{"id":4577,"date":"2025-06-25T11:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/?page_id=4577"},"modified":"2025-07-01T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:37:21","slug":"chris-hartley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/chris-hartley\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hartley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><hr style=\"background-color: transparent;opacity:1;border-top: 5px solid #cc0000;border-color:#cc0000;margin: 10px 0 10px 0;height:5px;width: 50%\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;font-weight: lighter\">Lean Improvement Specialist<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:3366843538\">336.684.3538<\/a> <span style=\"color:#cccccc;padding: 0px 8px 0px 8px\">|<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:chris_hartley@ncsu.edu\">chris_hartley@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 95%;font-weight: lighter;padding-left: 20px\"><p><div style=\"float: left;padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\/ies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/06\/Chris-Hartley-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Hartley\" \/><\/div>Chris serves as an Improvement Specialist working with manufacturers, hospitals, physician\u2019s offices, public health departments, government agencies and many other types of organizations to teach and guide them through their improvement journey. 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