M. Nadeem Khaliq
Nadeem is Chairman of AOQ NSW. He is the Director Strategic Business Development for Austech Sydney Laboratories
Nadeem holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Biochemistry, and Master of Philosophy in Biochemistry with special projects on clinical studies. He is qualified Lead Assessor and Lead Auditor. He has 17 years in depth experience in small business management.
He specialises in pharmaceutical marketing and medical research projects. He oversights the process of NATA accreditation and ISO certification of pathology laboratories. He is the founding member of a Sydney private pathology lab with branches in other countries since 1998. Nadeem has active input in driving the quality and measurement of uncertainty in pathology lab for many years.
Michael W. McLean
Michael is Deputy Chairman of AOQ NSW.
-FAICD, FAOQ, Juran Medalist
-Managing Director MMC Pty Ltd (Est. 1988)
-IMIA Senior Associate to Department of Industry & Investment’s NSW Manufacturing Council
-Enterprise Connect NSW and VIC Strategy and Lean implementation consultant
Robert Gilchrist
Robert is the General Secretary of AOQ NSW and member of AOQ NSW Board since 2001. Educated at University of Sydney, MA with thesis in experimental neuropsychology.
Support and Development Manager, Sunnyfield (22 years). Engaged in implementation of ISO 9000 (QMS), HAACP, DESQA certification. Currently engaged in strategy & planning section. Previously, Psychologist at The Spastic Centre of NSW (Nine years).
President Manly Community Centre (2005 -).
Lou MAGRITZER
Lou is the Treasurer of AOQ NSW
Austrian (to 1955) & Australian (1956 to 2009) Industry Experience & Consulting Roles: 30 years plus; Aircraft, Automotive, Telecom, Furniture; Ground Engineer/ Quality Engineer/Quality Manager, Proprietor, CEO, Board member incl. USA/Aus Aerospace Project QA Rep/ Source Inspector/ Auditor for Australia since 2000. AQACI (Australian QA Consultants International & Oz-Lean Six Sigma Partners): Foundation President since 1970. Email: amagritzer@optusnet.com.au
Education: Technical High School, BULME, Graz; TAFE-NSW, Prod. Engineering & Tool Design Certificates; UNSW/ IAEx, Diploma, International Management.
Certifications / Registrations: Past: ASQ-CQE; ASQ-CQA, USA Cal. Registered PE in QE; AOQ-CQP. Current: ASQ-CSSGB.
RAB-QSA Registered ISO 9001 and AS 9100 Aerospace Experienced Lead Auditor;
Membership/Roles: IAQ- Academician; AOQ- Hon. Fellow/Past President; AOQ-NSW- Board Member & Past Chairman; APQO- Life Member; ASQ -Senior Member; CQI- Member; WQC- Foundation VP; SAE- Senior Member; IAME-Member; College of Juran Medallists- Foundation President; IQA-Aust: Committee Member; ISO-TC176-SA-QR008 QMS Member-AOQ endorsed.
QA/QE Experience: TQM/Lean/Six Sigma Presentations/ Papers/ Training/ Lecturing/ Consulting / Coaching Assignments; Master Trainer Plexus Corp. AUT & South Africa 2000; AOQ/ASQ Certification Schemes Trainer; WHO-Technical Specialist/ Trainer- Food Safety/ ISO 22000; DAP/APO & San Miguel, Manila; Lean SS Courses in China ~ 10 Universities & Q-Orgs; Thailand- 3 UNIs; AOQ-ACT, DOD -SS 2000; International Conference Presentations: > 24; Appointed Visiting Prof. in 3 Chinese Universities.
Volunteer Activities: Sydney Olympics 2000- Volunteer Driver; Beijing Olympics 2008- Honorary Volunteer; Parramatta Toastmasters.
Shan Ruprai
Shan Ruprai JM, is the National President of AOQ Australia and senior advisor to the Executive Board of Directors of AOQ NSW. He is the President of Asia Pacific Quality Organisation and the Chairman of the Australian Institute of Business Improvement.
Shan is Board member of the Accreditation review of JAS-ANZ. He has also served on the advisory boards of International Certification Bodies.
He was the Chairman of WSAA-QAN (37 major government owned water utilities of Australia) for 10 years. Shan had active input in revising ISO Standard 9001:2008 via QR/8 and QR/2. He had active input in designing and implementing the NSW (Australia) Government Quality Assurance Policy that was launched by the Deputy Premier in 1993.
Shan has in-depth experience both in public and private sectors specialising in Quality, Risk Management, OHS&R, EMS, Lean Six Sigma, Process Re-engineering, Corporatisation, Restructuring, Best Practice, Benchmarking, Contract Law, Balanced Scorecard, Business and Strategic Planning.
Shan has delivered many papers on a variety of management topics. Shan's achievements have been acknowledged in the media with over 82 publications translated into many languages. Shan is a Juran Medallist.
Vas KANDIAH is a Board Member of AOQ-NSW and the Chair of the AOQ-NSW Training Committee. He is also the Six Sigma Master Black Belt (SSMB) for the AOQ and has launched the Six Sigma training program for the AOQ-NSW Board and its corporate and individual members.
Vas has several years of Six Sigma process improvement experience and he is an ASQ (American Society for Quality) certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).
Vas' industry experience includes health, information technology, telecommunications, defense and solar energy. As a Manager for data quality and information Vas has introduced DMAIC and implemented several operational process improvement initiatives to Medicare Australia. As a Six Sigma Work Stream Leader and a Senior Office Vas has implement improvement initiatives to Telstra Australia's corporate forecasting process. Vas's Senior Management roles at Telstra also include Principle Engineer, Manager Communications and Senior business Analyst. In the IT space Vas is now involved in managing the quality functions of a major IT project as part of the National E-Health initiatives at NEHTA Ltd.
Vas is also the Chairman of High Tech Solar Pty Ltd. which is committed to renewable energy program for rural area development.
Vas completed his MBA in E-business Management at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and his BSc degree in Engineering at the University of Middlesex, UK.
Sanford (Sandy) Larson
Sandy Larson is Special Advisor to AOQ-NSW. He holds a Bachelor of Science majoring in Chemistry. He is a past ASQ certified Quality Engineer and also holds certificate in Education. Sandy had an active role in auditing applicants for Australian Design Awards. Sandy has many years of management experience in a number of industries including HACCP Food Safety Programmes, HACCP audits, Quality Management, ISO9001, compliance to sanitation and GMP standards.
He is an expert in JIT, SPC, web design, statistics and databases. He has an ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt.
Jane Yue Li
As part of her role as a mechanical design engineer for an international consulting firm, Jane is in charge of quality assurance.
A graduate of Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Jane moved to Australia in March 2001. She has a master's degree in engineering management (University of Technology Sydney), and is in the process of completing a second master's degree, at the University of Sydney in sustainable design.
While studying at UTS Jane began attending the AOQ NSW forums, becoming one of the youngest members of AOQ-NSW, joining the board in 2006.
William (Bill) J. NASH
Bill has been working with quality and continuous improvement management systems since 1991, and is currently a divisional quality & continuous improvement manager for a major Australian multinational engineering company.
Trained and qualified in the UK as a mechanical and production engineer, his career is founded in electronic and electrical systems and includes experience in a variety of industries including; water infrastructure, mining, petrochemical and metals refining, telecoms & digital television, defence/ aerospace, roads, rail-freight infrastructure, mechanical handling, industrial power transmission, food processing, packaging, tourism, printing, publishing, market research, security, and medical practice management.
He has assisted over two dozen organisations with their quality management programmes and has been involved with certification to the ISO 9001, AS/NZS 4801, ISO 14001, IEC Ex, & ISO 20252 standards.
Bill is a Certified Quality Practitioner, Qualified Quality Auditor, an Executive Member of the Australian Organisation for Quality, and has a Graduate Diploma in Management.
Bill has worked with many voluntary organisations including the executives of the NSW Parents Council - serving as President and Secretary, the Australian Parents Council, and Young Achievement NSW.
