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Industry Partners

Provides table of Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM) industrial partners.

Ken Slocumb with MMM students.

Board members closely interact with MMM students.

Industry Partners

The MMM degree program extends beyond the student body, faculty, and staff to an extensive network of alumni and industry partners (.pdf 92Kb) *Acrobat industry partners.

We maintain close ties with our alumni and as they prove the worth of their MMM degree, their organizations also become enthusiastic partners with the program. Industry support includes: representation on the Advisory Board, contributing financial support for the program, providing guest speakers, hosting field trips, participating in the MMM internship program, and offering guidance and assistance with course related projects.

Guidelines for serving on the Industrial and Alumni Advisory Boards

Industrial Advisory Board Guidelines

Alumni Advisory Board Guidelines

Industrial Advisory Board Representatives
John Barkhouse
Regional Process Owner
Caterpillar Production System
Technology & Solutions Division
Caterpillar Inc.
William Ripley
Chief Engineer, Air Vehicle IPT Leader
Boeing Rotorcraft
Jonathan Fetter
President
Winner Global, LLC
Mark Rose
Director, Aerospace Operations
Lord Corporation
Joe Jordan
Director of Manufacturing
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Jim Skinner
Senior VP, Business Development
JP Skinner, LLC
William Kimbro
Corporate Lean Enterprise Manager
Kennametal
Ron Walters
Director, Operational Development
Black and Decker
Michael Pessina
Executive Vice President and CEO
Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.
Brad Way
Plant Leader
WL Gore and Associates Inc.
Russ Reber
Vice President, Forged Bar and Billet Business
Carpenter Technology Corporation
Dave Whitmyre
iGEN3 Plant Manager
Xerox Corporation
Douglas Rich
Director of Operations
Dresser-Rand

Alumni Advisory Board Representatives
Stephan Clambaneva
Global Marketing Manager
IBM Global Services
Jill Plavcan
Project Manager, Body Exterior and Interior
Ford Motor Company
Brendan Conway
Lean Process Engineer
Restek Corporation
Scott Rizzo
Global Head, SCM and Trade Relations
Barrier Therapeutics, Inc.
Paola Coronel
Technical Operations Associate
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
John Rumbaugh
Production Manager
Supelco Division of Sigma-Aldrich Inc.
Karl Davidson
Consultant
Brian St. Pierre
Process Engineer
Sound Technology, Inc.
Jennifer Domaradzki
Operations Leadership Program
United Technologies Corporation
Gretchen Schneider
Manufacturing Management Associate
Kennametal, Inc.
Bruce Helms
Senior QA Engineer
C-Cor Incorporation
Ian Shih
EMPD Program
Eaton Electrical
Matthew Hollenbeck
Product Assurance Engineer
ORTHOVITA, INC.
Kevin Stefanick
Sr. Engineer, Manufacturing Systems
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Christian Klepeiss
Supply Base Manager
Tyco Electronics
Tod Stenger
Platinum Consultant
SAP America Inc.
Joshua McDonough
Manager, Supply Chain Processes
Honeywell International
Jason Wilburn
General Manager, Non-destructive Testing Division
Conco Systems Inc.