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Collaboration on Quality in the Space and Defense Industries Forum


March 14 - 16, 2023

Cape Canaveral, Florida  


2023 CQSDI
Quality's New Norm: Agility, Adaptability, and Transformation… Quality Professionals’ Keys to success

Overview

The 30th 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

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


Panels

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. DavisChief Information Security Officer, Huntington Ingalls Industries
        • Jacob Horne, Chief Security Evangelist, Summit 7
        • Noble Dean, Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance, L3Harris Technologies
Workshops

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


 

 


Event Location


Radisson Hotel Conference Center
8701 Astronaut Boulevard
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920


 


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