Lean Enterprise, Lean Manufacturing and Quality

	D. Robert Paine Bob Paine is a senior research scientist specializing in international quality management systems, ISO 9000, TS16949 and AS 9000. He has over 30 years of experience in the area of quality assurance systems, implementation, maintenance and discipline of recognized industry standards in both the commercial and government sectors. He is the founding member of the IAC audit consortium and has assisted over 50 companies to successfully achieve ISO 9000 registration. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in business administration. Bob has completed the RAB Certified ISO 9000:2000 Lead Auditor Training. He is active in training, auditing, implementation, transitioning and registration. Bob is the 2002 ATN Practitioner of the Year and a member of ASQ.
	Maruf Rahman, Ph.D. Maruf Rahman has over 21 years of experience in engineering and logistics management.  His work experience includes such roles as president, professor, engineer and research scientist at Rapid Manufacturing Improvements, UAH, Alabama A&M University, University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, Asian Institute of Technology and Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.  He has facilitated over 350 lean implementation projects to more than 4,000 employees.  Maruf has a Ph.D. from UAH in Industrial Engineering.  He has an M.S. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Engineering Management, an M.E. in Industrial Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology and a B.S.E. from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Chemical Engineering.  Maruf is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.   Maruf has co-authored a book and has had over 400 of his reports and articles published.
	Jeff Siniard Jeff Siniard is a Lean Manufacturing Specialist with over 25 years experience in manufacturing. He has conducted over 130 kaizen events for manufacturers of appliances, flexible packaging, folding cartons, injection molding, metal stampings, wood products, consumer products, wire and cable, and spiral wound paper tubing. He has trained hundreds of executives, managers, engineers and floor associates in lean manufacturing principles throughout the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Jeff specializes in Changeover Reduction, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Productivity Improvement. He has five years of experience as a plant manager, eight years of experience as a plant superintendent and four years of experience as a maintenance superintendent. He received his lean training and facilitators certification from Dr. Maruf Rahman. Jeff has a B.B.A. in Management of Technology from Athens State University.
	Kenneth Sullivan, P.E. Kenneth Sullivan performs training and implementation in lean principles, as well as business development for the lean team. Kenneth has over 19 years of experience in both commercial and government sectors. His work experience includes roles as Industrial Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Supervisor, Consultant and Research Scientist. He has worked for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Allied Aerospace and United Technologies Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.S. in Engineering Management from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Managers, a registered professional engineer, a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and a certified NIST Lean Manufacturing Trainer. He has received two MSFC Director's Commendations, 1988 San Fernando Valley Engineering Merit Award and a Project Manager on the team that received the 1998 Grover E. Bell award.
	Nicholas Loyd Nic Loyd has trained thousands of manufacturers from several states and countries in lean manufacturing. He has been active in providing lean manufacturing assistance to companies in the automotive, aerospace, biomedical, electronics, plastics, machining, meat-cutting, mining wood-working and other industries in the areas of: cellular manufacturing design, value stream mapping, takt time/work balancing, work standardization, workplace organization/5 S, changeover reduction and kaizen facilitation. He has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and is a certified NIST Lean Manufacturing Trainer. Nic is also a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
	Anthony Holden Anthony Holden provides engineering support to lean implementation activities. Before coming to UAH, he had 5 years experience in the engineering field working with such companies as Teledyne Brown, Copeland Corporation, University of California at Irvine and ACD Tridon. While at UAH, Anthony has helped implement lean with Triana Industries, Sonoco, Bowater, Pemco and McDuffie Island Coal Terminal. He is a NIST Lean Manufacturing trainer and capable kaizen facilitator. Anthony received his B.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from UAH. He is a member of the American Society for Quality and serving as an evaluator for the Alabama Quality Award.
	Heather R. Shar Heather Shar has trained numerous companies in lean enterprise. She has three years of experience in advanced manufacturing planning, including process redesign and new product production launch. She is certified by NIST in all courses offered during the Lean Certificate Series. She has a B.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from UAH and is currently working towards her master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is a member of both the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Infrastructure, Logistics and Transportation

	James W. Hutcheson On loan from the Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority, Jim Hutcheson is working on the Department of Transportation contract at UAH.   At the airport, Jim is accounts manager, performing sales and marketing for the International Intermodal Center.  Jim has over 25 years experience in sales and business management, including 10 years of experience in the transportation industry.  He participates in several industry-related organizations, including the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), the Alabama World Trade Association, North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA), the Birmingham Traffic and Transportation Club and the Memphis World Trade Club.  Jim has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Southern Polytechnic State University.
	Lauren C. Jennings Lauren Jennings is a research analyst.  She is currently assessing the transportation needs of Alabama companies in an effort to create a logistics model as part of the DoT contract.  Lauren has a bachelor of science in Marketing from Auburn University.  She is pursuing a certificate in logistics from the Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech.
	Sharla A. Mondesir As a research analyst, Sharla is currently assisting the Office of Infrastructure, Logistics & Transportation in its development of an Alabama Logistics Model and Industry Cluster Analysis. Sharla is experienced in database development and management, and is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville with a B.S.B.A. in Management Information Systems.

Strategy, Finance, Operations and Supply Chain

	Greg H. Parlier, P.E. Greg Parlier’s current research focus is on supply chain integration and optimization, operations research and strategic issues relating to workforce and organizations undergoing “transformation.” Greg comes to UAH from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command where he served as director for transformation and principal assistant deputy to the commander for systems support.  Greg is a recently retired U.S. Army Colonel.  In his 30 years of service, he led and commanded air defense artillery units in the Far East, Europe and Southwest Asia, including eight years with the 82nd Airborne Division.  Greg has a B.S. in Applied Science and Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.  Greg’s qualifications include an M.S. in Operations Research/Systems Analysis Engineering from Naval Postgraduate School, an M.A. in National Security Studies from Georgetown University and an MIT Fellowship.  He is a registered Professional Engineer.
	Jeffrey S. Thompson Jeff Thompson is a senior business advisor.  He specializes in the analysis of systems for finance, accounting, strategic planning, management and information processes.  Jeff has 23 years of experience including corporate consulting and business assistance organizations.  He has served in the roles of chief operations officer, director of business consulting, manager of small business and research programs, corporate financial planning supervisor and project financial specialist.  Jeff holds an M.B.A. from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and a B.S. in accounting from the University of Alabama.
	Karen Stanley Karen Stanley specializes in management consulting, including strategic planning, business planning and marketing strategy development.  She has served as vice president of finance and marketing at Stanley Construction Company where she won the SBA National Small Business Person of the Year in 2001, an award presented by President Bush.  She has worked for KANS Enterprises, American Express and Monsanto Chemical Company.  Karen has her M.B.A. from Harvard University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from MIT and a B.E. from Vanderbilt University.

Administration

	William R. Killingsworth, Ph.D. - Director Bill Killingsworth is director of the Office for Economic Development at UAH. He is also the director of the Northeast Alabama Regional Small Business Development Center, the Executive Director of the Alabama Aerospace Industry Association and a Senior Business Advisor with the Alabama Technology Network. Bill has 25 years of experience in management consulting. He began his career at Pugh-Roberts Associates, Inc., a management consulting firm headed by Professor Ed Roberts of the MIT Sloan School of Management.  He then founded Killingsworth Associates, a management consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  His firm conducted consulting assignments across the United States, as well as in Europe and Africa, specializing in strategic planning, feasibility studies, budgeting and capitalization and the development of start-up businesses.  In March of 2001, Bill joined the staff of UAH, where he has directed projects aimed at increasing innovation within Alabama, creating growth in industry clusters, building emerging technology companies, implementing lean manufacturing and designing supply chain integration and optimization.  Bill received a National Science Foundation fellowship to attend MIT where he received the S.M. in automation and control theory and the Ph.D. degree in an interdepartmental program of engineering and management. He received the B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University with highest honor.
	Gregory A. Harris, P.E. - Deputy Greg Harris is deputy director of the Office for Economic Development and director of the UAH Alabama Technology Network. Greg specializes in value stream mapping, lean manufacturing, industrial engineering and operations/plant management. Greg has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing as an industrial engineer, quality engineer, operations manager and plant manager at Lindy Industries, SGS Consulting Engineers, Abanda, United Technologies, Federal Reserve Bank, Convex Computer Corporation and Texas Instruments. He is a certified NIST Lean Manufacturing Trainer and Professional Business Advisor. Greg has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, an M.B.A. from St. Edwards University and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at UAH. He is a registered Professional Engineer.
	Cynthia S. Baker - Controller Cynthia Baker is the budget analyst and office coordinator.  She manages the administrative team and handles financial issues for the center’s clients.  Cynthia has a bachelor of science in Business Administration in Management Information Systems from UAH and has worked in both the private sector and with the University for 15 years doing accounting, bookkeeping and payroll.
	Teri Martin - Sr. Staff Assistant Teri Martin is the office manager and senior staff assistant. She handles financial matters and contracts for the office. Teri worked as a contract specialist for the U.S. Army for over eight years and has been with the University for over six years working in telecommunications and accounting.
	Jennifer East - Business Development Jennifer East is the marketing coordinator, with experience in public relations, promotions, and marketing strategy. She comes to UAH from Huntsville's Broadway Theatre League where she worked in event coordination and served as the head of education and group sales. She graduated summa cum laude from The University of Alabama with a B.S. in Commerce & Business Administration and earned a Master of Science in the Management of Technology from UAH.