Industry Advisory Board [1]

"Our mission is to partner with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and to advise on strategic areas of curriculum development, research, fundraising, and outreach."

IAB Charter [2]

Member Directory:

Co-Chairs:

Martin Ross

Staff Engineer
United Technologies Aerospace Systems
1 Hamilton Road, M/S 3-2-K9
Windsor Locks, CT 06096
Office Phone: 860-654-3161
Phone: 860-372-8870

Paul Washburn

Principal
Quality Systems Consulting
Phone: (508) 380-2376

1981 BS IE/OR UMass Amherst
1984 MBA UMass Amherst

Members:

David K. Anderson [3]

Sr. Vice President
Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.
30 Shrewsbury Street
Holden, MA 01520-1843
Phone (508) 829-6000 ext. 6464
Fax (508) 829-5939

1980 BSME UMass Amherst
1996 MS Technology Mgt. - RPI

Paul Banks, PE

Principal
B2Q Associates Inc.
100 Burtt Rd. Suite 212
Andover, MA 01810
Phone: 978-335-4517 (cell)
Fax: 978-719-6339
www.b2qassociates.com [4]

1981 BSME UMass Amherst

Jim Burroughs

SVP Support Services
PTC
140 Kendrick Street
Needham, MA 02494
Phone: (781) 370-5268

1986 BSME UMass Amerst

Gerry Caron [5]

Chief Product Officer
iZotope

1983 BSME UMass Amherst
1987 MS MIT
2007 MBA Babson

Karen Conley

R&D Director
Materials Technology CRL
Saint-Gobain
Northborough R&D Center
9 Goddard Road
Northborough MA
Phone: 508-981-6983

Associate Director, Quality Assurance Customer Support & Product Recall
Group Quality
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Engines, United Technologies Corporation
400 Main Street, M/S 102-30
East Hartford, CT 06108
Cell Phone: 860-970-7267

1991 BSME UMass Amherst
1995 MBA RP

Gary Epstein [7]

President
Energy and Resource Solutions, Inc.
120 Water Street, Suite 350
North Andover, MA 01845
Phone: 978-521-2550
Fax: 978-521-4588

1980 BSME SUNY Buffalo
1986 MSME UMass Amherst

Tom Lyden

Retired Vice President, Manufacturing
Proctor and Gamble and Gillette
48 Lizotte Dr.
Bellingham, MA 02019
Phone: 508-883-4484
Cell Phone: 508-904-8216

1972 BSME UMass Amherst
1973 MSME UMass Amherst

Jim Pearson

President
JOP Consulting
30 Meeting House Lane
Southborough, MA 01772
Phone; 617-834-5805

1978 BSME UMass Amherst
1982 MSME Northeastern

Srini C. Sekar

Director – Forecasting & Customer Relations
Global Customer Service
Sensata Technologies
Attleboro, MA 02703-0964
Phone: 508-236-2079
Fax: 508-236-1598

Tracey Sledge [8]

General Manager
Measurement & Control
General Electric Co.

MSME, University of California, Berkeley
BSME, UMass Amherst

John Stuart [9]

Division VP Global Partners
Country Manager PTC Romania
140 Kendrick Street
Needham, MA 02494
Phone: (781) 370-5979

1979 BS Finance University of Illinois
2012 UMass Amherst Honorary Alumni

Jessica Townsend [10]

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean for Curriculum and Academic Programs
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Olin Way
Needham, MA 02492
Phone: 781-292-2567
Fax: 781-292-2508

BSME UMass Amherst
MSME UC Davis
PhD Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT

Arnold VanDoren

Director of Mechanical Design
and System Test
iRobot Corp.
43 Sam Cobb Lane
Princeton, MA 01541
Phone: (978_ 204-6387

1987 BSME UMass Amherst