Senior Consultant at Det Norske Veritas (DNV). I work in the IT Global Services (ITGS) Business Area and provide consulting for software quality assurance, process improvement, risk-based verification, vendor quality surveillance, and technology qualification.
Education
BS, Computer Science, UH Main Campus; MS, Software Engineering, UH Clear Lake Campus
How long have you been in the quality profession? 20+ years
What ASQ certifications do you hold?: CSQE. I also have a PMP from the PMI and a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) from Toastmasters International.
Favorite quality tool MS Excel
Other interests/hobbies: Toastmaster 15+ years, public speaking, Boy Scouts, starting Toastmaster clubs, self improvement, leadership skills, Dan Brown books, human anatomy, rapid math tricks, classical music, playing the piano, Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), LinkedIn, and Facebook.
Favorite quotes: Philip Crosby in his book, Quality is Free: "Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it is free. What costs money are the unquality things - all the actions that involve not doing jobs right the first time." Also, Stephen Covey's book, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: "Because we are, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us."