Chad Kymal is the CTO and Founder of Omnex and President of Omnex Systems. He is responsible for the strategic direction and focuses on Omnex and the EwQIMS software. His core beliefs include the importance of Collaboration and Digitalization, Virtual lifelong learning, and AI in workflows. Chad started his career at General Motors and has since spent over 40 years writing books, papers, and guiding Omnex customers on their best-in-class journeys.

Chad and Greg Gruska discovered the linkages between the Process Flow, PFMEA, Control Plans, and Work Instructions in the 1980s, which led to the Omnex methodology for PFMEA and Omnex’s AQuA Pro Software. His recent work has been in the area of multipoint FMEAs and the integration of Functional Safety, Cybersecurity, ASPICE, and other standards has also been incorporated into the Omnex EwQIMS solution. When he is not working with Omnex, he contributes to global standards by participating on various standards committees that help write ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management), ISO 45001 (Health and Safety Management Systems), ISO 26262 (Functional Safety) and SOTIF (Safety of the Intended Function).

Over the course of Chad’s successful career, he has served on the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners and has received numerous quality achievement awards including the Quality Professional of the Year, award by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Automotive Division in 2005. In addition to his bachelor’s degree from GMI, Chad holds both a master’s degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of Michigan, and an MBA Cum Laude from the University of Michigan. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi.