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2012 Programs

Date

Location

Program Description


Mar= ch 8^th	Pho= enix	“The Arizona Performance Excellence Program and How to Drive Improvement in Yo= ur Organization” Karen= Shepard, = Executive Director of the Arizona Quality Alliance, Phoenix
Feb= ruary 9^th	Pho= enix	“Mission Success – a Bigger Picture” John M= cBride, Mission Success Director for Orbital’s Space Systems Group
Jan= uary 12^th	Pho= enix	“Quantitative Risk Assessment – An Action Model for Risk”= Dr. Jeffrey Robinson , Vice President of Technology and co-founder of Accelerated Quality Improvement (AQI)

2011 Programs

Date

Location

Program Description

Dec= ember 8	Pho= enix	“SMART Competition and the Future City Competition”<= /p> Mike A= ndrews, Managing Partner of Andrews & Associates
Nov= ember 10	Pho= enix	“Designing and Deploying Performance Metrics” Gerald Taylor, President and Managing Consultant, The Performance Management Group LLC<= /span>
Oct= ober 13	Pho= enix	“Communications - Listening Problems, Lag Time, Jumping to Conclusions, and Interrupting&= #8221; Char= les Silver, Associate Director of Development and Alumni Relations for the ASU Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Sep= tember 8	Pho= enix	“Accelerating Progress: ASQ Section 0704 Business Plan for 2011-2012”<= /span> Bryan Blunt, Chair of ASQ Phoenix Section 0704
Jun= e 9	Pho= enix	“Lean in Healthcare” Ellen Ermer, Sr. CI Engineer at John C Lincoln Health Network, Phoenix
May= 12	Pho= enix	“All Over the World: Succeeding = in a Global Workplace” Barbara Haney, <= /span>Consultant, Phoenix
Apr= il 14	Pho= enix	“Using A Large Kaizen for DfLSS Design of Enterprise= -wide Transactional Processes” Chuck Cox<= /span>, Lean Six= Sigma Master Black Belt &nb= sp;
Mar= ch 10	Pho= enix	The Arizona Performance Excell= ence Program and How to Drive Improvement in Your Organization Karen Shepard, Executive Director of the Arizona Quality Alliance, Phoenix
Feb= ruary 10	Pho= enix	“How Lean and Six Sigma Leverage Each Other” Chuck Cox<= /span>, Lean Six= Sigma Master Black Belt
Jan= uary 13	Pho= enix	“How to Use a Large Kaiz= en Event to Design Enterprise- Wide Transactional Processes” Chuck C= ox, Six Sigma Master Black Belt.=

2010 Programs

Date

Day

Location

Program

Dec= ember 09	Thu= rs	Phoenix	"The Checklist Manifesto:= How to get Things Right” Chuck C= ox, Six Sigma Master Black Belt.=
Nov= ember 11	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Applying Lean Principles (VSM)= to Identify Green Opportunities in your Workplace Jim Godfrey, Operations Manager of the Arizona Manufacturing Extension (AZM= EP) to present an overview on how to apply lean principles to identify green (clean) opportunities for decreasing energy, water, and raw materials use, minimizing pollutants and material wastes released into the environment. Learn to see environmental waste and material efficiency opportunities through value stream mapping (VSM). Included will be some valuable links = on how to track your usages, improvements and how to determine your carbon footprint.
Oct= ober 14	Thu= rs	Phoenix	A “WHAT’S NEXT FOR QUALITY” WORKSHOP: Workshop Leader: Chuck Monroe, BSEE, MBA, Six Sigma Black Belt
Sep= tember 09	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Quality Management in the Last Thirty Years of the Phoenix Fire Department (0.3 RU) Cit= y of Phoenix Assistant Chief Bobby R= uiz
July 8 / August 12	Thu= rs	Phoenix	No meetings scheduled Have a great summer, see you in the fall. Our next meeting will be *September 9, 2010*.
Jun= e 10	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Business Communications for Qu= ality Professionals (0.3 RU) Jim= Dunning – Qual Pro LLC
May= 13	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Better Networking (0.3 RU) Dave Sherman – DaveShermanSpeaks.Com
Apr= il 08	Thu= rs	Phoenix	8D in the real world (0.3 RU) = Wal= ter Tighe – Sustaining Edge
Mar= ch 11	Thu= rs	Phoenix	AQA and the Performance Excell= ence Award process (0.3 RU) Kar= en Shepard - Arizona Quality Alliance
Feb= ruary 11	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Leading Process Improvement with a Sustainable Management Platform (0.3 RU) <= o:p> Al <= span class=3DSpellE>Filardo – ASU Chief of Staff and Professor of Practice
Jan= uary 14	Thu= rs	Pho= enix = 4600 East Washington	Capability Maturity Model Introduction (0.3 RU) Do= nna Horton - = L-3 Communications (slides) <= /span>

2009 Programs

Date

Day

Location

Program

Dec= ember 10	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Holiday Member Appreciation me= eting (0.3 RU) Join ASQ 0704 for a fun time of networking, lively conversation, quality games and prizes. More information to follow soo= n.
Nov= ember 12	Thu= rs	Phoenix	How ASQ and other Professional Groups benefit society (0.3 RU) = Mike Andrews – Andrews & Associates LLC
Oct= ober 8	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Balanced Scorecard (0.3 RU) Ger= ald Taylor – Managing Consultant, TPMG Future Cities Project = Michael Andrews – Andrews & Associates LLC
Sep= tember 11	Thu= rs	Phoenix	System Thinking (0.3 RU) Joh= n Dubuc – Transformation Partners
Aug= ust 13	Thu= rs	Phoenix	No = meeting
Jul= y 9	Sun= day	Phoenix, Chase Field	ASQ Day at the Diamondbacks (0= .3 RU) D’Backs vs. Pittsburg Pirates
Jun= e 11	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Joint ASQ/APICS meeting (0.3 R= U) App= lying Continuous Improvement Methods in a Down Economy Derinda Ehrlich CPIM, CSCP – Consultant, Camelback Consulting Group, LLC Dan McCrobie Ph.D, CSSBB - Process Improvement Specialist
May= 20 4:30 – 6:30	Wed=	Mesa Public Library	Lean Six Sigma Discussion group Mesa Dobson Library, 2425 S. Dobson Road
May= 14	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Bal= anced Scorecard Ger= ald Taylor – Managing Consultant, TPMG
Apr= il 9	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Quality ROI = Ell= en Marshall, Eagle Registrations
Mar= ch 28	Sat=	Flagstaff=	N-AZ section activity
Mar= ch 12	Thu= rs	Phoenix	ASQ Certifications – Dennis De= Pasqual Career Networking – Elizabeth Enright
Feb= ruary 12	Thu= rs	Phoenix	Quality is Dead –= ; Long Live Quality! Anton G. Camarota, President, The ISO Coach
Jan= uary 8	Thu= rs	Phoenix	The Color of Communications: Are We Missing a Quality Tool? = Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument Deanna Golden, Wolters-Kl= uwer

2008 Programs

Date

Day

Location

Program

January 10	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Seeing Your Way to Quality Improvemen= t (A Case Study with Data Support) Jami Hampton,= JMP Systems Engineer, SAS Institute.
Febuary 14	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Goal Sharing<= /span> 2008 Arizona= State Quality Award <= /span> Showcase In Excellence Award Recipient: Sonora Quest Laboratories
March 13	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Design of Exp= eriments (DOE) Dr. Douglas Montgomery, Regents Professor, Arizona State University <= /o:p> Additional Free DOE Seminar on March 14, 2008 presented SAS Institute<= /p> Why DOE? . . .vid= eo podcast. . . and Practical App= lication of DOE. . .
April 10	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	From Quality = to Excellence Lisa Hershman
May 8	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Building Your Business Through Effective Meetings Rachel Bohl, President, Dynamic Leadership Solu= tions, Inc.
June 12	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Change Manage= ment Best Practices Carla C. Cart= er CPT, PMP
July 10	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Driving Opera= tional Excellence and Innovation using Six Sigma and Lean<= /span> Presentation<= /span> Don Griffith, Master Black Belt
August 14	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	SPC for Servi= ce Lean Six Sigma Jim Duarte, CQE, CSSBB, LSSMBB, ASQ F= ellow.
September 11	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Practical Approaches to Root Cause An= alysis -- Interactive Workshop Utilizing 5 Why, Fishbone, and 8D Methods Joe Kipling & Jack Hamilton, EAGLE Registrations Inc.
September 27	Sat	Casa Grande	Third Annual Southwestern Conference: Schedule of E= vents Conference Sp= onsor Request Conference Registration
October 9	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	The impact of= ISO 9001:2008, 4th Edition Sidney Vianna, DNV Western District Manager, Det Norske Veritas=
November 13	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Quality is De= ad – Long Live Quality! Anton G. Camarota, President, The ISO Coach
December 04	Thurs	Phoenix<= /span>	Annual Member Appreciation Event: Networking Lisa Schumacher, Right Management

2007 Programs

Date

Program

January 11	Medtro= nic Lean Sigma Successes Virgina Connolly. P.E.=
February 8	Restriction = of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive & W= aste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Vinay Goyal, B= eckman Coulter Inc. Material Declaration & Data Collection for RoHS Larry Yen, Pacific Oaks Technology&nb= sp;
March 8	Identifying Early Warning Signs and Providing Project First Aid Jim Foreman -= Vice President of Client Solutions – ESI International
April 12	Strategic Six= Sigma Robert Carter= , http://www.in2thestratosphere.com
May 10	2007 AZ State= Quality Awards Program (Malcom Baldrige) <= o:p> Christopher S= tevens, Executive Director, Arizona Quali= ty Alliance
June 14	“The Po= wer of Positive Change” Anton G. Camarota
July 12	ASQ’s = Value to You Holly Duckwor= th, ASQ Director - Region 7
August 9	ISO 13485 Me= dical Device Standard Scott Pletzer, President, CARZER Technologies, LLC<= o:p>
September 13	Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)= Thomas R. Axon, Principal Engr & Sr Level GDT= P Certified, Honeywell
September 29	Second Annual Southwestern Conference: Key Note, Define= , Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
October 11	Making Health= care Better Bob Reary= , HealthTOC
November 8	Arizona MEP G= rowing Arizona’s Businesses Bill Boryshuk and John Little
December 13	180 Degrees of Change – Looking= Back, Looking Forward Erik V. Myhrberg, CEO, Moorhill International Group, Inc., and Rudy Hacker, Operational Excellence Manager, Intel Corp.<= /p> Presentation<= /span> :: Download Movie =

2006 Programs

Date

Program

January	"Compli= ance and Auditing in Law Enforcement" Mitch Kelsey, Glendale Police Department
February	ISO 14001 Hi= story, Standard Content overview – intermediate level, The Registration Process, Benefits of doing ISO 14001, Implementation and integration with other ISO standards
March	Black Belt Success: It’s Not About the Stats - Delivering a Recipe for Improvi= ng Black Belt Influence
April	“Impro= ving Speed & Consistency of Processes: A Hands-On Workshop” Participants will become familiar with and empirically experience the concepts of Lean= Six Sigma; bottleneck analysis and elimination; just-in-time and pull systems; minimization of waste, inventory and work-in-process; standard work processes; and applications of Little’s Law for process improvement while in a hands-on workshop.
May	Medical Prod= ucts Launch Process (MPLP) Ali R. Hobeh= eidar, President and CEO, QS One Inc.
June	Applying Continuous Improvement to Transactional Business Operations Rudy Hacker, Manager, Operational Excellence at Intel
July	The Sonora Quest experience in the pursuit of Quality Camy Goebel-Rush <= /span>
August	Implementing= Core Values Keenan L. Evans, Ph. D., ON Semiconductors
September	TRIZ Prolife= ration at Intel Corporation David Troness
October	Todd King, VitalSmarts
October	Southwest Re= gional Conference
November	Bob Dovich
December	Collaborativ= e SPC for Entire Value Chain Douglas C. Fair, Vice President, Statistical Applications, I= nfinityQS

2005 Programs

Date

Program

January	"Lean Thinking Applied to Healthcare" Sylvia Bushe= ll, Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, Scottsdale Healthcare
February	SWOT Analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats)
March	Lean Manufac= turing Applied to Healthcare Donna Passan= te, Mayo Clinic
April	Nondestructi= ve Testing (NDT) William (Bill) Spaulding, Honeywe= ll
May	Change Manag= ement for Projects &/or Implementing Six Sigma Initiative Janet Young
June	"A Road= map For Change “ F. Tedesco, VP Juran Institute Joint networking meeting with Arizona Quali= ty Alliance
July	DFMA-Design = for Manufacture and Assembly Dr. Shin Ta Liu=
August	Risk, Auditi= ng, and Improvement in a Changing Business Climate Richard (Dick) A. Gould
September	Root cause/corrective action Andrew Fienberg, ON semiconductor=
October	The New Fron= tiers of Quality Anton G. Cam= arota, President of the ISO Coach
November	Improving Qu= ality Using Business Acumen Celeste Null
December	"A Phil= osophy On Quality: Trust But Verify", Quality in the Military Walt Hokett<= /span>, Honeywell Aerospace

2004Programs

Date

Program

January	Quality: Mak= ing a Difference in People’s Lives Through Excellent Patient Care Karen Chaudiere, Caroline Gans= er, and Camy Goebel-Rush; Banner Health Care=
February	Lean Manufac= turing Lisa Oakes, Boeing Mesa
March	"The DM= AIC Six Sigma Improvement Cycle" Walter Tighe<= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>, Sust= aining Edge Solutions Inc
April	“Innov= ations in Process Mapping” Carla Carter, Carla Carter & Associates
May	Best Practic= es at Northrop Grumman Kellan Wilkes=
June	FMEA and How= it Relates to the Analyze Step in DMAIC Pat Malloy
July	Quality of Criminal Law Eleanor Eisenburg, ACLU
August	ISO Management Systems: Success or Failure? Anton G. Camarota
September	ISO assessme= nt and certification of management systems to the ISO 9000 series of documents Kate Alvarado, Lead Auditor, Det Norske Veritas
October	Project Mana= gement and Leadership Sharon Youngblood CEO of A/E Success Inc. Youngblood Consulting
November	Lean Strateg= ies for Product Development: Achieving Breakthrough Performance in Bringing Products to Market Cliff Fiore Author and ASQ Six Sigma Conference Presenter Honeywell International
December	Breakthrough Thinking with TRIZ Triz "TIPS" is the acronym for "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving," and "TRIZ"= is the acronym for the same phrase in Russian. Larry Ball, Author Principal Engineer in Engineering Sciences Honeywell International

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