VARDALACHOU IAKOVINA

Iakovina (Vivi) Vardalachou, Physicist with MSc in Electronics and Radio Electrical Engineering, Director of Persons’ Certification Division of TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS since September 2013, with 34 years of professional experience in quality matters and standards, 25 years in certification sectors, has full knowledge of International Standard ISO / IEC 17024 requirements. From 1988 till today, she deals exclusively with quality issues, Management Systems and Quality standards, having successively trained and embedded in all versions of ISO 9001 standard, up to the valid one, as well as in all accreditation standards as ISO / IEC 17021, ISO / IEC 17020, ISO / IEC 17065 etc. Alongside, in all Enterprises and Organizations she has worked so far, she has been responsible for the organization and planning of internal quality audits, the development of Quality Management Systems’ documentation, the management, control and prevention of quality deviations in various functions, the quality development and management of organizational structures and operations, etc. She also has many years of experience in the Quality Management Systems’ audits and has been recognized as Lead Auditor since 1996. During the period 1988 – 2005 she worked in the company INTRACOM SA. holding the positions of Head of Quality Control, Assistant of Quality Assurance Manager, Deputy Director of Quality Assurance and Quality Assurance Section Manager. At the same time, from 1996 to 2009, she collaborated with the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) and the Certification Division as a freelancer and as Lead Auditor for various Management Systems.
Since 2010, she participates as a Technical Officer in TÜV AUSTRIA CERT’s Accredited Certification Schemes of Welders, regarding the conformity of documentation with the persons’ certification process. For TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS, till today she has developed and implemented 40 different persons’ certification schemes, with more than 60 sub-schemes and professional specialties. For the 20 of them which include 51 sub-schemes, the Accreditation process has been completed.
Since 2009 she is being working at TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS and is recognized by the IRCA as a Principal Auditor with registration number: 6014857 and as tutor for ISO 9001 seminars .