Time:5:15 - 6:45 p.m.Registration

5:30 - 6:15 p.m.Tutorial (ASQ Recertification - 0.3 RUs)

6:15 - 7:00 p.m.Buffet Dinner and Networking

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.Program (ASQ Recertification - 0.3 RUs)

Tutorial:“ASQ Baltimore Section Progress and Plans” – Executive Board Members

Program:“Mission Assurance Capability and Focus" – Elizabeth Iversen, Vice President,

Mission Assurance, Northrop Grumman

Location:Historical ElectronicsMuseum, 1745 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 410-765-0230

Museum Website:

Cost: FREE for Members of ASQ,MACN and Northrop Grumman employees!!

Thanks to Northrop Grumman for site sponsorship!

$20(discounted price!) for non-members!!

NOTE: Advance registration is required to receive a meal!!

RSVP:To register electronically, please go to the ASQ-Baltimore Section web page and click on the link "Reservations for next meeting". You may also register by calling the Section’s voice mail at 410-347-1453. Please register no later than Friday September 8th and remember to cancel the reservation if you are unable to attend the meeting. You will be billed for reservations that are made but not used. Also, let us know if you only want to attend the program, so that there will be seating available for you. In the event of inclement weather, call the Section's voicemail to check meeting status.

About the Tutorial: The Baltimore Section Executive Board will present plansfor the upcoming 2006/2007ASQ

session, inviting discussion and identifying opportunities to become more involved in future activities.

About the Program: The basic principles of Mission Assurance are not new. Mission Assurance reaches across the enterprise, supply base, business partners and customer base to enable customer/mission success. Mission Assurance is an engineering process to identify and mitigate design, production, test and field supportdeficiencies that could affect mission success. It includes the disciplined application of system engineering, riskmanagement, quality and management principles to achieve missionsuccess. Key is an independent technical assessment as a cornerstone throughout the entire design, development, testing, deployment and operations process. Mission assurance is a “cradle-to-grave” process. Sounds easy…… but how do you make it happen? What are the tools and methods that aid in this journey? How do you build Mission Assurance capability and focus?

About the Speaker: Elizabeth (Liz) Iversen is Sector Vice President, Mission Assurance, for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. Liz is a member of the Sector Policy Council and has executive responsibility for quality assurance, risk management, independent reviews and assessments, and such process improvement initiatives as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. Liz has over 20 years’ experience with commercial and defense companies in operations management, business strategy development and planning, strategic sourcing and process excellence implementation. She has held positions of great responsibility with Fortune 500 companies such as Hughes Aircraft Company, TRW, GE Capital, Gateway Company and most recently, she has served as Vice President of Worldwide Process Excellence for Johnson & Johnson.

Ms. Iversen received a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, business management and industrial psychology from IowaStateUniversity. She has completed a number of executive development programs, including the Strategic Planning and New Product Development Forum at HarvardUniversity, the Human Resources Executive Development Program at CornellUniversity and the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at Smith-Tuck.

Directions:

From Baltimore- Route 295 South (Baltimore Washington Parkway). Take West Nursery Road exit, turn left at light and go through four stoplights. Museum is on the left, next to the Marriott Hotel.

From Annapolis- Route 97 North. TakeBWIAirport exit. Right at first light onto Aviation Boulevard. Turn right at sixth light onto Elkridge Landing Road. Turn right at second light onto West Nursery Road. Museum is on the right, next to the Marriott Hotel.

From Washington- Route 295 North (Baltimore Washington Parkway). Take West Nursery Road exit, stay right on ramp. Go through three stoplights. Museum is on the left, next to the Marriott Hotel.

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