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Atlona Names Scott Janssen As Quality Manager

Brings more than 30 years of experience to new role where he is managing the Software QA and RMA Quality teams and focusing on surpassing the company's quality objectives for new products.
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New Atlona quality manager Scott Janssen.

Atlona has announced the appointment of Scott Janssen as its dedicated quality manager, where he is managing the Software QA and RMA Quality teams and focusing on surpassing the company’s quality objectives for new products.

Janssen brings 34 years of quality assurance work to the new role, including time with Apple and ReplayTV where he gained experience in product testing, market analysis and quality assurance as he climbed the ladder to management positions. He subsequently owned and operated QA4U Software Test Labs prior to joining Atlona, where he and his team tested products ranging from robotics to video switchers.

Janssen explains that Atlona hardware and software products are put through rigorous testing processes to identify potential operational dysfunctions and interoperability problems in a variety of settings. His earliest initiatives will include strategic plans for functional and compatibility testing across Atlona’s product line that also recognize myriad use cases.

“There is an enormous amount of communication happening between the components that we sell, as well as third-party systems,” says Janssen. “The interactions of these products must be flexible and creative considering the different environments that they are used within. That means testing and verifying these solutions for quality assurance and reliability within simulated hospitality, conference room, and classroom environments, for example. That makes both functional and compatibility testing extremely important, along with tasks such as accelerated life testing that determine how long installed products will survive over time.”

“We have increased our investment significantly on the personnel side over the past year, and that justified bringing in a manager that was 100 percent dedicated to working with the Atlona quality team,” adds director of quality and support Iftekhar Hossain, who also has quality management responsibilities at parent company Panduit. “Scott is the right person for this role given his more than 30 years of managing QA teams, knowledge of AV products and solutions through his past work, and his personal passion for the AV industry. Our mission is to thrive for zero product defects and drive continuous improvements, and Scott will ensure that his team members follow defined QA processes and that Atlona products meet out exit criteria upon going to market.”

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