QA1 recently announced that Chuck Olson joined the QA1 team as director of engineering. Olson will be leading the design and manufacturing engineers and is responsible for new product development and continuous improvement.

“I’m very excited for the opportunity to develop new products for an extremely diverse line of high-quality parts for the circle track, drag racing, street performance, street rod and industrial markets,” Olson said. “We have an excellent engineering team at QA1, and we’re all focused on bringing the best possible products to market.”

Olson has worked in contract manufacturing and product design for the past 22 years. He has also been active in dirt circle track racing for much of the last 25 years and is an avid enthusiast.

“We are thrilled to add Chuck to the QA1 team,” said QA1 President Melissa Scoles. “His experience and leadership will be invaluable as we continue expanding our lines by designing and manufacturing innovative products.”