Next ASQ 0511 Meeting

Future ASQ 0511 Meeting(s)


Meetings | Special Interest Groups | Newsletter | Jobs | Certification & Recertification | Education & Training
What's New

Section Management

Regional Announcements

National News

Links to Other Quality Related Sites

Contact Us

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

Amphora Restaurant

Vienna VA

Directions to the Restaurant

Doing Quality Work in Iraq

by
Bill Casti

Synopsis
What it's like to work in Iraq right now

Bill Casti is Senior Advisor for IT Information Security for the USAID-funded Economic Governance II Project, eGovernment Services, for the Government of Iraq, and lives and works in Baghdad most of the year. He is also the current Chair (Outgoing) of the Northern VA chapter of ASQ. For 20+ years he was a Quality professional for various US companies including Intel, Tektronix, NEC America. In 1995, he became Internet Security Manager for FEMA in DC, later moving to IT Security consulting for the Securities Industry Automation Corporation in NYC, Freddie Mac in Tysons, EDS in Herndon and now as an employee of BearingPoint of McLean VA. He holds the following credentials: ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP), British Computer Society Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and an ITIL Foundations certificate.He is also credentialed as an ISO 9000 QMS Lead Auditor, TL 9000 QMS Auditor, ISO 27001 ISMS Auditor and ISO 20000 IT Service Management Auditor and Instuctor (BSi). Until his move to Iraq, Bill had been actively and fully-involved with our section since 1995. He is a Senior Member of ASQ.

-------------------------------------------------------

Reservations:
Email programs13@asq0511.org by Monday 16 June to register for this dinner meeting and presentation. Cost for dinner is $20.00 per person. There is no charge to attend for the presentation only. But, if your plans change, please contact programs13@asq0511.org, and let us know.

Schedule:

5:30pm - 6:30pm Monthly Board Meeting
6:30pm - 7:00pm Registration & Networking
7:00pm - 8:00pm Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Section Business & Presentation

Meetings are open to all members as well as to the public.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, 20 June 2007 - Marco Polo, Vienna, VA

4-for-3:
If you attend ASQ Section 0511 monthly dinner meetings and pay for three dinners, then your fourth dinner at one of our meetings is free!!!

Call for Speakers!!!
Would you or someone you know like to speak at a future ASQ meeting? We're always looking for volunteers. Be creative! Exercise your public presentation skills! Earn recertification credits! Get a free dinner! Please contact programs13@asq0511.org.



2007 - 2009 ©ASQ Section 0511;
http://www.asq0511.org      programs13@asq0511.org

Maintained by Jeffrey M. Parnes
webmaster13@asq0511.org