Tutorial Workshops

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Mr. Schwartz completed training at Lowry AFB in 1989 and was honorably discharged after 11 years of serving in the US Army. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Computer Science. After leaving the military, he spent the first five years as Intercal’s the lead developer writing automation calibration software before starting his own company. Since 2003, as the principle owner of Cal Lab Solutions, he worked to developed the world’s largest library of MET/CAL® procedures as well as designed and developed a whole new metrology software platform, Metrology.NET®.  

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Michael Johnston is the Software Portfolio Product Manager at Fluke. His extensive experience in calibration, metrology, measurement uncertainty and mathematical analysis was honed at Fluke, Northrop Grumman, SIMCO Electronics and the US Army. He holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from SUNY Empire State. 

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Mr. Prasanth S Ramakrishnan is the Senior Manager working for International Accreditation Service (IAS). He is a Mechanical Engineer with a Masters’ in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University.  He is active member of technical organizations such as American Society of Quality (ASQ) and member of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) proficiency testing committee. 

He has conducted numerous assessments and training sessions on conformity assessment standards for many testing and calibration laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025.  He also conducted many assessments across other conformity assessment standards. His expertise is focused on management systems, mechanical and geotechnical sectors. He has participated and presented in technical discussions, accreditation criteria meeting hearings, miscellaneous conferences and trade shows.  

Praful Yelve is working as Technical Liaison- South Asia with IAS and he is responsible for engaging with customers by providing technical support and handling their queries to meet their expectations. Praful also conducts test and calibration laboratory assessment as a lead and technical assessor as per ISO/IEC 17025 and qualified assessor for ISO17020 and ISO17021-1 too. 

Praful was previously employed as the General Manager for Indian Conglomerate Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd. and headed their Calibration & Inspection business for more than 15 years before joining IAS in year 2020. He is member of technical organizations such as Metrology Society of India (MSI) and NCSL International (NCSLI). He also conducts training/workshop related to laboratory activities such as ISO17025 Awareness, Internal Auditing, Measurement Uncertainty, Metrology and Calibration, Risk Assessment etc.  

Mr. Yelve’s academic background includes a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with experience in Calibration, Testing, Inspection and additionally he has done several certification courses in calibration and testing domain. 

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Selecting, Implementing, and Maintaining a Calibration Management Software System is a critical process for a calibration laboratory, especially in a regulated environment. However, there are few examples or documents that explain this process from a user’s perspective. The objective of this paper is to explain the selection process, the implementation process, and the maintaining process, while providing examples of the documentation used and to pass along lessons learned.

The following topics will be discussed: 

• Selection Process Overview with a focus on how to “Develop Business Requirements”
• Implementation Process Overview with a focus on the “System Development and Validation Life Cycle”
• Maintaining Process Overview with a focus on “Configuration Management and Change Control.” 

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Walter Nowocin is the Life Sciences Product Manager for IndySoft Corporation. Walter works with development, marketing, and sales to ensure that IndySoft is optimized to support calibration quality systems in regulated industries while being compliant with FDA, GMP, and ISO requirements. Walter has over 35 years of calibration experience with Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device manufacturer, as a Calibration Department Senior Engineering Manager and with the United States Marine Corps as a Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Master Sergeant. Walter is Co-Chair of the NCSL International Healthcare Metrology Committee and is the Coordinator of the NCSLI Minnesota Section. Walter is the recipient of the 2023 NCSLI Education and Training Award and is a Co-Author of the Third Edition of the ASQ Metrology Handbook. Walter has a Masters in Engineering Management degree from St. Cloud State University, Minnesota and is a Fellow of the American Society of Engineering Management. 

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Since 2017, the basis for the calibration of torque wrenches has been ISO 6789:2017 . This standard requires the determination of b-parameters, which characterize the characteristics and parameters of torque wrenches.

What is behind these b-parameters, how great is the influence of geometric effects of the drive part, the fluctuation due to the adapter, the torque application point and the repeatability on the calibration result and the application in practice.

The seminar explains ISO 6798-2 and the influences can be experienced in practical exercises. 

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Peter Jäger: born in 1959 entered the world of professional metrology in 1981 with about 4 years of training as a calibration technician. Most of this training took place with the US Air Force in Denver, Colorado. From 1991, he was head of a mobile calibration laboratory; later he was head of a calibration laboratory for temperature for several years, achieving the accreditation. After a period as a project manager for calibration projects, which also included the creation of calibration procedures, he moved to the management of measuring and testing equipment for a large public authority. From there, he successfully completed his training as a DGQ quality manager and was then primarily responsible for the development, establishment and operation of an effective and standard-compliant quality management system. He currently works for a leading global metrology company as head of an accredited calibration laboratory and training manager for metrology seminars. 

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I have ± 30 years of experience working in a calibration laboratory in various fields of calibration. One of the specialist fields is temperature, where I calibrated equipment’s such as Nobel and base metal thermocouples. Platinum resistance thermometers, digital and liquid-in-glass thermometers, ovens, furnaces, incubators, autoclaves, dry well calibrators etc. 

I am a consultant using my expertise in various international standards. As a consultant in ISO/IEC 17025:2017 I assisted laboratories in obtaining accreditation for calibration laboratories in various fields, testing laboratories in various fields and stack emission sampling laboratories. As a consultant for ISO/IEC 17020:2012 I assisted inspection bodies in obtaining accreditation in the field of occupational hygiene, textile, clothing, leather, and footwear and in the field of electrical inspections. 

I present training in the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and ISO/IEC 17020:2012, Uncertainty of Measurement, Internal Auditing, and various technical fields. I have up to date presented these training courses customer specific. 

I used to be a SANAS contracted technical assessor in South Africa for temperature calibrations as well as force torque and harness, from 2005 until 2015, and was a member of the temperature special technical committee and the chairman of the force, torque, and hardness special technical committee. I was also in these fields part of work groups that compiles additional requirement documents for SANAS 

I am currently a contracted assessor for ANAB in various calibration fields and I am proud to be working as a contracted assessor for ANAB. 

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This tutorial teaches how to apply decision rules in order to comply with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 regarding statements of conformity (e.g. pass/fail, in-tolerance or out-of-tolerance).  The tutorial is appropriate for both beginners in this subject and people with high levels of expertise.  Many decision rules are covered along with their level of false accept and false reject risk.  Original reference papers are also provided along with examples and how to use different free software to make the analysis work easier. 

 Attendees are encouraged to bring laptop computers. 

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Jeff is the Chief Corporate Metrologist for Fluke.  Since joining in 2010, he has driven improvements in measurement quality for engineering, manufacturing and service activities for Fluke and Fortive organizations around the world.  He has been a key contributor to development of international standards and practices for calibration laboratories, and a writing group member for ISO 17025:2017, ISO 17043:2010 and ILAC P14-2020.  In 2011 Jeff was recognized by the Measurement Science Conference for outstanding contributions and leadership in metrology, and in 2017 was named a Fluke Fellow, the highest technical award for the company.  Prior to joining Fluke, Jeff has co-authored publications with NIST and served as a consultant to NIST and UNIDO.  Jeff has a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University in physics. 

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EMIL HAZARIAN, Prof. Dipl. Ing. 

Quality Assurance, MS 

Mechanical Engineer, MS 

Metrology, BS 

Professor CSU Dominguez Hills,  

MSQA/BSQA Programs, 

Measurement Science Conference (President 2011) – NIST Seminars, Tutorials. ASQ-CCT 

NCSLI Member Delegate 

International Accreditation Services Technical Advisory Council Member 

213-392-2495, emil.hazarian@csudh.edu 

Professor Emil Hazarian, has an extensive experience in Metrology, Quality Assurance, Standardization, Engineering, and Manufacturing. He was tasked by the US Department of Commerce as Advisor in Quality Management, Standardization and Metrology for Europe and acted as an advisor for professional groups from NIST, NASA, JPL, Southern California Edison and other large companies.  

  Professor Hazarian is currently teaching metrology classes in MSQA/BSQA Programs, at CSU Dominguez Hills. He is member of the International Accreditation Services Technical Advisory Council 

  He authored and contributed to several metrology books including: 

• “The Metrology Handbook”, ASQ Press, 2004 (2011), co-author.
• “Elements of Measurement Techniques”, 2000.
• “Mechanical Variables Measurement”, CRC Press, 2000, co-author. 
• “Handbook of Measuring Instrumentation and Sensors”, CRC Press, 1999, co-author.
• “Mass Measurement Techniques”, NIST/OWM contract, 1995.

He also is the author of more than 50 technical articles, lectures and tutorial workshops on metrology-accreditation-standardization-quality related topics delivered at the metrology conferences, including California State University Dominguez Hills, MSC, NCSLI, IMEKO, NSWC Corona Division, California, US Navy, Spanish Air Force (SAF), Indian Navy, and more. 

Emil Hazarian is also a Certified Lead ISO 9001 and Lean Six Sigma Assessor, as well as a Lead Quality and Technical Assessor for ISO 17025 accreditation bodies. 

2023 Anniversaries Highlights: 

• Metrology/Engineering – 56 yrs. 
• Quality Assurance – 36 yrs.
• University Teaching – 26 yrs.
• Measurement Science Conference – 36 yrs.

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Praful Yelve is working as Technical Liaison- South Asia with IAS and he is responsible for engaging with customers by providing technical support and handling their queries to meet their expectations. Praful also conducts test and calibration laboratory assessment as a lead and technical assessor as per ISO/IEC 17025 and qualified assessor for ISO17020 and ISO17021-1 too. 

Praful was previously employed as the General Manager for Indian Conglomerate Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd. and headed their Calibration & Inspection business for more than 15 years before joining IAS in year 2020. He is member of technical organizations such as Metrology Society of India (MSI) and NCSL International (NCSLI). He also conducts training/workshop related to laboratory activities such as ISO17025 Awareness, Internal Auditing, Measurement Uncertainty, Metrology and Calibration, Risk Assessment etc.  

Mr. Yelve’s academic background includes a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering with experience in Calibration, Testing, Inspection and additionally he has done several certification courses in calibration and testing domain. 

Mr. Prasanth S Ramakrishnan is the Senior Manager working for International Accreditation Service (IAS). He is a Mechanical Engineer with a Masters’ in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University.  He is active member of technical organizations such as American Society of Quality (ASQ) and member of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC) proficiency testing committee. 

He has conducted numerous assessments and training sessions on conformity assessment standards for many testing and calibration laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025.  He also conducted many assessments across other conformity assessment standards. His expertise is focused on management systems, mechanical and geotechnical sectors. He has participated and presented in technical discussions, accreditation criteria meeting hearings, miscellaneous conferences and trade shows.  

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Instructor: 

EMIL HAZARIAN, Prof. Dipl. Ing. 

Quality Assurance, MS 

Mechanical Engineer, MS 

Metrology, BS 

Professor CSU Dominguez Hills,  

MSQA/BSQA Programs, 

Measurement Science Conference (President 2011) – NIST Seminars, Tutorials. ASQ-CCT 

NCSLI Member Delegate 

International Accreditation Services Technical Advisory Council Member 

213-392-2495, emil.hazarian@csudh.edu 

Professor Emil Hazarian, has an extensive experience in Metrology, Quality Assurance, Standardization, Engineering, and Manufacturing. He was tasked by the US Department of Commerce as Advisor in Quality Management, Standardization and Metrology for Europe and acted as an advisor for professional groups from NIST, NASA, JPL, Southern California Edison and other large companies.  

  Professor Hazarian is currently teaching metrology classes in MSQA/BSQA Programs, at CSU Dominguez Hills. He is member of the International Accreditation Services Technical Advisory Council 

  He authored and contributed to several metrology books including: 

• “The Metrology Handbook”, ASQ Press, 2004 (2011), co-author.
• “Elements of Measurement Techniques”, 2000.
• “Mechanical Variables Measurement”, CRC Press, 2000, co-author. 
• “Handbook of Measuring Instrumentation and Sensors”, CRC Press, 1999, co-author.
• “Mass Measurement Techniques”, NIST/OWM contract, 1995.

He also is the author of more than 50 technical articles, lectures and tutorial workshops on metrology-accreditation-standardization-quality related topics delivered at the metrology conferences, including California State University Dominguez Hills, MSC, NCSLI, IMEKO, NSWC Corona Division, California, US Navy, Spanish Air Force (SAF), Indian Navy, and more. 

Emil Hazarian is also a Certified Lead ISO 9001 and Lean Six Sigma Assessor, as well as a Lead Quality and Technical Assessor for ISO 17025 accreditation bodies. 

2023 Anniversaries Highlights: 

• Metrology/Engineering – 56 yrs. 
• Quality Assurance – 36 yrs.
• University Teaching – 26 yrs.
• Measurement Science Conference – 36 yrs.

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Mark has over 35 years of experience in multiple industries developing QMS and implementing TQM, Six Sigma, and the Toyota Production System/Lean (TPS).  He has been serving in a variety of engineering roles internally and with customers and suppliers.  

During the last 20 years he has served on the Education Committee of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Orange Empire Section where he is the instructor for many of the ASQ Certification Preparation Courses. 

Mark has been working for 20 years at Disneyland as a Principal Engineer supporting Safety, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Supplier Management.  He is an adjunct Professor at CSUF teaching Quality and Project Management for the last 10 years and received the Part Time Instructor of the Year Award. He also serves on the MSC committee. 

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Miguel Cerezo is currently the Facilities and Engineering Site Head at Kite Pharma’s flagship T-Cell therapy commercial manufacturing facility (TCF03) in El Segundo, California. He has responsibility for all engineering, maintenance, construction project management, calibration and EHS operations at the site.  He joined Kite in 2018 serving as Head of Facilities, Engineering and Operations for Kite’s network of Research, Development and clinical Manufacturing Centers located in Santa Monica and Emeryville, CA as well as in Gaithersburg, MD. 

Prior to this, Miguel was a founding Engineering Technical Director in Amgen’s Corporate Engineering Technical Authority.  As the recognized company subject matter expert in the fields of Instrumentation, Measurement, Reliability and Controls, he led a team of 4 engineers and 10 other technical staff and was responsible for company-wide ownership and establishment of Engineering Standards, Specifications and Maintenance Requirements for Instrumentation and Controls.  Miguel was Amgen’s Corporate Calibration and Maintenance Quality Process Owner, its Maintenance and Operations Global Network Leader and served in the capacity of its Chief Metrologist.  Also, he was the corporate business process owner of Amgen’s global instance Maximo engineering asset management system.   

Upon coming to Amgen in 1996, he proceeded to quickly advance in escalating levels of management responsibility within the Thousand Oaks Site Facilities and Engineering organization culminating in becoming Director of Facilities and Engineering, where he oversaw all aspects of F&E operations at Amgen’s Thousand Oaks (ATO) headquarters facility.  As the ATO Site F&E Head, Miguel led an organization of 130 staff members and was accountable for all organizational activities including safety, compliance, operations, budgeting ($55M expense and $40M capital annually) and staffing of multiple departments including Engineering, Site Project Management, Work Order Planning and Administration, Site Utilities and Operations, Maintenance, and Instrumentation.  

Prior to joining Amgen, Miguel spent 10 years at Cal Tech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) under contract with NASA where he began his technical career in the Earth Orbiting Systems Group focusing on the development and worldwide field operation of precision sub-centimeter accuracy GPS receivers and microwave water vapor radiometers used in tectonic geodesy and very long baseline interferometry. Subsequently, Miguel was a member of the technical staff in the JPL Instrumentation Section where he developed and implemented testing and calibration solutions for the Spacecraft Environmental Testing Laboratory and the Metrology Standards Laboratory.  During this time, he contributed to the mission success of many NASA space flight projects including Galileo, Cassini, Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field and Planetary Camera, Mars Pathfinder, Sojourner Mars Rover and TOPEX/Poseidon among many others. Additionally, Miguel had primary responsibility for the Active Cavity Radiometer Pyrheliometer system that was deployed to the World Radiation Center in Davos Switzerland to establish and maintain the World Radiometric Reference for solar irradiation measurements. 

A fixture in professional societies and industry forums with numerous published technical papers and presentations to his credit, including contributions to the ISPE GAMP Good Practice Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to Calibration Management, NCSLI RP-15: Inter-laboratory Comparisons and NASA Reference Publication RP 1342 Metrology, Calibration and Measurement Process Guidelines,  Miguel attributes much of his professional success to the teaching and mentoring that he received from senior colleagues while serving as a Program Manager for the NASA headquarters sponsored Metrology and Calibration Working Group and as the NCSLI Region 8 Los Angeles Section Coordinator during his formative years.   

Presently, Miguel is the committee treasurer and Board Chairman of Measurement Science Conference. Additionally, Miguel served as a Board Director for the Los Angeles Chapter of the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers.   

On a personal note, Miguel, a native of Madrid Spain, his wife and family live in Thousand Oaks, California.  Apart from enjoying epic family road trips, his past times include fishing and golfing (badly), rooting on his favorite hockey team (GO KINGS GO!) and sorting through the massive Bronze Age comic book collection he’s managed to assemble.  He holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Occidental College and a Master of Science degree from CSU Dominguez Hills in Quality Assurance. 

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Ian Ciesniewski is currently a Technical Director for Mettler Toledo Inc. and has been with the company for over twenty-two years. Before his current position, he held that of Market Manager for two years.  Ian has also lived in Switzerland for three years as a Corporate Sales Trainer and in the United Kingdom for over five years in Sales. 

As Technical Director for Mettler Toledo, Ian manages the Mass Metrology business in the United States. He provides technical direction in technical Metrology and regulatory issues. He is also responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the scientific measurement market, specifically, regulatory compliance for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries. Ian also delivers technical education and development to MT lab weighing sales forces in North America. 

Ian holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Keele University and holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from The University of Manchester 

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Mr. Carrillo is a Southern California native, born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley.  He attended Cal Poly Pomona where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science.  Mr. Carrillo joined the L.A. County Dept. of Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures in 2004 as an Associate Inspector in the Price Verification Division, serving the next 7 years in Weights & Measures regulatory activities.  In 2011, Mr. Carrillo became Supervisor of the Business Practices/ Investigation Division, directing Packaged Commodity (Quantity Control) Inspection, Package Labeling Enforcement, Weighmaster Regulation, Undercover Test Purchase (transaction verification), and other retail transaction and motor fuel fraud investigation activities.  In October 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of the Business Practices/Investigation Division.  Mr. Carrillo has spent 18 years conducting Weights & Measures regulatory activities and now overseeing Weights and Measures regulatory operations within his current division assignment.