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    Barbara Read, ASQ CQE

    Principal Quality Engineer
    RTX - Raytheon

    Barbara Read is an ASQ Certified QUality Engineer (CQE) and a Principal Quality Engineer at an aerospace and defense company. During her 40-year-plus career, she has held a variety of roles in software engineering, systems engineering, process improvement, and team leadership, culminating in her latest assignment. Her past SWE Leadership roles include Dallas SWE Section President FY15 - FY16. Barbara now is the FY26 Affinity Group Working Group Chair. Barbara belongs to several affinity group communities, including the Late Career & Retiree AG , the Community Colleges AG (being a Professional Counselor to a collegiate section) and the First-Gen Students and Professionals AG. She has spoken on DEI topics for workplace seminars and at past SWE conferences, most recently WE25. As an avid reader and fierce advocate for libraries, she is the current president of her local library's friends organization.

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