Syed Ali, MD

Prof. Syed Ali is a writer and educator in leadership and quality systems management. He has served as a Principal Professional Staff member at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland USA. Since 1986, He has applied his expertise to many national and international Space missions including Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) TOPEX radar altimeter, NEAR, GRACE, FUSE, CONTOUR and MESSENGER as a Systems Assurance Manager (Retired 2007) He is the vice chairman for the "World...See more

Prof. Syed Ali is a writer and educator in leadership and quality systems management. He has served as a Principal Professional Staff member at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland USA. Since 1986, He has applied his expertise to many national and international Space missions including Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) TOPEX radar altimeter, NEAR, GRACE, FUSE, CONTOUR and MESSENGER as a Systems Assurance Manager (Retired 2007) He is the vice chairman for the "World Council for Total Quality and Excellence in Education." (http: //www.cmseducation.org/wctqee/representatives-of-the-world-council.html) He received a B.S. degree in Quality Engineering from the University of Southbank, London, and an M.S. in Engineering from Kennedy-Western University, USA. Prof. Ali is a Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute London, a CQP (Chartered Quality Professional) and Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Member of "Institute of engineering and technology, UK. He is an ASQ Certified quality auditor. He is the past Section Chair for ASQ (Washington, D.C.) chapter twice and also the past Education Chair. Prof. Ali was a faculty member at The Johns Hopkins University. He developed the "Quality Assurance Engineering" course and taught from 1992-2009 in the graduate programs for Engineering for Professionals (EP) at the Whiting School of Engineering. Besides presenting papers in various professional and educational institutions in USA he has also presented papers in China, India, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Turkey, Nepal, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mauritius and Canada. He has published a book titled "Building Bridges Between Quality and Leadership" published in 2013 by Maple Creek Media and more than 100 significant communications such as journal articles, reports, and professional talks. Received Individual Achievement Award for outstanding contribution in continuously improving the Applied Physics Laboratory's performance and providing leadership and improving the morale and productivity. (1993) Received Lifetime achievement award from the "World Council Total Quality and Excellence "for the significant contribution in the growth and outstanding contribution for the progress of the Council. (2015) Received Trochetia Excellence Award from the Mauritian Society for Quality circler in recognition for voluntary and dedicate services and welfare of the community. See less