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ASQExcellence (ASQE) would like to thank Lean Enterprise Division members April Schmidt, Frank Murdock, and Lissette Contreras for their volunteer efforts in support of ASQE’s third Ascend Virtual Workshop, focused on “ Gaining Top-Level Support and Commitment ” from the 2020 Insights on Excellence (IoE) research , held on Thursday, May 20 th . As ... more

Quality Progress wants to showcase the best and brightest young talented quality leaders and trailblazers of tomorrow. If there’s someone who is a young, passionate and an up-and-coming quality leader—pushing boundaries and making a difference in quality—let us know. Nominate your boss, an employee, a colleague—or yourself. Submit your ... more

Meet Helen Tran! Helen has been a member since 2015 and is a Certified Quality Auditor. Where do you live? Toronto, Ontario What’s the best career advice you ever receive? Be flexible! What ASQ activities are you involved in? Education Division Committee Chair, focusing on our 2021 Webinar Series What are your favorite ways to relax? Reading and ... more

For our next installment of My Quality Hero, we give you hero's from the Energy and Power industry. Thank you to everyone who submitted their Quality Hero during World Quality Month in November! Fabio Ferraresi, director of business development—South America, Power Systems Research, Campinas, Brazil He introduced me to ASQ and I soon became a ... more

Sara Deaton, vice president of quality assurance, CEO of Atomic Wombat Inc., Huntsville, AL She has mentored me throughout my career. She has taught me everything I know about quality assurance, and she has pushed me to further my career. She also makes sure I sign up for certifications, and I always have someone to help me any questions I might have. ... more

ASQExcellence (ASQE) would like to thank Larry J. Edwards (ASQ Government Division) and Douglas C. Wood (ASQ Quality Management Division) for their volunteer efforts in support of ASQE’s second Ascend Virtual Workshop, focused on “Measuring Progress with Business KPI’s” from the 2020 Insights on Excellence (IoE) research , held on Thursday, ... more

March is Women’s History Month and ASQ will be celebrating the contributions women have made to the field of quality and the world. We have some amazing content and experiences planned for members that promotes an inclusive culture. Monday, March 8th was International Women’s Day, in celebration we have opened access to an encore presentation of the ... more

Nathan Adekoya, software engineering manager, Universal Instruments Corp., Ithaca, NY Nathan took a risk on me as a new hire with no corporate experience. At the time, he was the manager for the software quality group at Universal Instruments and I was a new software quality engineer. No matter how busy he was, he took time to train and develop his team ... more

Introducing Carl McBurney!!!! Carl has been a member since 2019, so is one of our newer members, but he already has the quality bug and has jumped in to help with the Minnesota section. Thank you Carl. Where do you live? Minneapolis, MN What’s the highest academic degree you’ve obtained? From where? Master’s degree in Chemistry from University of ... more

Directors Imran A. Rana, head of quality and analytics, Treet Corp. Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan I lost my first job in 2005. I heard from a contact that Imran Rana was conducting a free quality management certificate course in Lahore, Pakistan. I enrolled in this program and started the course. After completing it, Rana managed to place all 25 students in jobs ... more