performance improvement comes from managing processes, not people. Every engagement is built on that principle — defining the work, measuring performance, removing waste, and building the management discipline that keeps gains from eroding after the project closes.

Wade works directly with every client. When you engage AmeriPIE, you get 40+ years of real-world experience — not a junior consultant following a playbook.

AmeriPIE in Action
Wade Harper speaking at ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference
ASQ Lean & Six Sigma Conference — Speaker
Wade Harper on Gemba walk in production hot zone
Gemba Walk — Adenovirus Production Hot Zone
40+
Years of
Experience
10+
Industries
Served
1,200+
Leaders
Trained
3,800+
Green Belts
Certified
Fortune 500
to Federal
Government
Documented Results
67%
Reduction in cycle time with $7M in cost avoidance for nuclear waste removal
Los Alamos National Laboratory
$167M
Documented savings over four years through Lean Six Sigma deployment
Teva Pharmaceuticals
$7M
Track and Trace system implementation eliminating paper-based processes entirely
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Credentials & Certifications
✓
Licensed Professional Engineer State of Missouri
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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certified by George Group / Accenture
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Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certified by Ford Motor Company
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Six Sigma Black Belt Instructor Ford Motor Company
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U.S. Department of Energy Q-Clearance Nuclear weapons systems
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B.S. Mechanical Engineering Member, American Society for Quality (ASQ)

Ready to Restore the Rigor?

A focused conversation costs nothing. Wade works directly with every client — no handoffs, no junior consultants. Just 40+ years of experience applied to your specific situation.

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