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January 2016

Gabriel’s Horn The official newsletter of the ASQ San Gabriel Valley Section 0702

Message from the Chair

Dear ASQ Section 702 members,

First of all, let me wish you all a very Happy, healthy and safe New Year 2016.

All of us have new futures to look forward to. Technology has leap frogged at a

pace that surpasses all expectations.

Before we do that let us look at the past year 2015. ASQ 702 has made good

strides in its endeavor to provide member services to all. We have some ac-

complishments to be proud of:

We successfully transitioned from past successful leadership of Randy Canfield and his

team.

We have increased sessions at monthly meetings to two sessions per meeting.

We have seen improved turnout of members at the meetings.

We conducted refresher courses fro CMQ/OE, CQE and CSGB for second half of the year.

All the CMQ/OE candidates who took the test successfully passed the exam.

We are looking to expand the refresher course program by offering more courses and look-

ing at probability of webinars.

The Southern California quality Conference was a great success and we have gained recog-

nition at the corporate level. The Joint Technical Committee Conference in September

of 2016 will be held in Southern California.

The section has successfully established the Mentor-Mentee program under the guidance

of Vinay Goyal and Sindy Chu. We hope to get it at a higher level by joining hands with

other sections to expand the program.

Suparna Mishra has ben instrumental in assuring that the bi-monthly newsletter ‘Gabriel’s

Horn’ is published and distributed for members to take advantage of all available quali-

ty related matters.

The ASQ 702 website is up and running and I encourage all of you to visit the site and pro-

vide your feedback. We have great information and it includes job openings for our

members to advance their careers.

Inside this Issue

Page

Chair Update 1-2

Recertifications 2

Calendar of Events

3

Mentor-Mentee Program

4-7

2016 ISPCE 8

20 January

‘Supplier Manage-ment”

By

Vinay Goyal

CG. Mistry, MBA, MSQA, CMQ/OE, CQE, CQA,

Next Board Meeting

01 FEB 2016

6.15 pm

Marie Callender’s

West Covina

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Message from the Chair

Congratulations to the following ASQ Section 702 members for obtaining their recertifications!!!

Kurt Palmer, CQE

Ben Romulo, QA & CHA

Eric Lao, CMQ/OE & CQE

Brian Liang, CQE & CQA

Asif Khan, CBA,CHA, CMQ/OE, CQA, CQE, CRE & CSQE

Ahmad Ranjbari, CMQ/OE, CQE, CRE & CSSBB

Mary Schneider, CMQ/OE & CQA

Jean Tedrow, CMQ/OE & CQA

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The American Society for Quality has been a front runner in the field of providing leadership to industries and professionals in all

walks of life since 1946. Let us continue the tradition by becoming leaders in our industries. Please feel free to ask for any help you

may need in your leadership activities. We are all comrades with the same focus.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire Membership Leader Team (MLT) for making 2015 as memorable as

it has been. I look forward to the continued cooperation and selfless services from the member leaders in order to take Section 702

to a height of recognition in the region. We may be a small section but our strength is greater than many sections around us. That

is because of the great MLT.

Sincerely,

CG.Mistry

Recertifications obtained in second semester, 2015

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2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Speaker Topic/Event

20 January Vinay Goyal Supplier Management

New Officer Installation

17 February Randy Canfield S.I.P.O.C.

C.G. Mistry F.M.E.A.

16 March Nagesh Malhotra Process Validation

Larry Bartkus C.A.P.A

21 April Amazon Facility Tour

18 May Inspection Sampling

Promoting a Compliant Culture

15 June Understanding Data Quality

Akhilesh Gulati Accelerating Innivation with TRIZ

20 July Suparna Mishra Quality in Cell Therapy

ISO 9000 & Risk Management

17 August Frank Adler 8D Problem Solving

Document Management

21 September Michael Scofield Fundamentals of Data Quality

Andrew Nguyen LEAN at a Hospital

19 October C.G. Mistry AS 9100

16 November TBD

December No Meeting

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I am glad to announce that our Mentor – Mentee Program has finally kicked off.

This is a new program, and we expect some glitches. We are committed, however, to building this program into a success for Section 702 and a model that other sections will follow.

This program will increase the value of Section 702 membership by providing one-on-one exchanges between mentors (experienced Quality Professionals) and mentees (fresh graduates or members who need guidance in Quality). These additional two-way channels of communication in our section will integrate classic best practices with new requirements from the field. Rather than being theoretical discussions, mentors and mentees can work together on real problems and real solutions.

We invite new mentors and mentees to join this program. Please contact Chhanubhai Mistry (email: [email protected] ), or myself (email: [email protected] ). In addition, it you have experience with men-toring programs, please share your thoughts and ideas with us. The more you share knowledge, the more it grows. Like the mustard seed, a small piece of advice is a gift. Nurtured with understanding and fresh ideas, it can grow into a big tree, which then provides seeds to others.

“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care” Theodore Roosevelt

Section 702’s New Mentor and Mentee Program

-By Vinay Goyal

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Our Distinguished Mentors: ASQ Section 0702

Mentor – Mentee Program

C.G. (Chhanubhai Mistry) is a quality professional with 25 years in quality management. C.G has vast experience in new product development for commercial, nuclear aerospace and defense industries. He has experiences in setting up businesses and quality systems in startup companies. His approach to integrate quality in the business processes helps bring out the maximum from people involvement through motivational strategies. C.G has the experiences of managing a large group of people and working with them as mentor rather than a boss.

C.G is an active board member of San Gabriel Section. He is a senior member of ASQ. C.G has Master’s degree in Quality Assurance and Business Administration. He has following ASQ certifications:

Quality Manager / Organizational Excellence, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor and Six Sigma Black Belt

Brijesh Patel (Brad) is an intuitive, performance-focused, and detail-oriented professional offering comprehensive experience in business process optimization, quality assurance, data warehouse operations, data architecture, and business intelligence reporting across various settings. He is a resourceful problem solver with the ability to concep-tualize cost-effective solutions to challenging situations. He is a highly effective leader and team builder with out-standing communication, negotiation, and organizational skills. He is a strategic thinker, with a reputation for deliv-ering high-quality work on time and managing a broad range of responsibilities with over 10 years of combined expe-rience in medical device design, validations, risk assurance, product lifecycle management, post market investiga-tion/evaluation, embedded software validation, software application validation, 21 CFR 11, 803, 820, ISO 13485/14971, and regulations related to GxP organizations and environments. Brijesh obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from University of Connecticut: Biomedical Engineering with Emphasis on Biomaterials, Minors: Material Science Engineering and Mathematics Certifications: Lead Auditor - BSI®; CQE - ASQ®; MPM® - AAPM®

Larry Bartkus was named ASQ Biomedical SCDG Speaker of the Year three times now for his informative and al-

ways humorous presentations. He is currently Sr. Distinguished Engineer Quality Systems for Edwards Life Sciences in

Irvine. He is a Certified Quality Engineer and Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over forty years' experience in the

Quality profession. He holds a degree in Chemistry from Montclair State University in New Jersey. Larry has been

guest speaker at the Society of Plastic Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, APICS, OCRA, and ASQ. Larry

has lectured at 10 different colleges and universities. He is a past Chairmen of ASQ Section 702 and has served on the

Executive Board for over twenty years now. He was an instructor for several Refresher Courses including CQE, CQI,

CBA and CQM. Larry has conducted seminars in Process Control, Statistical Sampling, Lean, and Design of Experi-

ments.

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Lewie Casey is a Senior member of the American Society for Quality, having joined in August 2008, as well as a member leader for San Gabriel Valley Section. Lewie is currently volunteering as Education Chair, and also serves as the ASQ 702 Section Liaison for the SCDG Food, Drug and Cosmetic Division. Lewie is a member of both the Food Drug and Cosmetics, and Biomedical Divisions of ASQ. He is also proud to have been chosen by Section 702 Member Leadership as a recipient of the Larry Bartkus Member Leader Excellence Award. Professionally, Lewie is a Talent Manager for the MEIRxRs in the Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries and has been with his company since 2005. He has been developing and growing the careers of Quality and Regulatory profes-sionals for 10 years. Lewie is originally from Florida and moved to Los Angeles in 1995. He now lives in Altadena with his wife and 2 daughters.

Jean Flores has been involved in quality for over 30 years. She started her career as an Assistant Chemist at Baxter Healthcare, Irwindale, an moved up to Raw Material Supervisor, R&D Supervisor, and Quality Engineer be-fore the Irwindale plant was closed in 1993. She then accepted a position as Quality Manager at Andercraft Prod-ucts, a custom injection molder in Rancho Cucamonga, and then as Director of Quality when they opened a 2nd and 3rd plant in Mexico. Subsequent to that, she was Quality Systems Manager at Ball Plastics in Chino, then Quality Manager at Diversapak(now PacLab) in Chino. She is currently Director of RA/QA for Eagle Labs in Rancho Cucamonga, a small Medical Device manufacturer. She holds ASQ Certifications as a CQA, CQE, and CQM/OE, and holds a BS in Organizational Management from the University of La Verne. She specializes in Documentation Con-trol and compliance with both FDA and the Medical Device Directive for Europe, compliance audits (both internal and external) and quality systems. Jean has been an active board member of Section 702 since 2002 holding positions of Arrangements Chair, Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. She has been voted Member Leader of the Year by Section 702 multiple times, and en-joys helping the section leadership serve our members.

Our Distinguished Mentors: ASQ Section 0702

Mentor – Mentee Program

Vinay Goyal has been in the field of quality and regulatory for over 35 years. He has worked for various organiza-tions in commercial, aerospace, military, medical and education. He currently serves as the ASQ section 0702 Chair of Mentor and Mentee Program and also serves as Deputy Regional Director and Interim Membership Chair for ASQ section 0701. He has also served as Treasurer and Membership Chair for ASQ Section 0701. He is an ASQ certified Quality Auditor (CQA) and Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) and teaches several courses on CQI, CQT, CBA, Regulatory Affairs for Medical Devices and Quality Audit for Medical Devices.

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Testimony for ASQ 0702 Mentor and Mentee Program

I was fortunate to be part of ASQ Section 0702 Mentor and Mentee pilot program and want to thank C.G. Mistry for being my mentor. Working with C.G. had several benefits:

Provided an “open door” option to call and had several one-on-one conversations while I was attempting to re-launch my career in engineering field.

Supported decision making between ASQ certifications and non-ASQ training options.

Provided leads to career opportunities and introduced me to key professionals in order to tap into hid-den opportunities.

Allowed me to gain hands-on experience by working along with him to conduct internal ISO13485 au-dit.

Enabled me to be well prepared for job interviews by conducting practice interviews and providing unbi-ased feedback.

Mentor-Mentee Program did serve as a positive catalyst to accomplish one of my important career goals. I am glad that I took advantage of this pilot program.

Sincerely, R.S.

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