November 19th, 2009 Dinner Meeting

The Quality Psyche – Why Do We Do This Stuff?
Presented by Bill Hackett

A look at the type of people who work in the quality field; what characteristics and skills we bring and how did we get to where we are now? We don’t start out life thinking “I want to work in quality” but have been shaped by our environment, psychology, and psyche to perform the quality functions.
Bill Hackett is a psychotherapist at Valley Psychiatric Service, Inc in Worcester and senior project specialist for VSC Consulting of Irvine, CA. His background is in quality management and auditing and has helped in the development of QMS’s at Saint Gobain’s Northborough Research facility, the Engineering Services Division of the Federal Aviation Administration, Adaptive Instruments, and currently at VPSI. He is also an assistant professor of quality at California State University at Dominguez Hills, and serves as program and chair-elect for ASQ-Worcester section and Arrangements Chair for the Quality Management Division. Bill has an M.A. in psychology from Anna Maria College, and a M.Ed., and B.S. from Worcester State College.

Location: Hose Co. No. 6, 636 Central Avenue, Pawtucket, RI  (click here for a map)

Directions:  

From South: I-95 N to Exit 29 (Cottage St). Turn left, then bear right onto Central Ave at 2nd light (just after cemetery entrance). Restaurant is 1/2 mile on left. 

From North: I-95 S to Exit 2A (Rte 1A South). Turn right onto Newport Ave. At 3rd light, take right onto Central Ave. Restaurant is 1/4 mile on right. 

Time:  

5:30 pm - Registration and Networking 
6:00 pm - Dinner 
7:00 pm - Program

Menu:

Firehouse Buffet

Prices: $25 members and guests. $15 unemployed members and students

Reservations:  

Click here to register online or call (401) 825-8572. If unable to attend after making reservations, please cancel by November 12th.

ASQ Recertification: Dinner meeting earns 0.3 RU