TriMark's Welcomes New Director of Global Quality Assurance
December 2010 - TriMark is delighted to announce the promotion of Kendra Knowlton to Director of Global Quality Assurance. Kendra is an 18 year veteran of TriMark and brings extensive experience in managing change across all areas of the company.
Kendra's experience includes internal ISO auditor, implementation of the document control portion of the ISO Quality standard, being a charter member of TriMark's RISC (Rapid Improvement Superior Commitment) team, setting the direction and deployment of TriMark's Continuous Improvement efforts.
Kendra completed her Six Sigma Black Belt training in September of 2003 and received the Tiger Award for Outstanding Performance. Working as a Black Belt for the past 7 years, she is passionate about continuous improvement of TriMark's business processes and systems. In addition, Kendra has led several process improvement project teams promoting the spirit of Lean, Kaizen and Six Sigma methods in both office and manufacturing environments.
Kendra's new responsibilities include leading TriMark's Global Quality Teams.on a worldwide basis. Kendra will play a critical role in defining and leading the quality assurance strategy across all of TriMark's manufacturing locations in the US, UK and China. Kendra has a BA degree in Management from the University of Northern Iowa.
TriMark Corporation is an employee-owned company and is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of quality hardware products for the truck, agricultural, caravan, construction, and industrial enclosure markets. The TriMark corporate headquarters is located in New Hampton, Iowa, USA. TriMark serves the European market through its UK subsidiaries TriMark Europe Ltd. and West Alloy, and serves the China market through TriMark Xuzhou. TriMark has been a valued partner and supplier to Caterpillar for more than 30 years, in addition to other global customers, including John Deere, Volvo, Paccar, AGCO, Case New Holland, and Winnebago, who provide world class vehicles and equipment.
For More Information Contact:
Rich Collins
President
The Bearings Group
collinsrg@thebearingsgroup.com
515-270-4909
Jo Vaala
TriMark Corporation
jo.vaala@trimarkcorp.com
641-394-1063
