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Strategic Link has over 30 Years of Excellence working with Fortune 500 companies as well as those with only a few employees. Strategic Link associates can serve as coaches, mentors, trainers, or consultants to assist wherever needed. Our aim is to drive individual, team, departmental, or organizational improvements.
Steve Marquedant was the past president of NQA, USA, a leading 3rd party registrar, for 10 years. As President, he was responsible for running offices in North and South America that certified Aerospace primes such as Raytheon, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin; government organizations such as NASA and the Pentagon; and commercial organizations such as Dell EMC, Crown Company, Canon, and HP.

Steve was also on the Technical Committees for ISO 9001, AS 9100 (Aerospace Manufacturing), and AS 9120 standard (Aerospace Distribution), and is an Exemplar Global certified professional auditor. Prior to helping start NQA, USA, Steve held manufacturing and mechanical engineering positions with Raytheon working on the Patriot Missile. He was also an engineer for NTS, where he performed a variety of product compliance testing including shock and vibration, thermal, salt-fog, accelerated aging, and EMI to military and nuclear standards.

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Strategic Link trainers and consultants have wide and diverse backgrounds including workplace experience in military, aerospace, food, education, public relations, medical device, electronics, lean manufacturing, and other industries.



Our Vision


Provide companies with effective solutions that fit their culture, strategic direction, operational planning, or compliance needs. We'll utilize our diverse skill sets to truly understand the business needs with the goal of improving quality and financial performance.

Our Promise to Our Customers


Our slogan, "Linking Your Company to its Potential," is built on our people, processes and programs (the 3 P's). Our people are highly skilled executives with proven track records for success that apply this knowledge at both the working and strategic levels of any organization. We'll use our proven processes and programs to align with your business goals and needs. Bottom line, we'll do what it takes to make your company as successful as possible.

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What Our Clients Say About Us


"The Lean Process and Leadership training we received drove our continuous improvement efforts and improved bottom line profitability. The instructors were highly knowledgeable and provided us with practical and useful techniques and tools that we use everyday."

Frank Shambarger
Director of Human Resources, Munters Corporation
frank_shambarger@munters.com