Meet the President of Global SME and a tour of Hitchiner Manufacturing

Society of Manufacturing Engineers Presents:

Come meet the President of the Global SME

May18th at 6PM at

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Along with $20 Dinner and a Tour

For: Chapter 177 in Peterborough and Chapter 327 in Nashua

This is an opportunity to meet other chapters of the SME

along with Networking and Learning.

BARBARA M. FOSSUM, PhD, FSME President Society of Manufacturing Engineers

Barbara M. Fossum, PhD, FSME, is an independent consultant and coach in the areas of strategic planning, process engineering, technology assessment, new venture validation and business planning for entrepreneurial startups. Fossum also is a Senior Research Fellow of the IC2 Institute of the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), where she works in worldwide economic development projects involving technology commercialization.

Previously Fossum was president of the Gordon Group, a Chicago-based organizational and leadership development company and president and a principal owner of Reveille Technology, Inc., a manufacturing execution system software company. With Reveille, Fossum worked to improve and automate the flow of work through factories. Fossum also was a senior data processing consultant at Unisys, and a member of the technical staff at Bell Laboratories. Fossum held various positions at the University of Texas at Austin, primarily starting and operating programs which support small to medium-sized manufacturing companies and high-technology manufacturing startups. As associate director of the Manufacturing Systems Center, she worked with various government organizations and private industry to plan for manufacturing support facilities throughout Texas.

A member since 1989, Fossum is currently the SME President and serves on the Executive Committee; Executive Compensation Committee; and the Finance Committee, a member of the Florida Suncoast Chapter 159, and an SME Fellow. Fossum served previously on the SME Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and on the board of advisors of CASA/SME, was chair of CASA/SME, and an editor of CASA's Blue Book series. She also was a member of SME's ad hoc Lifelong Learning Committee. Fossum was educated at the University of Texas at Austin, Stevens Institute of Technology and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. She holds a PhD in Operations Management, and an MBA and MS in Mathematics/Computer Science.

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Inc is located at 117 Old Wilton Road, Milford, NH

Meeting Location is the Barn for Dinner with a tour to follow

 

Come meet the President of the SME on May18th at 6PM at

 

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co. Inc.

Along with a $20 Dinner and a Tour

for: Chapter 177 in Peterborough and Chapter 327 in Nashua

 

MENU

 

Veggie tray with 2 to 3 dips, Cheese tray/crackers, 2 Hot Appetizers

 

Main Course 3 options: 1. Prime Rib 2. Bake Stuff Chicken 3. Stuff Seafood Haddock

House Salad `Bread/Rolls Drinks Coffee/Coke

with above includes Potatoes and a Veggie Tray

 

Desert: Brownies (no nuts) and Ice Cream

 

 

Due to seating please RSVP to SME327@comcast.net by May 11th for the Tour and Dinner Please supply your name and company you work for, the RSVP is required for Tour Guides and Seating for the meal at Hitchiner private dining hall the Barn with a Tour to follow.

 

NOTE: You must be a US Citizen to attend.   Be prepared to show proof of citizenship upon arrival.