Leo Barry, Senior Quality Engineer, Plexus Electronic AssemblyLeo Barry is Senior Quality Engineer and Lean Sigma Black Belt who conducts training and leads improvement projects at Plexus since 2005. Previous positions include Quality Director. Credentials are BS degree, ASQ certified SSBB, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, and Quality Manager.
Dean Beutel, Director of Global Quality Processes, Caterpillar Inc. Dean Beutel is the Global Process Owner of Caterpillar's "Global Quality Processes" organization - within their Production Center of Excellence. His organization is responsible for leading the development, support and execution of programs designed to ensure world class quality within Caterpillar's internal manufacturing base and extended supply chain. Caterpillar has over 100 manufacturing facilities worldwide as well as a global supplier network. Dean is also the Vice Chair of the ASME Dimensional metrology Consensus Committee.
Brian D. Bright, Technical Sales and Applications Engineering, ATEQ Western OntarioBrian D. Bright joined ATEQ World-wide Group in January 2007. He acquired diverse experience identifying and resolving the issues encountered while supplying new special purpose gauging and assembly equipment to one of the pioneers of Six Sigma in the 1990s. Identifying definitive cost effective solutions to process problems when the root cause is concealed in the data has become his specialty working at ATEQ Canada in applications engineering.
William W. Buschur, General Manager, ibg NDT Systems CorporationWilliam W. Buschur currently serves as the General Manager for ibg NDT Systems Corporation. He has twenty five years of NDT experience in various sales, technical and management positions where his involvement has been primarily in visual and eddy current test methods. William is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, OH.
Kenneth W. Chandler, Vice President of Operations, Smith & Wesson Holding CorporationKen joined Smith & Wesson in 2005 as the VP of Operations. During his tenure, he has had responsibility for New Product Development and Operations. Prior to Smith & Wesson, Ken was with Torrington Bearing Company as Vice President of Operations for the company¹s automotive division. His formal education in engineering, coupled with operations management experience in multiple companies and industries, has helped Kenneth Chandler build a solid history of evaluating needs and systematically introducing and integrating operational improvements.
Paul Hogendoorn, President, OES, Inc.Paul Hogendoorn is the president and co-founder of OES Inc, celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2010. He is the past chair of the London Region Manufacturing Council and a regular contributor to Manufacturing Automation magazine, the Tube and Pipe Journal and Quality Magazine. Paul’s inventive ambition, along with choosing the right business partners, has contributed to the company’s success in all three divisions of electrical engineering – Technologies, Manufacturing, and Scoreboards.
James Jenkins, Instructor & Assessor, Laboratory Accreditation BureauJames is an instructor in ISO17025 compliance, internal auditing and assessing, metrology fundamentals, numerous advanced metrology disciplines involving calibration, measurement uncertainty analysis and measurement decision risk analysis. He has worked as an assessor for the Laboratory Accreditation Bureau and is a member of their Technical Advisory Committee, along with being deemed a qualified trainer of assessors in ISO17025 and Measurement Uncertainty. James has consulted both Accredited and Non-Accredited Dimensional Calibration and Dimensional Measurement laboratories.
Daniel Kass, Portables Technology Specialist, Olympus NDTDaniel Kass has over 21 years of experience in Non-Destructive testing field. Over this period he was employed by Panametrics as Product Manager of Automated Systems and Instrumentation and is currently with Olympus NDT in a technology and business development role.
Ray Karadayin, President and Founder, Applied Automation Technologies, Inc.Ray Karadayi is the president and founder of Applied Automation Technologies, Inc. Mr. Karadayi holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Automatic Controls from the Technical University of Istanbul and University of Texas at Austin. He has 25 years of experience with CAD/CAM and automation software development specifically on CMM software and 3D metrology applications for Machine Tools.
Cathy Kuhn, Analyst Lead Operational Excellence, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & TechnologiesWith 30 plus years at Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Cathy has worked in a variety of organizations including Test Equipment, Quality and Information Technologies. In her current role she is working in the Quality, Six Sigma and Business Excellence organization, and helped write the FM&T Malcolm Baldrige application. Cathy has been a Malcolm Baldrige Award Examiner at the Missouri state level for several years. She is a Honeywell Black Belt and graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
David Lehmann, CSO, North America, phoenix|x-rayDavid Lehmann was one of the founder-members of phoenix|x-ray Systems + Services, Inc., a leading company for microfocus and nanofocus 2D X-ray and 3D Computed Tomography now belonging to GE Inspection Technologies. Dave is presently phoenix|x-ray's Chief Sales Officer for North America.
Steven A. Mango, Worldwide Technical Manager, Carestream Health – NDT SolutionsSteven Mango is the technical manager for Carestream Health’s NDT Solutions Group, overseeing all activities dealing with KODAK non-destructive testing products, and manages the latest technologies in computed radiography at their state-of-the-art demonstration lab in Rochester, NY. He earned his B.S. in image science at Rochester Institute of Technology, and is a member of ASNT and ASTM International.
Daryl Martin, Midwest Sales & Support Manager, Advanced IlluminationDaryl Martin is Advanced illumination's Midwest Regional Sales and Support Manager, based in Ann Arbor, MI, where he develops vision lighting solutions and promotes Ai's product line and customer services in the continental US and Canada. Daryl has primary responsibility for training Ai's vision partners, ASPs and customers in all aspects of lighting, including methods and applications in many training sessions since 2003. He emphasizes practical methods for creating lighting solutions.
Dave Maxham, Marketing Director, Automated Precision Inc.Dave Maxham is the Marketing Director for Automated Precision Inc. of Rockville, Maryland a high tech provider of laser measuring systems and metrology solutions for a wide range industries. A 1975 graduate of Penn State University, Dave brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, and evangelizing new products.
Robert K. McConnell, President, WAY-2C Color Machine VisionRobert McConnell holds a B.S.E. from Princeton University, and an M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He has been responsible for the development of statistical image analysis software for industrial inspection and process control. He is the holder of a comprehensive patent on pattern recognition, was selected to the Peer Review Council of the Machine Vision Association (MVA) of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and is on the steering committee of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
John Miller, Quality Manager, Pelco Products, Inc.John Miller joined the Pelco Products team in 2008 and currently holds the position of quality manager. John has more than 30 years experience assisting in the development and implementation of quality systems to increase employee involvement at all levels of the organization resulting in the continuous improvement of quality standards. His hands-on approach, using a "role up your sleeves and let's work through the problems together" mindset, has opened the channels of communication and provided process improvements well beyond the quality aspect of the company.
Edward Morse, Ph.D., UNC CharlotteDr. Morse received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 2000, where he studied fundamental issues in mechanical assembly. He has worked with CMMs for over 20 years, including 4 years with the former Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. He has been a professor at UNC Charlotte for the past 10 years, where he pursues research in tolerancing, metrology, and contributes to national and international standards.
Mark Nash, Operations Manager, Pelco Products, Inc.Mark A. Nash is Operations Manager for Pelco Products, Inc. He has 28 years of process improvement experience, both as an internal and external consultant/engineer, in manufacturing, distribution, government and healthcare. This diversified background allows Mark to work outside the box looking for process solutions many people cannot visualize. During Mark's 2 ½ years at Pelco, he has led the company through many successful process, quality and cultural changes.
Thomas Nepstad, Vision Software, Principal Product Marketing Manager, CognexThomas Nepstad has a degree in computer science. He has 20 years’ technical experience in the Automation and Vision Industry. Currently Thomas is the Product Marketing Manager for Cognex Vision Software. In this role, he has helped numerous customers worldwide to unveil the full potential of their factory automation applications using industrial vision.
Anthony Oliver, Vision Systems Engineer, Sight MachineAnthony holds a Bachelors degree in Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He has been involved with software development for the past 15 years and automation and manufacturing for the past 5 years. He is an advocate for the development and deployment of open source software.
David Rideout, Product Manager, Olympus America Inc.David Rideout has worked with Olympus America Inc. for the last four years as Product Manager for metrology systems. Previous to working with Olympus, David spent ten years in sales and marketing in the semiconductor industry, where he was responsible for the implementation of metrology tools specific to semiconductor manufacturing. David holds an MBA from Dowling College and a BA in economics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Jim Salsbury, Corporate Metrologist, Mitutoyo America CorporationDr. Jim Salsbury is the Corporate Metrologist at Mitutoyo America Corporation. He is also an active participant in standards efforts in dimensional metrology, including being a member of the ASME B89 Main Committee and a U.S. appointed subject matter expert to ISO TC213.
Thomas Sloma-Williams, Publisher, Quality MagazineThomas Sloma-Williams is the group publisher of Quality, as well as NDT, Vision & Sensors and appliance Design. Quality is a business-to-business integrated media and education group, reaching quality and manufacturing professionals through a variety of means, including digital and electronic means, as well as print, conferencing and face-to-face-events.
Rick Sloop, Senior Application Engineer, Technical Services Coordinator, InfinityQS InternationalRick Sloop is the senior application engineer and technical services coordinator at InfinityQS International. He is an American Society for Quality, Certified Quality Engineer and has been involved in quality control and process control improvement for more than 20 years. While working with InfinityQS he has helped dozens of companies with the implementation of Statistical Process Control, Gage Control and with the improvement of existing systems.
Dan Snigier, Engineer II, NVision 3D Dan Snigier received his Engineering degree from Ferris State University. He started his career at Doskocill Manufacturing in 2006 as a Design Engineer for consumer products. Dan joined NVision in 2009 as a Senior Engineer, overseeing reverse engineering projects for military, aerospace and power generation clients.
Dean H. Stamatis, President, Contemporary Consultants, Faculty, University of Phoenix - Detroit CampusDean H. Stamatis, Ph.D., CQE, CMfgE, MSSBB, is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at Central Michigan University and University of Phoenix, teaching both graduate and undergraduate level courses in Statistics, Operation Management and others; and President of Contemporary Consultants Co., Southgate, Michigan, providing consulting services in the areas of organizational development, management training, quality assurance/training, statistical process control methods, project management, six sigma, and lean.
Bradley Weber, Director of Application Engineering, PPT Vision, Inc.Bradley Weber has worked at PPT VISION, Inc. for the past 9 years, of which the last 4 have been as the Director of Application Engineering. Prior to that Bradley worked at Hutchinson Technology, Inc. in the Corporate Vision Engineering group. With over 12+ years of vision experience, Bradley has worked on a multitude of 2D and 3D vision applications for the automotive, connector/semiconductor, food and packaging, and medical/pharmaceutical industries. Bradley has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology and is currently obtaining his Master of Science degree in Management of Technology.
Eric Zink, Consultant, Think Zink Consulting ServicesEric Zink specializes in operations and operational excellence in the Automotive and Manufacturing/Engineering sectors. Eric has held several operations and quality roles of increasing responsibility in his career working in the business services, printing, information management and manufacturing industries. Eric has held global management responsibilities and worked on various cross-functional projects which required participation from all departments within corporations as well as led global and multi-functional teams and communities from which successful implementations have occurred for quality systems, lean events and Six Sigma projects.
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