2015-02 Newsletter

February, 2015
General Meeting
The next general meeting will be held on
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
General Meeting
1
Program Details
1
Message from the Chair
2
ASQ Certification Programs
3
Accountability Group for Members in Transition
3
Job Submissions
3
ASQ Benefit for Unemployed Members
4
LinkedIn Group for Members
4
2015 Meeting Dates and Locations
5
Please visit our website:
http://www.asq-foxvalley.org for a map
and directions to this meeting.
Upcoming Certification Classes
6
Certification Exam dates
8
Recent Certifications
9
Engineers’ Week
10
Program:
8th Annual Illiana Quality Conference
11
Tuesday, February 03, 2015 at:
JIMMY’S CHARHOUSE
2290 Point Blvd.
Elgin, IL
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:45
- 6:00
- 6:30
- 7:30
– 8:30
Networking
Pre-Dinner Presentation
Dinner
After Dinner Presentation
HOOAH - Essential Leadership
Lessons
(Pre-Dinner)
By Col. (Ret.) Jill Morgenthaler
HOOAH – Leadership During
Change and Chaos
(After Dinner)
By Col. (Ret.) Jill Morgenthaler
Menu:
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Garden Salad
Soup
Char-Broiled Top Sirloin with baked
potato
Wood roasted chicken with baked
potato
Vegetarian Option: Spaghettini Aglio-EOlio
Ice cream sundae
Non-alcoholic beverage included
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Cash bar
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Program Details
HOOAH - Essential Leadership
Lessons
Pre-dinner
Join Colonel Morgenthaler on her journey
through Army boot camp. You will laugh
and learn as she reveals indispensable
leadership lessons.
HOOAH – Leadership During
Change and Chaos
Post-dinner
Using the Army exclamation HOOAH,
Colonel Morgenthaler will share with you
unique stories with universal messages
that will help you better lead.
Continued on page 4
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
Message from the Chair
Members & Colleagues,
As we start 2015, the Section Leadership
Committee (SLC) continues to work hard
to provide educational and interesting
programs for our members. Our monthly
section meetings allows for professionals
in the quality and technical fields to come
together to network, learn best practices,
share experiences and learn how quality
can improve their products and services
on the job, as well as gain professional
and personal development. We look
forward to having you attend our
meetings.
The Section Leadership Committee has a
full staff of committee members that are
dedicated, hard-working, and have
volunteered their time to serve you, our
members. I want to personally thank all
of the committee members for your past
and continued support and dedication,
and to welcome several new committee
members for a new, challenging, and
fulfilling role that you have accepted. A
full listing of all of the names, positions
and contact information for all committee
members are highlighted on our website.
The ASQ Illiana section is hosting their 8th
Annual Quality Conference entitled
“Quality an Ever Changing Process”, on
Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Prairie
State College (Chicago Heights, IL). This
is an outstanding conference with
keynote speakers, break-out sessions,
and an excellent opportunity to network
with other like-minded quality
professionals. This is a local conference
that is a great value and can be used for
RU recertification. Additional information
can be found in this newsletter.
Don’t miss this event.
The Fox Valley Section is again
actively involved in the 2015 DuPage
Area Engineers Expo. This will be the
second year that the section will be
hosting a booth at this exciting
event. The Expo is an interactive
event providing children and adults
the opportunity to experience and
explore the many fields of science
and engineering, and to learn and
gain a more understanding of the
Engineering profession.
The Expo
will be at the Illinois Institute of
Technology (IIT) in Wheaton on
Saturday, February 28, 2015. Don’t
forget to mark this date on your
calendar. Please stop by our booth.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Our section continues to offer a wide
range of Education courses for our
members.
Courses
have
been
developed for the 2015 Spring term.
On-site programs are also available at
a discounted rate. Please contact
Chuck Gates, Education Chair at
education@asq-foxvalley.org
for
further details. Please look over the
course schedule in this newsletter.
I look forward to seeing you at our
next Member Meeting at Jimmy’s
Char House (Elgin) on February 3,
2015.
Hector Rodriguez,
Fox Valley Section 1208 - Chair
630-947-6475 (cell)
ASQ Fox Valley Section
ASQ Certification Programs
NEW!!! ASQ Fox Valley Section 1208
Healthcare Segment
If you would like to join the healthcare
committee, please contact Chuck Gates at
education@asq-foxvalley.org
On-site Programs Available at a
Discount Rate
Contact Chuck Gates at education@asqfoxvalley.org for a proposal.
Military Veterans and Active
Military Receive a 50% Course Fee
Discount
The discount applies to any course or
workshop that is conducted be the ASQ Fox
Valley Section 1208. Contact Chuck Gates at
education@asq-foxvalley.org for details.
See page 6 for course schedule
Job Submissions
Quality based jobs submitted to Fox
Valley ASQ Section 1208 will be placed
into the Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208
LinkedIn Group site in the discussions
section. Membership in this LinkedIn
Group is open to all Fox Valley ASQ
Section 1208 Members. Join us to start
discussions, ask Quality questions and
post/view Quality based jobs submitted
to us.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=38
88168&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v
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Accountability Group for
Members in Transition
At previous section programs, several
people have indicated interest in a
“Quality” based Accountability Group/Job
Search Work Team in the Fox Valley area.
Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208 is open to
sponsoring a group at Central DuPage
Hospital in Winfield. Membership is open
to unemployed and under-employed job
seekers that want to stay motivated and
on track in their job search. The benefit
of a career search group is that job
seekers network, encourage and support
each other to keep motivated and on task
in what might otherwise become a very
un-structured time. Online resources are
only part of the career search. It's easy to
get lured into an unproductive vortex. Job
boards can be valuable, but if you really
want to stand out, you'll want to nurture
relationships in-person, reach out and
talk with people face-to-face.
You can try some of these tips:
 Invite one or more of your past
colleagues for a mini-reunion over
coffee or after-hours drinks.
 Check in with a past manager to see
what's new.
 Celebrate with people in your network
who have changed jobs or have work
anniversaries. Just monitor your
LinkedIn home feed for news and
updates.
 Invite people in your network to attend
professional association meetings or
other networking events.
 Get into a supportive career search
group and network into companies
before submitting applications.
To join: Email David at
drmssbb@gmail.com with your name,
city/town, email address and phone
number.
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
Program Details from page 1
Colonel (Ret.) Jill Morgethaler
Speaker
Retired Colonel Jill Morgenthaler is a
woman of many firsts. She was one of
the first women to train as an equal with
men in college ROTC. She was the first
woman battalion commander in the 88th
Regional Support Command; she was the
first woman brigade commander in the
84th Division; and she was the first
woman Homeland Security Advisor for
the State of Illinois.
Colonel Morgenthaler handled disaster
recovery during the San Francisco
earthquake in 1989, worked as a
peacekeeper in Bosnia, and conducted
evacuation
operations
for
Kosovar
refugees.
For
her
leadership
performance in Iraq in 2004, she received
the Bronze Star. For her thirty years of
extraordinary service, the Army awarded
her the Legion of Merit.
Overcoming obstacles, leading hundreds
of people, and living by her motto,
“Times are Tough, I am Tougher,”
Colonel Jill now is the author of the
highly regarded leadership book, The
Courage to Take Command – Leadership
Lessons From a Military Trailblazer. As
an expert in leadership, Colonel Jill has
spoken to
international
audiences,
helping them be the best leaders they
can be. Watch her in action as a TED
speaker at www.coloneljill.com.
ASQ Benefit for
Unemployed Members
Unemployed ASQ members receive a
discount on their membership dues based
on consecutive years of membership.
If you’ve been unemployed for at least 90
days and are a Full, Senior or Fellow
Member, you may qualify for a discount
of between 50 – 100% of your dues.
To review the eligibility requirements,
visit
http://asq.org/members/account/unempl
oyment.html (ASQ login and password
needed to access this information). The
Unemployment Program Application can
be found at
http://rube.asq.org/members/leadership
/mbrapp/unemployment.pdf (member
login and password also needed).
Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208
LinkedIn Group
The Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208 LinkedIn
Group is continuing to grow and jobs are
listed in the group as they come from the
group membership. Be sure to select the
notify box in your preferences if you want
email notices of Discussions & Jobs.
Membership in the Fox Valley ASQ Section
1208 LinkedIn Group is open to all Fox Valley
ASQ Section 1208 Members. Join us to start
discussions, ask Quality questions and
post/view Quality based jobs submitted to
us.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=38881
68&trk=my_groups-b-grp-v
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
2015 Meeting Dates and Locations
Date
Location
Speaker
Topic
Colonel (Ret.)
Jill Morgenthaler
Leadership
Jack Wheatly
OSHA
Jimmy’s
Char House
(Elgin)
Two Brothers
Roundhouse
(Aurora)
Lincoln Inn
(North Aurora)
St. Andrews
(West Chicago)
Elene Cafasso &
Diana Atkins
Mohammed Khan
TBD
Tuesday,
September 1, 2015
TBD
TBD
TBD
Tuesday,
October 6, 2015
TBD
TBD
TBD
Tuesday,
November 3, 2015
TBD
TBD
TBD
Tuesday,
December 1, 2015
TBD
TBD
TBD
Tuesday,
February 3, 2015
Tuesday,
March 3, 2015
Tuesday,
April 7, 2015
Tuesday,
May 5, 2015
Coaching Skills for Leaders
Scholarship
TBD
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
ASQ Fox Valley Upcoming Certification Classes
Lean Bronze Certification (LBC) Exam Review Course
Course Description: The Lean Bronze Certification (LBC) Review Course is
expected to prepare candidates for the Lean Bronze Certification Exam. The
following Body of Knowledge topics will be presented and discussed:
Cultural Enablers, Continuous Improvement, Consistent Lean Enterprise
Culture, and Business Results. Study materials can be purchased at
www.sme.org and the LBC Exam Fee can be paid at www.sme.org
Dates: Wednesdays, February 4, 11, 18, and February 25, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove Campus, APC Room
158
Course Fee: $999 Contact ehurley@waubonsee.edu to register for the
course.
Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Exam Review Course
Course Description: This course is intended to prepare candidates to take
the ASQ CQA Exam. The Certified Quality Auditor is a professional who
understands the standards and principles of auditing and the auditing
techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating, and reporting to
determine a quality system’s adequacy and deficiencies. The Certified
Quality Auditor analyzes all elements of a quality system and judges its
degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality
evaluation and control systems. Study materials can be purchased at
www.qualitycouncil.com and the Exam Fee can be paid at www.asq.org
Dates: Thursdays, April 16, 23, 30, May 7, 14, and May 21, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Waubonsee Community College Aurora Campus, Room 244
Course Fee: $999 Contact ehurley@waubonsee.edu to register for the
course.
Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Exam Review Course
Course Description: The course is intended to prepare candidates to take the
ASQ CQE Exam. The following body of knowledge is included: management
and leadership, quality systems, product & process design and control,
testing & measurement, control & management tools, basic statistics,
statistical applications, and advanced statistics. Study materials can be
purchased at www.qualitycouncil.com and the Exam Fee can be paid at
www.asq.org
Dates: Mondays, April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, and May 18, 2015
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Waubonsee Community College Aurora Campus, Room 244
Course Fee: $999 Contact ehurley@waubonsee.edu to register for the
course.
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam Review Course
Course Description: The course is intended to prepare candidates to take the
ASQ CSSBB Exam. The following body of knowledge is included: enterprisewide deployment, process management, team management, DMAIC (define,
measure, analyze, improve, and control), statistical process control, design
of experiments, failure mode and effects analysis, statistics, and hypothesis
testing. Study materials can be purchased at www.qualitycouncil.com and
the Exam Fee can be paid at www.asq.org
Dates: Thursdays, January 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, and February 26, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Waubonsee Community College Aurora Campus, Room 257
Course Fee: $999 Contact ehurley@waubonsee.edu to register for the
course.
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Exam Review Course
Course Description: The course is intended to prepare candidates to take the
ASQ CSSBB Exam. The following body of knowledge is included: enterprisewide deployment, process management, team management, DMAIC (define,
measure, analyze, improve, and control), statistical process control, design
of experiments, failure mode and effects analysis, statistics, and hypothesis
testing. Study materials can be purchased at www.qualitycouncil.com and
the Exam Fee can be paid at www.asq.org
Dates: January 20, 27, February 3, 19, 26, and March 5, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Rhapsody Technologies in Naperville 1700 Park Street, Suite 205
Course Fee: $900 Register online at www.apics-foxriver.org
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Our certification chairman is looking for volunteers to help with the
administration of the ASQ certification exams. The ASQ certification exam
dates for 2015 are 03/07, 06/06, 10/03 and 12/05. We need registration
assistants from 7:00 AM- 8:30 AM, and assistant proctors from 7:00 AMNoon. RU certificates will be awarded, which can be used towards your recertification. The 2015 exams will be held in Elgin and Sugar Grove. If
interested, please contact our certification chair ASAP with your name and
email address at certification@asq-foxvalley.org. Thank you
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
2015 Certification Exam Dates
Application
Deadline
Exam Date
Late Application
Bio-Medical Auditor
7-Mar-15
3-Oct-15
16-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
Calibration Technician
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
6-Jun-15
17-Apr-15
22-Apr-15
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
16-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
16-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
16-Jan-15
21-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
17-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
22-Apr-15
21-Oct-15
17-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
22-Apr-15
21-Oct-15
17-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
Quality Improvement Associate
17-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
Quality Inspector
16-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
Quality Process Analyst
22-Apr-15
21-Oct-15
HACCP Auditor
7-Mar-15
3-Oct-15
CMQ/OE
7-Mar-15
3-Oct-15
SSMBB
3/7/2015
To apply for the Master Black Belt exam your portfolio
application must have been submitted by the November
7, 2014 deadline.
10/3/2015
Portfolio Deadline: 6/5/2015
Once your application has been reviewed you will be
sent an invitation to register for the exam.
Pharma GMP
6-Jun-15
5-Dec-15
Quality Auditor
6-Jun-15
5-Dec-15
Quality Engineer
6-Jun-15
5-Dec-15
6-Jun-15
5-Dec-15
7-Mar-15
3-Oct-15
22-Apr-15
21-Oct-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
2015 Certification Exam Dates (cont.)
Application
Deadline
6-Jun-15
Exam Date
5-Dec-15
17-Apr-15Late Application 22-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
Bio-Medical
Auditor
Quality
Technician
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
Calibration
Technician
Reliability
Engineer
6-Jun-15
17-Apr-15
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
SSBB
HACCP Auditor
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
SSGB
CMQ/OE
6-Jun-15
17-Apr-15
7-Mar-15
16-Jan-15
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
SS Yellow Belt
SSMBB
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
3/7/2015
To apply for the Master Black Belt exam your portfolio Software Quality Engineer
16-Jan-15
application must have been submitted
by the November
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
7, 2014 deadline.
21-Jan-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
22-Apr-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
21-Oct-15
21-Jan-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
22-Apr-15
21-Jan-15
21-Oct-15
19-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
21-Jan-15
21-Oct-15
10/3/2015
Portfolio Deadline: 6/5/2015
CONGRATULATIONS!
Certifications
Once your application has been reviewed you Recent
will be
14-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
sent an invitation to register for the exam.
04 Oct 14
Pharma GMP
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
Manager
6-Jun-15 of Quality/Organizational
17-Apr-15
Excellence: Robert William
22-Apr-15
Kutter,
Kenneth
M.
Weinberg
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
Certified BiomedicalQuality
Auditor:
Brian
Riedl
Auditor
Certified
J. Chapman, Mandar S.22-Apr-15
Sathaye,
6-Jun-15 Six Sigma Black Belt: Hiam
17-Apr-15
Ashwin
5-Dec-15Zalte
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
Quality Engineer
06 Dec 14
6-Jun-15
17-Apr-15
22-Apr-15
 Certified Six Sigma Green Belt: Stephen Foley, Devin Kowal, Nicole
5-Dec-15 Praveen Ramani
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
Meehan,
Quality
Improvement
Associate
 Quality Auditor:
Kathleen
T. Cox,
Cathy H. Kamm, Stephen M. Leite,
6-Jun-15
17-Apr-15
22-Apr-15
David
Ralph McDonald, Govndaraj Sriram
5-Dec-15
16-Oct-15
21-Oct-15
 Quality Engineer: Joshua Cooper, David Fury
 Quality Improvement
Associate:
Quality
Inspector Margarita Johnson
 Software
S. Ligocki
7-Mar-15 Quality Engineer: Randal 16-Jan-15
21-Jan-15
 Quality
Process
Analysis:
Andres
T.
Uribe
3-Oct-15
14-Aug-15
19-Aug-15
6-Jun-15
5-Dec-15
7-Mar-15
3-Oct-15
Quality Process Analyst
17-Apr-15
16-Oct-15
Quality Technician
16-Jan-15
14-Aug-15
Reliability Engineer
22-Apr-15
21-Oct-15
21-Jan-15
19-Aug-15
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
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ASQ Fox Valley Section
8th Annual ASQ Illiana Quality Conference
CONFERENCE DATE: January 30, 2015
1213
LOCATION: PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE
202 S. Halsted St. Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Use Vollmer Road to enter the
Conference Center Directions on Page 3
Illiana Section 1213 of the American Society for Quality is excited to host their 8th Annual
Quality Conference entitled “Quality an Ever Changing Process” on Friday, January 30, 2015
at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St. Chicago Heights, IL 60411.
“Quality an Ever Changing Process”
Our goal is to provide education for businesses and individuals which demonstrates the
successful use of Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodology for sustaining successful
results. ASQ consistently seeks to extend its efforts to build, perpetuate and promote the
culture and reach of quality in both the local and global community.
Registration Information
We encourage you to register early. Cost
of the 12
conference is $25.00 paid prior to
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the event and
$30.00 the day of the event
Step 1: Register online at:
prairiestate.edu/webAdvisor/
by selecting
instant enrollment
ASQ Fox
Valley Section
Conference
Program
8:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome
College
8:35
Overview Bill Blackmon, Section Chair
8:45
Morning Keynote - Mr. Bill Troy, CEO of ASQ
“Creating Customer Value”
9:30
Networking Break
9:45
Breakout Session #1
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Step 2: Click on register and pay for noncredit
courses and programs
Craig Schmidt, VP Prairie State
ISO 9001 2015 Changes – Mr. Dan Brown
Change and Preparing for Change – Mr. Scott
Scribrny
Minimum Statistics Six Sigma - Arvin Srivasta

10:30 Networking Break
10:45 Breakout Session #1(Repeated)
Step 3: Enter course code GSBUR 026 C1
Second Session of Breakout Session 1
11:30 Lunch (Rotunda)
For additional registration information,
please contact Michelle Guiliani at (708)
709-7957 or mguiliani@prairiestate.edu
Release of confidentiality organization
sponsored program: registration authorizes
disclosing information to ASQ.
For additional information on the
conference please contact:
Bill Blackmon - ASQ Illiana 1213 Section
Chair at (708) 473-2317 or
bill.blackmon@innophos.com
12:30 Afternoon Keynote Speaker
Tara Rosa
Customer Service
1:30
Breakout Session #2

Black Belt Project Set-up amd Results – TBA
•
The Workforce - Changing Demographics and Values
Mrs. Latonja Ellis of The University of Illinois
MJSchukas & Associated – Business Analytics

2:15
Networking Break
2:30
Breakout Session #2 (Repeated)
3:15
Networking Break
3:30
Closing Remarks & Gift Card Drawing
Bill Blackmon
Sponsors:
1.0 RU point awarded
ASQ Member:
Yes (Section
)
No
Space will be limited.
We encourage you to register early. Cost of conference is
$25.00 paid prior to event, and $30.00 day of event.
Walk-in registrations will be accepted if space is available.
For additional information please contact:
Stacey
Delaney-Rhoiney,
ASQ Illiana 1213
Section Education Chair
@ (708) 709-7895 or e-
ASQ Fox Valley Section
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