Jon Riley, Vice President, Digital Manufacturing at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

Jon Riley is the Vice President, Digital Manufacturing at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS). At the NCMS, he is responsible for identifying partnerships and alliance opportunities to help U.S. manufacturers remain competitive in the global market. To accomplish this, a key element of his strategy is to make advanced development tools such as high performance computing for evaluating and simulating product designs during the development stage available to manufacturers of all sizes.

Suzy Tichenor, Director, Industrial Partnership Program for the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Suzy Tichenor is the director of the Industrial Partnership Program for the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Oak Ridge is the site of the world’s most powerful computing complex for science. The Industrial Partnerships Program provides companies access to the systems and experts at the Laboratory’s two leadership-class high performance computing user facilities, one funded by the Department of Energy and the other by the National Science Foundation in partnership with the University of Tennessee. Ms. Tichenor has 20 years experience creating partnerships and programs at all levels of the government, private sector and not-for-profit organizations. Prior to joining Oak Ridge, she was Vice President of the Council on Competitiveness and directed their High Performance Computing Initiative.

Earl J. Dodd, President of Ideas And Machines, Inc. and i3D Inc.

Earl J. Dodd is passionate about helping organizations achieve better results with supercomputing, cloud computing, and 3D story worlds. With 30 years of experience in supercomputing and HPC, and a strong ability to problem solve and formulate strategy, Earl has been helping companies and governments achieve the desired ROI leveraging new computing technologies and business models. Earl's technical focus is on strategy formulation for Peta/ExaScale architectures and UltraScale 3D visual collaboration environments to drive the next generation computationally-steered workflows and applications. Most recently, Earl was the Executive Director and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Supercomputing Centers, Inc. (RMSC) in Montana. RMSC was a first-of-a-kind public-private partnership (P3) that focuses on the HPC Cloud as an economic development engine for Montana and the region. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mining Engineering from Montana Tech and an MBA from Tulane University. Earl is actively engaged with the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, Compute Canada, The Society of HPC Professionals, Ontario Ministry of Research & Innovation and other government and professional organizations. Earl resides in Houston, Texas.

Rick Jarman, President & CEO, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences

Rick Jarman is the president & CEO of the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. NCMS is the largest cross-industry collaborative manufacturing research consortium in the United States devoted exclusively to manufacturing technologies, process and practices. Formed in 1986, the NCMS mission is focused on the development of strategic initiatives and programs aimed at sustaining and enhancing the global competitiveness of North American manufacturing.

Prior to this position at NCMS, Mr. Jarman was director of technology partnerships at the Eastman-Kodak Company where he was a driving force to forge alliances with industry and government in order to improve commercialization processes through innovation and technology. Rick managed global relationships and programs with policy makers, partners, and consortia management in order to leverage synergistic and strategic partnerships. In 1988, he represented Kodak on the President's Commission on Executive Exchange. He played a key role on the trade committee during the Commission's meetings in the USSR and Western Europe and served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Production and Logistics in the Pentagon. Rick serves on industry boards and advisory groups related to his work in building collaborative alliances. He is the co-author of the book "Collaborative R&D: Manufacturing's New Tool" published by John Wiley & Sons N.Y.

Rebecca Taylor, Senior Vice President, National Center of Manufacturing Sciences

Rebecca R. Taylor is currently the senior vice president for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), a not for profit research and development consortium with more than 300 North American member corporations working toward the goal of improving the manufacturing competitiveness of the nation. In this capacity she is responsible for the operation of the organization's government efforts, for liaison with Members of Congress and the Administration, oversight of all government programs, as well as overall management of the Washington, DC, and Bremerton, Wash., offices.

Until August 1991, Ms. Taylor served as an international trade analyst for the US Department of Commerce. In this position she served as a principal in the machine tool trade negotiations with the governments of Japan and Taiwan, representing the Bureau of Export Administration during the trade talks. In addition, she was the Bureau's representative to the interagency working group on the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems program for multi-lateral R&D cooperation.

Prior to her tenure at the Department of Commerce, Ms. Taylor worked for the US Department of State in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Her portfolio included issues such as international border disputes, refugee and immigration issues, as well as international terrorism.

In addition to serving as vice chairman of the board of directors for the Robotics Technology Consortium and as a board member of the Joint Defense Manufacturing Task Force of the National Coalition for Advanced Technologies, she also is on the Executive Committee of the National Defense Industrial Association's Manufacturing Division. She is also a Member of Women in Government Relations and Women in Defense and the International Women's Forum.

Trained in economics and political sciences, Ms. Taylor holds a bachelor's degree from the George Washington University and a master's degree from the London School of Economics.

A native of Pennsylvania, Ms. Taylor resides in Washington, DC.

Alissa C. Roath, External Relations Specialist

The key point of contact for new and prospective NCMS members, Alissa C. Roath is the External Relations specialist for the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences. In this capacity she is front and center among the organization’s membership, responsible for coordination of all the consortium’s Industry, Academic and Government partners. In addition to managing NCMS membership, Alissa serves as Executive Assistant to Rick Jarman, NCMS President and CEO, and oversees the nonprofit’s press communications.

Previously, Ms. Roath worked for 10 years in marketing and web development for a Detroit-based fabricating machinery dealer, where she designed and organized the firm’s informational website, publications and trade shows. She has extensive experience in business to business networking.

Alissa holds a BA in Art History from Wayne State University and served as the President of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) Detroit Chapter as well as the International Programs Chair for the Association as a whole. In these roles, Ms. Roath organized membership, planned networking and educational programs and interacted with industry, empowering women in the metals industries.

Bill Feiereisen, Senior Scientist and Corporate Strategist in High Performance Computing at Intel Corporation

Bill Feiereisen is a Senior Scientist and Corporate Strategist in High Performance Computing at Intel Corporation. He also holds a research appointment in computer science at the University of New Mexico. Bill works in all aspects of HPC from applications to hardware, but specializes in computational sciences.

He has broad experience in the community, having served as the Director of High Performance Computing for Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Chief Technologist and Division Director of the Computer and Computational Sciences Division at Los Alamos and before that as the director of the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility at Ames Research Center.

He holds a Doctorate and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Paul Ingevaldson, Information Technology Consultant

Paul Ingevaldson discovered IT in 1965 by working after his classes at the university at Data Processing Consultants in Chicago. He retired at the end of 2004 completing 40 years in the IT industry. During those years, he worked as a programmer, analyst and systems manager at Sears, spent two years in the U.S. Army ultimately repairing computers in Vietnam and spent 25 years at Ace Hardware becoming their first CIO and ultimately achieving the position of Senior Vice President of International and Technology for Ace.

Since retirement, he has remained active in the industry writing over 30 articles for Computerworld and CIO magazine, keynoting several IT conferences, guest lecturing in various Masters classes at Northern Illinois University, conducting on-site seminars, participating in several podcasts along with blogging for The Center for CIO Leadership and The Digital Manufacturing Report.

In his spare time, he engages in lifetime learning primarily in the areas of science and world history. He is an avid amateur photographer and does a bit of travelling. As of this writing, he has visited 75 countries around the world.

Matthew Sakey, Creative & Instructional Design Supervisor

An expert in cognitive development and interactive design, Matt is responsible for NCMS’s outreach and training applications, designing engaging, impacful e-Learning and marketing collateral to drive awareness of the company’s initiatives. Coming from a ten-year background in advertising, Matt is also a professional analyst and consultant for the $50 billion international video games industry. A featured monthly columnist for the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) and contributor to a series of university textbooks on game design and ludology, Matt owns the popular media criticism outlet www.tap-repeatedly.com and is a highly-sought lecturer on interactive entertainment and training.

Matthew Sakey, Executive MIS Director

Phil Callihan is Executive MIS Director at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS). He is a published author of computer training books and articles with experience ranging from Atari 8 bit computers to the latest iPads and portable devices. Phil's goal is "...to stay focused on innovation. Innovation is not the bringing of today into the future, but the bringing of the future into today. Think of what the future will be and bring it here."

Phil is currently leading NCMS' efforts in robotics collaboration and supporting its digital manufacturing activities.

Phil has a long history of experience in technology education. While at the University of Michigan in the early 1990's, Phil managed an interactive internet-based political simulation. This worldwide simulation, one of the first in the country, was utilized by University of Michigan students and international high school students. He has experience as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and directed a comprehensive employee training and education program at NCMS in addition to early work on long distance (internet-based) learning.

Phil is a 1993 graduate of the University of Michigan.