About

Tony Rose '05 is the Vice President of Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement at CRST International, a supply chain logistics and transportation provider.

Before working in supply chain, Tony held similar leadership positions over the past 15 years in continuous improvement and business process management in the aerospace, manufacturing, and financial services industries.

In addition to a Mount Mercy bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of Iowa, Tony holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, is a certified SAFe Agile Program Consultant, and achieved his Business Process Management Professional (BPMP) certification from the BPM Institute. He implements these methodologies to remove waste from organizations and increase the value created for customers.

Outside of his professional work, Tony has a passion for teaching. He is an adjunct professor in Mount Mercy's MBA program and teaches Statistics, Quality, Management, MIS, and Systems Analysis and Design.