Profile for Sten Westgard, MS

Biographical Information

Sten Westgard is Director of Client Services and Technology for Westgard QC. In other words, he is the company jack-of-all trades. If no one else has the time to do it, Sten probably will.

He has edited and contributed to numerous books on quality, including Basic QC Practices, Basic Method Validation, Six Sigma QC Design and Control, CLIA Final Rules, Assuring the Right Quality Right, and Nothing but the Truth about Quality.

For more than a decade, Sten has managed the Westgard website as well as the Westgard blog, creating and administering online training, as well as editing and writing hundreds of reports, essays, and applications on quality control, method validation, Six Sigma and other laboratory management topics.

Sten has also presented at conferences and workshops both in the US and abroad, on topics such as "Westgard Rules", Six Sigma, Risk Management, Method Validation and Effective Quality Management. He received the Outstanding Speaker award from the AACC for 2008 and 2009.