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Arthur F. Anton Arthur F. Anton is president and chief executive officer of Swagelok Company, a major developer and manufacturer of fluid system component technology for the research, instrumentation, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, power, petrochemical, and semiconductor industries. Art is responsible for all areas of the business and for executing the Swagelok strategic vision. He devotes particular attention to coordinating the activities of manufacturing, marketing, and engineering to ensure that Swagelok continually develops and supports its products and services to meet the changing system requirements of end users. Art joined Swagelok as chief financial officer in 1998, became executive vice president in 2000 and president and chief operating officer in 2001. In 2003, he was named chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2004. Previously, Art was a partner at the accounting and consulting firm of Ernst & Young. During his 20 years with the firm, he consulted with companies in manufacturing, energy, service and other industries. Art received a bachelor of science degree in economics and accounting from the City University of New York and a master's degree in finance from Case Western Reserve University. He is a board member of University Hospitals of Cleveland, The Sherwin-Williams Corporation, Western Reserve Partners LLC, the Greater Cleveland Partnership and MAGNET.
Peter Blake Peter Blake is Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development Services for the Virginia Community College System, a system of 23 colleges serving over 5,000 businesses and 200,000 students in workforce courses and transitional programs. The VCCS also serves as the administrator of the federal Workforce Investment Act and other workforce grants. Prior to this appointment, he served as Secretary of Education and Deputy Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Virginia, under Governor Mark Warner. During his tenure he worked closely with the National Governors Association and the Education Commission of the States on initiatives surrounding high school reform, transitions from secondary to postsecondary education, university research, and higher education financing and accountability. Peter also served on the staff of the House Appropriations Committee of the Virginia General Assembly with primary responsibilities for higher education and transportation. He was the principal staff member responsible for a major revision of the state's funding guidelines for colleges and universities. Before working for the General Assembly, he worked for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the state's coordinating board for higher education, primarily on financial policy matters. He holds B.A. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He serves on boards of several education-related organizations, including the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, the Richmond Public Library Board, and the Virginia Commonwealth University Alumni Association.
L. Preston Bryant, Jr. L. Preston Bryant, Jr., serves as Secretary of Natural Resources in the cabinet of Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine. Prior to joining Governor Kaine's cabinet, Secretary Bryant served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 10 years, where he sponsored landmark legislation to help preserve more than one million acres of nontidal wetlands, streamline the state's stormwater management programs, and create a nutrient credit trading program to advance upgrades to more than a hundred wastewater treatment facilities that discharge into Virginia waters. Secretary Bryant also was a partner in a Virginia-based engineering, surveying, and planning firm that specialized in the design of large-scale residential, commercial and industrial developments as well as transportation facilities. Secretary Bryant was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He received his B.A. in English from Randolph-Macon College, a master's degree in the humanities from the University of Richmond, and an M.A. in modern British literature from the University of London. He and his wife, Liz, live in Richmond.
Patrick Collignon Patrick Collignon, vice president and general manager, joined Volvo Trucks North America, New River Valley Plant, in December, 2008. Patrick is utilizing the current economic climate to prepare the New River Valley plant for future opportunities. While leading the evolution of continuous process improvements through the Volvo Production System, he is driving an initiative to create North America's first CO2 neutral automotive manufacturing facility in Dublin, Virginia. As an industrial engineer with a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Kettering University in Michigan, Patrick began his career in 1985 at General Motors in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1995, he joined the Volvo family holding various assignments, progressing to plant manager of the Volvo Europa Truck facility in Ghent, Belgium. While in that position, Patrick led that organization to become the first "CO2 free manufacturing facility" in the world. Patrick Collignon and his family reside in Salem, Virginia.
Sande Dukas Sande Dukas is CEO of Controls Corporation of America (CONCOA), a global manufacturer of high-pressure gas controls. A graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology with majors in Mathematics and Physics, Sande gained considerable experience in international business and finance as Managing Director of Timex Hong Kong, Ltd. In 1981 he joined the American subsidiary of the British Oxygen Corp, where he served as Vice President and General Manager of their Airco Industrial Products group. In 1987, along with a small group of engineers and scientists, Sande founded CONCOA, which has become a worldwide leader in the field of precision gas control devices. CONCOA's products are utilized in applications such as medical gas dispensing, semiconductor manufacturing, laser optimization, food & beverage modification, and scientific analysis. CONCOA designs, manufactures and distributes its products globally from its 200,000 ft2 facility in Virginia Beach, Virginia, along with a sister plant in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Additional support is provided by wholly-owned subsidiaries in Malaysia and Peru. Sande has spent thirty years innovating precision electro-mechanical devices, and he holds several international patents for products and processes in the fields of both horological instruments and pressure & flow control instruments. He has also authored numerous articles and frequently delivers talks on topics ranging from the elements of product design to the future of manufacturing in the global arena. He is an active member of both the civic and business communities, where his focus has been providing and improving learning and living opportunities for individuals who are unable to follow traditional paths of higher education. In addition to Chairman of the Manufacturing Advisory Council, some of his activities include: Board Member of the Virginia Applied Technology & Professional Development Center, Trustee of Virginia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and Advisor to the Chesapeake Bay Academy. Sande and his wife, MaryAnne, have happily resided in the Commonwealth, Virginia Beach specifically, for the past thirty years.
Patrick O. Gottschalk On January 15, 2006, Patrick O. Gottschalk was appointed by Governor Tim Kaine as the Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Commerce and Trade Secretariat includes 13 government agencies dealing with such issues as promoting statewide economic growth, community development, attracting and retaining business, promoting the State's tourism, racing and film industries, addressing the need for moderate and low income housing, regulating professions, ensuring safe workplaces, pursuing international markets for Virginia products, developing and conserving energy and mineral resources, administering the State's unemployment compensation program and funding infrastructure projects for localities. Secretary Gottschalk was formerly a partner in the corporate and international sections of the law firm of Cantor Arkema, P.C. in Richmond, Virginia. His practice focused primarily on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, international business transactions, financing transactions, and economic development projects. He also served as counsel to the Virginia Economic Developers Association and was an ex officio member of the Board of Directors of VEDA. Secretary Gottschalk also served on the Economic Development Committee of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining the Kaine Administration, Secretary Gottschalk was very active in the economic development community and participated in several domestic and international trade missions with a variety of former Governors. Secretary Gottschalk has also closed economic development projects throughout the State. Secretary Gottschalk graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983. While at UVA, he served on the editorial board of The Virginia Journal of International Law. His undergraduate degree, granted in 1975, is from the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation, he served as a naval officer for five years with assignments aboard the USS Harry E. Yarnell and at the University of Virginia as an NROTC instructor.
Julie C. Johnson Julie Johnson has been the director of VBEC since it's inception in January 2008. Julie brings over 25 years of broad and diverse human resource management experience to the consortium. She spent 19 years in a variety of HR and Operations management capacities at Philip Morris USA and three years at Alfa Laval Inc., where she was most recently Vice President, Human Resources. For most of her career, Julie's focus has been working with operations and sales management to develop and implement programs, processes and strategies to support achievement of business goals through improved employee and organizational capability and performance. She has significant experience implementing Total Quality Management and continuous improvement processes from both the Human Resource and the Operations management side. Julie received her BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul D. Koonce Paul D. Koonce is chief executive officer of Dominion Virginia Power. He is a 1982 graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, with a bachelor's degree in business. He previously was chief executive officer of Dominion Energy, and has more than 25 years of experience in the energy marketplace in both regulated and unregulated responsibilities. Koonce is past chairman of the Southern Gas Association, or SGA, and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, or INGAA. He currently serves on the boards of SGA, INGAA and the American Gas Association, as well as Jobs for Virginia's Graduates. Koonce and his wife have two children and live in Richmond.
Glenn Marshall Glenn Marshall brings over 30 years of hands on experience in the development and deployment of a Value Stream Management approach to leading and sustaining a Continuous Improvement System (CIS). CIS integrates Lean and Six Sigma methodology, principles, with other CI tools to sustain ongoing continuous improvement cycles. At Northrop Grumman Newport News, Glenn is the Sector Benchmarking & Sustainability Champion and works at all levels of the corporation to develop cross functional teams that take a value stream approach to identify and eliminate waste, defects, variation, and performance gaps from core business processes. Benchmarking is use as a key CI tool to share knowledge to rapidly close gaps in value stream performance. The goal of these teams is to use value stream mapping and management to identify key constraints and use Lean Six Sigma to drive continuous improvement results. In addition, he has help design and deploy CIS to achieve higher efficiency and maturity levels across the enterprise. Glenn is both Lean and Six Sigma Certified. Glenn was an Operations / Site Manager with Texas Instruments Defense Systems working at multiple sites including supporting international partnerships. In that role he championed continuous improvements initiatives, led the design and deployment of integrated factory systems. Glenn was one of the leaders in TI becoming the first defense company to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Aimee McCarthy Aimee McCarthy is an account manager based in VPMEP's Richmond office. Aimee has over 25 years of experience in with manufacturers, service companies and academia. Her career has included 15 years with Dupont in which she worked with specialty fibers in product and process development, quality assurance and customer technical service. She also worked with Albright & Wilson Americas doing Latin American business development for inorganic chemicals in food and pharmaceutical applications. Prior to joining VPMEP she worked as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the VCU Engineering School, and in the areas of finance and accounting for the Haywood Clarke Auto Group. Aimee has an BE in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, an MBA from the University of Richmond, and a BA in Spanish from VCU.
Stephen A. Walz Stephen Walz is the Senior Advisor for Energy Policy in the Office of Governor Timothy Kaine and Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. His responsibilities include energy policy analysis and advice and overseeing state mine safety and mine environmental programs, state geologic services, and energy efficiency services at the DMME. Mr. Walz directs implementation of the Virginia Energy Plan, is Chair of the Governor's Energy Policy Advisory Council, and served on the Governor's Commission on Climate Change. Mr. Walz has 29 years experience in program management, policy, and administrative duties at DMME. Prior to joining Virginia state government, Mr. Walz worked in energy and community development programs in Missouri and Nebraska. He has a BS in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Tom Zbell Tom Zbell is a project manager based in VPMEP's Richmond office. Tom came to VPMEP from Stanley Works Hardware Division in Richmond. In his position as manufacturing engineering manager, he was a principal in the implementation of Stanley's modified version of the Toyota Production System. He led Kaizen teams in all phases of the lean manufacturing concept. He brings almost 30 years of manufacturing experience to VPMEP in such areas as process engineering, environmental health and safety, plant maintenance supervision, finishing, and tooling. Other experience included the precision bearing and nuclear shipbuilding industries. Tom has an Associate in Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Waterbury State Technical College, a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Utah State University, and a Master of Science in Organizational Management from Central Connecticut State University. |
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