October 2014 - ASQ Central Arkansas Home Page

SECTION 1407 October 2014 Newsletter PLEASE JOIN US ON TUESDAY November 11th, 2014 in Little Rock at Corky’s BBQ on the topic of: Data Quality & AR Healthcare Exchange with guest speaker Tonmoy Dasgupta from Arkansas Health Connector Division (AHCD) If you would like to attend: Email [email protected]
(See below for location information) Tonmoy Dasgupta is the Director of IT Oversight &
Management, Arkansas Health Connector Division (AHCD)
within the Insurance Department. The Division has been
entrusted with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in
Arkansas as a Partnership Model state. The Division is also the
Health Insurance regulatory body for all Health Plans issued
through the state’s Medicaid Expansion called the “Private
Option” – the first of its kind in the US using private insurance
for the Medicaid population. His deputation in the state’s ACA
implementation started in November 2012 and before that Mr.
Dasgupta was the Enterprise Data Architect for Department of
IS, State of Arkansas. He has been working with the State of
Arkansas in multiple Data Management roles since 1998.
Mr. Dasgupta has over 24 years of experience in the IT industry in areas such as
Enterprise Data Strategy & Management, Data Architecture, Database Administration,
Development and Systems Analysis. He has worked in various industries including
Finance, Manufacturing, Retail, Government and now Health Insurance regulation.
Mr. Dasgupta started his career as a Mechanical Engineer after graduating from India’s
National Institute of Technology, Karnataka in 1988 but never looked back after
switching to India’s booming IT sector within a couple of years.
He is among the world’s first graduates in Information Quality having earned his
Masters from UALR, distinguishing himself as University’s Graduate of the Year in
2008. He has several certifications from IBM covering DBA and Developer roles in all
platforms. He is a DAMA International Certified Data Management Professional as well
as a Certified Data Governance Professional.
Mr. Dasgupta lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with his wife of 20 years and their two
children.
Dassault Falcon Jet This happy group of ASQ Section 1407 members and guests slowed down long enough
to have their photo taken in front of a Falcon F7X almost ready for delivery to its owner.
Connie Satzler, Quality Assurance Manager, pictured second from the right arranged
and coordinated the tour for our section. Tour guides Mike Bentley (not pictured), John
Denney, Dale Scroggins, Rick Wilson and Willie Baker gave our members and guests
an interesting and fact-filled tour of Dassault’s largest facility in the world.
The Completion Center in Little Rock, Arkansas is located at Little Rock National Airport, and employs about 1,800 people. Occupying nearly 1,000,000 total sq. ft., Little Rock is the largest Dassault facility in the world. Little Rock handles all phases of aircraft completions and modifications such as instrumentation, wiring, interiors, painting, engineering and flight testing. The Little Rock Completion Center is the main completion center for Falcon Jets worldwide. It is among the best equipped and most efficient in the world ‐‐ the envy of the completion industry. Little Rock is also home to one of DFJ’s company‐owned service centers, Dassault Aircraft Services (DAS). The facility is 100% dedicated to supporting only the Falcon product line. It operates as a “one‐stop shop,” servicing all Falcon models with inspections, maintenance and repair needs. Atteentio
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2014/2015 Program Schedule Month Schedule of Events
Location
UALR coach Chris Curry ‐ Quality in Dickey‐
August Baseball Stephens Sept Bill Craddock ‐ Business Excellence Models Corky's (LR)
Dassault Falcon Oct Dassault Falcon Jet Tour Jet Tonmoy Dasgupta ‐Data Quality & Ar Nov Corky's (LR) Healthcare Exchange Dec What's New at the Zoo ‐ Susan Altrui
Red Lobster
Jan Process Improvement ‐ Hans VanHaute
Cock of Walk
Feb Diamond Bear Tour
Diamond Bear
March TBD TBD April The New Technology Park ‐ Brent Birch
Red Lobster
May Lean Process Improvement ‐ Joel Kuhens TBD *Note: December is Couples Night, so please plan to bring a spouse or friend with you. ASQ – 2014 Section Officers Chair ‐‐ Gwen Gibbs Vice Chair – Lee Wright Secretary – Stephen Stewart Treasurer – Larry Parker Immediate Past Chair – Larry Parker Historian – Dan Frith Newsletter Editor – Stephen Stewart Certification Chair – Lee Wright Education Chair – Cathy Webb Nomination Chair – Lee Wright Audit Chair – Sarah Story Database Chair – John Denney Programs Chair – Floyd Washburn Internet Liaison – Michael Bentley Membership Chair – Colleen Cafferty Voice of the Customer – Michael Zeno Recognition Chair – Connie Satzler Placement Chair – Robert Long Education Committee – Cathy Webb, Gwen Gibbs, Connie Satzler, and Lee Wright Nomination Committee – Gwen Gibbs, Larry Parker and Lee Wright Conference Chair – Gwen Gibbs Thanks for supporting our section! Your Central Arkansas Section 1407 Nominating Committee for this year: Lee Wright, Nominating Chair, [email protected] Larry Parker, Past Chair, mailto [email protected] Gwen Gibbs, Chair, mailto [email protected] Directions to Corky’s BBQ in West Little Rock

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