COLUMBIA, MO – March 19, 2014 –
MidwayUSA is excited to announce Deanna Herwald as Vice President of Quality Management Systems. Deanna is an NRA Life Member, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay and is a long-standing Employee of MidwayUSA. She has held many positions over the years and most recently served as the Vice President of Human Resources.
“MidwayUSA is dedicated to continuous improvement and to using the Baldrige Criteria as our leadership and management framework,” said Deanna. “I’m excited to get the opportunity to lead MidwayUSA’s on-going quality initiative which includes applying for our second Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2015. The Baldrige criteria has been central to our success over the past several years and will continue to be an important part of our formula for success.”
Deanna will provide overall strategic leadership through the development, implementation and improvement of the Management Framework, Strategic Planning, Process Management, Measurement and Analysis and Knowledge Management processes.
“Deanna is an established leader who fully embraces continuous improvement and the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence,” said Matt Fleming, President of MidwayUSA. “Her experience with process management, especially with the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and Excellence in Missouri Foundation, make her the perfect choice to ensure a high-level of quality and continuous improvement at MidwayUSA.”
For more information about MidwayUSA careers, please visit http://www.midwayusa.com/jobs-in-missouri for all open positions.
About MidwayUSA
Both country kids from Missouri, Larry and Brenda Potterfield turned their passion for shooting sports into a career by opening a small gun shop in 1977 that would eventually become MidwayUSA (www.midwayusa.com). They instilled family values like honesty, integrity and respect for others into the business, and strive to maintain this culture with each Employee added to their growing team. For over 36 years, MidwayUSA has offered JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING® for Shooting, Reloading, Gunsmithing and Hunting with an unyielding focus on Customer Satisfaction.