Jon M. Quigley

Jon is a principal of Value Transformation LLC. Value Transformation LLC is a product development training and cost improvement organization. Jon has more then twenty years of product development experience, ranging from embedded hardware and software through verification and project management. Jon has significantly improved product and process cost and quality.

Jon has won awards such as the Volvo-3P Technical Award in 2005 going on to win the 2006 Volvo Technology Award. Jon has secured seven US patents. These patents range from human machine interfaces to telemetry systems and drivers aides. Jon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from UNCC, an MBA in Marketing and a MS in Project Management from City University of Seattle. Jon has membership in SAE, Software Test Professional, AIAG and PMI (holding Project Management Professional Certification). Jon also has the CTFL certification from ISTQB. Jon is the co-author of the books:

1. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book – "Project Management of Complex and Embedded Systems: Ensuring Product Integrity and Program Quality" ISBN, 1420070256.

2. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book– Scrum Project Management ISBN, 1439825157.

3. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book– Testing of Complex and Embedded Systems ISBN, 1439821402.

4. Co-author of Software Test Professionals / Redwood Collaborative Media Professional Development Series – Saving Software with Six Sigma ISBN 978-0-9831220-0-5.

5. Co-author of Software Test Professionals / Redwood Collaborative Media Professional Development Series – Aggressive Testing for Real Pros ISBN 978-0-9831220-1-2.

6. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book – Total Quality Management for Project Managers ISBN, 978-1-4398-85055-5

7. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book – Reducing Process Costs with Lean, Six Sigma, and Value Engineering Techniques ISBN 978-1-4398-8725-7

8. Co-author of Society of Automotive Engineering book "Project Management for Automotive Engineers: A Field Guide" eISBN PDF 978-0-7680-8315-6; eISBN prc 978-0-7680-8316-3 eISBN epub 978-0-7680-8317-0

9. Co-author of Taylor and Francis book– Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application ISBN 978-1482229356 (second edition underway)

10. Contributor to the e-book "Opening the Door: 10 Predictions on the Future of Project Management in the Professional Services Industry" with MavenLink and ProjectManagers.net

11. Co-author, Taylor and Francis book - Configuration Management, Second Edition: Theory and Application for Engineers and Managers August 2019

12. Co-author, Taylor and Francis’s book - Continuous and Embedded Learning for Organizations, August 2020

13. Co-author, Taylor and Francis book under contract - Principles, Processes, and Practices of Risk Management Q2 2023

14. Co-contributor of Scrum Project Management topic for the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering ISBN - 1-4200-5977-7 and e-ISBN - 1-4200-5978-5

15. Contributor to the e-book: The Project Manager Who Smiled by Peter Taylor. Catalog record for the book is available from the British Library ISBN 978–0–9576689–0–4 production, June 2013

16. Co-author of Society of Automotive Engineering book "Modernizing Product Development Processes: Guide for Engineers" production August 31, 2023

17. Co-author of the Society of Automotive Engineering book "Dictionary of Test and Verification" production under contract

18. Co-author of the Society of Automotive Engineering book "Dictionary of Electric Vehicles" production under contract

19. Co-author of the Society of Automotive Engineering book "Dictionary of Commercial Vehicles" production under contract

20. Co-author of the Society of Automotive Engineering book "Dictionary of Automated and Connected Vehicles" production under contract

In addition to these books, Jon is co-authored with Kim two focus books for Software Test Professionals.

Jon's w0rk shows up at more than 70 outlets, and writes or speaks (Podcast) 4 columns.

1. PMTips Quigley and Lauck's Expert Column

2. Assembly Magazine, P's and Q's on project management and quality,

3. Automotive Industries, Quigley's Corner on automotive product development

4. Microsoft Project User Group - Transformation Corner:

5. SPaMCAST (software process and measurement cast)– Alpha Omega Product Development

Jon has also contributed to the e-book from Peter Taylor "The Project Manager Who Smiled". Catalog record for the book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-9576689-0-4. He is presently working on a book for The Society of Automotive Engineers as well a Configuration Management book with Kim Robertson for Taylor and Francis.

He is also the co-author of the Scrum Project Management entry in the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering and is developed an agile class for Seattle City University. Additionally, with Kim H. Pries, he has written more then thirty magazine articles.

He also is on Project Management Advisory board of Western Carolina University's Masters of Project Management, as well as on Forsyth Tech Community College's project management advisory board.

Jon can be found on linkedin at:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmquigley

He lives in Lexington, North Carolina with his wife Nancy, and son Jackson a cat, a dog and a guinea pig.