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Don Pital
Growth Services Manager

Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
760 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
Voice: (770) 595-8921
Email: don.pital@innovate.gatech.edu

Don Pital is the Growth Services Manager for the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute. In this role, Mr. Pital routinely coaches companies on organizational growth through ideation process management. Mr. Pital is a Business Growth Coach certified by the Eureka Ranch in Cincinnati, OH. In addition to idea generation and management, Mr. Pital coaches organizations in lean product development techniques leading to design and prototyping services for the small to mid-size company. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech in 1998, he served in the telecommunication manufacturing industry in a variety of key areas including quality, operations and engineering management positions for over 12 years.

Mr. Pital has regularly coached and consulted with all levels of client organizations in quality management system implementations (ISO 9001 and sector-specific standards) and best practice training in areas such as: root cause analysis, process improvements, SPC, process mapping, high-impact auditing, project management, and creativity. He has also been a lead staff member in the Center for International Standards and Quality (CISQ) within the Innovation Institute. He serves as a Georgia Tech Certified Lead Instructor and is a nationally certified (RABQSA) Quality Management Systems Lead Auditor. He has taught quality management courses and techniques to hundreds of employees and organizations in the manufacturing, distribution and service sectors. Don’s passion is to facilitate creative group problem solving activities with an emphasis on turning ideas into reality that generate organizational growth.

He has M.S. and B.S. degrees in Ceramic Engineering from Georgia Tech and is a member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

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