About
ASQ-RRD
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ASQ & ASQ-RRD
The ASQ Reliability and Risk Division is the largest group in the world who promote risk analysis and reliability training. We are a volunteer organization focused on providing member benefits, thus advancing risk analysis and reliability engineering globally. We are a major professional association within the framework of the American Society for Quality.
Our members have particular expertise and interest in reliability and related disciplines. Our activities are concerned with reliability, maintainability, quality, safety, and effectiveness of products, processes, and services important to our members and the community at large. Our organization is open to ASQ members.
Vision
A world where uncertainty is anticipated, risks are managed proactively, and systems and communities thrive through reliability, resilience, and safety.
Mission
To inspire and empower professionals to advance reliability and risk practices through research, education, and collaboration—driving safer, more resilient, and sustainable outcomes.
Everything You Need To Know
We provide you with thorough knowledge and only the best reliability training and education.
Everything You Need To Know
We provide you with thorough knowledge and only the best reliability training and education.
Our Leadership Team
Who We Are
"Our officers and volunteer team."
Our officers are elected by our membership and serve two year terms. In order for the division to function our officers are supported by a large volunteer operations team.
David Auda
CHAIR
David Auda is the Chair of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. He is a certified reliability engineer and quality manager who has worked on new product development in custom instrumentation, medical devices, aerospace, energy and automotive disciplines. David has worked extensively in the area of risk analysis, failure prevention, root cause analysis, problem solving, strategic planning, safety engineering as well as numerous other related disciplines. David has a BSEE from the Rochester Institute of Technology, with honors, Tau Beta Pi, and pursued his master level reliability studies at the RIT Center for Applied Statistics.
Mohammad Pourgol
CHAIR‐ELECT
Dr. Mohammad Pourgol is the Chair-Elect of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. he is a safety/reliability analyst in multidisciplinary systems analysis with Teradyne and an Associate Professor (adj) of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland. Dr. Pourgol is an IEEE Senior Member, ASQ Fellow, and ASME Fellow. Additionally, he is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Massachusetts and holds certifications as ASQ CRE, CSSBB), and CMQ/OE. Dr. Pourgol has authored over 160 papers in archival journals and peer-reviewed conferences on his research and has been an invited/Keynote Speaker at numerous conferences and webinars.
Daniel Conrad
SECRETARY
Daniel C. Conrad, Ph.D., is the Secretary of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. He is a Certified Reliability Engineer. He is currently the Hussmann Director of Design Quality, Reliability, & Testing. Prior to joining Hussmann he was the Global Design for Reliability Leader with Whirlpool. He received his B.S. from the University of Kentucky in Mechanical Engineering in 1989 and his MS and Ph.D. from Purdue University in Engineering Mechanics in 1991 and 1994 respectively. While completing his PH.D. degree he was employed by Whirlpool Corporation under and engineering fellowship. After receiving his doctorate, he joined Whirlpool Corporation where he has held several positions in research, quality, and new product innovation and delivery. He is a six sigma black belt, a robust product design mentor, innovation mentor and a customer excellence mentor.
Active Volunteers
Angleat Shelikoff
David Auda
Jim Breneman
Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad
Trevor Craney
Pankaj Shrivastava
Yeshwanth Reddy
Carol Parendo
JD Solomon
Mindy Hotchkiss
Rong Pan
Tim Gaens
Tamunoteyim "Tammy" Karibo
Our Leadership Team
Join Our Team
"From any geographic location!"
You can volunteer from any geographic location! Just send us an email at webmaster@asqrd.org and we can get the process started.
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Learn at Your Own Pace
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Professional Certification
Our training material will prepare you for the official certification of ASQ.