Ken Willis Biography
Kenneth L. Willis
President and Principle Consultant
President and Principle Consultant
Q-Squared, Inc.
980 Terry Drive
Troy, Ohio 45373 USA
Mr. Willis is the founder and president of Q-Squared, Inc. Prior to starting his own management system support company in 1995, Mr. Willis was a training program developer for the Edison Community College Business and Industry Center serving the business community with regulatory compliance and technical support. In addition to providing various system support services, he has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors as a quality and environmental management system assessor, program developer and trainer, technology specialist, process engineer, and plant manager.
Mr. Willis holds a degree in Public Administration, and has been recognized by the American Society for Quality as a Certified Auditor (#12642) and by the RABQSA as a certified auditor with emphasis on ISO/TS 16949. (#73181). He was first registered as a Lead Auditor (92/05/5163) by P.E. Batalas in February of 1992. Mr. Willis has participated in and conducted numerous workshops for automotive applications of management system standards including the process approach to organizing and auditing management systems according to ISO/TS 16949 Rules 2 requirements. He has attended several registrar sponsored workshops in the areas of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO TS 16949, ISO 13485, ISO 17025, and SAE AS 9100. For the past fifteen years, he has developed and taught numerous quality courses with special emphasis on helping companies achieve compliance and registration to the requirements of ISO 9000 based management system standards.
In addition to creating and teaching courses at Edison and Clark State Colleges, Mr. Willis has performed training and consulting services for such companies as Motorola, Navistar, GM Powertrain ,Corning Glass, Robbins and Myers, AMEC/ Panasonic, and Alcoa, but specializes in small and medium sized companies. He has initiated and facilitated three ISO 9000 users’ groups, worked as a contracted auditor in several accredited registration assessments, and developed the concepts behind the qubeIMT system management software and the A+auditing service.
Complimenting his quality training, auditing and consulting, Mr. Willis has developed programs in international trade, safety and environmental compliance, ITAR and C-TPAT compliance, pollution prevention, organizational development and strategic planning.
980 Terry Drive
Troy, Ohio 45373 USA
Mr. Willis is the founder and president of Q-Squared, Inc. Prior to starting his own management system support company in 1995, Mr. Willis was a training program developer for the Edison Community College Business and Industry Center serving the business community with regulatory compliance and technical support. In addition to providing various system support services, he has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors as a quality and environmental management system assessor, program developer and trainer, technology specialist, process engineer, and plant manager.
Mr. Willis holds a degree in Public Administration, and has been recognized by the American Society for Quality as a Certified Auditor (#12642) and by the RABQSA as a certified auditor with emphasis on ISO/TS 16949. (#73181). He was first registered as a Lead Auditor (92/05/5163) by P.E. Batalas in February of 1992. Mr. Willis has participated in and conducted numerous workshops for automotive applications of management system standards including the process approach to organizing and auditing management systems according to ISO/TS 16949 Rules 2 requirements. He has attended several registrar sponsored workshops in the areas of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO TS 16949, ISO 13485, ISO 17025, and SAE AS 9100. For the past fifteen years, he has developed and taught numerous quality courses with special emphasis on helping companies achieve compliance and registration to the requirements of ISO 9000 based management system standards.
In addition to creating and teaching courses at Edison and Clark State Colleges, Mr. Willis has performed training and consulting services for such companies as Motorola, Navistar, GM Powertrain ,Corning Glass, Robbins and Myers, AMEC/ Panasonic, and Alcoa, but specializes in small and medium sized companies. He has initiated and facilitated three ISO 9000 users’ groups, worked as a contracted auditor in several accredited registration assessments, and developed the concepts behind the qubeIMT system management software and the A+auditing service.
Complimenting his quality training, auditing and consulting, Mr. Willis has developed programs in international trade, safety and environmental compliance, ITAR and C-TPAT compliance, pollution prevention, organizational development and strategic planning.
