Before joining New York Tech, Michael Tedaldi served as a design consultant’s quality assurance manager for numerous AECOM transportation, energy, and marine projects. He provided quality verification for design package submittals, project auditing, project documentation, preventive and corrective action resolution, and training and interfacing with agency quality assurance staff.
Tedaldi was formally president of Quality Consulting Enterprises (QCE), a consulting company specializing in quality and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) solutions. QCE brought successful ISO 9000 and ISO 17025 “General Requirements for the Competence of Calibration and Testing Laboratories” programs to client companies, and did extensive quality oversight for the Federal Transit Administration, New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the State of Maryland’s Mass Transit Administration, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. The company also provided ISO 17025 and ISO Guide 65, “General Requirements for Bodies Operating Product Certification Systems” assessments, especially for EMC and product safety testing.
In addition, Tedaldi served as a senior quality assurance project engineer evaluating Ademco's new microprocessor controlled security systems and intrusion detection devices, and established Ademco's first Environmental Test Laboratory that included vibration, temperature/humidity, electrostatic discharge, surge and electromagnetic compatibility testing. He was also a senior project engineer for Underwriters Laboratories Inc., where he was responsible for the design, construction, and management of the company's first EMC/FCC testing laboratory.
Recent Projects and Research
- Design Consultant’s Quality Assurance Manager for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Second Avenue Subway Project
- Design Consultant’s Quality Assurance Manager for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s World Trade Center PATH Terminal, Vehicular Security Center, and Streets and Utilities Projects
Publications
- Lead author for a quality control textbook, A Beginner’s Guide to Quality in Manufacturing, Quality Press, 1992
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- System Engineering Management