Joseph Sorrentino

Joseph Sorrentino is president of Lean Quality Systems, a Quality Assurance Consulting firm. His background began in 1963 in Quality Assurance and the Nondestructive Testing field inside the Navy’s Nuclear Submarine program for repair and overhaul. In the Navy, he specialized in Nondestructive Testing, Repair Procedures and Project Management for twenty years.

When he retired from the Navy, he was hired by Lakehurst Naval Engineering Center as their NDT Shop Supervisor and Level III Examiner. In 1982 he was recruited by Long Beach Navy Shipyard for the overhaul of the USS Pigeon ASR 21. The USS Pigeon was a deep submergence rescue vehicle tendered for submarine rescue. When Long Beach Naval Ship yard closed in 1997 he moved into the implementation of Destructive and Nondestructive Testing Laboratories, Weld Inspector Training and the International ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, such as Aerospace AS9100, Automotive ISO 16949 and Medical Devices ISO 13485. 

In 1998, he founded Lean Quality Systems to implement Quality Management Systems needing help with their QA. To-date he has worked with over 25 companies in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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