It is with sadness that we share the news that Marc Smith, founder of The Elsmar Cove, passed away on July 15, 2022.
Marc was born in Covington, Kentucky on June 22, 1950. He spent most of his childhood in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, where he graduated from high school in 1969. Following high school, Marc joined the workforce as a certified EEG technologist at EEG Incorporated.
He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri as a biology major with double minors in chemistry and anthropology. Following his departure from EEG, Marc worked various quality jobs ranging from lab manager to quality assurance engineer.
In 1989, he started a consulting and training business to provide expertise in documentation & configuration management, quality assurance & quality planning systems, and manufacturing & assembly systems. Marc featured over 30 years of experience working in mixed, high-risk manufacturing environments for various industries, including military, consumer, and automotive.
In 1996, Marc founded The Elsmar Cove. It was one of the first 100,000 websites on the internet and the earliest to focus on quality assurance and business standards compliance. Marc launched the forum so industry professionals had a free resource where they could discuss quality assurance-related topics with other professionals.
In 2004, Marc made it his primary job to maintain the forum. As the breadth of topics grew over a span of 25 years, Marc expanded Elsmar from general quality assurance to cover many national and international business and manufacturing standards. He spent most of his time moderating and managing the discussion forum until August 2021, when he passed the torch to PQ Systems to keep the community thriving and growing.
While Marc’s absence will be felt, his legacy will live on in The Elsmar Cove. As a tribute to Marc, please kindly share any stories, messages, or memories.
Marc was born in Covington, Kentucky on June 22, 1950. He spent most of his childhood in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, where he graduated from high school in 1969. Following high school, Marc joined the workforce as a certified EEG technologist at EEG Incorporated.
He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri as a biology major with double minors in chemistry and anthropology. Following his departure from EEG, Marc worked various quality jobs ranging from lab manager to quality assurance engineer.
In 1989, he started a consulting and training business to provide expertise in documentation & configuration management, quality assurance & quality planning systems, and manufacturing & assembly systems. Marc featured over 30 years of experience working in mixed, high-risk manufacturing environments for various industries, including military, consumer, and automotive.
In 1996, Marc founded The Elsmar Cove. It was one of the first 100,000 websites on the internet and the earliest to focus on quality assurance and business standards compliance. Marc launched the forum so industry professionals had a free resource where they could discuss quality assurance-related topics with other professionals.
In 2004, Marc made it his primary job to maintain the forum. As the breadth of topics grew over a span of 25 years, Marc expanded Elsmar from general quality assurance to cover many national and international business and manufacturing standards. He spent most of his time moderating and managing the discussion forum until August 2021, when he passed the torch to PQ Systems to keep the community thriving and growing.
While Marc’s absence will be felt, his legacy will live on in The Elsmar Cove. As a tribute to Marc, please kindly share any stories, messages, or memories.