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Consultant Profiles
Orion Canada’s success is the
result of the industry’s best consultants working
together to deliver significant value to its clients.
When you partner with Orion Canada Inc., you
engage a team of experts. Below are brief profiles of
some of our consultants.
Joe
FitzGibbon, President, Orion Canada Inc. |
Joe
FitzGibbon, President and founder of Orion Canada
Inc., is a certified IRCA Lead Auditor and ISO
9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 13485 consultant, specializing
in management best practices and regulatory compliance.
Joe has over 25 years as a quality system consultant,
auditor and trainer, and holds the highest certifications
in those fields. He is an accomplished author and
a highly sought after speaker at conferences. Prior
to founding Orion Canada, Joe spent several years
in the Canadian Federal Government,
holding executive level positions in
management, regulatory and consulting
environments. |
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Chris
FitzGibbon, Vice President, Orion Canada
Inc. |
Chris
FitzGibbon has led numerous “break-through” process
improvement projects in mission critical industries
including IT/software, telecom, aerospace, engineering,
government, manufacturing and service sectors. Chris is an American Society
for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Manager (CQMgr)
and a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE).
Chris often performs audits of mission critical
systems and organizations. |
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His
auditing credentials include: Certified Information
System Auditor (CISA) by the Information Systems
Audit and Control Association (ISACA), QMS 2000
Lead Auditor and Information Management
System Auditor by the International Registrar of
Certificated Auditors (IRCA), ASQ Certified Quality
Auditor (CQA), and Medical Device Lead
Auditor.
He
has represented Canada on the ASQ Software Division’s
regional council. And, Chris was awarded the
prestigious International
Quality Award - Feigenbaum Medal for outstanding
achievement and recognition of his contribution
to software quality improvement.
Chris
is the co-author of the book “ISO 9001 Registration for Small and
Medium Sized Software Enterprises” (McGill-Queens
Press, 1995) and published the Masters thesis “An
Analysis of the Differences in Software Project
Management Practices Between Organizations Registered
to ISO 9001 and Non-Registered Organizations” (Carleton
University, 1998). |
Art
Lewis, Management System Architect |
Art
Lewis applies over 29 years of strong business
and operations management experience to provide
results-oriented quality management consulting.
He has assisted more than 50 companies to achieve
ISO 9001, QS 9000 or TS 16949 certification. Industries
served include: automotive, metal stamping, fabrication,
machining, electrostatic and plating, heat-treating,
coatings, glass, plastic and rubber products,
electrical and electronic equipment, assemblies & components,
batteries, computer |
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hardware and software, warehousing and distribution,
repair facilities, consumer credit counseling agencies,
banks, call centers, etc.
Art has delivered quality
management training to over 3500 students. Courses
include ISO/TS –RAB
approved Lead Auditor, Internal Auditing, Implementation,
Documentation, as well as customized ISO/TS courses,
PPAP, FMEA, APQP and Control Plans. He has conducted
over 300 third party registration and surveillance
audits.
Art has held IRCA certified
Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 as well as QS 9000 Lead
Assessor certification. He holds a Bachelor of
Commerce degree and is a Certified Management Accountant
(CMA). Prior to becoming a business consultant
15 years ago, he held senior financial (Vice President
- Finance & Administration and Controllership)
positions with Canadian and US organizations. |
Stephen
Davies, Management System Architect |
Stephen
Davies M.Sc., AIQA, CQMgr is a graduate of the
University of Wales College Cardiff (UWCC). He
gradated in 1991 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics
with Music (Sound Engineering), and then went on
to graduate with an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering
from UWCC in 1992.
With well over a decade of industrial experience in Quality Assurance, Industrial
Engineering, Supply Chain Development, Manufacturing |
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Engineering,
Project Management and Strategy Development,
Stephen Davies brings a charismatic and dynamic
quality to his work. Trying to both inspire people
and to encourage conceptual thinking.
An
active member of both the American Society for
Quality (ASQ) and the Institute of Quality Assurance
(IQA) he is always at the forefront of new developments,
and is constantly aiming to research, publish
articles and to deliver papers to conferences.
In addition to his consultation role he also
lectures at the Sprott Business School at Carleton
University (Ottawa) and is a technology agent,
representing Silicon foundries and design groups
in North America. |
James
Moran, Consultant and Trainer |
James
Moran has over 10 years of experience as a certified
lead auditor, professional facilitator and management
consultant. He spent several years as the manager
of an internationally accredited registrar, overseeing
the delivery of audit and training services. Jim
has a Masters in Education and more than 20 years
experience designing and delivering courses on
reengineering and best practice models. He has
managed and taught the accredited training programs
for registrars, and he is a certified instructor
for several international standards, including
ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001. In fact, it is unlikely
that anyone in Canada has instructed more courses
on international standards than Jim. |
Sheila Peckford, Healthcare/Medical
Device Consultant |

Sheila has over 25 years of experience in
the healthcare and regulatory & quality
management fields, both nationally and
internationally. Her quality
management and auditing credentials include:
Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) with ASQ,
Certified Quality Manager (CQMgr.) with ASQ,
Certified Professional Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
with the US National Association for
Healthcare Quality and ISO Lead Assessor (RAB/IRCA
Accredited Training).
Ten years of regulatory and performance
management experience with Canadian Blood
Services has provided Sheila with expertise
in conducting audits and operational
assessments in such disciplines as blood and
blood products collections (including stem
cells and bone marrow), reference and
testing laboratories and blood banks.
As an auditor, Sheila has conducted numerous
multisite audits in the pharmaceutical,
biologics manufacturing and medical devices
fields, both nationally and internationally.
As a consultant in the medical devices field
Sheila has supported organizations in
implementing corporate wide quality
management systems and successfully
achieving registration to ISO 13485:2003.
Throughout her healthcare career, Sheila
actively participated in the implementation
of healthcare accreditation programs and
standards in facilities throughout Canada
and beyond (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates).
As a Quality & Risk Management professional,
Sheila has held postings as the Director of
Quality and Quality Specialist and
successfully supported the implementation of
strategic corporate Quality and Risk
Management programs in healthcare facilities
in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab
Emirates. |
Anne
Senior ,
Consultant and Technical Writer |
Anne
is a professional facilitator, consultant, trainer
and technical writer. She has more than 20 years
of experience. Her significant expertise includes
course development, course instruction, testing,
technical writing, project management and quality
control.
Anne has helped many clients
achieve considerable success. She has delivered
training to Canadian government, United Nations,
and private sector clients including Atomic Energy
Canada, JDS Uniphase, Nortel Networks, and Syncrude
Canada. She has provided language training, cross-culture
and technical writing courses. Anne is accredited
as a "language expert" by
the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks; she
is Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test
assessor; she is currently field testing the Literacy
Placement Tool and is on the National Advisory
Committee for the Enhanced Language at Work Project.
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Sam
Weissfelner ,
Consultant, Auditor and Trainer |
Sam
Weissfelner is a quality professional with over
20 years of experience in Systems and Software
Quality Assurance in the Aerospace, Software, Telecommunications,
and Military fields. As a certified Aerospace Industry
Experienced Auditor (AIEA), he is fully qualified
to lead registration audits to the latest AS9100B
Aerospace standards.
Sam is also a completely
certified TL9000 (Requirements & Measurements)
Release 4.0 auditor and Subject Matter Expert,
who contributed to the development of this global
Telecommunications standard. In addition, he performed
the first registration audit in the world to TL9000,
and helped numerous other organizations attain
certification to this demanding Telecom standard.
Having conducted over 500 Quality Management System
audits in Canada, United States, Asia, South America,
Europe and the Middle East, Sam has helped a remarkable
number of organizations to improve their business
processes. He is an ASQ Certified Software Quality
Engineer (CSQE), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA),
and RAB-certified Lead Auditor. He also develops
and conducts Quality Management training programs,
and continues to support the development of high
reliability mission critical software systems. |
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