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👤 Quentin Alldredge
Citizenship	Perry, UT
Titles	LabVIEW Champion
Certifications	Certified LabVIEW Architect
First LabVIEW version	LabVIEW 8.0
Application areas	Aerospace Defense

Biography:

I was born and raised in Utah and have lived in Utah my entire life except for two years when I lived in Bangkok, Thailand, serving a religious mission for my church (1998-2000). I go by "Q" and welcome anyone to call me by that nickname. I got it for both the Star Trek and James Bond references (first by my brothers and second by my coworkers at ATK).

I graduated from Utah State University with my B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006. During school, I worked for the USUSat Project as the Structures Team Lead. After graduation, I worked first at Alliance Tech Systems (ATK) in the Mechanical Test Lab in Promontory Utah. ATK's Promontory site was responsible for casting the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters among other projects for NASA, the US Air Force, and the US Navy. It was in the Mechanical Test Lab that I was sent to take all of the LabVIEW training so I could create and maintain our data acquisition systems. During this time I became a Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) and then a CLD.

After three and a half years, I left ATK and began working for a contractor at Hill Air Force Base on the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) for the US Marine Corps (about 2011). It was also during this time I started doing side consulting in LabVIEW development under the business name, "Q Software Innovations".

After about two years on the project, I transitioned to become a Civil Servant working directly for the US Air Force on the A-10 aircraft. It was during this time (about 2013) my team got involved with the LabVIEW Center of Excellence pilot program becoming one of the first ones and still the only one in the DoD. This is when I became a Certified LabVIEW Architect and became the Technical Lead of the Hill Air Force Base LabVIEW Center of Excellence.

Next after working for several years with A-10 and other projects my team was recertified as a LabVIEW Center of Excellence under the global program (2017).

In August 2021, I left working for the Air Force and joined Testeract, a startup founded by Sam Roundy and Garry Garrett.

Discussion Groups:

LAVA, NI Discussion Forums

Websites:

Articles and Presentations

QControl Toolkit, LabVIEW Tools Network 2015

CLA Summits

Americas CLA Summit 2018 - All Presentations Forum Post
Americas CLA Summit 2018 - Exploring the Depths of the VI Server (slides)
Americas CLA Summit 2018 - Run Time Spell Checking Algorithm (slides)
Americas CLA Summit 2018 - IDE Addons You Wish You Could Have, (7x7) (slides)
Americas CLA Summit 2018 - Totally in G, (7x7) (slides)
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - Encapsulating and Reusing your UI Code
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - UI/UX Considerations when there is No Keyboard or Mouse
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - GCentral: Removing Barriers to a Collaborative Community with Chris Cilino
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - Introduction to the LabVIEW Wiki, (7x7)
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - Help! I'm out of letters in Quick Drop!, (7x7)
Americas CLA Summit 2019 - Automating IDE Setup, (7x7)

CLD Summits

CLD Summit Salt Lake City 2017 - N weird tricks you'll want to know when making LabVIEW addons! (and you won't believe number M) (forum|slides)

GLA Summits

GDevCon N.A.

NIWeek/NI Connect

NIWeek 2018 - Extensible & Mod UIs: Extend the VI Server With Object-Oriented Techniques, video|summary|slides)
NIWeek 2019 - These Innovative Tricks for #ProjectRequirements Will Change Your Life
NI Connect 2023 - HAL-chemy: Turning Devices into Gold with Kevin Shirey
NI Connect 2024 - Coming Soon

User Groups

Dutch LabVIEW User's Group March 2021 - XNodes: Choose Your Own Adventure
Chicago LabVIEW User's Group Q2 2021 - Extensible and Modular User Interfaces
Chicago LabVIEW User's Group Q2 2021 - Q's Bag of Goodies
Top of Utah LabVIEW User Group (TOULUG) 2017 - Seven Things Your Doctor Won't Tell You About LabVIEW Scripting (forum|slides)
Wasatch Front LabVIEW (WaFL) User Group - Basics of Debugging LabVIEW, WaFL User Group 2018 (forum|slides)
Hill AFB LabVIEW User Group - Many Presentations but wasn't allowed to publish

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 == Biography:  ==
-I was born and raised in Utah and have lived in Utah my entire life except for two years where I lived in Bangkok, Thailand, severing a religious mission for my church (1998-2000).  I go by "Q" and welcome anyone to call me by that nickname.  I got it for both the Star Trek and James Bond references (first by my brothers and second by my coworkers at ATK).
+I was born and raised in Utah and have lived in Utah my entire life except for two years when I lived in Bangkok, Thailand, serving a religious mission for my church (1998-2000).  I go by "Q" and welcome anyone to call me by that nickname.  I got it for both the Star Trek and James Bond references (first by my brothers and second by my coworkers at ATK).
-I graduated from Utah State University with my B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006.  During school I worked for the USUSat Project as the Structures Team Lead.  After graduation I worked first at Alliance Tech Systems (ATK) in the Mechanical Test Lab in Promontory Utah.  ATK's Promontory site was responsible for casting the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters among other projects for NASA, the US Air Force, and the US Navy.  It was in the Mechanical Test Lab that I was sent to take all of the LabVIEW training so I could create and maintain out data acquisition systems.  During this time I became a Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) and then a CLD.
+I graduated from Utah State University with my B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2006.  During school, I worked for the USUSat Project as the Structures Team Lead.  After graduation, I worked first at Alliance Tech Systems (ATK) in the Mechanical Test Lab in Promontory Utah.  ATK's Promontory site was responsible for casting the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters among other projects for NASA, the US Air Force, and the US Navy.  It was in the Mechanical Test Lab that I was sent to take all of the LabVIEW training so I could create and maintain our data acquisition systems.  During this time I became a Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) and then a CLD.
 After three and a half years, I left ATK and began working for a contractor at Hill Air Force Base on the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) for the US Marine Corps (about 2011). It was also during this time I started doing side consulting in LabVIEW development under the business name, "Q Software Innovations".
-After about two years on the project I transitioned to become a Civil Servant working directly for the US Air Force on the A-10 aircraft.  It was during this time (about 2013) my team got involved with the LabVIEW Center of Excellence pilot program becoming one of the first ones and still the only one in the DoD.  This is when I became a Certified LabVIEW Architect and became the Technical Lead of the Hill Air Force Base LabVIEW Center of Excellence.
+After about two years on the project, I transitioned to become a Civil Servant working directly for the US Air Force on the A-10 aircraft.  It was during this time (about 2013) my team got involved with the LabVIEW Center of Excellence pilot program becoming one of the first ones and still the only one in the DoD.  This is when I became a Certified LabVIEW Architect and became the Technical Lead of the Hill Air Force Base LabVIEW Center of Excellence.
-Next after working several years with A-10 and other projects my team recertified as a LabVIEW Center of Excellence under the global program (2017).
+Next after working for several years with A-10 and other projects my team was recertified as a LabVIEW Center of Excellence under the global program (2017).
+In August 2021, I left working for the Air Force and joined Testeract, a startup founded by Sam Roundy and Garry Garrett.
 === Discussion Groups:  ===
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 *[http://www.qsoftwareinnovations.com Q Software Innovations, LLC]
+*[http://www.linkedin.com/in/quentin-q-alldredge Quentin "Q" Alldredge on LinkedIn]
+== Articles and Presentations  ==
+* '''[[QControl|QControl Toolkit]]''', LabVIEW Tools Network 2015
+=== CLA Summits ===
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2018]] - [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Certified-LabVIEW-Architects/All-Q-s-Presentations-from-the-2018-Americas-CLA-Summit/td-p/3839352 All Presentations Forum Post]
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2018]] - '''Exploring the Depths of the VI Server''' ([https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/7103/1989/1/Exploring%20the%20Depths%20of%20the%20VI%20Server.pptx slides])
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2018]] - '''Run Time Spell Checking Algorithm''' ([https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/7103/1989/6/Run%20Time%20Spell%20Checking%20Algorithm.pptx slides])
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2018]] - '''IDE Addons You Wish You Could Have''', (7x7) ([https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/7103/1989/4/IDE%20Addons%20You%20Wish%20You%20Could%20Have.pptx slides])
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2018]] - '''Totally in G''', (7x7) ([https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/7103/1989/7/Totally%20in%20G.pptx slides])
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/Encapsulating and Reusing your UI Code|Encapsulating and Reusing your UI Code]]'''
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/UI/UX Considerations when there is No Keyboard or Mouse|UI/UX Considerations when there is No Keyboard or Mouse]]'''
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/GCentral: Removing Barriers to a Collaborative Community|GCentral: Removing Barriers to a Collaborative Community]]''' with [[Chris Cilino (LabVIEW Champion)|Chris Cilino]]
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/Introduction to the LabVIEW Wiki|Introduction to the LabVIEW Wiki]]''', (7x7)
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/Help! I'm out of letters in Quick Drop!|Help! I'm out of letters in Quick Drop!]]''', (7x7)
+* [[Americas CLA Summit 2019]] - '''[[Americas CLA Summit 2019/Automating IDE Setup|Automating IDE Setup]]''', (7x7)
+=== CLD Summits ===
+* CLD Summit Salt Lake City 2017 - '''N weird tricks you'll want to know when making LabVIEW addons! (and you won't believe number M)''' ([https://forums.ni.com/t5/Top-of-Utah-LabVIEW-User-Group/N-weird-tricks-you-ll-want-to-know-when-making-LabVIEW-addons/gpm-p/3753405 forum]|[https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/5171/40/1/Specialized%20Bookmarks.pptx slides])
-=== Articles  ===
+=== GLA Summits ===
+* [[GLA Summit 2020]] - '''[[GLA Summit 2020/Making Magic with LabVIEW Community Edition|Making Magic with LabVIEW Community Edition]]'''
+* [[GLA Summit 2021]] - '''[[GLA Summit 2021/Introducing GCentral’s G Idea Exchange|Introducing GCentral’s G Idea Exchange]]'''
+* [[GLA Summit 2021]] - '''[[GLA Summit 2021/XNodes: Choose Your Own Adventure|XNodes: Choose Your Own Adventure]]'''
+* [[GLA Summit 2022]] - '''[[GLA Summit 2022/Smartphone-like User Interfaces in LabVIEW|Smartphone-like User Interfaces in LabVIEW]]'''
+* [[GLA Summit 2024]] - '''[[GLA Summit 2024/Fantastic LabVIEW Hooks and Where to Find Them|Fantastic LabVIEW Hooks and Where to Find Them]]'''
-#"QControl Toolkit", LabVIEW Tools Network 2015
+=== GDevCon N.A. ===
-#"Seven Things Your Doctor Won't Tell You About LabVIEW Scripting", TOULUG 2017
+* [[GDevCon North America 2021]] - '''[[GDevCon North America 2021/GCentral's G Idea Exchange|GCentral's G Idea Exchange]]'''
-#"N weird tricks you'll want to know when making LabVIEW addons! (and you won't believe number M)", CLD Summit Salt Lake City 2017
+* [[GDevCon North America 2022]] - '''[[GDevCon North America 2022/More Advanced Smartphone-like UIs Using QControls|More Advanced Smartphone-like UIs Using QControls]]'''
-#"Basics of Debugging LabVIEW", WaFL User Group 2018
+* [[GDevCon North America 2023]] - '''[[GDevCon North America 2023/A HAL of a Good Time|A HAL of a Good Time]]''' with Kevin Shirey
-#"Extensible & Mod UIs: Extend the VI Server With Object-Oriented Techniques", NIWeek 2018
+* [[GDevCon North America 2024]] - '''[[GDevCon North America 2024/Optimizing Your Code for Speed: Creating a Run-Time Spellchecker to Present Word Replacement Options|Optimizing Your Code for Speed: Creating a Run-Time Spellchecker to Present Word Replacement Options]]''' - [[Quentin "Q" Alldredge (LabVIEW Champion)|Quentin "Q" Alldredge]]
-#"Exploring the Depths of the VI Server", CLA-Americas Summit 2018
-#"Run Time Spell Checking Algorithm", CLA-Americas Summit 2018
-#"IDE Addons You Wish You Could Have", CLA-Americas Summit 2018 (7x7)
-#"Totally in G", CLA-Americas Summit 2018 (7x7)
-=== User Groups:  ===
+=== NIWeek/NI Connect ===
+* [[NIWeek 2018]] - '''[[NIWeek 2018/UI: Extensible and Modular UIs: Extend the VI Server With Object-Oriented Techniques|Extensible & Mod UIs: Extend the VI Server With Object-Oriented Techniques]]''', [https://youtu.be/IaY5YCB2dxo video]|[https://learn.ni.com/center-of-excellence/resources/1185/ui-extensible-mod-uis-extend-the-vi-server-with-object-oriented-techniques summary]|[https://ispri.ng/Y6W13 slides])
+* [[NIWeek 2019]] - '''[[NIWeek 2019/These Innovative Tricks for ProjectRequirements Will Change Your Life|These Innovative Tricks for #ProjectRequirements Will Change Your Life]]'''
+* [[NI Connect 2023]] - '''HAL-chemy: Turning Devices into Gold''' with Kevin Shirey
+* [[NI Connect 2024]] - Coming Soon
-Top of Utah LabVIEW User Group (TOULUG), Wasatch Front LabVIEW (WaFL) User Group, Hill AFB LabVIEW User Group
+=== User Groups ===
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/DutLUG/bd-p/5336 Dutch LabVIEW User's Group March 2021] - '''[https://forums.ni.com/t5/DutLUG/Meeting-18-03-2021/td-p/4119516 XNodes: Choose Your Own Adventure]
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Chicago-LabVIEW-User-Group/Q2-User-Group-Meeting-info/m-p/4153389/highlight/true#M354 Chicago LabVIEW User's Group Q2 2021] - '''Extensible and Modular User Interfaces'''
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Chicago-LabVIEW-User-Group/Q2-User-Group-Meeting-info/m-p/4153389/highlight/true#M354 Chicago LabVIEW User's Group Q2 2021] - '''Q's Bag of Goodies'''
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Top-of-Utah-LabVIEW-User-Group/gp-p/5171 Top of Utah LabVIEW User Group (TOULUG) 2017] - '''Seven Things Your Doctor Won't Tell You About LabVIEW Scripting''' ([https://forums.ni.com/t5/Top-of-Utah-LabVIEW-User-Group/Seven-Things-Your-Doctor-Won-t-Tell-You-About-LabVIEW-Scripting/gpm-p/3685320?profile.language=en forum]|[https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/5171/36/2/Seven%20Things%20Your%20Doctor%20Won't%20Tell%20You%20About%20LabVIEW%20Scripting.pptx slides])
+* [https://forums.ni.com/t5/WAsatch-Front-LabVIEW-WAFL-User/gp-p/5340 Wasatch Front LabVIEW (WaFL) User Group] - '''Basics of Debugging LabVIEW''', WaFL User Group 2018 ([https://forums.ni.com/t5/WAsatch-Front-LabVIEW-WAFL-User/Basics-of-Debugging-LabVIEW/gpm-p/3816405 forum]|[https://forums.ni.com/ni/attachments/ni/5340/6/1/Basics%20of%20Debugging%20LabVIEW.pptx slides])
+* Hill AFB LabVIEW User Group - Many Presentations but wasn't allowed to publish
 ==See also==