For the RAMS® 2026 conference, the CRE track will once again be provided by an instructor from the ASQ Reliability and Risk Division.
Instructor: David Auda
David Auda is an ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer and Certified Quality Manager who has worked in a wide variety of industries, to include but is not limited to sensitized products manufacture, energy generation, automotive design, heavy vehicle manufacture, aerospace, medical and high-volume consumable goods manufacture. David’s experience includes, but is not limited to, product design, instrumentation design, medical device design, aerospace systems design, information systems management, infrastructure network management, programming, etc. David has worked extensively in the areas of risk analysis, failure prevention, root cause analysis, problem solving, strategic planning and 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 Quality and Applied Statistics. David is a frequent presenter at international conferences and symposia, a competent speaker and validated ASQ trainer, delivering presentations and workshops on a wide variety of topics essential to the effective and efficient performance of Reliability and Quality practitioners. David’s most recent deployment was a Reliability and Maintainability Manager at Georgia Pacific’s Dixie works in Darlington South Carolina supporting their $350M+ expansion. David is presently semi-retired, providing consulting and training through a variety of channels.
