The 30^th CQSDI delivers content that is of interest to a broad range of quality and engineering professionals and is ASQ’s longest running Division event.

The program includes a variety of industry key note and featured speakers, panels, as well as interactive workshops. 

We have an option to once again do a half-day on Thursday, March 16. Please check back on this site or follow us on LinkedIn for updated information.

Speakers:

Senior level key note and featured speakers from NASA, MDA, DCMA, JPL, Commercial Space companies, Space Force, and Aerospace industry partners:

• Mike Shields, Executive Director of Quality Assurance, DCMA   
• Gina Woullard, VP, Mission Assurance, Aeronautics Systems, Northrop Grumman
• Timothy McRae, Program Director, Ground-based Midcourse Defense, MDA
• Wayne Monteith, Retired Brigadier General
• Brian Kubik, VP of Quality for Missiles and Fire Control, Lockheed Martin
• Willie Lyles, Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Christopher Deluca, Director Specialty Engineering, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering
• Michelle Miller, Senior VP of Security and Mission Assurance, Ball Aerospace
• Steve Shih, Associate Administrator, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, NASA
• Mark Bontrager, Technical Director, Launch and Range Operations, United States Space Force

Panel Topics:

Making the Case for Early Engagement of Quality in Program Lifecycle

• Jeannette Plante, NASA Technical Fellow for Quality Engineering at NASA HQ
• Derek Garcia, Procurement Quality Assurance Group Supervisor at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Pamela Carvell, Quality Assurance Sr. Manager at Pfizer

Keeping Up with Supplier Risk Management 
• Greg Schlegel, founder of the Supply Chain Consortium
• Mike Kahler, Engineer, Ball Aerospace
• Kanitra Tyler, Supply Chain Risk Management Service Element Lead, NASA


Industry Associations and Their Role in the QA Universe


• Craig Bennett, Chair, Joint Strategic Quality Council (DCMA HQ NASA SME)
• Ann Jordan, ASQ CEO
• Susie Neal, IAQG Sponsor and DCMA Industry Focal
• Rick Roelecke, Chair, AIA Quality Assurance Council (Senior Engineering Manager, Supplier Assurance, Ball Aerospace)
• Gery Mras, Director Lifecycle Management/ Aerospace Industries Association


Mentor/Mentee Panel: Challenges with Retention and Recruitment of the QA Workforce


• John O’Donnell, Quality Assurance Section Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Mike Kelly, Chief, Technical Excellence Office, NASA Safety Center
• Bill Harris, Chief, Safety, Quality and Mission Assurance, MDA, GMD


New/Young Quality Professionals


• Ashley Chonko, GBI QE Lead, Boeing GMD
• Jason DeNovellis, MDCDP Participant, MDA/BCQ
• Victoria Poitier, S&MA Aerospace Engineer, NASA KSC

A Quality Mindset for Cybersecurity Challenges
• Ron A. Davis, Chief Information Security Officer, Huntington Ingalls Industries
• Jacob Horne, Chief Security Evangelist, Summit 7
• Noble Dean, Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance, L3Harris Technologies

Interactive Workshops:

Supplier Evaluation – Basics to Hidden Secrets

• Ed Mitchell, Space Mission Assurance, John Hopkins, Applied Physics Laboratory, Assistant Group Supervisor
• Bruce Netherton, Lockheed Martin Supply Chain Manager
• Richard Bandy, Ball Aerospace Principal Supplier Quality Engineer
• Will Conn, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Supply Chain Manager

Successful Strategies to Enable a Quality Culture

• Kim Withers, The Aerospace Corp. Principal Director, People and Organization Development
• James Wade, Raytheon Technologies Engineering and Mission Assurance Leader

Audit Best Practices, Defect Trends and Corrective Action Tips

• Fred Martin, Lockheed Martin Supplier Quality Manager
• Maytelin Herrera-Batista, Lockheed Martin Staff Quality Auditor