Daksha Chokshi

Daksha is a Technical Fellow in the discipline of Statistical Methods & Quality Technologies for United Technologies (UTC) Pratt & Whitney Division in West Palm Beach, Florida. She chairs and provides technical leadership to United Technologies Corporation's Process Certification (ProCert) Council, comparable to the industry's Six Sigma Program. She is an ambassador, driving force, and key contributor to launch and diffuse ProCert throughout UTC. She is recognized for her outstanding contributions and leadership in Statistical Methods and Quality Technologies discipline; for excellence in research, mentoring, and education in sound qualitative as well as quantitative data driven methodologies; and for developing innovative techniques for non traditional applications for aligning customer needs to business requirements and technical capabilities.

Daksha is a doctoral candidate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Miami. She holds three Masters Degrees, one in Management of Technology, one in Industrial Engineering and another in Mathematical Statistics. She is also a Certified Design for Six Sigma Black Belt.

Daksha has authored many technical publications and served as speaker and manager for many technical sessions. She is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Fellow, member of the American Statistical Association (ASA), and past Treasurer of the Statistics Division. She has previously served on Fall Technical Conference Program Committee and managed Annual Quality Congress Statistics division tracks.