Jon M QuigleyJon M. Quigley, PMP, CTFL, is a principal and founding member of Value Transformation, a product development-from idea to product retirement-and cost improvement organization established in 2009. Jon has two master's degrees from the City University f Seattle, and two globally recognized certifications. Jon has over thirty years of product development and manufacturing experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software to verification, process, and project management. Jon won the Volvo-3P Technical Award in 2005 and the 2006 Volvo Technology Award. Jon has secured seven US patents and several international patents. Jon has been on the Western Carolina University Master of Project Management Advisory Board and the Forsyth Technical Community College Advisory Board. He has also been a guest lecturer at Wake Forest University's Charlotte, NC, and Eindhoven Technical University. Jon has authored or contributed to numerous books on a range of product development and project management topics. He has co-authored or been interviewed for hundreds of magazine articles on various product development teams and manufacturing topics, appearing in more than 60 magazines, e-zines, and other outlets. In addition, he writes three recurring columns. Jon also contributes to Thomas Cagley's Software Process and Measurement CAST (SPaMCAST) podcast. Read More Read Less