In the book, Tech Trending, Dr. Harrington was referred to as “the quintessential tech trender.” The New York Times referred to him as having a “…knack for synthesis and an open mind about packaging his knowledge and experience in new ways -characteristics that may matter more as prerequisites for new-economy success than technical wizardry”.

William Clinton, Past President of the U.S., appointed Dr. Harrington to serve as an Ambassador of Good Will.

Past presidents from the board of ASQ and IOQ. And a founding member of APQO and a founding President of APQO.

Com. Shan Ruprai JM has over 30 years in-depth experience at the senior executive level both in government and private sectors in Australia, specialising in restructures, reengineering, financial management, business and strategic planning, governance, corporate quality, risk management, corporatisation, outsourcing, privatisation, international benchmarking, Australian and International business awards for governments and the private sectors, 360 degree reviews, tender board, probity management, investigations, international auditing, best in class framework for risk, work health safety, environment measurement and reporting.

Shan is Senior Jury member of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Dubai. Jury to the Prime Minister of Dubai ADAEP UAE since 2016. He is Director General ANZ for World Council for Total Quality Education since 2014. He is mentor to the NSW Government Safety Regulator since 2016. Shan is Companion of the IAQ.

Shan is decorated with the prestigious International Juran Medal (JM) for his services to the Australian Public and Private sectors and many other national and international awards and winner of the NSW Government Safety Regulator’s Individual Innovation Award for the Best Safety Strategy and winner of the AAPA 2019 innovation award for the Design & Accreditation of the Chain of Responsibility Framework for legal legislative requirements. Shan holds Director’s membership with the Directors Institute of Australia. He is the Chairman of the Australian Institute of Business Improvement. Held advisory position with the NSW Government Public Sector Efficiency Awards.

Shan held Senior Executive Services positions with the Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW Government Finance Department, Sydney Water Corporation, Department of Housing, Australian Department of Defence, Accreditation Review Board member of JAS-ANZ (Australian & New Zealand Governments Regulator) International Standards Certifications, Chairman of WASQAN (Network of 32 major Water Authorities of Australia), Chairman of the Australian Organisation for Quality NSW, was President and International Judge of APQO (19 Asia Pacific Quality Organisations for 9 years). Shan was guest of honor for TATA Dr. JJ Irani Awards in Jamshedpur and delivered compliance master classes to Dubai police and Montessori School. He is certified international ICAM investigator and international senior auditor. Shan’s achievements are noted in Google and many other search engines.

MIFLORA MINOZA-GATCHALIAN, PhD- CEO, Quality Partners Company, Ltd and retired U.P. full-Professor, earned her Doctorate’s degree from the University of Tokyo in Japan, Masters in Statistics and BS Food Technology from University of the Philippines (U.P.) She obtained with distinction, her post-grad Diploma in Industrial Q.C. from B.I.E, Netherlands. She received Awards for Global Excellence: UPAA most Distinguished Professional; “Academician Emeritus” and Agnes Zaludova Medal from the International Academy for Quality; “Jack Lancaster Award” and rank of ASQ Fellow from the American Society for Quality; “Magnolia Award for Excellence” from Shanghai Association for Quality. She promotes “SUGOD”, a culture-based approach to TQM which she and late husband Dr. Jose C. Gatchalian, developed. She is Founding President of Philippine Association of Food Technologists. Her book “Sensory Quality Measurement” is considered a “Bible” in the Philippine food industry. She is a “Life member” and Secretary-General emeritus of APQO having served APQO from its conception in 1981 until her retirement from APQO in 2004.

Chairman of Shanghai Shentong Metro Co., Ltd., President of Shanghai Association for Quality, Academician of IAQ. He holds a master’s degree in engineering and business administration, and is a professor-level senior engineer. He served successively as Executive Deputy Director of Shanghai Railway Bureau and President of Shanghai Metro Co., Ltd., and is currently Chairman of Shanghai Shentong Metro Co., Ltd., President of Shanghai Association for Quality.

Led by Yu Guangyao , Shentong Metro Group won the “2015 Shanghai Quality Gold Award”, “National Advanced Enterprise Special Award for Implementing Performance Excellence Model”, and “First Class Enterprise in Accordance with Work Safety Standardization of Transportation Enterprise”, He is the author of “Shanghai Urban Rail Networking Operation System”.

Pat La Londe is an executive in Supply Chain Management with expertise leading teams in all aspects of supply chain including supplier quality, procurement, global sourcing, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and integrations across diverse businesses. Pat is a Fellow member of ASQ, past Chair of the ASQ Board of Directors, and current core council member of APQO. She maintains professional certifications; Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) Quality Engineering (CQE), and Quality Auditing (CQA) from ASQ.

Rahmad Pribadi is the CEO of PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur, the biggest fertilizer company in Indonesia. Rahmad experienced as Director and CEO in several companies such as trading, oil & gas, and fertilizer company. Rahmad holds MPA from Harvard University and BBA from The University of Texas. Besides of professional life, Rahmad also involved in many social activities through various local and international organization: The Eisenhower Fellowships, PA, USA; The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and many more. Rahmad also earned a professional designation from the Institute of Internal Auditors, Florida, USA as a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Rahmad has a vision to provide maximum benefits to the environment by ensuring successful leader for the future.

Dr. Sid Ahmed Benraouane is a thought leader with more than 20 years of experience in multiple sectors, regions, and industries. He is the Chair of the United States ISO Working Group on Innovation Management System Standard (ISO 56002:2019) and a member of the ISO/SC 42

Join Committee in charge of developing set of international standards on Artificial Intelligence.

He advises government leaders in the MENA region on innovation and digital transformation. He is a speaker at the World Government Summit and BAIDEC/MEMTEC conference, Bahrain 2019. He also speaks at Big Data and Cloud Show (KSA), World Mobility and Autonomous Driving Show (UAE).

Dr. Benraouane published two books and a contribution on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in which he addresses the US national Artificial Intelligence strategy. Dr. Benraouane is a Certified Chief Innovation Officer. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and teaches at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA.

Zainon Bakar is currently the Director in the Organisational Excellence Development of Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) to institutionalise excellence practices in organisations in order to move their performance to the highest level and thrive in the competitive global market.

She holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA in 1998 and a Bachelor in Economics (Hons) from Northern University of Malaysia in 1989.

Zainon started her career as a Trainer in 1991 and later led the Policy Research (Technology) undertaking several studies in relation to ICT. In a short stint from 2006-2008, Zainon was responsible in overseeing the capacity development of NPC workforce to meet the global challenges.

From 2009 to 2019 Zainon oversees Malaysia’s competitiveness position and act as the liaison officer for Malaysia where MPC is the Partner Institute to the Institute for Management Development(IMD) and the World Economic Forum(WEF).

Mr. Sunil Thawani is an Author, Fellow, American Society for Quality (ASQ) and CEO, Quality Indeed Consulting Ltd. Dubai, UAE. He is International Consultant, Quality & Excellence, United Nations. Sunil has assisted many organizations in their transformation efforts using management systems approach, enhance business performance etc. His experience spans diverse industries such as Government, Banking, Digital, Family care, National Housing, Oil, Steel, Logistics, Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare etc. Sunil is recipient of prestigious ASQ Lancaster Medal for his dedication and outstanding contributions to the International Fraternity of Quality Professionals. He currently serves as Member, Board of Directors, Dubai Quality Group. He has served as Member, ASQ Board of Directors, Jury Member, Dubai Quality Award. He has the honor of meeting Prime Minister of India, U.A.E and several other Ministers from India, U.A.E., Ecuador, Lebanon, Slovenia, South Africa etc. He currently champions UN SDGs 2030. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Janardan Ghimire is the Immediate Past President of NQPCN (Sept 2014- 2nd Oct. 2018). He has worked UNDP in late 80’ and he moved towards being a computing entrepreneur in early 90’s by establishing Soft-Tech Computing Institution. He is an experienced consultant who possesses extensive knowledge and many years of experience in Quality, Environment, Food Safety, Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, Educational Organization Management System, Information Management System. He is a guest lecturer and model lecturer in colleges, lead auditor and tutor for quality, environment and occupational health and safety. He has contributed at the international arena to advocate learning and sharing quality practices as an author and speaker in ANQ congress and APQO international conference. ANQ Congress 2017 was successfully concluded under his leadership in Nepal as the host country. He has represented in APQO as a core council member in 2018 and Board Member of ANQ in Tokyo in 2019 and 2020.

A recipient of an international Individual Award from APQO in 2017 and of the prestigious National Quality award in 2015, Dr. Rey has been leading the Process Excellence, Analytics, & Transformation space of international companies, overseeing global teams in Data Science & Analytics, Process Automation & Innovation, Global Reporting, Operational Excellence, and ID Management. He is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and in Breakthrough Learning and Strategies for Training. Dr. Rey was a Part-time Faculty member of the National University of the Philippines, where he taught Total Quality Management, Business Statistics, and Strategic Management. He is a Global Advisor at the World Change Summit. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Institution Singapore in Business Administration and in Research and an Honorary Core Member of the Professional Certification of Quality Council for Operations Management of the Singapore Institute of Multidisciplinary Professions (SIMP). He is currently the President of the Philippine Society for Quality, Inc. (PSQ). He was an Assessor of the Global Performance Excellence Award and of the Philippine Quality Challenge (PQC). He appeared in local and international conferences either as a Resource Speaker, Keynote Speaker or as a Judge-Assessor. He was also a scholar of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT).

Budihartono is Adivisory Board Member of IQPMA (Indonesia Quality & Productivity Management Association) and Program Director of PT Wahana Kendali Mutu.

Since the 90s, Budihartono has experience in the fields of Research and Development, Information Technology, Project Management and Quality Management System development in Germany, Taiwan and Indonesia. Budihartono has been active as a judge at various quality conventions in few countries and has also served as a coach for hundreds of innovation teams.

Budihartono studied mechanical engineering at the University of Indonesia to earn a bachelor's degree in engineering and studied Automotive Engineering at the University of Applied Science Offenburg and earned a Master of Science degree.

Yousef Adnan Rayes is the Quality Management Manger of Aramco Asia Korea. He worked in Technology Management field and led several Quality Assurance teams at infrastructure & pipeline construction projects, oil & gas refining inspection and projects inspection engineering support. Yousef received his first quality medal at the 4th Annual Quality Forum for Energy and Industry in recognition of his contribution in developing remarkable Six Sigma project. Also he received multiple internal & external recognitions due to delivering knowledge transfer sessions to promote quality culture. He has a membership in Project Management Institute (PMI), Saudi Quality Council and Saudi Council of Engineers. He holds international certificates of Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP), ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Lead Auditor and Six Sigma - Green belt. He has Master degree in Environmental Engineering from King Abdullah for Science & Technology university and Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from King Abdulaziz University.

Agung Yunanto is Managing Director of Human Capital and General Affairs of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) and the Charmain of Excellence Forum of Indonesia State – Owned Enterprise.

Agung experienced as Director Human Capital & Legal of PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk and Director of Human Capital & Development of PT. Wika Beton, Tbk. He also experienced as President Commissioner in several companies such as toll road services, mining trade and services, and ICT Company.

He had studied civil engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology and General Management at IPMI International Business School & Monash University. Beside his formal education, he also studied Human Capital Strategic at Ashridge University, Leadership Development Strategic at London Business School, and Leading Strategic Change at Chicago Booth Business School.

Engr. Angelica Fraginal is the Managing Director and Senior Consultant of ACF Consultancy and Training Services, an outstanding management consulting and training organization in the Philippines.

Some of her expertise includes ISO Standards, Quality Improvement, Quality Workplace and Records Management, Productivity Measurement and Business Excellence. She assists organizations in logistics, manufacturing, academe, healthcare, BPO, constructions and engineering, maritime, travel and government sectors. She is the longest serving assessor and team leader of the Philippine Quality Award. By profession, she is an Industrial Engineer.

She is a recipient of various recognitions in the field of quality and productivity, given by the Philippine Society for Quality (PSQ) and Department of Trade and Industry for her outstanding dedication and volunteerism to promote quality and performance excellence in the country. Also, she has performed substantial services which contributed to the progress and development of PSQ, being a former president and a current board member.

Ravi Bhattarai is a technological enthusiast with love for free/open source technologies. Author & Co-Author of a dozen books on Technology & Quality circle and proactive advocate on use and application of problem solving in business, life and society.

He is a speaker with a national and international portfolio from Asia, USA to Europe on Quality Circle, Technology and Education. He had developed dozens of training and workshops on problem solving, team building, quality implementation and building agile culture among teams.

He has been facilitating Strategic Planning & Implementations on TQM/Hoshin Kanri through an integration with ERP system to several organizations and corporate houses. He brings a unique blend of ICT, Quality and Agility to any organization. He is Six Sigma, Black Belt Certified, Hoshin Kanri and QFD Qualified, Certified SCRUM Developer.

A long time TMI Member and Advanced Communicator GOLD and Advanced Leader Bronze, he has been helping organizations realize unique values and business advantages.

Mangalika de Silva is an ISO, British Standard and others auditor and trainer in quality, food safety, environment and occupational health and safety management systems. She is a Chartered Chemist and a Lawyer (LLB, Attorney-at-Law). Mangalika is the President for Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) and the President for Sri Lanka Association for Quality. Previously she worked at Sri Lanka Standards Institution in various capacities and as National Quality Award Examiner. Mangalika is a recipient of APQO’s MMG Medal for Professional Women in Global Quality Leadership 2010 and APQO Award for Woman in Quality Leadership 2016 in recognition of her contribution in promoting quality management in the region. She is a holder of BSc (Biology), MSc (Analytical Chemistry) and MBA from University of Colombo. Currently, Mangalika is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

Ravi is known and respected globally for his leadership and work in assisting organisations to improve performance through the implementation and adoption of Excellence Models (ABEF, EFQM), Improvement Methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, PDSA, Balanced Scorecard, Systems Thinking) and Tools (Promapp, Nintex, UIPath). He works with clients from diverse sectors ranging from aged care, through government to resources.

Ravi is passionate in his belief that a focus on Excellence and Innovation is of critical importance. He founded Thrive Plus to realise his passion. Ravi is a non-executive Director of the Australian Organisation for Quality and Business Excellence Australia. Based in Australia, Ravi also contributes to the promotion or Excellence globally through his participation in the Global Excellence Council and the ASQ Organisational Excellence Technical Committee.

Yulia Mikhaleva is Vice CEO of Russian System of Quality and Head of The Russian Government Quality Award Secretariat. She has 20 years of experience taking leadership positions in nuclear power and governmental bodies. She is an expert in various fields such as Strategic Business Development and Business Management, International Cooperation, Territorial Development, Human Capital Development, Tourism and Social Enterprises. Yulia is a member of various expert panels for Federal and International projects and competitions. Since 2016 she also represents Russian Federation in the Council of Europe (CoE) project (Cultural Routes). Currently, Yulia is a lecturer at Lomonosov Moscow State University for postgraduate and MBA programs. She is an author of various publications in the scientific, regional and industry resources. Yulia’s contribution was encouraged at various executive levels, she has a lot of awards including Diploma and Commemorative medal of the President of the Russian Federation.