Douglas Montgomery is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Statistics. His research interests are in industrial statistics. He has 16 books and more than 200 technical papers. He has received the Shewart Medal, the Prombo Prize, the Hunter Prize, the Shewell Prize, and the Ellis R.Out Prize. Montgomery is also a recipient of the George Books Medal from ENBIS (European Network for Trade and Industrial Statistics). Montgomery is a fellow of the American Statistical Society, the American Society for Quality Control, the Royal Statistical Society, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute.