Jose Quinones

Jose Quinones

Jose Quinones Managing Advisor Google+ Jose Quinones is a Managing Advisor at ASQ Consulting. He is an attorney and retired United States Coast Guard Commander with top secret security clearance and extensive maritime expertise and experience in the areas of homeland security, energy and environmental issues. His awards include two (2) Defense Meritorious Service Medals, a USCG Meritorious Service Medal, two (2) Joint Service Commendation Medals, two (2) USCG Commendation Medals, USCG achievement Medals, National Defense Medals, and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, along with various meritorious team and unit awards. He is a U.S. NORTHCOM “plank holder.” Previously, Mr. Quinones held a variety of leadership positions; including, Director of Auxiliary for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Seventh District, Diplomat and USCG Military Attaché to the U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the Caribbean. As the Chief of Maritime Contingency Planning, Force Readiness and Incident Management Response Team at the USCG San Juan, PR Sector, Commander Quinones was responsible for planning related to maritime security, port security grants, training exercises, mass rescue operations, and response to terrorist attacks, pollution, catastrophic disasters, and HAZMAT releases. As the Senior Investigating Officer for the USCG Marine Safety Office San Juan, P.R., Commander Quinones conducted numerous high profile maritime casualty (Deaths/Groundings/Collisions) investigations, including personnel actions following white-collar crimes (fraud). Commander Quinones also worked as a Marine Vessel Inspector. As the Chief of Waterfront Facilities and Waterways Management at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Miami, FL, Commander Quinones coordinated multi-agency strike force operations and supervised various security and inspection teams dealing with oil, refineries, nuclear waterfront facilities, controlled...
Leslie Goff

Leslie Goff

Leslie Goff Managing Advisor Google+LinkedIn Les Goff is a Managing Advisor at ASQ Consulting and a Senior Executive / Serial Entrepreneur that innovates, sets strategy, organizes, focuses and delivers growth. Dr. Goff is currently the President of Goff Consulting, LLC and the Chief Operating Officer of KDL Solutions, LLC, a forensic science and homeland security company. Previously, Dr. Goff held a variety of leadership positions at GE Plastics in general management, global R&D management and global marketing management. He has considerable experience in product development and institutionalized new product platforms that launched over 20 new products in one year. As a GE-trained Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, Dr. Goff developed and led several new businesses based on customer needs and delivered over $300 million in revenue. Post GE, Les has been involved in over 12 start-up companies as an investor, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief technology officer, founder and owner with several successful exits. He is a founding member of the Mississippi Angel Network and founder of Noetic Technologies, Inc., an early stage technology development and commercialization company that developed a new model for university technology transfer. In honor of this unique model of a private company/academic institution technology process, Dr. Goff received the 2010 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award that recognizes the development of a strategic innovation-led economic development program focused on technology, research, entrepreneurship and capital formation. While Chief Executive Officer at Noetic Technologies, Inc., Dr. Goff grew industry contracts tenfold and increased the number of start-up companies at the University of Southern Mississippi from 3 to 15. Currently, Les assists...
Lisa Snell

Lisa Snell

Lisa Snell Client Relationship Manager Google+LinkedIn Lisa Snell is the Operations and Client Relationship Manager at ASQ Consulting. Ms. Snell has over 25 years of senior executive administrative support experience, over 17 years of experience as a marketing manager in the accounting industry and 6 years of experience as a legal secretary and mediation coordinator.  Ms. Snell handles the administrative functions and daily operations of ASQ Consulting.   T 281 744 8505 E...
Sherree DeCovny

Sherree DeCovny

Sherree DeCovny Managing Advisor Google+LinkedIn Sherree DeCovny is a Managing Advisor at ASQ Consulting and a unique strategic resource and entrepreneur with an in-depth knowledge of finance and technology. She has extensive experience planning, developing and managing communications programs for top international firms. Moreover, she has contributed to expert witness reports in bankruptcy and arbitration cases, written for leading journals in the U.S. and the U.K., and authored several books and reports in her field. In 2015 she co-founded Sententia Partners, LLC , a communications firm specializing in finance, technology, supply chain management, logistics, international trade and consumer channels. Prior to starting a career in communications, Ms. DeCovny worked for several years in London as a broker dealing in futures, options, treasury bonds, foreign exchange and interest rate swaps. She also held various positions in physical commodity operations, which allowed her to gain hands-on trade finance experience. Ms. DeCovny holds an MBA from Henley Management College in the U.K., a BA in History from American University in Washington D.C., and she passed the Series 3 exam. She is a member of the Women’s Bond Club, where she plays an active role in the Mentoring Committee, and the New York Financial Writers Association. In addition, she is approved as a FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator. T 215 493 5394 E...
Susan Wood

Susan Wood

Susan Wood Managing Advisor Google+LinkedIn Ms. Wood has been in the environmental commodity and project development business for over 15 years. She is currently a Senior Advisor for Dentons in their Environmental and Clean Energy business where she is responsible for advising clients on business strategy and opportunities in the space. Prior to that, she was the CEO of Sindicatum Carbon Capital Americas. At SCCA, she was part of a team that managed and deployed a $230 million project development fund. Ms. Wood started her career as an Environmental Engineer for Emcon, was recruited by Enron’s commodity marketing desk in 1999 and subsequently moved on to Sempra Energy’s emissions, oil and natural gas trading desks. In 2003, she joined the newly created AgCert International. At AgCert, Ms. Wood was in charge of originating Clean Development Methodology (CDM) and Verified Emission Reduction (VERs) deals in the carbon markets. She has been actively involved with the US carbon and renewable energy market development, including originating, verifying and marketing carbon credits and participating in the regulatory development process for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and California’s AB32. T 203 561 9116 E...

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