Garth Conrad is currently at Adaptive Quality Systems, bringing over two decades of executive leadership experience across the medical device and healthcare manufacturing sectors. Throughout his career leading global quality functions for major organizations like Flex, Becton Dickinson, C.R. Bard, Medtronic, and Johnson & Johnson, he has established himself as a prominent voice in modernizing quality management. His work focuses on operationalizing Quality 4.0 and integrating artificial intelligence into complex manufacturing operations. Conrad specializes in helping organizations move from traditional quality systems to intelligent, data-driven frameworks. His approach leverages predictive analytics, generative AI, automated defect detection, and continuous digital monitoring to build scalable quality operations. Conrad holds a degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, an MBA from Union University, and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.