Peggy Morse
The Boeing Company
Peggy Morse was named the director of ICBM Systems in September 2006. This organization is a collection of development, production and sustainment programs for the nation’s ICBM fleet, some as a subcontractor to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and some as a direct contractor to the U.S. Air Force. The major sites for ICBM Systems are Anaheim, Ogden, Heath, El Paso, and Mesa, and consist of a staff of 1,300 people.
Prior to that, Morse was a member of the IDS Program Management staff in Seal Beach, Calif.
Morse was the director of strategy and business integration for Boeing Australia from January 2005 until February 2006, working in the Sydney office for the Boeing country vice president. Her job responsibilities included working with all the sites in Australia to better integrate with the U.S.-based business units, as well as coordinating and deploying the country strategy.
Prior to that assignment Morse was a program manager in space and intelligence systems for three sequential programs from 1999 until 2004. From 1997 until 1999 she was the director of sales operations in BCA, and managed the interface between sales and the airplane programs. From 1996 until 1997, she was the chief engineer of the inertial upper stage program, one of Boeing’s heritage rocket programs. She was a manager in business development in 1995, as well as a program manager of a series of classified programs from 1989 until 1994. She started with Boeing in 1981 as an engineer in the area of antenna design, and radar cross section measurement and software development.
Morse attended New Mexico State University and graduated with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1980. In 1986 she received a master of science in electrical engineering from the University of Washington.
Morse was recently selected by Boeing to be submitted as their representative for the board of directors of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. She has been on the board of the Seward Park Art Studio, the chair of the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship Program, and an associate member of the Corporate Council of the Arts in King County, Wash.
Morse has one grown daughter, Jessica. She enjoys traveling, gardening, pottery and outdoor activities.
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Adelmo "Del" Archuleta
Molzen-Corbin and Associates
Archuleta began his professional engineering career 29 years ago after completing his master's degree in civil (environmental) engineering at NMSU in 1975. By 1985, he had already gained an enviable reputation as a professional water resources engineer through managing numerous projects that directly improved the quality of life in communities throughout New Mexico, and through designing several award-winning state and regional treatment facilities. Today he continues his leadership role as CEO of one of New Mexico's largest and most respected engineering and architectural firms. |
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Edmund G. Archuleta
El Paso Water Utilities Public Serivce Board
Edmund G. “Ed” Archuleta has been general manager of the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board since 1989. He is responsible for all aspects of water, wastewater, and reclaimed water service to the greater El Paso metropolitan area. A registered Professional Engineer in Texas, New Mexico and Iowa, Archuleta earned bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from New Mexico State University and a master of management degree from the University of New Mexico. From 1974 to 1989, he worked for the City of Albuquerque in various positions in the Water Resources Department, and then became assistant director of Operations for the Public Works Department.
Archuleta is involved with numerous technical, professional and civic organizations such as the American Water Works Association, the Water Environment Federation, Water for People, United Way and New Mexico State University Academy of CAGE. He is also a recent past chairman of the American Water Works Association Research Foundation and was appointed in June 2006 by President George W. Bush to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. |
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Dan Arvizu National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Dan Arvizu is Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) primary laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and development. Arvizu also is a Senior Vice President with Midwest Research Institute, which manages NREL on behalf of the DOE. Prior to joining NREL, Arvizu was Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Federal and Industrial Client Groups with CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd. Before joining CH2M HILL, he was an executive with Sandia National Laboratories, where he directed Research Centers for Advanced Energy Technology, Material and Process Sciences, and Technology Commercialization.
In 2004, Arvizu was appointed by President George W. Bush, and confirmed by the full U.S. Senate, to be on the 24-member National Science Board (NSB), which is the governing board of the National Science Foundation. Arvizu has served on a number of boards and advisory committees, including the Secretary of Energy's National Coal Council, Secretary of Defense's Army Science Board, and on the Hispanic Engineers National Achievement Award Corporation Board of Directors. He has also served on the Technical Advisory Board of the G8 International Renewable Energy Task Force and chaired a congressionally chartered Blue Ribbon Panel on the Workforce of the Future as part of the Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Initiative of the Council on Competitiveness.
He has a bachelor's of science degree in Mechanical engineering from NMSU and a master's of science and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. |
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Frank Bates
El Paso Electric Company
As President and Chief Operating Officer, Frank Bates oversees the generation, transmission, distribution, power marketing and system operations at El Paso Electric (EPE). Bates is a 36-year veteran of EPE and during his career has held a number of increasingly responsible positions with EPE including Executive Vice President, Vice President of Transmission and Distribution, Vice President of Customer Services, and Vice President of Operations.
Bates, a resident of New Mexico, graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in electrical engineering (1972). Bates has served in various professional organizations including the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, the Western Energy Institute, and NMSU’s Electrical Utility Management Program’s Advisory Committee.
Bates also serves in a number of community organizations, including the El Paso Chapter of the American Red Cross (past Chairman), the Insights Science Museum, the Children’s Miracle Network, and the Sun Bowl Association (current President). |
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Thomas M. Beall V-F Petroleum Inc. Thomas Beall is the chief executive officer of V-F Petroleum Inc., a privately owned corporation founded in 1963. Its principal business for the past 34 years has been oil and gas exploration and production, with associated pipeline and refinery operations in the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Headquarters are at Midland, Texas with an affiliated office in Dallas. The company also operates oil and gas projects in Russia through an affiliated corporation VF-Russia Inc. Before coming to V-F Petroleum, Beall was vice president, president, chief executive officer and owner of Fuel Products, Inc., a closely held independent oil and gas exploration and development company established in 1973. He also served as vice president, chief operating officer and director of Read & Stevens, Inc., an independent operating company headquartered in Roswell, N.M., responsible for directing all oil and gas exploration and development operations. He was also the engineering manager and production manager for the Samsonite Corporation in Denver, Colorado, and served as assistant to the USA Divisions Operation Manager at the Ethyl Corporation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Beall holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from NMSU. |
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Scott Croshaw Wilson & Company, Incorporated
Croshaw is a 1995 graduate of NMSU surveying engineering. While attending NMSU, Scott worked for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Cadastral Surveys Co-op Program performing public land surveys. Upon graduation, Croshaw joined Wilson & Company Engineers & Architects in Albuquerque, N.M. Croshaw currently serves as the Survey Operations Manager for Wilson & Company. He is especially adept in control, topographic, boundary, route, railroad, right-of-way, and construction surveys and is a Registered Professional Land Surveyor in both New Mexico and Texas. He is very active in state and federal surveying professional organizations, which keeps him abreast of the latest in surveying and mapping technologies. Croshaw currently serves as chairman of New Mexico State University Survey Engineering Industry Advisory Committee and as an officer of New Mexico Professional Surveyors. |
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David Durgin
Verge
Dave Durgin is a successful businessman and high-tech entrepreneur with extensive experience in the start-up, expansion and management of technology-based product and services companies. During his 45-year career he has held positions as an electrical engineer, technical project manager, business executive, high-tech entrepreneur and professional investor. Durgin's career has included the positions of Technical Staff Member and Project Manager at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., senior executive with two major international technology companies, founder and senior executive with numerous start-up and early stage technology companies, Mentor, Angel Investor and Venture Capitalist. |
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John Galassini
Kinross Gold USA, Inc.
John Galassini received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering at NMSU in 1986. He currently holds the position of Regional Vice President, North America Operations for Kinross Gold USA, Inc.
After graduation, he accepted employment with General Electric Company in Albuquerque, NM at their Aircraft Engine Business Group. Galassini subsequently went to work for Phelps Dodge Mining Company in 1987 as a shift supervisor at Morenci, Arizona. He participated in the construction, start-up and operation of what at that time was the largest solvent extraction/electrowinning facility in the world. He held various positions of increasing responsibility including assignments with Phelps Dodge in Arizona, New Mexico, and Chile. In 2006 John was named Senior Vice-President, North America, and in 2007 was appointed Senior Vice-President, Americas.
After a 22-year career with Phelps Dodge (now Freeport McMoRan), John joined Kinross Gold Corporation in March 2009. In this role, he is responsible for all of the company’s exploration and mining operations in North America.
Galassini currently sits on the Board of Directors for the National Mining Association, and is a member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME). John is past chairman of the Morenci Section of SME, and in 2006 he was named Distinguished Alumnus at the College of Engineering at NMSU.
John currently resides in Reno, Nevada with his wife Jan and their two sons Chris and Gino. |
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Timothy Gantick
Honeywell Tim Gantick graduated from NMSU with a bachelor's of science degree in industrial engineering in 1977 and started a career with Texas Instruments. He completed an MBA in industrial management from the University of Dallas in 1986 while holding positions as Manufacturing Engineer, Engineering Supervisor, Manufacturing Manager, Engineering Manager and Program Manager. He left Texas Instruments to become Director of Manufacturing for Fife Corporation in 1991 and then became part of the TwinStar semiconductor start-up in 1995. He later contributed to Solectron Corporation as a Business Unit manager, Praxair as a Plant Manager and CDS Engineering as General Manager. Gantick is now the Director of Operations for a Honeywell Semiconductor Operation in the Dallas Area. Through out his career, Gantick has maintained a relationship with NMSU either through on campus recruiting for Texas Instruments and TwinStar or by serving on the Industrial Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Board. |
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Sylvia Grace Gilbert Unified School District Sylvia Grace received her bachelor's of science degree in chemical engineering at NMSU in 1982. She went on to earn a Certificate in Secondary Education from Arizona State University in 1986, and in 1995 she received her master's of science degree in chemical engineering from NMSU. Grace has been employed with Analytical Technologies, the White Sands Missile Range Atmospheric Science Laboratory, IBM/Multitek/Flextronics, and Dell. She has also taught math, science, and engineering in the Deming School District, Las Cruces Public Schools, and Round Rock Public School. She is presently a science and engineering instructor for Gilbert Unified School District. Grace is a member of the NMSU Dean's Advisory Council, the NMSU Chemical Engineering Academy, as well as a Mentor Teacher for new science teachers with the Gilbert Unified School District. She is also Arizona's 2005 recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Teacher Award. Grace has been married to John Grace for 22 years. They have three children, Kyle (19), Aaron (16), and Zachary (15). |
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Jami Grindatto
Intel New Mexico
Jami Grindatto is the New Mexico Corporate and Government Affairs Director for Intel’s New Mexico site directing government affairs, media & communications, education and community relations.
Jami joined Intel in 1994. Among many roles at Intel, Jami led the Semiconductor Fab Automation Architecture design used in Intel’s latest 300mm silicon wafer fabrication processes and was Director of the Americas for Intel® Solution Services.
Jami is the recipient of the 1999 Intel Achievement Award. His team is busy representing Intel in the community. Jami is a member of several executive boards, including the Governor’s Business Executives for Education and is chair-elect for NM First. He’s also past-chair for several organizations, including the Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce. He earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of New Mexico.
Jami was born and raised in Switzerland and played professional basketball in Europe prior to coming to the United States – he’s made New Mexico his home since 1985. He and his wife Connie have 3 children: Missie who is a freshman at NMSU, Lucas and Joshua who attend Hope Christian School. He enjoys the great outdoors of the Land of Enchantment - Jami and the boys like to hike, ski (go Taos!) and camp, while the girls prefer the amenities of their fifth wheel for vacationing. |
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Keven Groenewold
New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Keven J. Groenewold is executive vice president and general manager of the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NMRECA). Groenewold was raised on a small family farm in southwest Minnesota. Groenewold graduated from New Mexico State University in 1987 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. In 1988, Groenewold received his master of science degree in electricaleEngineering from New Mexico State University through its Electric Utility Management Program. In 1989, Groenewold received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Power Engineering Society's T. Burke Hayes Award. In 2001, Keven was inducted into New Mexico State University’s Electrical Engineering Academy. Groenewold worked as a facilities engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1988-1990, and as a staff electrical engineer for the New Mexico Public Utility Commission from 1990-1997. Groenewold has testified as an expert witness in more than 45 cases before the Public Utility Commission and is a registered Professional Engineer in New Mexico and California. He has been the executive vice president and general manager for NMRECA for the past 10 years. |
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Carl O. Johnson
Northrop Grumman Corporation Carl Johnson is currently responsible for business development of all international programs for the Integrated Systems sector. The sector’s portfolio includes the E-2C, Advanced Hawkeye, Global Hawk, NATO AGS, Joint STARS, Fire Scout, Hunter, E-10, JSF and F/A-18. His previous position was Vice President of Program Management for Integrated Systems, responsible for program performance assessments and ensuring that that the Integrated Program Management Framework processes were in use throughout Integrated Systems portfolio. He led the Global Hawk ACTD, SDD and Production Programs as Vice President and IPT lead for four and a half years during the critical transition to production and the system’s first three real world deployments. During his 23-year career with Northrop Grumman, Johnson has also held various management and leadership roles on the B-2 program, including Quality Assurance, Production Support, Manufacturing, Program Integration and Deputy Program Manager. Integrated Systems has the capabilities to design, develop, integrate, produce and support complete systems, as well as airframe subsystems, for airborne surveillance and battle management, early warning, airborne electronic warfare and air combat aircraft. It is also integrating these capabilities for emerging network-centric warfare concepts. Johnson holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Northern Arizona University, a master's in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University and a master's in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles. Johnson has been recognized by Aviation Week and Scientific American for his leadership contributions to the Global Hawk program. |
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General Lester Lyles U.S. Air Force (Retired) The Lyles Group Lester Lyles retired from the U.S. Air Force at the rank of general. His last Air Force assignment was as commander of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. At AFMC, he was responsible for research, development, test and evaluation, and the acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapons systems ready for war. All Air Force laboratories, test centers, product centers, air logistics centers, and more than a dozen field operating agencies reported to him. Prior to his AFMC assignment, Lyles was Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force from May 1999 to April 2000. General Lyles is a senior executive with over 26 years of experience running large, high-technology organizations involved in aeronautical and astronautical research, development, acquisition, and logistics. He was responsible for executing $40 billion annually and managing 82,000 personnel in operational locations throughout the United States and had unparalleled success in achieving multiple organization missions with result-oriented experience in supply chain management and technological operations. He has a demonstrated record of leading large organizations, effectively communicating with people, quality improvement, and optimizing revenue/costs. General Lyles received a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering at NMSU in 1969. |
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David R. Martinez
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Mr. David R. Martinez is Head of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems and Technology Division at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. He oversees more than 300 people and has direct line management responsibility for the division’s programs in the development of advanced techniques and prototypes for surface surveillance, laser systems, active and passive adaptive array processing, integrated sensing and decision support, undersea warfare, and embedded hardware and software computing.
Mr. Martinez joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory in 1988 and was responsible for the development of a large prototype space-time adaptive signal processor. Prior to joining the Laboratory, he was Principal Research Engineer at ARCO Oil and Gas Company, responsible for a multidisciplinary company project to demonstrate the viability of real-time adaptive signal processing techniques. He received the ARCO special achievement award for the planning and execution of the 1986 Cuyama Project, which provided a superior and cost-effective approach to three-dimensional seismic surveys. He holds three U.S. patents.
Mr. Martinez is the founder, and served from 1997 to 1999 as chairman, of a national workshop on high performance embedded computing. He has also served as keynote speaker at multiple national-level workshops and symposia including the Tenth Annual High Performance Embedded Computing Workshop, the Real-Time Systems Symposium, and the Second International Workshop on Compiler and Architecture Support for Embedded Systems. He was appointed to the Army Science Board from 1999 to 2004. From 1994 to 1998, he was Associate Editor to the IEEE Signal Processing magazine. He was elected an IEEE Fellow in 2003, and in 2007 he served on the Defense Science Board ISR Task Force. He is a co-author of a book titled: “High Performance Embedded Computing: A Systems Perspective” to be published in 2008.
Mr. Martinez earned a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University in 1976, an M.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and an E.E. degree jointly from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1979. He completed an M.B.A. from the Southern Methodist University in 1986. He has attended the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. |
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Roberts G. Myers
Consultant to Northrop Grumman
Robert G. Myers attended Albuquerque High School, and was awarded the honor of Distinguished Alumni in 2000. He received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from New Mexico A&M (now NMSU) in 1958.
After receiving his degree, Robert worked for the Boeing Company on several projects, including the Bomarc Missile, M-X Missile, Reentry Systems Vehicle, B-1B Bomber, Advanced Cruise Missile, Advanced Launch Cruise Missile, and the Short Range Attack Missile I/II. Later, Robert managed all projects at the Boeing Mojave Test Center. After this Robert served as the Vice President for the Northrop Grumman Military B-2 Stealth Bomber Flight Test Program, and then as Vice President for Northrop Grumman Military Aircraft Systems Division Test and Evaluation. He also served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves. He is presently a consultant for Northrop Grumman.
Myers is a member of many professional groups, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Air Force Association, Reserve Officers Association, and the New Mexico State University Mechanical Engineering Academy. He has also received the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Space Command Distinguished Service Medal, and the Air Force Academy Distinguished Unit Medal.
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Edward Padilla
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Edward Padilla Jr. serves as Vice President of Transition Projects for the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM). He is responsible managing all functions of the utility’s gas operations and preparing for sale to New Mexico Gas Company. Padilla has been with PNM since 1976. He has had many responsibilities at PNM, including management of operations, engineering, customer service, marketing and labor relations: the acquisition or development of generation resources; the sale of electrical services to wholesale customers in New Mexico; and technical assessment of the high-voltage electrical system.
Padilla was a member of Leadership New Mexico, Class of 2005-‘06. He has been a member of the PNM Foundation board of directors, currently serving as president and formerly as vice president and secretary/treasurer. He is a member of the NMSU Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board and serves as secretary/treasurer. He is also on the board of directors for the Hispanic Culture Center Foundation.
Padilla earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in electrical engineering, Electric Utility Management Program, from New Mexico State University. |
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Orlando Padilla General Motors Corporation Orlando Padilla is director of Corporate Affairs for General Motors Corporation with public policy responsibilities in the areas of trade, government relations, environment, and corporate relations. Padilla began his career with GM in 1976, and he has held a variety of increasingly responsible positions in engineering, planning, and management, assuming his present position in 1996. Born in Deming, N.M., he earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from NMSU in 1976. He has completed various General Motors management programs at Harvard, Northwestern, and Wharton, and continues higher education opportunities. He has very effectively bridged his corporate strategic and business planning skills to the benefit of non-profit organizations, locally and nationally. |
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Michael M. Reischman
National Science Foundation Reischman is currently the Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering with the National Science Foundation. Previously, he worked at Old Dominion University as a research professor on assignment at NASA headquarters, serving as Director of University Programs in the Office of Aeronautics. Before his assignment at NASA, Reischman was the associate dean of Research and Economic Development at the University of South Carolina from 1997 to 2000. From 1990 to 1997 he was the associate dean of Graduate Studies and Research for Penn State’s College of Engineering. Reischman also served as director of the Mechanics Division, program director for Fluid Dynamics, and as a scientific officer with responsibility for multidisciplinary, fundamental research programs in fluid dynamics at the Office of Naval Research. An expert in fluid dynamics and turbulence, Reischman holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in mechanical engineering from New Mexico State University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Physical Society, and the engineering honor society Pi Tau Sigma. His academic career spans 14 years, focusing on research administration, graduate studies, development of large-scale research and education programs, and economic development. Reischman’s personal interests include antique sports cars and playing seniors’ basketball. He is married with three children and lives in Edgewater, Maryland. |
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J. Stephen Rottler
Sandia National Laboratories J. Stephen Rottler is the Chief Engineer for nuclear weapons with responsibility for leadership and management of nuclear weapon engineering and production activities at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Previously, Dr. Rottler was the director of New Mexico Weapon System Engineering at Sandia. He led an organization responsible for stewardship of New Mexico-designed warheads in the U.S. nuclear weapon stockpile, including system engineering and integration for existing warheads, as well as the development of advanced concepts and technologies for future nuclear weapon applications. Rottler has also managed organizations and programs responsible for the research, development, and application of advanced computational and experimental techniques in the engineering sciences. As a member of the technical staff at Sandia, Rottler was part of a research team that developed radiation-hydrodynamics codes for nuclear weapon applications. Rottler has published papers, reports, and presented at conferences on the development and application of computational radiation-hydrodynamics codes. Rottler has also served on independent review panels for the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Office as well as the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Establishment. He is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and is a member of the institute’s Technical Committee on Management. Rottler is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Humanities Council, Assistant Scoutmaster for Albuquerque Boy Scout Troop 409, and a member of the Albuquerque Committee on Foreign Relations.
Rottler received his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and doctoral degree in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M. |
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Dan Sachs
Team Specialty Products TSP is a fast growing New Mexico based high tech company that is widely recognized for its business success as well as community involvement and contribution. Daniel is responsible for the operation of this fast growing, high tech New Mexico Company. He also works with the company CEO, Bob Sachs on long-term strategy for future company growth. Daniel had over Fifteen Years in the Medical Device Industry with Johnson & Johnson Health Care Corporation. He held various technical and management positions in four Johnson & Johnson companies. Responsibilities included: R&D leadership with a focus on New Product Development. Operation leadership focused on Manufacturing and Operations. New Business Development focused on a Device Start-Up in Silicone Valley. Sales and Marketing. |
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Jerome "Jerry" Shaw VOLT Information Sciences, Incorporated Jerome Shaw and his brother William founded Volt Information Sciences, Inc. in 1950 with an investment of $13. It is now a global staffing supplier with annual sales of approximately $2 billion. Shaw received his bachelor’s in electrical engineering from NMSU. In 1995 he was named Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Engineering, and in 2001 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. Shaw is a member of the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy as well as Sigma Tau. Along with directing the day-to-day operations of Volt, Shaw has also built a successful real estate business. In addition, he has created an award-winning residential housing development in northern San Diego County, Shaw-Lopez Park. |
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Paul Short
West Fork, LLC
Paul Short is a graduate of NMSU having earned both bachelor and master of science degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Short founded a semi-conductor company, Innovasic, after several years of employment with Honeywell. He grew Innovasic’s sales to about $1 million and successfully raised venture funding. Subsequent to obtaining venture backing, he grew the company’s sales to $5 million and transitioned it to professional management. After a stint as the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Verge Fund, he founded Quadric, a semi-conductor startup, where he served as CEO. In 2008, he became CEO of Metaphor Computing, a hardware/software company that generates systems to accelerate computation and extend the software lifecycle. In 2009, he became executive director of West Fork, LLC., in Albuquerque. |
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Juan Silva Raytheon Missile Systems Electronics Center Juan Silva is a senior principle electrical engineer responsible for technology development for the Electronics Center at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz. He has more than 25 years of experience in the missile hardware design and development industry. His expertise includes development of electronics packaging technology roadmaps, managing IR&D projects, supporting new business proposals and managing special projects in technical areas such as missile product-line architectures, reusable components and rapid product development. Silva co-chairs the Electronics Packaging and Interconnects Technology Interest Group within the Raytheon Corporate Technology Network and is also a member of the Raytheon Patent Review Committee. He is also the Raytheon Campus Manager at NMSU, coordinating university programs and recruiting activities. He has been actively supporting and recruiting students at NMSU since the early 80’s. Silva has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Davis. |
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Samuel "Bob" Skaggs Los Alamos National Laboratory (Retired)
Bob Skaggs attended high school in Las Cruces graduating with the class of 1954. Upon graduation, he applied to the Physical Science Laboratory for a job as a student analyst and was hired two weeks after he graduated from high school. In the fall of 1954 he entered New Mexico A&MA in the field of mechanical engineering. He apparently applied himself well as he was honored as the freshman mechanical engineering student with the highest overall gradepoint. He continued on for four years and two summer sessions and graduated with honors in August 1958 in the last graduating class from New Mexico A&MA. The name of the institution was changed to NM State University of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science in September of 1958. Two years later, the A, E, & S were dropped from the name. Skaggs has been a very strong supporter of the College of Engineering in several ways. His father and mother created a Skaggs Family Work-Study Fellowship while they were alive beginning in the early 1980s. After they died, Skaggs and his wife along with his sister and her husband have kept the Work-Study Fellowship alive. Skaggs has participated in the search for the Dean of the College of Engineering and the search for the Department Head of Mechanical Engineering. He currently is a member and was the founding President of the Mechanical Engineering Academy. He serves as the Secretary of the Advisory Council to the Dean of the College of Engineering. |
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Jerry Strange El Paso Natural Gas Co. (Retired)
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Lisa Webster
Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Lisa Webster has been with Chavez-Grieves since 1992. Her experience includes facilities for both the private and public sectors. She leads a team of architects, engineers and technicians in solving complex solutions and performing detailed designs for various project types. She utilizes a wide variety of building materials in the design of governmental facilities, including national laboratories, military installations, and state and local municipalities, as well as manufacturing plants, office buildings, and educational facilities.
Webster has been involved with the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) since 1997. She is Vice Chair the Civil Engineering Committee. This group meets 4-5 times annually to write and review the national civil exams for the NCEES.
She also served on the Construction Industries Commission from January 29, 2001 – December 31, 2003. She served as Chavez-Grieves’ multi-discipline Program Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and holds a current “Q” Clearance. She is currently the Program Manager for Chavez-Grieves for a “Partnering” contract at Sandia National Laboratories.
She is also currently heading of the Rotary Club of Albuquerque’s 11th Annual Family FUN Fiesta Charitable Event which is her Club’s main fundraiser of the year. Webster served as the first woman President of the American Society of Civil Engineers, New Mexico Section and has held many leadership positions with that organization. She also served as the Structural Team Lead for the Architectural Surety Code Team with Lynne Behnfield-Thomas of Rebuild New Mexico.
As a student at New Mexico State University in the early 1980’s (graduating in 1984 with a bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering), Webster received accolades from her peers and her instructors, and continues to receive praise and acknowledgment today, including:
- Centennial Distinguished Alumnus - College of Engineering, October 1996 (100 alumni were chosen from the graduating classes of 1896-1996)
- Member and Secretary, CAGE (Civil Agricultural Geotechnical Engineering)
- Outstanding Alumni, October 1995
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Jeffrey L. Weiner IBM Global Technologies Jeff Weiner holds the title of Distinguished Engineer in IBM Global Services. Weiner joined IBM in 1981 as a member of the Advanced Communication Systems department in Kingston, NY, where he was responsible for end-to-end network modeling. In 1984, Weiner transferred to the I/O Architecture and System Structure group in the Mainframe Hardware Laboratory in Poughkeepsie, NY. His responsibilities included TCP/IP networking strategy and channel-to-channel communication architecture. In 1995, Jeff moved to Austin, TX, with the formation of the cross-server Systems Technology and Architecture Division, where he was responsible for identifying PCI as the strategic I/O subsystem interface and defining converged networking hardware across all IBM server platforms. Weiner joined the Global Technology Center in IBM Global Services in 2000, where he was Lead Architect for the Managed Storage Services offering. Presently, his primary responsibility is as Global Technology Center focal point for evaluations of IBM and vendor technologies in support of various IGS business areas. Before joining IBM, Weiner led a small team that designed and developed an automated child abuse and neglect tracking systems for the NY State Department of Social Services and managed the Data Processing Department at Albany (NY) Housing Authority. Prior to entering the computer industry, he had a career in education and is a Certified Guidance Counselor and Mathematics Teacher. Weiner holds a master of science degree in computer science from the State University of NY at Albany and a master of science degree in education from Brooklyn College of the City University of NY. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Computer Science Departments of several colleges. |
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Karen Wells Los Alamos National Laboratory Karen Wells is a Technical Staff Member in the Weapons Response Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) where she applies industrial engineering including statistical analysis and simulation to solve systems reliability, manufacturing and facility nuclear materials management problems. She has worked for LANL since 1984 is in various roles and worked for Texas Instruments as an industrial engineer prior to joining LANL. In 1994, she was offered an opportunity to earn her doctorate in industrial engineering at NMSU and completed her degree in 1996. A native Texan, Wells earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. As an alumna, Wells is active in her support of the College of Engineering, serving on the Industrial Engineering Industrial Advisory Committee and the Dean's Advisory Council. |
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Allyson D. Yarbrough
Aerospace Corporation
Allyson D. Yarbrough holds five patents, has published extensively, and has received many honors and awards such as President’s Council of Cornell Women, Launch Programs Directorate Team of the Year and Who’s Who of American Women.
Yarbrough received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University in 1979 and her master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1985 and 1988, respectively.
Now Yarbrough is the Associate Principal Director of the EHF Systems Program in the MILSATCOM (Military Satellite Communications) Division, responsible for assisting the Principal Director in management of the Aerospace support to the AEHF (Advanced Extremely High Frequency) program that will provide and sustain worldwide satellite communications to strategic and tactical forces during all levels of conflict.
Yarbrough joined the Aerospace Corporation in 1989 and held numerous positions including one that required her to manage several projects as well as nearly 80 employees with expertise in space system electronics engineering.
Before working for Aerospace, Yarbrough served as an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles, and held positions at Hewlett-Packard and IBM.
Yarbrough is responsible for the creation of the Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) antenna array and switch/filter components, the Concentric Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MESFET) and a computer program useful for evaluating receiver front-end architectures. Yarbrough is also the co-inventor of the MEMS etching process.
Yarbrough is a frequent contributor to corporate programs, committees and external interactions. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society of Women Engineers and the NMSU Electrical and Computer Engineering Academy among others. |
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