A registered Lead Auditor, AIAG-approved QS-9000 Auditor, ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Reliability Engineer (CRE) and Quality Auditor (CQA), as well as a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), Ken was a Regional Manager for a Registrar, providing technical leadership and training for auditors, as well as developing market plans and auditing.  He has assisted in preparing companies for registration, trained ISO Lead Assessors and ISO/QS Internal Quality Auditors.  As a field Quality Engineer for AT&T, Ken used the 5M's of quality, Pareto Principle & Multivariate Analysis of Variance to assist AT&T's  suppliers eliminate abnormal variation in their product and achieve a higher level of quality system compliance.  He has held positions of Staff Engineer, Semiconductor Process & Product Engineer and Plasma Engineer.

Ken holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University and an MBA from Lewis University.  He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers.