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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

I'd like to introduce you to our next Member Spotlight feature - David Harry!  David is a Senior member of ASQ and has been very actively involved in many endeavors with us.  We truly appreciate his experience, knowledge, and his willingness to share with our members (especially here on myASQ - you'll see his name listed on the leaderboard)  Thanks ... more

Auditing and Accreditation Nashwa Elsayed, accreditation manager, King Fahad Hospital, Medina, Saudi Arabia She was my first real teacher of quality ethics who I really learned from.  —Mohiadeen Kurdi Barbara Gallion, quality auditing consultant While working together at DuPont Pharmaceuticals back in the 1990s, I aspired to be a supplier ... more

The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is pleased to announce the availability of $7500 scholarships to support students who are enrolled in, or are accepted into enrollment in, a master’s degree or higher program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.  This includes the theory and application ... more