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President < Jerry Robertson VP, Programs Robertson Associates waterst.jr@verizon.net   Committee Vice Presidents < Fritz Luft VP, Membership MKS Instruments Inc. fritz_luft@charter.net     < Richard James VP, Finance james-rich@comcast.net   Richard James was the Technical Manager for Polaroid Corporation's Consumer Hardware Division, encompassing manufacturing plants in Scotland, China and the USA. He was responsible for increasing the business performance of Polaroid's instant consumer cameras through improved manufacturing processes and product redesigns. He was the Six Sigma Champion and Black Belt for this Division. Richard is a founding member and VP Finance of our Boston Chapter. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University and has completed extensive managerial and technical studies. < Robert Maigret VP, Communications On Semiconductor bob.maigret@onsemi.com     General Directors < Bill Kelleher williamkelleher@excite.com   Bill Kelleher is a management consultant with international experience and specific expertise in the process of new product development and implementation. He brings excellent analysis and problem solving skills to his clients. He has helped develop effective measurement systems as part of process improvement programs for clients in the US, Europe and Asia. < Bob Whitney MKS Instruments Inc. bob_whitney@mksinst.com   < Chuck McVinney McVinney & Co. chuck@mcvinney.com   Chuck McVinney has spent his entire adult life studying and facilitating learning and creativity in individuals, work teams and organizations. With a background in the arts and education (BA, SUNY and MA, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts), he has worked with organizations around the world to create innovative and sustainable organizations. Previously, Chuck worked for many years as an internal management consultant at the Digital Equipment Corporation in Boston. Later, as Director of Training and Development for BBN (Bolt Beranek and Newman) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he created a comprehensive management and organizational development strategy for that company. After leaving BBN, Chuck was Vice President of two successful consulting companies. He launched his own company, McVinney & Company, in the 1990's. < Dick Power Power Plans powerplans@verizon.net   John R. (Dick) Power, CFP, PMP is Director of Executive Education at Goldense Group, Inc. [GGI]. Mr. Power has been practicing in the advanced and new product development and production areas for over thirty years. He is highly experienced in project management of large and complex high technology products from initial phases through production, distribution and sustaining support, having served as a US Army officer for thirty years. For most of that career he was a leader in acquisition of electronic systems for the Army, retiring as a Colonel in the Signal Corps. After that he worked at GTE (before its merger with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon) as Director of Total Quality for the Government Systems Group and later as Corporate-wide program manager for information security. In addition to his work at Goldense Group, he operates his own financial planning practice, Power Plans. Mr. Power holds a BS degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University and an MBA from Babson College. Dick is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He holds a Diploma in Financial Management from Boston University. He is a Worldwide Vice President of the Society of Concurrent Product Development (SCPD). < Donald Stewart Concurrency Group stdon@attbi.com   Donald Stewart co-founded the Boston chapter of SCPD. He organized more than 30 chapter events, and was chair of two SCPD worldwide conferences. Don founded Concurrency Group, a consulting firm focused on concurrent product development methods. Don's operating experience was at Teradyne, Inc. where all his work involved product development, including responsibilities for product management, sales management, and customer support. He worked closely with in-house development groups and with hundreds of customers in the U. S., Europe, and the Pacific Rim. Don is the author on papers on design methodologies, concurrent engineering techniques and manufacturing processes. He holds an EE degree from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School. < Dr. Mike Burstein SCPD '03 Conference Program Director T.I.P.E mcb.tipe@worlnet.att.net     Through his company TIPE, Inc. and other professional activities, Dr. Michael Burstein has interacted on a continuing basis with major players in Concurrent Product Development (CPC). These have ranged from pioneers of product development at software companies like PTC, MatrixOne, and SDRC to technology gatekeepers and entrepreneurs at lead implementers like Ford Motor Company, Deere and Company, General Motors, International Truck and Engine Corporation, Boeing, and Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company. Many of Mike's contacts have come through his participation on three technical committees (i.e., Product Data Mgt., Process Design, and Production Systems) of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and on the Program Committee for the SCPD Annual International Conference. Much of Mike's interest at this point in CPD springs from his role as an SME-certified Enterprise Integrator where his responsibilities are focused on the IT side of manufacturing. Here, product development processes, along with related coordination of supply chains and shop floors, are key. < Hans Ludi Past President Gnothis hans.ludi@worldnet.att.net   Hans Ludi is most interested and challenged in helping small companies to grow into a workplace, - where people successfully innovate and develop a stream of breakthrough products, - where structured business processes result in effective and efficient decision making, - where the application of a metrics system using leading indicators drive sustainable profitability, and - where crossfunctional teamwork is characterized by trust, understanding and clear roles and responsibilities. Hans Ludi, PhD, has 15+ years of experience in senior management (CEO, CTO and VP of R&D) in the diagnostic and Life Sciences industry with Ciba-Corning, Chiron, Bayer Diagnostics, Biodynamix LLC, and Gnothis Holding Ltd. Recently he has consulted for numerous start-up companies. He has a PhD in Biochemistry form the University of Bern and an MS form the Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland. < Marty Ross Verizon marty.ross@verizon.com   Myron ("Marty") Ross received the BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University in 1964, 1966, and 1970, respectively. He has spent the last 29 years at Verizon/GTE and GTE Government Systems in the assessment of strategic technology options, and the systems engineering of telecommunications networks, and telephone and data switching systems. Currently, Marty is Manager of Technology Planning and Strategy in the Verizon Technology Organization at Waltham, MA, where he is responsible for the assessment of technology and strategic development. Prior to joining SCDP, he was very active in IEEE, EIA, and INCOSE. Marty has a wife, Nancy, and two sons, Eric and Darren. < Paul Edelman Edelman & Associates paul@edeltech.com   Paul Edelman is Managing Director of Edelman & Associates, an executive search and technical recruiting firm serving high technology companies. Paul's technical background, and his extensive experience in organization development, has been key to his successful completion of search assignments for companies practicing concurrent product development in fields like medical devices, digital imaging, and enterprise software. Before entering the executive search field, Paul served as Vice President of Staff and Organization Development for a successful microelectronics start-up. Earlier, he had been an internal organization development consultant and Operations Manager of an AT&T subsidiary. Paul holds a BS in Physics from MIT and a PhD in Psychology from Harvard University. < Renee Dorjahn Past President Adaptive Medical Systems rdorjahn@shore.net   < Richard Paynting rypaynting@yahoo.com     Advisory < Deb Swamson BASE Council Deborah.Swanson@comcast.net     Below are some of the SCPD Boston committee members < Anne Schwartz Goldense Group Inc. < Doug Moran MKS Instruments < Gene Bridgers Results MA. < Hal Tugal Energen < Joan Cullinane Sun Microsystems < Merle Kummer Kummer Consulting < Richard Mason Bayer Diagnostics
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