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Arrangements Chair
American Society of Quality
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American Society of Quality Dinner Forum
Speaker Topic: "Entrepreneurship Quality"
Premise:
Was Musk right regarding his five-year predictions?
Background:
“Quality never goes out of Style” the Levi Strauss & Co. way
The Content:
The Life of a Lean Startup - Will medical technology eliminate the need for country structure, reduce errors and improve life performance?
- Using technology to solve infrastructure issues
- Globalization of markets
- What does team and leadership have to do with it?
- Exporting Western technology how to overcome cultural bias
- Are the measurements for success correct?
Mr. Stephen Goveia, MBA, CPA, GPHR
Speaker Biography:
Steve is a global leader with private equity and venture capital experience; twice been member of teams who developed business plans from concept to billion dollar enterprises. He is an expert at pre-acquisition due diligence and managing infrastructure transformation after mergers and acquisitions. He was an early stage advisor to Cisco, McAfee, Polycom, LeapFrog and SEGA. Currently, Mr. Goveia is the global head of strategy for NCORD Healthcare LLC., an early stage medical records company and interim COO for iNORBIS technology a mobile application.
He has over 30 years of experience in the international business world as an entrepreneur and consultant to businesses in education management, healthcare, and software, and as Chief Executive Officer of Sybersay Communications, an early Bluetooth device and software company. He was awarded the first Entrepreneur Extraordinaire Award by the Bryan School of Business University of North Carolina for his teaching and mentorship to entrepreneurs. His work has been recognized by Money Magazine, and he has lectured on leadership and entrepreneurship at the ILA and Academy of Management.
He enjoys teaching and speaking on entrepreneurship and is an author of his own curriculum on entrepreneurship, The 86400 Program. His research interests include the study of the conative faculty of the mind – as a predictor of entrepreneurship skills. Steve is the Entrepreneur in Residence at Dominican University, and lecturers on accounting ethics at the graduate level with St. Mary’s College of California.
Steve earned an MBA from the University of South Carolina, is a licensed CPA, and was certified as a GPHR and former Army Captain. He has served on several technology boards and currently on the Board of CreaTV.
Meeting agenda:
- 5:00 - 5:30 - Check In & Registration
- 5:30 - 6:10 - Networking
- 6:15 - 6:55 - Dinner
- 6:55 - 7:10 - Section Business: John Latimer, Section Chair,
- 7:10 - 8:25 - Mr. Stephen Goveia: Entrepreneurship Quality.
- 8:25 - 8:30 - Door Prize drawing
Registration- a three part process:1) having a meal? and 2) select meal if you are having one 3) pay for the meal via PayPal
- Advance $35
- Late/Walk-in $40
- Unemployed $20
- Presentation only and special guests $0
Note: Advance registration ends at midnight Monday, May 16th.
Cancellation Policy: no refunds will be available unless you notify us before Monday night at midnight.
The ASQ Silicon Valley Leadership Team hopes to see you all at our dinner meeting!