About Jim & Walt

Jim Smith: Co-Founder / Chief Executive Officer

45-years experience with a Fortune 50 company.
Held positions in Manufacturing, Factory Quality, Quality Assurance, Accounting, Human Resources, Research & Development, Product Engineering, Corporate-Level Quality, Six-Sigma, and Senior Manager of Strategic Quality Processes.
ASQ Member since 1974.
Local Peoria area ASQ Section Chair 4-times.
Holds eight (8) ASQ Certifications: CMQ/OE, CQE, CRE, CQA, CQT, CQI, CQPA, CQIA.
Has conducted ASQ Preparatory Courses since 1983 (30+ years) for more than 10,800+ students from 215+ companies in seven different countries.
Awards:

2006 - Elected an "ASQ Fellow" for "...outstanding quality leadership, quality awareness and services."
2006 - Designated a "Who's Who Quality Professional."
2006 - "Quality Professional of the Year" by ASQ's Automotive Division.
2007 - "Quality Professional of the Year" by Quality Magazine.
2015 - Appointed as a “World-Wide Who’s Who of Executives &
Professionals.”
2015 - Recipient of ASQ’s “Eugene L. Grant Medal” for significant results in creating and deploying “…meritorious educational programs in quality.”
http://www.qualitymag.com/articles/92376-asq-to-award-el-grant-medal-to-jim-smith

Jim publishes the monthly “Face of Quality” column for Quality Magazine and has done so since 2009 http://www.qualitymag.com/search?q=Face+of+Quality.
He also writes a weekly blog for Quality Magazine entitled “Jim’s Gems"
http://www.qualitymag.com/blogs/14-quality-blog. On the Quality Magazine's site scroll down on page to see all previous Gems.
Contact Information: jim@s-squared.comcastbiz.net

35+ years experience with a Fortune 50 company.
Held positions in Manufacturing, Shop Quality, Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality & Development, Purchasing Technical Representative and Corporate-Level Quality Program Management.
ASQ Member since 1985.
Designated an ASQ Senior Member in 2006.
Holds three (4) ASQ Certifications: CQE, CQA, CSQP and CQI.
Contact Information: walt@s-squared.comcastbiz.net