ASQ Huntsville Section

04/18/2024

Tonight's ASQ Huntsville Section April meeting featured Software Engineer / Speaker / Author Dan Nagle! He educated us on the basics of Software Testing: Efficiency and Automation.
Check out his website to learn more about him: https://dannagle.com/
And visit this link to check out details on our May Speaker: https://lnkd.in/ewp5fjUw

02/21/2024

RSVP here to attend our February Virtual meeting:
https://app.memberplanet.com/ #/event/asqhuntsvillesection/februaryasqhuntsvillesectionmeeting
RSVP here to attend our March in person meeting:
https://app.memberplanet.com/ #/event/asqhuntsvillesection/marchasqhuntsvillesectionmeeting

12/17/2023

January 2024 Message from the 2024 ASQ Huntsville Section Voice of the Customer Chair Mallorie S. Edwards:
Please help us collect data to improve the ASQ Huntsville Section by filling out the anonymous January 2024 Voice of the Customer Survey!
I will bring your feedback to the Section Leadership Committee Meetings and speak of your behalf. I feel the biggest challenge of 2023 as the 2023 Programs Chair was the high number of no shows (people that would RSVP and not show up). I will communicate the anonymous feedback from these surveys in the Newsletter and I will change up the survey every month with current challenges, feedback requests, etc. My goal is to have the Newsletter and survey sent out by the 14th of each month and give members until the end of that month to respond. Since I take over as Voice of the Customer 1/1/2024 I will leave this survey open until 1/31/2024 and have the results reflected in the February 2024 Newsletter.

We would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can improve your experience!

10/16/2023

ASQ Huntsville Section 1503 2024 Member Leader Nomination Deadline Extended to October 24, 2023!
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Please submit your nominations by clicking the following link https://forms.gle/VBKrnjuskDz3nr2V8

Eligible individuals must be in good standing with ASQ and be a regular member of Section 1503.

Below is a brief description of each position that is open for nominations. Each of these positions is for a one-year term and require the petition form.

Chair- The Chair provides leadership and oversight to the member unit, prepares meeting agendas, and is the presiding officer.
Chair-Elect - The Chair-Elect performs duties as directed by the Chair in support of the organization's mission and goals. This position succeeds to the position of Chair following the completion of the first term.
Secretary- The Secretary documents member unit business and maintains the records. This position serves as the official correspondent of the member unit.
Treasurer- The Treasurer oversees funds, maintains accurate financial records, and reports on financial condition as directed by the Society bylaws and policies and procedures.

Here are the other positions, which don't require a petition form:

Arrangements Chair
Auditing Chair
Communications Chair
Membership Chair
Newsletter
Nominating Committee Chair
ASQ HATS (The Association) Representative
Program Chair
Publicity Chair
Voice of the Customer (VoC) Chair

Eligible individuals must be in good standing with ASQ and be a regular member of the Section 1503

10/09/2023

Bob Brandofino will be ASQ Huntsville Section's November 14th Meeting Guest Speaker.
5:30pm Central Time Networking will begin.
6:00pm Central Time someone from the ASQ Huntsville Section Board will give an update on the Section and then Bob Brandofino will begin his lecture on Really Being Agile (Scrum).

Topic Summary:
As we are directed to be "Agile", many practitioners do not fully employ the basic mindset of Scrum, that the founder Jeff Sutherland envisioned for this Rapid Application Development (RAD)/Program Management Tool set. In fact, while deploying only a tick sheet aspect to Scrum, flavored with their own Environmental, Cultural and Market responsive Waterfall processes, many organizations will declare little return on this huge investment of resources to this methodology.

Speaker Bio:
Bob's twenty-seven year career expands from work with America Online (AOL) and Bell Atlantic Internet Solutions (BAIS now Verizon) to the Department of Defense (globally), U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Future Warfare Center (SMDC/FWC), Lockheed Martin, Apache Helicopter, as well as Finance M&T & BBVA Banks, Edward Jones (EDJ) and healthcare Anthem (Medicare), United Healthcare Group (Affordable Care Act) support his Program/Project Management and Agile CSM-CSPO-SAFe RTE/STE Coaching experiences.
He has an active Secret Clearance and is a member of the EDM Council, which is a leading advocate for the development and implementation of Data Standards, Best Practices and comprehensive Training for DCAM and FIBO.
Bob has been featured on al.com: https://lnkd.in/dPipxPME
A simple Google of "Bob Brandofino" results in many articles written about his work!

RSVP here:
https://app.memberplanet.com/ #/event/asqhuntsvillesection/novemberasqhuntsvillesectionmeeting

09/22/2023

Jonathan B. Hill will be ASQ Huntsville Section's October Virtual Meeting Guest Speaker.
Tuesday, October 10th
5:30pm Networking
6:00pm ASQ Huntsville Section update and Lecture to follow.

Lecture Topic:
Empirical Evaluation of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Mr. Hill is currently serving as the Chief Engineer for the Integrated Fires Mission Command (IFMC) Project Management Office (PMO).

RSVP here:
https://app.memberplanet.com/ #/event/asqhuntsvillesection/octoberasqhuntsvillesectionmeeting

08/21/2023

Mallorie Edwards will be ASQ Huntsville Section's September Meeting Guest Speaker.
5:30pm Networking
6:00pm ASQ Huntsville Section update and Lecture to follow.

Lecture Summary:
Genealogy Research requires a significant amount of Data Analysis. You utilize primary sources, secondary sources, and dig to find evidence to support your hypothesis. If you are lucky you can utilize DNA Data to provide support for your hypothesis calculating the statistical probability based on Centimorgans. Mallorie will be explaining what Data Analysis is performed when analyzing Genealogy Data and how to use statistics to calculate your hypothesis using Centimorgans from DNA matches.

The Lecture will go over two Case Studies. One will leave you feeling confident of your hypothesis, and the other will require more digging until you reach a conclusion.

RSVP here:
https://app.memberplanet.com/ #/event/asqhuntsvillesection/september2023asqhuntsvillesectionguestspeaker

08/05/2023

Due to a medical emergency our 8/8/2023 ASQ Huntsville Section Meeting has been canceled. We have reached out to Member Planet to issue refunds.

06/28/2023

Are there any companies in the Huntsville area available to give tours to ASQ Huntsville Section members?
These are the topics ASQ Promotes, so if your company promotes any of these topics I would love to schedule a tour:

AS9100, Auditing, Basic Quality, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Career Development, Certification Preparation, Change Management, Continuous Improvement, Cost of Quality, Criteria for Performance Excellence, Customer Experience Management, Data Quality, Design of Experiments, Economic Case for Quality, Engineering, Environmental Management Systems, Food Safety, Innovation, Inspection, ISO 13485, ISO 14000, ISO 22000, ISO 27001, ISO 9000, ISO 9001:2015/IATF 16949, Leadership, Lean, Measurement Quality, Metrology, Problem Solving, Process Capability, Process Management, Product Development and Recall, Project Management, Quality 4.0, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Quality Function Deployment, Quality Management, Quality Tools, Reliability, Risk Management, Six Sigma, Social Responsibility, Software Quality, Standards, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Statistics, Supplier Quality, Theory of Constraints, Total Quality Management.

Mallorie Edwards
ASQ Huntsville Section, Programs Chair
[email protected]

06/11/2023

More photos from the June 6th Event with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer.

06/07/2023

Yesterday ASQ Huntsville Section proudly partnered with several companies and organizations to hold a Fire Side Chat with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jody Singer. 44 people attended the Event and 9 ASQ Members! Great job representing Quality in the community!