Trish Priddy Named Vice President
Hollywood, MD –
22 March 2010 – Smartronix is pleased to announce the
promotion of Trish Priddy to the position of Vice President,
Quality Assurance.
Trish joined Smartronix in 1999 as an Acquisitions Specialist
supporting the company’s purchasing and logistics requirements.
During her tenure she has performed a variety of other duties,
including: subcontracting, product sales and marketing, and
supporting accounts payable and travel. Since 2003 Trish’s
primary focus has been on developing and implementing
Smartronix’ Quality Management System (QMS).
Building on the company’s long time philosophy of "sustained
excellence through continuous improvement" Trish successfully
led the organization’s registration to ISO 9001:2000 in
January, 2005; followed by the CMMI® maturity level 3 rating in
August, 2006. Since then she has continued to serve as the
Quality Management Representative responsible for the
maintenance and growth of the QMS, including: applying both
ISO and CMMI principles to the Engineering Solutions-Products
business unit, working closely with the purchasing department to
achieve the "approved" Contractor Purchasing System Review
(CPSR) rating, and updating the ISO registration to
9001:2008.
Trish is a senior member of the American Society for Quality
(ASQ) and has been a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational
Excellence (CMQ/OE) since 2007.