SME Elects First Woman President
For the first time in its
78-year history, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has elected a
woman to lead the organization. Barbara M. Fossum, Ph.D., FSME will serve as 2010
president and was officially sworn in - along with the rest of the 2010 SME
Executive Committee - at the Society’s Awards and Installation Banquet, held
Nov. 14 in Dearborn, MI.
“I believe SME can be a catalyst among professional organizations to make progress toward a national manufacturing strategy,” Fossum said. “Working together, government, industry and academia can rebuild U.S. manufacturing capability in key industries.”
Fossum brings a diverse academic and industrial background to SME. She has held a number of positions in industry and academia. Currently, she is an independent consultant and coach in the areas of strategic planning, process engineering and business planning for entrepreneurial startups. Fossum is also a Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin where she works in worldwide economic development projects involving technology commercialization. She holds a Ph.D. in operations management, an MBA, an M.S. in mathematics/computer science, and a B.A. in Physics.
A member of SME since 1989, Fossum has served on the Society’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Ad Hoc Lifelong Learning Committee and the CASA/SME Board of Advisors, and was an editor of CASA's Blue Book series. She was elected an SME Fellow in 1996.
For more information, visit www.sme.org.
“I believe SME can be a catalyst among professional organizations to make progress toward a national manufacturing strategy,” Fossum said. “Working together, government, industry and academia can rebuild U.S. manufacturing capability in key industries.”
Fossum brings a diverse academic and industrial background to SME. She has held a number of positions in industry and academia. Currently, she is an independent consultant and coach in the areas of strategic planning, process engineering and business planning for entrepreneurial startups. Fossum is also a Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin where she works in worldwide economic development projects involving technology commercialization. She holds a Ph.D. in operations management, an MBA, an M.S. in mathematics/computer science, and a B.A. in Physics.
A member of SME since 1989, Fossum has served on the Society’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Ad Hoc Lifelong Learning Committee and the CASA/SME Board of Advisors, and was an editor of CASA's Blue Book series. She was elected an SME Fellow in 1996.
For more information, visit www.sme.org.
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