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June 2013 Market Yourself as a Quality Professional! PDF Print E-mail

Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Topic: Market Yourself as a Quality Professional!

Speaker: Derek Purdy

Location: Biltmore Hotel (2151 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054)

Meeting agenda:

  • 5:00 - 5:30 - Check In & Registration
  • 5:30 - 6:10 - Networking: There will be no pre-dinner workhop for this meeting
  • 6:15 - 6:55 - Dinner
  • 6:55 - 7:10 - Section Business, Keith McDavit, Section Chair
  • 7:10 - 8:25 - Derek Purdy - "Market Yourself as a Quality Professional!"
  • 8:25 - 8:30 - Door Prize drawing, Membership Chair

 

Dinner $35; Walk-in $40; Unemployed $20; Presentation only and special guests $0

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Abstract:

When our parents were just starting out in life, they might have been advised:  “get in with a good company, keep your head down, work hard, and in the end you’ll get your gold watch.”  Those days are long since gone.  In today’s business climate, you must actively manage your own career, which includes the often overlooked step of developing and projecting your personal brand-image.  Come join us in this interactive session as we examine some common mistakes and better practices to follow.

About the Speaker:

Derek Purdy, CQE, CQIA (ASQ) started his career as an officer in the United States Navy wherein he completed nuclear propulsion training, then undertook a three year tour-of-duty as a division officer aboard USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72).  He then served as an instructor and midshipman advisor at the Cal Berkeley NROTC Unit.  After completing his service obligation, Derek exited the military at the rank of Lieutenant Commander; his service awards include the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the National Defense Medal (2 awards), and two Meritorious Unit Commendations.

After the Navy, Derek spent two years as a maintenance engineer in the glass manufacturing industry before transitioning into in the medical device industry.  His main focus has been startup companies, in which he has been an R&D Engineer, a Quality Engineer, and a Quality Manager.  Derek holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Engineering Management; he is currently working on his MBA.  He is the past Membership Chair and current Section Vice-Chair of ASQ Silicon Valley Section 0613.  Derek has published several articles – most notably in Quality Progress magazine – and has presented at the World Conference on Quality & Improvement.  He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon, San Francisco Regional Mensa, and is a Senior Member of ASQ.
 
Newly Certified - March 2013 Exams PDF Print E-mail

The Silicon Valley Section of ASQ congratulates the following ASQ members who passed certification exams offered March 2, 2013:

Certified Biomedical Auditor

Carolina Fuster                                              Pedro Cibavicius

Robert Lee                                                    Dorit Tzori

Certified HAACP Auditor

Charles Chao-Yuan Chen

Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

Sangita Kondapalli                                         Bob Srinavas

Kannan Subbiah                                            Shawn Sutton

Xiang Yao

Certified Quality Technician

Dustin Cossio

Certified Reliability Engineer

Mohamed A. Abouelseoud                             Calvin Augason

Jiali Ma                                                        Rui Wang

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

Pratima Addepalli                                         Michael Cheung

Tom Chien                                                   Deneil LoGuidice

Wiselin Mathuram                                         Krishnan Swaminathan

Brian Taylor                                                  Donald Wong

Marcy Jaqua

Chief Certification Proctor

 

 
 
Upcoming Education Course Calendar spring/summer 2013 PDF Print E-mail

Upcoming Certification Courses (Click here for more information and to Register)

Course Start Date

#C152 Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Exam Prep, Erik Houts, starting Sept, 2013

#C253 Certified Quality Auditor Exam Prep, Ruxandra Avram, starting Oct, 2013

#C361 Certified Reliability Engineer Exam Prep, Fred Schenkelberg, starting Sept, 2013


Upcoming Biomedical Courses: (click here to see course descriptions and register)

Course                                   Start Date/Time                  *Location


B103 Preparing & Submitting 510K & PMA's, Aug 10, 2013, Instructor Patrick Lee

B105 Process Validation, Aug 17, 2013  Instructor: George Marcel

B112 Biomedical Design Control Requirements, Sep 21, 2013  Instructor Arvita Tripati

B104 Software Risk Assessment, Verification and Validation for Regulated Industries, Aug 31, 2013  Instructor Bill Kurani

B102 Quality System Regulation for Medical Devices, Sep 7, 2013 Instructor: Dave Kolesar

B108 Managing Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions (CAPA), Nonconforming Materials Reports (NCMR) and Deviations, Sep 28, 2013  Instructor: Bill Kurani

B133 Medical Device Design Verification & Validation, Oct 5, 2013  Instructor: Bill Kurani

B101 Intro to the Biomedical Industry, Nov, 2013, Instructor Marieann Shovlin

*Course Locations subject to change within a 72 hours from the start date. Please provide your personal contact information in case of location changes.

 

Upcoming Technical Courses: (Click here to see technical course descriptions and register)
Course Start Date

T105 Systematic Problem Solving, Jun 11, 2013 Instructor: Dr. John Flaig

T101 Probability and Statistics, Sep. 12, 19, 26 Instructor: Dr. John Flaig

T223 Design of Experiments, Sep 7, 2013  Instructor: Dr. John Flaig

*Course Locations subject to change within a 72 hours from the start date. Please provide your personal contact information in case of location changes.
 
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