ABOUT QCA

Organization

The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit accrediting organization for industry suppliers. QCA certification helps protect your brand and reputation by offering compliance with the highest product standards in the market.

Leadership

D. Fenton Executive Director Compliance dfenton@qcalliance.org

D. (Denise) Fenton has worked in international manufacture-for-export for over 20 years, focusing on establishing management systems providing visibility to process compliance. Overseeing the design and implementation of the Walmart Factory Compliance system in early 2000, the program focused on identifying and addressing root causes through operations-based solutions. Recognizing the shared nature of the international manufacturing base and the importance of working with those potential competitors to drive solutions, the program was lauded as one of the most progressive and effective.

Ms. Fenton left Walmart to start her own consulting company working with US importers providing advice on similar issues. In addition to her work with US companies globally, Ms. Fenton has worked for organizations in Taiwan, Sri Lanka and, most recently, China. She has a master's degree in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from City University of Hong Kong with her thesis being published by the Hong Kong arbitration authority in its journal as the first survey and study on dispute resolution between Manufacturers and their US Importer Partners in China. Ms. Fenton is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Brent Stone Executive Director Operations brent@qcalliance.org

Brent has 25 years of in-depth supply chain management experience with extensive experience in process design, development, improvement and management. Brent is a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Brent has a broad background including both front and back of the house responsibilities holding the key positions of Sales Management, Regional Merchandise Manager, Store Manager and Financial Manager for the Men's shoe division over a 17 year career at Nordstrom. These strategic roles included budgeting, financial planning, inventory and replenishment management as well as overall responsibility for the management of the supply chain.

Prior to joining QCA in October of 2009, Brent spent 8 years as a Divisional Vice President Procurement for a leading promotional products industry distributor where, among other responsibilities, he was responsible for building and maintaining the supply chain. As such, Brent has extensive experience with how suppliers build and manage their supply chains in our industry. He has first hand comparable knowledge of the best and worst practices being implemented in the promotional products industry. Brent attended the University of Washington prior to relocating with Nordstrom.