Lisa Cevasco joined SDC in August 2018 as Senior Manager, Quality Assurance (QA), responsible for leading a team dedicated to the continuous improvement of SDC's quality management system (QMS). From maintaining our closed-loop Corrective and Preventive Actions process to implementing lean six-sigma continuous improvement methods, Lisa and the QA team at SDC are setting the industry standard in putting Quality First. By putting Quality First, SDC is committed to providing quality, consistency, and credibility to all of our clients, sponsors, partners, and regulatory authorities.

As Senior Manager, QA, Lisa leads our internal, external, and supplier audits, ensuring that our processes and technologies are in compliance with all applicable standards. She also maintains quality metrics to measure performance trends overtime, such as our 98% on-time delivery of key project milestones. QA is also responsible for maintaining SDC's disaster recovery plan, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and internal training logs to ensure that all personnel are appropriately trained on key processes and industry standards.

Prior to joining the SDC family, Lisa worked at Henkel Corporation, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, and Raytheon Missile Systems in various quality assurance, sourcing/supplier quality, and process engineering roles. She is an experienced Quality Assurance manager skilled in root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and audit management. 

Lisa received both her MBA with an emphasis in Marketing and BSE in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. She is an active member of the Society of Women Engineers.

Based in SDC’s Tempe, AZ office, Lisa enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 children (Sofia, 7 and Jack, 4) which includes watching her kids play sports and dance, reading, working out, and getting together with extended family and friends.