With 30 years of trusted expertise in Aerospace, Defense (DoD), Federal Gov., Medical devices, in Systems and Software Engineering, and all aspects of IT services, Kris founded SQC in 2001 and still leads it. SQC provides consulting and independent bench-marking/appraisals/certifications , on the worlds best quality standards and models including CMMI, FDA, FAA, BD-CMM, NIST 800-171/ Cybersecurity Model Certification (CMMC) standard. SQC works with US DoD, their prime contractors, the Intnl. Defence/Aerospace organizations, and their key suppliers, & select multinational organizations to help build their capabilities. SQC has over 100+ B2B clients worldwide.Kris has been a Certified CMMI High Maturity Lead appraiser (CHMLA) since 23 years, a Certified trainer for CMMI, and PMI Certified Trainer for 'Live-Virtual', In-person and On-demand training on a variety of project management and technical topics, including statistics, high maturity, prediction modeling, data analytics, metrics, and many more. Kris also is a Certified BD-CMM Appraiser, and Trainer, on the BD-CMM the only best practice model in the World for better and smarter business-winning.SQC is a Certified Partner of CMMI Institute, (part of Information Systems Audit and Control Association(ISACA) , a Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) and one of the select providers of the Business Development Institute International (BD-Institute Int'l.) for best practices and performance benchmarking in Sales and Business Development. SQC is based in Phoenix, Arizona with offices in the Northern Virginia area (Herndon, VA), and Asia (India).Kris has grown SQC from a 2-people company to over 15 consultants and employees and achieved growth of over 300% in revenues and client base; a consistent CAGR of over 22% since inception. Prior to starting SQC, Kris has performed in varied capacities in software engineering, software management, Quality and certifications, marketing and business development in companies including Raytheon BBN Technologies, Coopers and Lybrand (now PWC), and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Ministry of Electronics, Government of India.Specialties: Aerospace, Defense, Healthcare and medical devices, Healthcare Management Information Systems, Business Development, High-end scientific Training and Education, Software Process Improvement, Software Engineering, Management