Lane Hallenbeck is vice president of accreditation services at the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In this position, he has primary responsibility for the direction and development of ANSI’s accreditation programs. These include the accreditation of Standards Development Organizations and their associated American National Standards, as well as the accreditation of conformity assessment bodies that certify products, personnel, and (in alliance with the ANSI-ASQ (American Society for Quality) National Accreditation Board – ANAB) management systems.
Mr. Hallenbeck joined ANSI in November 2000 with many years of technical leadership experience in service and manufacturing organizations involved in the telecommunications, aerospace, semiconductor, software, defense, automotive, and construction sectors. Prior to joining ANSI, he was providing consulting and training services in business process improvement and management system implementation. Previously, Mr. Hallenbeck held positions as director of audit, director of operations and vice president at ABS Quality Evaluations; earlier, he served as program manager for TRW Space & Electronics Group.