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STAFF ADDITIONS
Entperprise Minnesota Enhances its Staff
Growing ISO consulting practice gets additional firepower
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nterprise Minnesota recently added two ISO professionals and one business developer to its staff. Patricia (Pat) Pearson and Dan Schlinger have both been named business growth consultants, specializing in Enterprise Minnesota’s rapidly growing ISO consulting practice. “Successful manufacturers understand that utilizing an ISO business management system is not about compliance, it is about performance,” said Bob Kill, Enterprise Minnesota President & CEO. Prior to joining Enterprise Minnesota, Pearson served as director of quality assurance at Harvey Vogel Manufacturing Co. in Woodbury and as vice president of corporate quality at DuFresne Manufacturing in Vadnais Heights. She has also served as an evaluator for the Performance Excellence Network and was a member of its advisory board. Pearson holds a mini-MBA from St. Thomas University and is a certified lead auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, and AS9100. She also holds certifications in project management and six sigma black belts from St. Thomas University.
Schlinger has experience designing and implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 management systems and will support Enterprise Minnesota’s manufacturing clients. Schlinger began his career as a CNC machinist and progressed on to become a machining supervisor and a quality engineer. Most recently, Schlinger served as a quality assurance manager for Domaille Engineering in Rochester and as a quality regulatory affairs specialist for Rochester Medical Corporation in Stewartville. Schlinger is a certified lead auditor for ISO 9001 and AS9100 and is an American Society for Quality certified quality engineer. Dawn Loberg will serve as a business development consultant. Loberg most recently served as a regional account executive for Aramark Uniform Services. Prior to that she worked at the NFIB and US West, among other employers. A native of Sartell, Loberg received her BS in marketing and management from St. Mary’s University in Winona. She has also completed MBA coursework at Moorhead State University.
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New employees, Pat Pearson, Dan Schlinger, & Dawn Loberg. 16
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