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The next general meeting will be held on
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at:
Villa Olivia 1401 W Lake St,
Bartlett IL, 60103
Please REGISTER on our website:
https://www.asq-foxvalley.org/
Site has a map and directions to this meeting, also
links to register.
Cost: $25.00
Program
5:30 - 6:00 Networking
6:00 - 6:30 Pre-Dinner Presentation
6:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:45 - 8:30 After-Dinner Presentation
Please indicate vegetarian option or any
other needs in the Special Instructions and
Comments section of your reservation.
Important note: The only option available to
walk-ins for the main course will be a pasta
bowl (location is unable to cater standard menu to
walk-ins because of logistical considerations)
Dinner Menu
Starters: Cream of Broccoli soup, Garden
salad with choice of dressing
Main Course (Standard): Norwegian Salmon,
baked and topped with béarnaise sauce
Main Course (Vegetarian Option):
Pasta Primavera
Sides to accompany main course: Roasted
Potatoes (and) Tomato Provencal stuffed with
creamed spinach
Dessert: Ice Cream Sundae with Strawberry
Sauce
Drinks: Freshly brewed regular coffee, decaf
coffee, hot tea, and iced tea included
General Meeting Information
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
General Meeting Info 1
Message From The Chair 2
Accountability Group:
Transitioning Members 3
Job Submissions 3
LinkedIn Profiles 3
2020 Meeting Schedule 4
Alan Berow & Gregg
Bresnahan Biographies 4
Tours 4
Announcement: Scholarship
is Now OPEN! 5
Announcement: DuPage
STEM Expo 6
Announcement: Call for
Speakers 7
ASQ Certification Prep
Courses 8
2019-2020 SLC Meeting
Schedule 8
Presentation Topic The Role of the Quality Department in an Agile
Organization By Alan Berow & Gregg Bresnahan
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F O X V A L L E Y S E C T I O N
Q U O T E O F T H E M O N T H :
“ G E T C L O S E R T H A N E V E R
T O Y O U R C U S T O M E R S . S O
C L O S E T H A T Y O U T E L L
T H E M W H A T T H E Y N E E D
W E L L B E F O R E T H E Y
R E A L I Z E I T T H E M S E L V E S . ”
- S T E V E J O B S
Newsletter Chair
Thaddaeus Carr
Pre-Dinner Presentation: “The Agile
Enterprise”
Agile is a culture and mindset that allows organi-
zations and individuals to respond faster and
more accurately to customer needs. Defined in
2001 to improve software development, it is
spreading to all functions in an organization. In
this session, we will develop a common under-
standing of:
• The problems Agile was developed to solve
• Agile's core values and principles
• Agile's expansion across the enterprise
1
Post-Dinner Presentation: “The Role of the
Quality Department in an Agile Enterprise”
As is Quality, customer-focus is a core value in
Agile. In this session, we will look at:
• Agile's roots in Lean
• How Agile's core principles map to Lean's
• How Quality departments can integrate
themselves and their goals into the Agile
transformation
Biography
Brief description of the presidents background and current role...
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Certifications
Brief description of the presi-
dents certifications and cre-
dentials...
Letter from the Chair
Fellow Members,
Let me introduce myself. I am Chris Gay your new SLC Chairman. I joined ASQ 5 years ago and ben-efited from that decision both personally and professionally. The resources and training available through ASQ
are very impressive. Virtually any issue that may come up in your career can be answered by a number of people
in the Fox Valley ASQ section. I encourage all members to get involved with the SLC. The benefits far outweigh
the small time commitment involved.
Members wishing to join the SLC will gain RU credits toward recertification.
Presently we have openings in the following areas.
• Vice Chair (2.0 RU’s per year)
• Programs (1.5 RU’s per year)
• Marketing (1.5 RU’s per year)
• Social Media (1.5 RU’s per year)
If you have experience in one of the above areas, and feel that you could be of help, we would love to have you
volunteer.
Dates to remember
Application Deadline for Six Sigma/Process Improvement, Technician/Inspection, Quality Manager/Supply Chain, Quality Engineering, and Quality Auditor is March 6, 2020.
Testing Window: April 3-19, 2020
Next ASQ meeting: February 4, 2020 at Villa Olivia.
There have been many big changes at both https://asq.org/. If you have not checked the website out in a while,
you will find some big improvements in resource availability.
Don’t forget to register for the next meeting at https://www.asq-foxvalley.org/
I hope everyone had a great Christmas/New Year holiday season, and we look forward to seeing you in February!
Chris Gay
ASQ Section 1208 Fox Valley Chair 2020/2021 (unless I am impeached before then?)
By Chris Gay
Job Submissions
LinkedIn Profiles
Networking Leads for
Members in Transition
• WAG (Winfield Accountability Group)
meets at 8:00am on Monday mornings
at the NM/CDH Hospital Café. Contact
630.212.1568 or [email protected]
for details and invitation.
• TUG (Tri-Cities Unemployment
Group) meets 6:30 p.m. on Mondays in
St Charles, IL.
Contact: TUGCareerServices.org or
email:
• Mfg. Pros Networking Group meet on
the last Tuesday of the month in Lom-
bard, IL. Contact Juan at:
• JDNG (Jobs Driven Networking group)
meets the 3rd Thursday every month
12:00 – 12:50pm at the Wheaton Ma-
sonic Lodge to discuss networking tac-
tics and search strategies. Meetings are
FREE to attend in person. Contact:
https://drivestaff.com/jdng
LinkedIn is a career networking site that also has social aspects. A
career searcher’s LinkedIn profile is significant in an effective career
search. There is high demand for quality skills in this current career
environment. Are you being contacted about opportunities? Are
recruiters looking at your LinkedIn profile? For future career
networking your long term LinkedIn career network needs to be
expanded and maintained. Talk to people in local job clubs for help
with LinkedIn.
Job submissions should be sent to ASQ.org for distribution to a much larger audience
than what the Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208 can provide.
If you want to network a local Quality position, send contact and basic job description
3 A S Q F O X V A L L E Y N E W S L E T T E R
Data integrity is a global mandatory requirement for the regulated
healthcare industry. It is more than a mere expectation—it’s a basic ele-
ment of good documentation practices, one of the most fundamental pil-
lars of a quality management system. Robustness and accuracy of the data
submitted by manufacturers to regulatory authorities when bringing a
medical product to market are crucial.
The purpose of this book is to consolidate existing data integrity princi-
ples and expectations from several regulatory sources—including the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization, and European
Medicines Agency—into a single and handy document that provides de-
tailed, illustrative implementation guidance. It serves as a means of under-
standing regulatory agencies’ position on good data management and the
minimum expectation for how medical product manufacturers can
achieve compliance.
DATA INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE
By Rodríguez-Pérez Phd, José , June 2019
Member Price: $42.00
List Price: $60.00
https://asq.org/quality-press/display-item?
item=H1562
ASQ FEATURED BOOK
2019-2020 Meeting Dates and Locations
P A G E 4 F O X V A L L E Y S E C T I O N
on Quality applications, tactical ideas and new
exposure of the great companies in the Fox
Valley Area.
What do we need?
Fox Valley Section members that can sponsor
a tour at their company or business site.
What is our goal?
Provide a Quality networking and educational
event that is a win-win opportunity for both
Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208 membership and
companies in the Fox
Valley Area.
Fox Valley ASQ Section 1208 is looking
for opportunities to sponsor Quality
Tours in the Fox Valley Area.
We want to offer the benefit of Quality
professionals available to offer fresh eyes
and ideas to help companies with their
Quality challenges.
What are we looking for?
Companies that would like to have 25-30
pairs of fresh Quality eyes visit their
operations for networking and dialogue
What is needed for a tour?
Tours are most productive when there are
Quality contacts working at the company to assist
with completing the details. Generally it is best if
it is an area that doesn’t require extensive safety
gear or high security restrictions. New projects
and continuous improvements implementation are
great opportunities for Quality feedback and net-
working exchanges. Early evening tours allow for
good participation for our members who work
during the day.
Contact [email protected] to
pursue this opportunity.
Gregg Bresnahan - Agile Coach & Strategist
Agile N2N, Inc.
Gregg has worked in a variety of roles on software
development teams throughout his career. He brought an
agile mindset to the table before the word “Agile” became
known across the industry. In 2010 he participated in a full
Agile transformation of a global company. The experience of
both transforming and more importantly maturing Agile in an
organization guides him as he moves forward in his career.
Today, Gregg is an Agile coach consultant working for Agile
N2N, Inc. His current assignment is working with Options
Clearing Corporation (OCC) to provide training and coaching
at both the team and organizational level. He thoroughly
enjoys sharing and nurturing the Agile mindset with others
through Agile conferences, forums and communities of
practice.
Gregg has an undergraduate degree in Geography from Au-
gustana College, Rock Island, IL and a masters degree in
Cartography from the University of Illinois – Chicago.
Gregg Bresnhan and Alan Berow Biographies
Tours
Date Location Speaker Topic
Tuesday,
February 4, 2020
Villa Olivia
(Bartlett)
Alan Berow &
Gregg Bresnahan
The Role of the Quality Department
in an Agile Organization
Tuesday,
March 3, 2020
Two Brothers
(Aurora, IL)
Ken Place TBA
Tuesday,
April 7, 2020
Riverside Banquets
(Geneva, IL)
Renata Monteiro Customer Insights
Tuesday,
May 5, 2020
St. Andrews CC
(West Chicago)
Renee Webb &
Mary Erlain
Scholarship Presentation, and
Emotional Intelligence
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Alan Berow - Agile Trainer
Agile N2N, Inc.
Alan came to Agile through his passion for delivering value to
customers. His career started in system design validation and
technical support for telecommunications systems. He saw
first-hand the impact on customers of long design cycles delivering
low-value functionality and failing to deliver what customers
needed. As an IT methodologist with a retail company, he saw the
need for last-minute software changes.
With Gregg, our other speaker, and a small group of Agilists, he
helped a global company begin its agile journey. Alan is currently
helping Agile N2N, Inc. by providing an agile boot camp for people
unfamiliar with agile culture and agile project management.
Alan has a BSEE from IIT, an MBA from KGSM, and graduate
certificates in Network and Computer Security, Project
Management, HR Management, and Telecommunications
Management. He is a Certified Scrum Master and Lean Six Sigma
Green Belt. Recognizing that the Agile BOK is emergent, he is ac-
tive in agile conferences, forums and communities of practice.
Biography
Brief description of the presidents background and current role...
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Certifications
Brief description of the presi-
dents certifications and cre-
dentials...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Fox Valley Section of the American Society for Quality is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 scholarship pro-
gram, offering two $2000 one-time scholarships to two candidates. As in previous years, we will award the Rich-
ard A. Maass Scholarship via the local high school and a section scholarship to the graduating high school child or
grandchild of an active section member.
The ASQ Fox Valley section offers two scholarships each year. First, the Richard A. Maass Memorial Scholarship,
honors one of the founders and a long-time leader of the section. It is presented to the one candidate, selected
from the recommended applications received form the graduating seniors at local high schools in the Fox Valley
section’s area who are pursuing a college degree the next academic year at an accredited University or four-year
college. All applications come through the schools. Anyone interested in this scholarship should contact their guid-
ance counselor for more information.
The second scholarship is the ASQ Section 1208 Scholarship. It is a one-time monetary award presented to one
selected candidate from the applications received from children and grandchildren of active 1208 members. This
scholarship program is open to graduating high school seniors pursuing a college degree the next academic year at
an accredited University or four-year college.
Both scholarship awards are paid directly to the awardee’s college. Candidates must write an essay and provide
supporting background information.
Due date is March 7, 2020. Please refer to https://asq-foxvalley.org/scholarship for more information and a
link to the documentation.
Interested in volunteering on the Scholarship Committee?
The Scholarship Committee meets in person or by teleconference at least twice per year. It submits a verbal or
written report to the Fox Valley Section 1208 Leadership Committee on the progress of the committee’s work.
The Scholarship Committee is made up of seasoned members. We have two members who have been on the
committee since its inception in 1990. The third member is on the committee over 6 years and newest member
started in 2017.
Chair – Renee Webb - [email protected]
The 2020-2021 Scholarship is now open!
Biography
Brief description of the presidents background and current role...
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Certifications
Brief description of the presi-
dents certifications and cre-
dentials...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The ASQ Fox Valley Section #1208 is proud to announce its participation in the 2020 DuPage STEM Ex-
po (formally DuPage Area Engineers Week). This is the seventh year that the Fox Valley section is par-
ticipating in this fun-filled event.
DuPage STEM Expo is a fun, free, family interactive event providing children and adults the opportunity
to experience and explore the many fields of science and engineering through displays and presentations.
The Expo is geared toward children in K-8th grade, however all ages will enjoy the event!
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2020
Time: 10:30am – 3:30pm
Cost: Free
Location: Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
201 East Loop Road
Rice Campus
Wheaton, Illinois 60189
For more information of the programs, exhibitors, and events, visit
www.appliedtech.iit.edu/engineersweek or call 630-682-6000.
Please stop by our booth. We look forward to seeing you!
DuPage STEM Expo
FREE FAMILY FUN!
Biography
Brief description of the presidents background and current role...
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Certifications
Brief description of the presi-
dents certifications and cre-
dentials...
ANNOUNCEMENTS
To All Members,
The ASQ Fox Valley Section 1208 is issuing a “Call for Speakers”. Our section is actively seeking
speakers/presenters for our dinner/meeting programs and we need your help. If you have:
• A success story, case study, or new technique in the field of Quality
• Practical application and technical implementation of quality tools, methodologies, and techniques
• Strategies for building and sustaining a culture of quality
• Real applications, real results, and real solutions based on quality principles or theory that can be implemented
immediately
……….we want to hear from you!
We are seeking speakers/presenters to share their knowledge and experience in any area of the Quality
Body of Knowledge (QBOK), including quality principles/tactics, technical topics, standards, real-world case
studies, “war stories”, successes/failures, examples/stories, application of tools and hands-on experience.
Other topics and subjects could be in the area of personal/professional enrichment and development,
insights and subject matter relevance.
If you are interested, please submit your name, contact information and topic. If you know of a colleague or
someone who is a “subject matter expert”, recognized as an industry leader, or has knowledge of a
subject/topic our members would be interested in, please submit their name, contact information, and
their topic or subject knowledge.
Submit all suggestions via our website, at http://asq-foxvalley.org/contact.php
The Fox Valley Section Leadership Committee (SLC) is comprised of member-volunteers and who work to
provide educational and relevant dinner meeting speakers and programs for our members. Please note that
the section does not pay its presenters or cover travel expenses.
On behalf of the members of the Fox Valley section 1208 and its leadership team, we thank you for your
submission or colleague nomination.
Call for Speakers
2020 SLC Meeting Schedule
Workshops, Certificate Programs, and
Certification Prep Web Interactive
ASQ Fox Valley Section Web Interactive Exam Preparation Courses
This year’s Training Catalog highlights the courses, workshops, and training op-
portunities the Fox Valley Section has to offer.
To review the Training Catalog, visit https://www.asq-foxvalley.org/
Education. Web Interactive Courses can be scheduled on flexible dates and
times. Participants must purchase the study materials and pay for Certification
Exams. Contact Chuck Gates at [email protected] with questions.
8 A S Q F O X V A L L E Y N E W S L E T T E R
Fox Valley Leadership
CHAIR: Chris Gay
Vice Chair: OPEN
Secretary: Juli Stoiber
Treasurer: Thaddaeus Carr
Arrangements: Raj Partha Sarathy
Auditing: Craig Heinz & Hector Rodriguez
Education: Charles Gates
Internet: Alan Berow
Marketing: Craig Heinz
Networking: David McDonald
Newsletter: Thaddaeus Carr
Nominations: John Goerner
PAR: Randy Stadtfeld
Process Improvement: Ken Place
Programs: Hector Rodriguez
Scholarship: Rene Webb, Bob Kutter,
Mohammad Khan, & David McDonald [email protected]
SLC Meeting Coordinator:
Raj Partha Sarathy
Social Media: Greg Zimmerman
Student Branch Counselor: Charles Gates,
Voice of Customer: Thomas Kozlowski
Date Location
February 18, 2020 6:30 pm IIT Rice Campus-Wheaton
March 17, 2020 6:30pm IIT Rice Campus-Wheaton
April 21, 2020 6:30pm IIT Rice Campus-Wheaton
May 19, 2020 6:30pm IIT Rice Campus-Wheaton
No SLC Meeting Scheduled– June through August 2020
The Fox Valley Section of ASQ welcomes you and anyone interested in
volunteering their time, to attend one of our Section Leadership Council (SLC)
meetings. It is during these meetings where decisions and updates are managed
for the section. All feedback and participation is appreciated. Meals are
provided for these meetings and typically last a little under 2 hours. Arrive
around 6:15pm to enjoy your meal before the meeting.