- Roger W. Bradley, Esq., Partner
Melvin & Melvin
Roger W. Bradley, Esq., is a partner at Melvin & Melvin for 30 years, has long been on the leading edge of the green construction and renewable energy movements. This workshop taps his extensive background in construction and surety law, including representing Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse in high profile construction litigation, and serving as a consultant on the clean-up of Onondaga Lake.
- Sean Branagan, CEO & eVangelist
Digital
Vertical Marketing
Sean is CEO & eVangelist of Digital Vertical, a search and social
media firm headquartered in Syracuse, providing services for companies
in targeted vertical markets nationwide.
A graduate of Syracuse University's
Newhouse School, he is founder and President of Communigration, Inc.,
a technology marketing firm, and has served as Senior Director of Marketing
for a $125 million national Internet services company headquartered
in Boston.
Sean’s experience with the Internet and World Wide Web began
in 1993 at a national super computing center. Since then he has engaged
in online strategy, interactive marketing and website production for
dozens of organizations, including Bulova, the DuPont Registry, Global
Marine Systems, Ltd. (UK), Lighthouse International, Time-Warner/Road
Runner, Welch-Allyn, and Wilton-Armetale.
- Stephen Chabot, Vice President Operations
INFICON
Stephen Chabot is the Vice President Operations for INFICON, a developer and
manufacturer of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and
advanced process control software that enhance productivity and quality in sophisticated
industrial vacuum processes worldwide. He is responsible for manufacturing, repair,
supply chain, process engineering, quality control, quality systems and customer
service. Prior to joining INFICON, Stephen worked in a variety of positions for
ITT Industries/Goulds Pumps and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Stephen has a Master
of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Bonaventure
University.
- Glen Chwala, Senior Project Manager & Six Sigma Black Belt
Central New York Technology
Development Organization (TDO)
Glen Chwala is an experienced Lean practitioner and Six Sigma Black Belt
that has driven program implementations with small, medium and large organizations
across the globe. He is TWI certified instructor in all program modules;
Job Relations, Job Instruction, Job Methods and Job Safety.
Before joining
TDO, Glen worked with Cooper Industries, Crouse-Hinds
Division as a Project Manager in the Improvement Operations Office developing
and delivering training in the lean tools. He led kaizen events across
in both manufacturing and office environments. He earned a Bachelor of
Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration
focused in Operations Management from Clarkson University.
- Resa A. Dimino, Commissioner's Policy Office Special Assistant
New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Ms. Resa A. Dimino is a special assistant in the Commissioner’s Policy
Office of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The policy office serves as an internal consultancy within the department
to develop innovative policy and implement the Commissioner’s priority
projects. She focuses on solid waste and recycling policy.
Ms. Dimino
has a strong background in recycling public education, advocacy and policy
development and is a skilled technical researcher. She is frequently
invited to provide commentary on recycling-related issues in the national
media, the trade press and at local, regional and national conferences
and meetings. Most recently, she served as the Director of Programs for
the Bronx River Alliance in the Bronx, NY.
Ms. Dimino holds a Bachelor
of Arts from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She held a
gubernatorial appointment to the New York State Solid Waste Management
Board.
- John Dwyer, President
Syracuse Glass
John Dwyer is the President at Syracuse Glass Company, a manufacturer
of architectural glass and aluminum products with one hundred years of
service to the Upstate New York Construction community. John is a graduate
of Boston College's Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management.
He has served as the president of two industry trade groups, the Glass
Association of North America and the New York State Glass Association.
John lives in Syracuse with his wife Janet and son Joseph.
- Deb Forbey, Senior Project Engineer & Six
Sigma Master Black Belt
Central New York Technology
Development Organization (TDO)
Deb Forbey has over 20 years experience in the manufacturing and service sectors.
Deb is a GE certified Master Black Belt with over 8 years of Operational Excellence
consulting experience assisting companies with Lean Six Sigma implementations.
Deb has held positions as Engineering Manager, Director of Quality, and Director
of Six Sigma for both national and global corporations.She was responsible for
management and financial performance of Six Sigma and Lean programs for multiple
facilities across the globe. Deb has been a Lean Six Sigma consultant within
a diverse cross section of industries including Manufacturing, Energy Management,
Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, Financial, and Service industries.
- Linda Dickerson Hartsock, Executive Director
The
Clean Tech Center
- Donna Herlihy, Executive Director
NY Family
Business Center
Donna Herlihy is the Executive Director of the New York Family Business
Center (NYFBC). Formed in 2009, the NYFBC is a non-profit organization
providing education and training for family businesses in Upstate New York.
Donna was previously an Insurance Advisor at Donahue Financial Management
Group and the Director of Operations at MassMutual in Central New York.
- Tom Huegel, Senior Partner
Wireless
Business Group
tom has been involved in wireless since 1988. Tom held a number of positions at Cellular One / Cingular / AT&T – including General Manager, Director of Sales, and Engineering Site Acquisition. Tom is a graduate of S.I. Newhouse School of Communications, Syracuse University.
- Scott Laundry, Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt
Albany
International
- Dave Lloyd, Employee Development Leader
Novelis Corporation - Oswego
Works
David Lloyd has been the Employee Development Leader for Novelis Corporation
– Oswego Works, for the past five years. Prior to that, he spent 23 years
at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, holding positions in Training,
Leadership & Organization Development and Occupational Health and
Safety. He is certified as a ‘7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ facilitator
through the Franklin Covey organization, and has experience developing
and conducting training in the areas of Leadership Development, Interpersonal & Organizational
Effectiveness and Occupational Health & Safety. He also serves as
a coach and mentor to adults and adolescents in interpersonal effectiveness
and career advisement.
- Steven Maloney, Director of Training and Workforce Development
MACNY,
The Manufacturers Association
Steven has over 10 years experience within the manufacturing sector holding
management positions within Quality and Continuous Improvement. He is
a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and he has extensive experience conducting
Quality, Lean, Environmental and Leadership/Teamwork training. He has
also developed and has conducted TLT3 Supervisory Leadership training
for MACNY. He is qualified as a Situational Leadership® II instructor
through The Ken Blanchard Companies. His experience includes consulting
and training for manufacturers in Upstate New York including Inficon,
SRCTec, Daimler Buses, G.A. Braun, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Marquardt Switches
and Dielectric Laboratories. He also serves as a board member for Partners
for Education and Business, and he serves on several business advisory
committees.
- David L. Nocilly
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
David L. Nocilly of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC,
is a registered patent attorney with extensive experience preparing and
prosecuting patent, trademark, and copyright applications, in the U.S.
and overseas, for electromechanical, biomedical, and mechanical inventions.
He counsels inventors and assists companies with intellectual property
strategies. Mr. Nocilly is a member of the Onondaga County and New York
State Bar Associations and an adjunct professor at Syracuse University
College of Law. He is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S., Biology,
1991) and Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude,
2000).
- Sam Serianni, Senior Partner
Wireless
Business Group
Sam has been in telecommunications since 1995. Sam’s background includes roles as a Major Account Executive, Cellular One, Data Specialist, Telergy Corporation, and Data Sales Consultant, Cingular Wireless.
- Jeffrey M. Stanton, Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs
Syracuse University School
of Information Studies
Jeffrey is the Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs in the
School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Dr. Stanton’s research
focuses on organizational behavior and technology, with his most recent
projects examining how behavior affects information security and privacy
in organizations. He is the author with Dr. Kathryn Stam of the book, The
Visible Employee: Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect
Information Assets – Without Compromising Employee Privacy or Trust. Stanton
has also published articles in Computers and Security, Communications of
the ACM, Computers in Human Behavior, the International Journal of Human-Computer
Interaction, Information Technology and People, the Journal of Information
Systems Education, the Journal of Digital Information, Surveillance and
Society as well as Behaviour & Information Technology. Dr. Stanton
is associate editor at the journal Human Resource Management. His research
has been supported through 15 grants and supplements including the National
Science Foundation’s CAREER award. Dr. Stanton’s background also includes
more than a decade of experience in business – both in established firms
and start-up companies. Program
- Jim Stapleton
National
Grid
Jim Stapleton is Manager of Energy Efficiency Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Services at National Grid. He is a certified Energy Manager and Certified Power Quality Professional. Jim has been with National Grid (Niagara Mohawk) for 24 years; 22 of those years have been spent in energy management and power quality. He earned his B.S. in engineering fro mVirginia Tech and his M.B.A. from Le Moyne College
- Gary Stevens, Director of Manufacturing
SRCTec, Inc.
As the Director of Manufacturing, Mr. Stevens brings his combined
experience in management, manufacturing, test engineering and new product development
to his role at SRCTec. He is responsible for the manufacturing operations that
support all of SRCTec’s production programs including continuous improvement,
production program management, manufacturing and test engineering, materials
management, inventory control, shipping and receiving, assembly, test and environmental
stress screening.
Prior to joining SRCTec, Mr. Stevens worked at Sensis Corporation
as a Production Test Lead and Philips Broadband Networks as an Engineering Manager.
Mr. Stevens graduated Magna Cum Laude from the State University of New York
Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology
and was a member of the Tau Alpha Phi Honor Society. He is currently pursuing
his MBA at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management.
- Experts from the Center for Information Security, Assurance and Trust
