Emiel van Est is a Toyota Kata ambassador based in The Netherlands. He is an independent consultant who works with clients on their Toyota Kata management-routine learning, practice and deployment. In 1997 Emiel started improving and designing processes for Hewlett Packard and has since then helped a diverse group of clients in many different industries with their Lean efforts. Prior to consulting, Emiel was engineering special equipment to make new production processes feasible. Emiel has a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Hogeschool Haarlem, Netherlands.