• SEI Partner
• SEI Member
• Certified SCAMPI^SM Lead Appraisers for CMMI^®-DEV v1.2 and CMMI^®-ACQ v1.2
• Certified CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraisers
• Authorized Instructors to teach SEI’s Intro to CMMI^® v1.2 and CMMI-ACQ v1.2
• ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditors
• Authorized SPICe Lead Assessors
• Authorized Action Focused Assessment Lead Assessors
• Systems Engineering Lead Assessors

KI’s business focus is supported by the following core competencies:

Knowledge of process improvement and quality management models and standards including:

• CMMI-DEV v1.2
• CMMI-ACQ v1.2
• CMMI-SVC v0.5
• Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt
• ISO 15504 (SPICe)
• ITIL - IT Infastructure Library
• ISO – IEC 12207 Software Life Cycle
• ISO – IEC 15228 Life-Cycle Processes for Systems
• PMI Project Management Institute - Project Management
• EIA 731 – Systems Engineering
• EIA 632 – Processes for Engineering A
• ISO 9001:2000
• AS 9100 -- Aerospace Applications
• TL 9000 -- Telecommunications
• ISO 16949 -- Automotive Engineering
• Lean
• Agile
• SCRUM
• Kaisen
• ISO – IEC 9126 Product Quality
• DoD Standards related to Systems and Software
• MoD Standards related to Systems
• IEEE Standards

• Knowledge of Project Management concepts
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management concepts
• Knowledge of engineering methods
• Knowledge of Requirements Engineering
• Ability and desire to work with people
• Change Management skills including Human Factors and Psychology
• Technology Transfer ability – Ability to train, mentor and coach
• Ability to interact with all levels of management and practitioners
• A Practical Approach to Engineering and Management
• Knowledge of Systems Engineering concepts and Software Engineering Concepts
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Ability to present to large and small audiences, with a technical or managerial, engineering or business orientation
• Ability to write – turning individual knowledge into readable and understandable documentation