Industrial Operations Board
The Industrial Operations Board (IOB) provides oversight of CCAM’s operations. Based on the approved CCAM research strategy and its technology roadmap, the IOB approves CCAM’s annual program for generic research funded in whole or in part by CCAM industry membership fees. It will also review the progress of the research program during the year.
CCAM’s Industrial Operations Board includes:
Dr. Michael Beffel
Dr. Michael Beffel is vice president, Operations, for Chromalloy. He has more than 22 years of experience in the casting industry, with the majority in positions in the investment cast area, including multi-site responsibility. He also spent several years in the automotive tier-one supply industry, producing aluminum wheels for OEMs. Most recently, he supervised the design, construction and preliminary qualification of a green-field plant for production of IGT components. He has held technical and senior-level management positions. Beffel holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, a M.S. in Chemical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Jaime Camelio
Dr. Jaime Camelio is currently an associate professor and the graduate program director in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is the director for the ICTAS Center for Innovation based Manufacturing at Virginia Tech. Camelio received his B.S. from the Catholic University of Chile and his M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. His research interests include systems monitoring, diagnosis, and control.
Chris Dambra
Mr. Chris Dambra is currently Manager of the Coating Solutions Center- Americas at Sulzer Metco (US) in Westbury, New York. He joined Sulzer Metco in 2001 as project engineer for thermal barrier coatings and materials development. Dambra has worked in thermal spray parameter and application development since 2004. He is also a member of ASM Thermal Spray Operator Certification Committee and CTSO Advisor. Dambra received a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Dr. Nasser Ghariban
Sean Holt
Mr. Sean Holt has more than 20 years of aerospace engineering and sales experience. He joined Sandvik Coromant in 2000 as an application development specialist. During this time he developed new processes for aerospace components. Holt also was a key figure in the support of the AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Center) in the United Kingdom in developing application techniques and surface integrity studies for aerospace components. Currently, Holt serves as aerospace application manager overseeing the Aerospace Application Center, developing solutions and support for industrial partners to optimize methods for advanced manufacturing. He is an associate member of the ILM (institute of leadership and management) and has presented at various seminars and conferences within the industry.
Dr. Barry Horowitz
Dr. Barry Horowitz joined UVA in 2001 as professor of Systems Engineering and was appointed department chair in 2008. Prior to joining UVA, he founded and served as chairman and CEO of Concept Five Technologies, an e-business systems development company that was sold to Hitachi in 2001. From 1989 – 1995 served as CEO and president of the Mitre Corporation. Horowitz is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and currently serves on the Naval Studies Board and the GE Academic Software Advisory Board.
Thomas Keegan
Mr. Thomas Keegan joined Canon Virginia, Inc. in 1990 and currently serves as the Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering. While with Canon Virginia, Inc., Keegan has worked in various roles, including manufacturing engineer, senior electrical engineer, engineering manager, project leader and engineering director. Before joining Canon Virginia, Inc., he worked as a field service engineer at General Electric, Ordnance Systems. Keegan has an MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.
Dean Lowery
Mr. Dean Lowery began working at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1984 as a design engineering and has worked as an engineering supervisor and engineering manager. Lowery’s current initiatives include CCAM, New Technology Integration, University Liaison and Improvement of Manufacturing Processes. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1984.
Dr. David Rickerby
Dr. Dave Rickerby has been with Rolls-Royce since 1990. Prior to joining the company, he spent nine years at the Harwell Laboratory working on a variety of R&D and applied industrial programs related to surface engineering. Rickerby has worked on all aspects of thin and thick coatings deposited by chemical, physical, and thermal sprayed methods across a range of applications including nuclear, aerospace, biomedical and manufacturing plant.
Robert Shenton
Mr. Robert Shenton graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in chemistry and started his 36-year aerospace career as a propellant development chemist for Atlantic Research Corporation (which has since been acquired by Aerojet). As a researcher, he published a number of papers in the area of propellant development, rocket motor performance and material properties. Shenton’s career progressed into manufacturing engineering, where he had the opportunity to transition a number of his research projects into full-scale production, including new facilities construction. Operational responsibilities today include Manufacturing, Test, Facilities Engineering, Maintenance, Safety, Environmental, Production Line managements, Inventory, Capital and Manufacturing Engineering.
Brian T. Warner
Mr. Brian Warner is responsible for leading the Rolls-Royce initiatives to develop and establish the new CCAM facility. Warner began his career in 1985 at Allison Gas Turbines, which was eventually purchased by Rolls-Royce. His most recent role was as acting manufacturing engineering executive and chief manufacturing engineer in Indianapolis, IN. He has held several significant roles throughout his 26 year career, covering the areas of manufacturing engineering, project management and engineering management.
Dr. Nezih Yaramanoglu
Dr. Nezih Yaramanoglu is the director for business development with the current scope on Process Industries at Siemens PLM Software Inc. operating from Cypress, CA. Nezih’s focus is Industry Processes and their influences on IT-Solution Architectures.
Nezih has 36 years of experience in IT Solution research and development for production processes. Prior to his current position he was responsible for providing development support in initiating and leading strategic Digital Manufacturing projects. Resulting from these activities he became a co-founder of the e-Factory organization of UGS in 2001. Nezih was the leader of the dCADE PBU of UGS Products organization, which was merged to Unigraphics Solutions GmbH in 1999. Before the merger he was the President & CEO of dCADE GmbH, which he co-founded in 1991. During his career path Nezih has initiated and lead various international research projects with consortia consisting of members from European automotive, shipbuilding and aerospace industries. Nezih’s academic background is Mechanical Engineering with a PhD in Production Engineering from Technical University of Berlin, Germany, where he also received his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering.