Anna Petroski

President & Co-Founder

Certifications

  • Certified Quality Auditor (ASQ) [former]
  • Certified Welding Inspector (AWS) #84100033
  • OSHA 30 Hour #24-601090833

Education

  • BS in Occupational Education/Ag Mechanization, University of New Hampshire
  • KMI Kellogg Management Institute, Kellogg Grad School of Business, Northwestern University

Qualifications

  • Served in leadership position for domestic and international standards organizations such as:

  • American Welding Society (AWS)-Board of Directors and Director of Certification and Business Development

  • International Institute of Welding-International Authorization Board

  • American Institute of Steel Construction

  • AWS Certification Main Committee

  • AWS Subcommittee CWI Awards

  • AWS Subcommittee Structural Steel Inspector

  • ISO 9001 Implementation and Assessment
  • Baldrige Quality, Corporate Teams and State Assessment Teams (Former)
  • IIW and ISO Welding Personnel Certification and Authorized National Body Assessment
  • Authorization, Assessment and Standards Writing

About Anna

Anna is the Co-Founder and President of Atema Inc. She is a management executive with nearly 30 years of experience in quality, fabrication, standards writing, and executive association management.

Ms. Petroski's accomplishments include field and management experience in manufacturing and heavy construction, as well as secondary and post-secondary teaching in construction and agricultural technologies. Her experience includes quality assurance and quality control work in the U.S. Navy's nuclear and non-nuclear welding engineering program.

Her management assignment with a large international machinery manufacturer demonstrated her success in gaining cooperation between divisions and uniting quality professionals across two continents behind universal customer quality requirements. This and other roles prepared her for guiding and facilitating corporate change initiatives and program introductions for Atema and sister company DOT Quality Services.

Ms. Petroski has facilitated committees that developed and authored national and international quality systems and personnel standards. She has held positions which allowed her to create full quality programs for external auditing programs and national certification systems. She maintains in-depth knowledge of AISC Building, Bridge and Erector certification, various DOT specs ISO 9001, ISO 3834, IIW and other international programs.

Before joining Atema, Ms. Petroski served as President of Quality Management Company LLC (QMC), the auditing company responsible for execution, growth, promotion, and quality assurance of the American Institute of Steel Construction's Fabricator and Erector Certification Programs.