ASQ eNews: July 2008
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB) Exam Prep Course
Register today! ASQ Raleigh is offering a Six Sigma Black Belt Course. The cost of the course is significantly less than NCSU.
Certification pass rate was 100% successful for people who took this same class last fall.
August 26 - October 16, 2008
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 pm
Register: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=157653
Cost: $650 Members, $800 Non Members
Texts: CSSBB Primer ($65) - Quality Council of Indiana, Primers are required and must be ordered by student prior to class from Quality Council of Indiana http://www.qualitycouncil.com , CSSBB Solution Text recommended ($35)
CSSBB Exam Application Deadline: August 15, 2008
CSSBB Exam Date & Location: October 18, 2008 at SAS Institute, Cary, NC
For more information, contact Bob Carter at (919) 608 9580 or bc40@bellsouth.net.
Instructors:
Robert Guzman - JD, MBA, P.E. with twelve (12) years experience in ISO-9000 and FDA regulated Medical Device / Pharmaceutical industries in Quality Systems, Supplier Quality, Lead Auditing, Validations and Process Engineering. ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, CQA, CQE and CRE. Former University Professor for courses of Statistics, Operations Management, Industrial Safety, Economics and Quantitative Models.
Robert Carter - PE, ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, CQMgr, CQE - With 16 year’s product design experience (RCA, GE) and 25 years quality engr./mgmt. experience (Datec, MTS Systems). Industries: color picture tubes, household appliances, telephony, automotive, industrial sensors.
Chris Nguyen - CQA, CQE, CSSBB. Ten years experience with Six Sigma, Kaizen, quality systems and audits. Experience with FDA QSR, ISO 13485, ISO-9001, and TS16949; conducted in-house company training; instructed sections of CQE and CSSBB review courses.
35th Annual Energy and Environmental Training & Education Conference
September 14-17, 2008, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel at Research Triangle Park
The September conference is an excellent opportunity for local ASQ members to participate in a technical conference focused on two of today’s critical issues: Energy and the Environment.
Please see attached agenda for details.
For more information, please contact: Gary Johnson, US EPA @ Johnson.Gary@epamail.epa.gov or 919.541.7612 or 919.362.9677 (after business hours).
In Remembrance
Linda M. Patterson, Quintiles, Executive Director, QA.
Linda was a longtime member of ASQ and spoke at several conferences.