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UTAH STATE NEWS RELEASES FOR 09-24-03
USU PARTNERS
IN BUSINESS BRINGS TOP EXECS FOR OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE SEMINAR
LOGAN — Top manufacturing and operations management
executives from around the world will offer cutting-edge experience
at Utah State University's 29th annual Operational Excellence
Seminar, Oct. 1-2.
Dave Logozzo, executive director of engineering and manufacturing
operations and Lean enterprise for Delphi Corporation, will
trace Lean manufacturing's primary path in a global firm and
discuss the importance of understanding Lean principles. Logozzo
has implemented flexible manufacturing modules throughout the
world and is a proponent of mapping flow to achieve material
and information improvements in the value stream.
"He has 35 years of experience working in the automotive
industries," Jeff Reece, a student coordinator said. "He's
definitely a primary expert on leadership of Lean manufacturing."
Gus Villanueva, another keynote speaker, is the F-117 program
director for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, where he has worked
for more than 20 years. Villanueva will share how his organization
used Lean initiatives that have resulted in greater customer
satisfaction, improved efficiency, reduced cost and achieved
100 percent on-time aircraft delivery.
" This is a great opportunity for both business professionals
and students," said Ross Robson, director of Utah State’s
Partners in Business program. "It's a chance to personally
get acquainted with the top executives in their field of business."
Other executives speaking include John E. Marushin, director
of Alcoa Operations Management Consulting, Alcoa, Inc.; John
Kim, president and COO of Simpler Development, LLC; Laurence
Ackerman, group director of Siegel & Gale; Brian H. Maskell,
president of BMA, Inc.; Tom Mast, managing partner of Product
Reliability Group; David R. Dixon, founder and president of
Technical Change Associates, Inc.; and Todd Middleton, plant
operations manager of the HON Company.
Partners in Business, sponsored by Utah State University’s
College of Business, is the only student-run management education
program in the United States and features seven seminars each
year. To register, or for more information about the seminars,
please call USU Partners in Business at 435-797-2279 or 1-800-472-9965
or visit their Web site at www.partnersusu.org.
Sept. 24, 2003
Contacts: Jeff Reece (435) 797-2279, jeffreece@cc.usu.edu
Tim Vitale (435) 797-1356
Writer: Matt Hawks (435) 797-1350
ASSOCIATE VICE
PROVOST POSITION NAMED FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES
LOGAN — Christine Hailey, newly appointed associate
vice provost for
women's issues, is working to make Utah State University a campus
that is not specifically women friendly, but people and family
friendly.
"It's about being better for all people," said Hailey.
"This isn't gender-specific. When it's better for everyone,
it is better for women, too."
Hailey’s quarter-time position was created in conjunction
with a new National Science Foundation grant, which will aid
in the recruitment and retention of women in sciences and engineering.
Hailey will act as a liaison between many different teams supporting
the new effort, ADVANCE: Supportive Workplace Initiative.
Hailey is an associate dean in the College of Engineering and
has worked for 20 years as an underrepresented minority in engineering.
Writer: Sarah Timms (435) 797-1350
Contact: Christine Hailey (435) 797-3332
September 24, 2003
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