Anand Subramanian is a Principal at JFAssociates, Inc. based in the Washington, DC area. Dr. Subramanian has a Doctoral and Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is an Associate Safety Professional (ASP), a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), a Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), and OSHA-30 certified (OSHA30). Since 2003, Dr. Subramanian has been part of the JFAssociates’ team providing consulting services in the industrial engineering domain including ergonomics, time and motion studies, safety, process improvement, economic analyses, facilities planning, and warehouse design. His responsibilities include experimental design, data collection, video analysis, statistical data analysis, data modeling, reporting, developing training modules, conducting safety audits, hazard evaluation, etc. He has co-authored more than 40 publications and conducted research and consulting in applied industrial engineering, time studies, occupational ergonomics, safety, and process improvement. He has made presentations at several prestigious Industrial Engineering and Ergonomic conferences.

Dr. Subramanian is co-author of Product Development- A Structured Approach to Consumer Product Development, Design, and Manufacture – Second Edition published by Elsevier in 2014. Currently, he serves as the co-editor of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Review (ISER) an open-access journal (ISSN# 2329-0188) aimed at the advancement of industrial and systems engineering theory and practice as applied to any enterprise system. He serves as the treasurer of the International Society of Occupation Ergonomics (ISOES), an associate editor of Ergonomics-In-Design, a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and a peer-reviewer for the Industrial and Systems Engineering Review (ISER) and the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics (IJIE). From 2007 to 2011, he served as the managing editor of the International Journal of Industrial Engineering – Theory, Applications and Practice. From 2011 to 2016, he has also served on the board of directors for the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) National Capital Chapter. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Assistant Vice President for Communication and Web Development for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (presently called the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers – IISE). In 2015-2016, he was the President of the International Society for Occupational Ergonomics and Safety (ISOES).

Credentials and Professional Honors

• PhD, Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2007
• MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2004
• BE, Production Engineering, University of Bombay, 2001
• Certified Professional Ergonomist, (#1367)
• Associate Safety Professional, (ASP-34535)
• Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
• OSHA-30 Certified

Selected Relevant Experience

Experience includes the following industrial sectors:

• Automobile
• Call centers
• Communications
• Computer chip manufacturing
• Department stores
• Drugstores
• Electronic manufacturing
• Energy
• Financial institutions
• Food processing
• Foundry
• Healthcare and hospital
• Higher education
• Hospitality and hotel
• Landscaping
• Parcel and postal service
• Pharmaceutical
• Professional staffing services
• Plastics manufacturing
• Restaurants
• Retail stores
• Security
• Small and large assembly
• Telecommunication
• Transportation
• U.S. Government
• Warehouse
• Served as an expert on ergonomics and time and motion related matters involving a variety of occupational tasks and industry settings. Designed study, visited site, collected and analyzed data, and prepared reports.
• Served as an expert on suitable seating projects involving a variety of tasks. Designed study, visited stores, collected and analyzed data, prepared reports, and provided litigation support.
• Worked with companies to comply with aspects of settlement agreements, involving a number of ergonomics-related OSHA citations. Developed ergonomics programs, redesigned work places, trained employees, developed a focus group, and assisted in designing tools.
• Served as a project lead on several time and motion projects involving a variety of occupational tasks. Designed study, visited site, collected and analyzed data, prepared reports, and provided litigation support.
• Conducted safety audits, hazard evaluations, risk analysis and safety trainings to reduce risk of injuries, decrease injury costs, and hazard elimination in a variety of industrial settings.
• Conducted ergonomic analysis and proposed workplace solutions in a variety of industrial settings.
• Provided hands-on training on ergonomics to employees and production leads at a chip manufacturing. This was to provide ergonomics awareness and to help promote safe work practices.
• Provided office ergonomic evaluations and hands-on training on ergonomics in various organizations and government agencies.
• Performed proactive/ reactive workstation evaluations to identify hazards; recommend effective countermeasure to reduce or eliminate the work related musculoskeletal disorders.