Maria Stoletova has over 20 years of teaching and industrial experience in the quality area. Maria holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering from Vladimir State University (Russia), Master's degrees in Industrial Engineering from Wayne State University (USA), in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas (USA) and in Metrology from Vladimir State University. She taught in operations and supply chain management, decision analysis, Quality improvement, applied engineering statistics and metrology at US, Canadian and Russian universities. Maria worked on research projects in the fields of Quality Assurance and International Quality Standards. She completed a number of consulting projects in the Quality improvement area working with manufacturing and service companies. Maria is an ASQ Certified Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor and "Six Sigma Green Belt" champion.