ASQ-LA Quality News
SECTION 0700
November 2013
ASQ-LA November Issue Contains:
November 13th Member Meeting
Message from the Chair
So California Quality Conference
ASQ Certification Members
0700 ASQ Certification
CSUDH Classes Spring 2014
Certification Exam Dates
ASQLA Leadership Team Listing
Advertising Rates
Greetings!

 

Welcome to the November Edition of the ASQ-LA Newsletter.

Looking forward to see you at our November 13th Member Meeting, which will be at Phenomenex 2341 West 205th Street Torrance, CA 90501. If you plan to attend the meeting, YOU MUST RSVP to Deanna Kerylow 310-616-1032 or e-mail deanna.kerylow@gmail.com, no-later-than Noon on Monday, November 11th, so he can get the list of attendees to Phenomenex Security.
 

Do not go to the Phenomenex main entrance on 411 Madrid. The Meeting will be on the 2nd floor of 2341 West 205th Street. Near Crenshaw and 190th.
   
ASQ-LA is looking forward to your attendance at this month's program. Press here for a pdf version of the Newsletter.
  
Harold Martinez
Newsletter Chair
ASQLA
 

 

Rosemarie Christopher

                                                

    ASQLA MEMBER MEETING
 November 13, 2013

  
"Successfully Build Productive Teams"
  

 

Please join the ASQLA Section 0700 for its monthly member meeting on Wednesday, November 13th. The meeting will be at Phenomenex in Torrance.  This meeting is an opportunity to network with other Quality professionals and to learn about current techniques & technologies. Our guest speakers this month is Rosemarie Christopher speaking on "Successfully Build Productive Teams." 
  
Whether you are building a new team or simply adding new members to an already existing team, choosing the right people is of the upmost importance. Personalities matter as much as technical skills. The right person can enhance your team while the wrong person can change the culture of your team and decrease overall productivity.

Three Takeaways from the Sessions

 

  1.  Building Productive Teams

   Understanding Leadership and Work Styles

  • Directive Leadership  Style- Usually members  the Mature Generation
  • Consensual Leadership Style - Usually members of the Boomer Generation
  • Task Driven Leadership Style - Usually  Gen-X Generation
  • Leading Gen-Y employees

    2.  Empowerment Tools to Guarantee Team Success

  • Incentive Programs - tailored to each generation
  • Online Work Personality programs for effective team building
  • Performance Management

    3. Mentoring & Reverse Mentoring

  • The 'Analogs' meets the 'Digitals'

Rosemarie Christopher is a graduate of the University of Southern California (USC) with a MA in Communication Management and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in Anthropology. As the President & CEO of MEIRxRS, a family of companies that recruit and staff technical and scientific STEM professionals, Rosemarie has over 25 years of experience in employment, on the job training and retention of multigenerational workforce. Rosemarie holds board member positions in various quality and regulatory organizations such as the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FDC) as Division Chair, National Discussion Group Chair, Region 7 Deputy Regional Director and Section Career Development and Education Chair; the USC School of Pharmacy as a member of the Board of Councilors and Executive Committee Chair of the Life Sciences Council; the Orange County Regulatory Science Discussion Group as a Board Member.

  

The program will be held at 2nd Floor Main Conference Room at Phenomenex 2341 West 205th Street Torrance, CA 90501. This meeting is an opportunity to network with other Quality Professionals, learn about quality related topics and earn 0.3 Recertification Units. Registration and networking starts at 5:30 PM. The meeting runs from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. Crackers, Cookies, Coffee & Water will be provided at no charge.  
  

You MUST RSVP to Deanna Kerylow 310-616-1032 or e-mail deanna.kerylow@gmail.com, no-later-than Noon on Monday, November 11th, so she can get the list of attendees.

    

 

 

Message from the Chair - Lane Parrott

 

Hello Section Members:

 

Here are the Top Ten reasons to attend the November Member Meeting:

  1. Rosemarie Christopher is an exceptional speaker
  2. Your work will become easier when you recognize what motivates different generations
  3. Teams will be more productive when you learn how to put the right people together
  4. We will be awarding ASQ mugs to the 42 members who have earned three (3) or more ASQ Certifications
  5. Anyone who has attended 8 meetings during 2013 will be awarded an ASQLA mug
  6. If you have never attended a meeting before, we will award you an ASQLA mug
  7. Starbucks coffee will be available
  8. Earn 0.3 Recertification Units
  9. Last ASQLA meeting for 2013
  10. My last meeting as Section Chair. Catherine Martin becomes Chair effective January 1, 2014

 

 

BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS - If you have three (3) or more current ASQ Certifications and you attend our November Meeting, you will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, an ASQLA coffee mug and a gift card.  Want to beef up your Resume - Join the section's Leadership Team. We are looking for enthusiastic dependable members who can help provide a meaningful experience for AQSLA Members. If you are interested, please send Chair Elect Catherine Martin an Email at clmcqa@sbcglobal.net.

 

 

 6th Anniversary Southern California Quality Conference November 9, 2013
  
For information Press hear for the flyer
  

 ASQ Members with Three or more Certifications

  

Member Name# ASQ Certs
EliasMonreal9
EricChu8
JosephDeSimone8
MiltonKrivokuca8
StephenLehocky6
MichaelHayward5
PhuLuu5
EricBernath4
BarbaraBongiovanni4
PeterCrosson4
LillianGuo4
JayJackson4
ManuelMencia4
WilliamTrappen4
ThomasAltobelli3
SylviaAmit3
JamesBrebner3
MercedesBrown3
EldonChristensen3
SumanDutta3
LisaFleckstein3
SheriGrady-Anthony3
CaipingHan3
JoannesHsuean3
KathleenLaing3
ThomasLatoza3
ChenLow3
MichaelMarx3
AliceMorton3
MarylouNavidad3
PatrickNutcher3
LindaOlds3
LaneParrott3
EricRichter3
JorgeSaint Germes3
JosephSantilli3
AlanShu3
AndrewSinggih3
KathrynSteen3
KhalidTharadra3
SunilVohra3
CarolWolfgang3

 

 

  
             

0700 ASQ Certification Preparation Courses

  

ASQ Certification

CSSBB

CMQ/OE

CQE

CQA

Class Name

BLACK BELT

MANAGER

ENGINEER

AUDITOR

Non-Member Fee

$550

$500

$500

$500

ASQ Member Fee

$400

$350

$350

$350

LA ASQ Member Fee

$375

$325

$325

$325

Unemployed

$200

$200

$200

$200

0700 Volunteer

$250

$250

$250

$250

Primer Fee

$80

$80

$80

$70

First Class

Jan 11, 2014

Jan 11, 2014

Oct 12, 2013

Oct 19, 2013

Week Day

Saturday

Saturday

Saturday

Saturday

Hours

8 - 12:30

8 - 12:30

8 - 12:30

8 - 12:30

Number of Classes

7

7

7

6

Last Class

FEB 22, 2014

FEB 22, 2014

NOV 23, 2013

NOV 23, 2013

Location

Phenomenex

Phenomenex

Phenomenex

Phenomenex

Lead Instructor

Joe DeSimone

Lane Parrott

Dr. Catherine Martin

Lane Parrott

Instructor

Dr. Catherine Martin

 

Joe DeSimone

 

Recertification Units

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.7

Exam Application Deadline

January 10, 2014

January 10, 2014

October 18, 2013

October 18, 2013

Exam Date

Mar 1, 2014

Mar 1, 2014

June 7, 2014

June 7, 2014

Next Exam

Oct 4, 2014

Oct 4, 2014

Dec 6, 2014

Dec 6, 2014

             

  

Students are responsible for registering for the ASQ Exam prior to the application deadline. ASQ Exam Registration Fees are in addition to the class fess and are paid directly to ASQ. Classes without a minimum of five (5) students will be cancelled.

 

Students must purchase their own Primers from the Quality Council of Indiana at 1-800-660-4215 or www.quaitycouncil.com. Bring Primer to the first class. Students preparing for CQE and/or CSSBB should purchase a Texas Instruments TI-30XA.

 

Classes will be conducted at Phenomenex, Inc. The specific building is located at 2341 West 205th Street, Torrance, CA90501

 

To register contact Lanep@phenomenex.comTuition Checks must be received before the second class. Make checks payable to ASQ LA Section 0700. To mail checks, contact Jim Morrison at Jamamorr@aol.com

  

  
  

 

MSQA - Internet Program Schedule - Subject to Occasional Changes

 

SPRING 2014

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                

                              

First Day

Last Day

Last Day

of Class

to Register

of Class

Jan. 7

Jan. 3

Apr. 8

Course

Title

Instructor

QAS 510.41

Advance Probability/Statistic (3 units)

John Miller (jamiller@csudh.edu)

QAS 511.41

Quality Function Management & TQM

William Trappen (btrappen@csudh.edu

QAS 511.42

Quality Function Management & TQM

Bhavan (Bob) Mehta (bmehta@csudh.edu)

QAS 513.41

Statistical Quality Control & Sampling

Dan Dunahay (ddunahay@csudh.edu)

QAS 514.41

Adv. Experimental Design

Dan Dunahay (ddunahay@csudh.edu)

QAS 515.41

Human Factors in Quality Assurance

Jim Clauson (jclauson@csudh.edu)

QAS 515.42

Human Factors in Quality Assurance

David Vu (dvu@csudh.edu)

QAS 516.41

Measurement and Testing Techniques

Emil Hazarian (ehazarian@csudh.edu)

QAS 518.41

Quality Project Management

William Trappen (btrappen@csudh.edu)

QAS 526.41

Supplier Quality Assurance

Robert Spencer (rspencer@csudh.edu)

QAS 530.41

Statistical Quality Control for Service

Pam Dunahay(pmdunahay@csudh.edu)

QAS 531.41

Customer Satisfaction & Quality Assurance

Robert Spencer (rspencer@csudh.edu)

QAS 531.42

Customer Satisfaction & Quality Assurance

James Capawana (jcapawana1@yahoo.com)

QAS 532.41

Quality Assurance for the Service Delivery Process

Keith Fulton (kfulton@csudh.edu)

QAS 535.41

 Lean Thinking

Gerald VerDuft (gverduft@csudh.edu)

QAS 539.41

 Good Manufacturing Practices

Kim Niles (kniles@csudh.edu)

QAS 540.41

 Food and Drug Law

Minoo Hosseini (mhosseini@csudh.edu)

QAS 542.41

 Risk Management

Barrett (Barry) Craner (bcraner@csudh.edu)                 

QAS 598.41

Directed Research (3 units)

Milton Krivokuca (mkrivokuca@csudh.edu)

QAS 599.41

Thesis/Project (3 units)

Milton Krivokuca (mkrivokuca@csudh.edu)

QAS course fees for spring 2014 are $290.00 per unit or $870.00 per three unit course.

QAS 600.41 course fee is $150.00

 

To reach the Extended Education Registration office please call (310) 243-3741, fax (310) 516-3971, or by email at eereg@csudh.edu                          

       

Spring 2014

 

First Day

Last Day

Last Day

of Class

to Register

of Class

Feb. 11

Feb. 7

April 8

Course

Title

Instructor

 

QAS 495.41

Mathematics for Quality Assurance

John Miller (jamiller@csudh.edu)

 

 

 

BSQA - Internet Program Schedule - Subject to Occasional Changes -

2014 SPRING Session I

 

 

First Day

Last Day

Last Day

of Class

To Register

of Class

Jan. 6

Jan. 3

Mar. 2

Course

Title

Instructor

QAS 200.45

Fundamentals of Quality (3 units)

Denis Leonard (leonard_denis@yahoo.com)

QAS 312.45

Interpretation of Technical Documentation

Craig Carpenter (carpentercraig1@gmail.com)

QAS 340.45

Measurement Uncertainty (3 units)

Emil Hazarian (ehazarian@csudh.edu)

QAS 498.45

Directed Research (3 units)

Robert Spencer (rspencer@csudh.edu)

 

Prerequisites may be waived at the discretion of Dr. Milton Krivokuca, academic advisor and program coordinator

 

 

BSQA - 2014 SPRING Session II

 

 

First Day

Last Day

Last Day

of Class

To Register

of Class

Mar. 3

Feb. 28

Apr. 27

Course

Title

Instructor

QAS 220.45

Fundamentals of Measurement (3 units)

Emil Hazarian (ehazarian@csudh.edu)

QAS 332.45

Electrical Metrology (3 units)

Emil Hazarian (ehazarian@csudh.edu)

QAS 355.45

Safety and Reliability (3 units)

Dan Dunahay (ddunahay@csudh.edu)

QAS 360.45

Lean Manufacturing (3 units)

Gerald VerDuft (gverduft@csudh.edu)

 

Prerequisites may be waived at the discretion of Dr. Milton Krivokuca, academic advisor and program coordinator                                                                                                                                                                                  

To reach the Extended Education Registration office please call (310) 243-3741, fax (310) 516-3971, or by email at eereg@csudh.edu.

 

QAS course fees for spring 2014 are $266.00 per unit or $798.00 per three unit course.

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES!   For Spring 2014

 

Spring Term - First Day for Application Submittal is August 1, 2013

Spring Term - Application Submittal deadline is November 5, 2013

Spring Term - First day to enroll is November 5, 2013

Spring Term - Last day to apply to graduate is November 15, 2013

Spring Term - Last day to enroll is January 3, 2014

Spring Term - First day of class is January 7, 2014

 

 

  


 

ASQ Certification Exams

 

Application Deadline

April 18, 2014

 

Late Application

Fee ($50) Deadline

April 23, 2014

 

Exam Date

June 7, 2014

Certifications

 

Quality Engineer(CQE)

Quality Auditor(CQA)

Six Sigma Green Belt (SSGB)

Software Quality Eng. (CSQE)

Quality Improvement Assoc (CQIA)

Calibration Technician(CCT)

Quality Process Analyst (CQPA)

 

 

Application Deadline

January 10, 2014

 

Late Application

Fee ($50) Deadline

January 15, 2014

Exam Date

March 1, 2014

Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt(SSBB)

Mgr of Qual/Org Excel (CMQ/OE)

Quality Inspector(CQI)

Quality Technician(CQT)

Biomedical Auditor(CBD)

Reliability Engineer(CRE)

HACCP Auditor(CHA)

 

 

CALL ASQ HEADQUARTERS:

800-248-1946

or

www.asq.org

for more information.

 

Cal State Dominguez Hills BSQA & MSQA Programs

sponsor certification preparation courses, See certification

page on www.asqla.org.

 

Did you know that Joe DeSimone is our section's Certification and Recertification expert and Chair? Joe is available for your tough questions at jrdesimone@msn.com else you can find answers to your general questions at www.asq.org/certification This page is very helpful. Check out the Certification Handbook: 21 pages of detailed certification facts!

 

 RECERTIFICATION NEWS

 

To recertify, make sure you complete the NEW! Recertification Journal(Press here for the .pdf) dated August 2013, which indicates the new fees: One certification is $69 and two or more are $89. You must include payment with your application.
 
The easiest way to recertify is to scan your completed application with credit card information and supporting documents and Email to our Recertification Chair: jrdesimone@msn.com
You can also mail your package to P.O. Box 1291, San Pedro, CA 90731.
 
NOTE: You must send a check. Joe is too busy to chase you and will not review you package without payment. In fact Joe could use help with Recertification!
 
 
 
 

ASQ LA LEADERSHIP TEAM

MEETING SCHEDULE

Time: 5:30 - 6:00 Networking & Dinner

6:00 - 8:00 Meeting

Location:

CSUDH Extended Education Bldg

1000 Victoria St., Carson, CA 90745

Contact: Lane Parrott, Chair

(310) 489-9018

laneP@phenomenex.com,

Dates: 1st Wednesday of the Month(not in July and December)

_______________________________________________________________ 

  

2013

Officers & Committee Chairs of ASQ Los Angeles Section 700

www.asqla.org

 

CHAIR: Lane Parrott - 310-489-9018 LaneP@phenomenex.com

CHAIR ELECT: Catherine Martin - 310-616-0936 Catherine_Martin@raytheon.com

SECRETARY: Catherine Martin - 310-616-0936 Catherine_Martin@raytheon.com

TREASURER: Jim Morrison - 310-541-1417 - jamamorr@aol.com

PAST CHAIR/Executive Advisory: Chen Low - 310-334-7044 - chenlow_88@hotmail.com
Arrangements:  Chen Low - 310-334-7044 - chenlow_88@hotmail.com

 Job Listing: Armen Yeghoian - 818-912-9272 - Armen2049@yahoo.com

Website Chair: Alan Wang - 310-383-2393 - awang@spectrumchemical.com

Membership: Lisa Uhrig - 310-283-1197 - lisa@uhrigconsulting.com

 Education: Bill Trappen - 760-723-7718 - tankerwht@aol.com

CSUDH Liaison: Milt Krivokuca - 949-892-7994 - Milt619@cox.net

Certification: Joe DeSimone - 424-772-6371 - jrdesimone@msn.com

Re-certification: Joe DeSimone - 424-772-6371 - jrdesimone@msn.com

Newsletter: Harold Martinez - 310-214-1606 - martinez2004@verizon.net

Awards and Recognition: Imre Fischer - 949-493-3914 - imrefische@aol.com

Quality Management Process (QMP): Peter Crosson - 310-819-0944 - peter_crosson@hotmail.com

Financial Audit: Michael Schaffer - 310-895-0802 - michaels@psychemedics.com

-Simon Collier Quality Award:  Imre Fischer - 949-493-3914 - ImreFische@aol.com

    Publicity & Advertising Chair: : Alan Wang - 310-383-2393 - awang@spectrumchemical.com 

 Voice of the Customer: Deanna Kerylow - 714-519-5162 - deanna.kerylow@gmail.com  
Communications Chair: Rhonda Y. Hayes - 310-334-0381 - ryhayes@raytheon.com

 

 

ASQLA Website Advertising
  
For information on placing an ad through ASQLA, contact Advertising Chair at (310)383-2393, awang@spectrumchemical.com.