Community Service Institute

Staff Spotlight: Gene Fernandez

Gene has worked in the Oil and Gas industry most of his career after graduating from the University of Findlay in 1977, with BS degrees in Accounting, Marketing and Business Administration. In 2008, he completed his MBA from the University of Findlay with a concentration in Finance and Organizational Development.

Gene is a Certified Internal Auditor and holds a Black belt in Lean Six Sigma. He has held various staff and management positions in Auditing, Accounting, Finance, and Marketing during his over 40 years at Marathon Petroleum Company where he started his career in 1977 and retired in 2019. In his last assignment, he developed and managed the Continuous Improvement department based in Findlay, Ohio where their team trained over 2400 different employees the tools and methods of Continuous Improvement and assisted teams complete 300 improvement projects with annual hard dollar savings of over $165 million.

He will also be hosting our Continuous Improvement Workshop on November 10th.

Continuous Improvement Workshop An activity-based learning to gain a high-level understanding of Continuous Improvement tools and techniques.

A special thanks to Bridges For Freedom for allowing our team to host an AI-Workshop this past week. It was a fantastic learning environment in which their staff grew from both a business and personal level. Cannot wait to see all of your progress in the years coming!