Chair's Message

October 2025

On September 23, 2025 the Granite State section held a well attended membership meeting. The speaker was Sai Ranjith Ramakrishnan Kumar who presented on "Navigating SaMD: The Critical Role of Quality in Software-Based Medical Device".

The presentation elicited some good questions from the group as well as a discussion following the presentation.

ASQ Sections have a process to select leaders for each successive year. The Section Leadership Team for 2026 is described below as well as the process.

After the transition of Pine Tree members to Granite State, we are planning to hold at least one meeting in Maine (probably in the greater Portland area) this year. We will announce the meeting when the plans are final.

We continue work with other sections to provide opportunities for Granite State to learn about quality topics and to earn Recertification Units, RUs. Information about some of the meetings is below. Granite State members are welcome to attend and earn RUs. Some of the meetings are on-line, so there is an opportunity to attend without travel.

We would like to know about members who have recently earned a new certification. Please contact Dan O’Leary, the Section Chair, at doleary@memberleader.asq.org so we can announce your achievement in the Newsletter.

There are many opportunities to get involved. We need people to join the SLT, to speak at Membership Meetings, present at Educational Events, and to write Professional Development articles for this newsletter. To become involved please contact Dan O’Leary, the Section Chair, at doleary@memberleader.asq.org

Dan O’Leary CMDA, CQA, CQE, CRE, CSSBB