Advisors – International Management System Institute

Jim is President of Simplify ISO Inc., and The Learning Alliance Inc. and has been teaching business professionals since 1977. He has implemented ISO Management Systems since 1992 with Fortune 500 companies, small to medium sized businesses and the Federal Governments of Canada and Africa.

He has designed and delivered Lead Auditor (and other) courses for BSI, QMI (now SAI Global), SGS , CGSB and the CWB Group. He developed and delivered the Assessor Training Program for Medical Lab assessors who do medical lab accreditation assessment for IQMH – the Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare, Centre for Accreditation.

He served on PC 280 to help contribute to ISO 20700:2017 Guidelines for management consultancy services, a standard published for use as a guideline for people or organizations for the assessment of management consulting services.

Hope Mugagga Kiwekete is the Managing Consultant at the Centre for Enterprise Sustainability (Pty) Ltd, in South Africa, an ISO management systems advisory, auditing and training firm.

For over 20 years, Hope has practiced as Safety, Health, Risk, Environmental and Quality (SHREQ) Management Systems Consultant, Trainer, and Auditor in diverse multicultural industry sectors in East, Southern Africa, and Southeast Asia. Hope provides advisory, training and auditing to organizations on managing risk through the implementation and maintaining of ISO management systems standards or other relevant standards.

He has contributed to various professional publications in the field of safety, health, environmental, quality and risk management matters in the industry such as: African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety previously published by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland; Global Occupational Health Network Newsletter of the World Health Organization; Health & Safety at Work in South Africa previously published by LexisNexis; National Safety and Corporate Risk Management now the African OS&H magazine published by Safety First Association and SHEQ Management Magazine published by Charmont Media Global.

In 2021, he was awarded the AfriSAFE Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution in advancing the cause of safety on the African continent.

Ginette is a Technology Executive with over 15 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in leading engineering operations, developing new IT business areas and delivering customer focused technology products and solutions throughout the globe.

She has been with Searidge Technologies since the company’s early beginnings. As Executive Vice president, she successfully contributes to maintaining a consistent trajectory of growth for Searidge. Her current focus is on Business Development, Strategic Partnerships and complex deals negotiations.

For almost two decades, Ginette has served in various Leadership positions with global players such as DaimlerChrysler, Fraunhofer, FIFA and Searidge Technologies.

Fluent in six languages and equipped with a strong engineering background, her areas of expertise include (but are not limited to):

– Digital Transformation and IT strategy

– Business Management

– Information Governance

– Change Management

– Risk Management

– ISO Standards (ISO 9001, 27001)

Ginette participates to multiple international working groups, including EUROCAE, ICAO, CANSO, ISO, etc.

Integrated management systems specialist and change management expert.

Dedicated to ensuring your management system is the right fit and function for your operational environment.

Globally renowned for his ISO expertise and interpretive ability for any organizational size and type.

Dr. Nikhat received the “Award of Excellence” for her extraordinary contribution in the field of transfusion medicine by the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology (ISBTI) national body in December, 2017.

She also received recognition as the “Best Blood Bank Medical Officer” in the state of Telangana by NACO (National Aids Control Organization) & TSACS (Telangana State AIDS Control Society), Government of Telangana in December, 2019.

She has an overall experience of 20 yrs in the laboratory medicine. The areas of expertise have been General Pathology, Immuno-haematology and Blood transfusion.

General Secretary of Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology (ISBTI) Telangana state.
Registered Blood Bank Medical Officer by Central and State Drugs Standard Control Organization.
Member of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (ISHBT) and Society of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine (Telangana State Chapter) (SHTM).
Regional trainer under National AIDS control organization (NACO) to strengthen the Quality management systems in the Blood transfusion services.
‘Expert Reviewer’ of Haemovigilance Newsletter by the National Institute of Biologicals, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
Trained on Laboratory Quality Management and Internal Audit – ISO 15189.
Vast experience in implementation of Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence-15189

Dr. NikHat performs validation and method verification tests for accuracy (Bias), precision, analytical measurement range, carry over, verification of reference interval, method comparison and verification of manufacturer’s claims.

Imparts training to the staff on Quality management system and oversees execution. Undertakes annual review of quality management system in terms of meeting the organization’s objectives and timelines by considering the client’s needs/wants.

Michael Hart is Founder of HUMAN, a training & consulting firm focused on quality management and organizational excellence.

He is a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ); a member of the National Board of Directors for the Canadian Public Sector Excellence Network (CPSEN), and Chair of the CPSEN Board Advisory Committee.

Michael is an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and Certified Manager of Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE). He is also a Licensed Associate for Excellence Canada (formerly NQI), and and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree with a specialty in Quality Management and Business Excellence from the University of Leicester in the UK.

Specialties: ISO 9001 and Integrated Management Systems, Business Excellence Models, Process Mapping, Seminar and Workshop Development & Delivery, Strategic Planning (Balanced Scorecard or SOAR Framework), Improvement Teams, Internal Management System Audits, Change & Transition Management, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA), Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis, Process/Program Assessments/Evaluations, Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative BPR.

Howard holds an MA in Organization Development and Leadership from Fielding Graduate U.

He is graduate of Fielding’s Accredited Coach Training Program.

He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology and a graduate degree in Public Administration from Wayne State University.

His coaching credentials are recognized by the International Coach Federation

Howard brings knowledge and expertise in five areas to his coaching work. He coaches, trains, and consults to:

Business Owners & Professionals in all walks of life to become better leaders.
Intact Teams inside organizations to behave and work more cohesively together.
Individuals and Teams inside organizations to engage in productive conflict and remove abrasive behavior from the workplace.
Business Clients to grow their business by using LinkedIn as a Lead Generation Tool.
Individuals to help them make life & career choices that make them happier and more satisfied professionally.