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.
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.
Tim Gaens
CHAIR
Tim is the Chair of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. Tim has served ASQ in multiple member leader roles, receiving the volunteer of the year award in 2016.
In his regular life, Tim fills the role of Lead product validation engineer and is an active member of various professional workgroups regarding reliability.
Rong Pan
CHAIR‐ELECT
Dr. Rong Pan (PhD, Penn State) is the Chair-Elect of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division, has research interests in statistical modeling and data analysis, specifically in the design and analysis of experimental designs, quality and reliability engineering, statistical learning theory, and the development
of digital manufacturing. He is a senior member of ASQ, IISE and IEEE, and a lifetime member of SRE. He is recently serving as the chair of Data Science, Analytics and Engineering (DASE) PhD program.
Mindy Hotchkiss
SECRETARY
Mindy Hotchkiss is the Secretary of the ASQ Reliability & Risk Division. She has held a variety of ASQ roles, including many years of involvement with the Statistics Division, serving as Chair in 2019.
She also serves on the BOD for RAMS. Mindy has over 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry. She is a Technical Specialist in Statistics at Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Active Volunteers
Angleat Shelikoff
David Auda
Jim Breneman
Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad
Norma Antunano
Trevor Craney
Carol Parendo
Frank Sun
JD Solomon
Mindy Hotchkiss
Rong Pan
Tim Gaens
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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Professional Certification
Our training material will prepare you for the official certification of ASQ.