ISO 9000 & AUDITS WORLD CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY Ralph D. Reid Principal Consultant and Director of Standards, Omnex, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

R. Dan Reid, Principal Consultant and Director of Standards at Omnex, is best known as an author of ISO Technical Specification (TS) 16949, QS-9000, ISO 9001:2000, the first ISO International Workshop Agreement (IWA 1), which applies ISO 9000 to healthcare and its replacement, AIAG’s Business Operating Systems for Healthcare Organizations (HF-2). He also worked on the Chrysler, Ford and GM Potential Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Production Part Approval Process and Advanced Product Quality Planning manuals as well as the AIAG Sub-tier Supplier Management Process, the Effective Problem Solving revisions and the AIAG Cost of Quality Guidelines.