The Trinidad and Tobago Society for Quality

Quality means many things to many people. Quality may be defined as being the degree to which a product or service meets requirements of customers and other interested parties (ISO). Quality is also thought of in terms of the impact of a product or service on the whole of society (Taguchi) – for instance, what cost do we as a society pay for unsafe (poor quality) drinking water or inconsistent public transportation? A Quality Nation is a World Class Nation, a status to which each citizen aspires.

For more information, please contact president@ttsq.net

Overview of TTSQ

The Trinidad & Tobago Society for Quality (TTSQ) is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2002 to promote the principles and practices of the Quality discipline to its members and the wider society of Trinidad and Tobago. TTSQ is open to T&T nationals and non-nationals resident in T&T, who are primarily quality practitioners and/or hold membership in the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

The idea for TTSQ was initiated at a meeting of approximately 50 Quality Professionals held in July 2001 at the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS). At that meeting an Interim Management Team was appointed with members representing a wide cross-section of Quality practitioners working in T&T. In May 2002 the first election of TTSQ Board of Directors and Executive Management was held at the TTBS. Presently, there are sixty-five (65) registered members in the Society.

The key objects of TTSQ are:

To promote the adoption and use of quality principles and best practices for the enhancement of all sectors of the society.
To promote the teaching and education of quality principles and practices to its members, within institutions of learning and to the wider society.
To develop and maintain a resource database of information on quality best practices.
To contribute to the development of standards and outcome measures.
To facilitate the continued professional development of its members.
To encourage the practice of a high level of professionalism and integrity and to advance the quality profession.
To provide a means for quality professionals to network nationally and internationally and to affiliate the Society to other appropriate institutions.

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Elected Officers

The officers elected in May 2002 were:

TTSQ Board of Directors
Mr Sean Victor (Chairman)	Managing Director, Victor & Associates Ltd
Mrs. Claire Gomez-Miller (Deputy Chair)	Manager, Internal Audit (Chief Audit Executive) of The National Gas Company of T&T Limited
Ms. Andrea Primus	Internal Auditor, The National Gas Company of T&T Ltd
Mr. Mark Lutchman	Engineer, BPTT
Mr. Nagamuttu Arumugadasan	Lecturer – Production Engineering & Management (UWI)
Mr. Ronald Koylass	Manager, Healthcare Facility, South-West Regional Health Authority
Mr. Tashreef Baksh (American Society for Quality Country Councillor - T&T)	Quality Assurance Engineer, Bechtel
Mr. Devindra Chattergoon (President/ Chief Executive Officer)	Quality Manager, Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards

TTSQ Executive Management Team (Under the leadership of TTSQ President/CEO, Mr. Devindra Chattergoon)
Mrs. Margaret Weston Quality Management Consultant	1st VP - Government & Public Relations
Mr. Joel Ramlal Quality Manager, Hand Arnold	1st VP - Industry Sector Services (Ag.), and 2nd VP - Government & Public Relations
Mrs. Chandra Chickoree Quality Consultant	1st VP - Membership & Professional Services
Mrs. Koscina Sookram-Quintal Quality Assurance Manager, Engineering Agencies Limited	2nd VP - Membership & Professional Services
Mr. Abriham Daniel Quality Manager, Caribbean Steel Mills	1st VP Education & Outreach
Mr. James Morris Consultant	TTSQ Corporate Secretary
Mr. Naim Ali General Manager, New Era Business Services Ltd.	Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer

TTSQ Independent Audit Committee
Ms. Helen Alleyne Manager, Administration, Institute of Business	Financial Auditor
Mr. Carlton Abder Field Service Quality Coordinator, Halliburton	Quality Auditor

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Downloadable Documents

Values
Code of Ethics
Individual Application Form

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