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APICS Mission Peak Chapter Hall of Fame
Presidential Salute - Chuck Dewey Chuck Dewey, a design engineer by trade, has been our Vice President of Programs for 2 years. He is the contact for reservations for our Professional Development Meetings (PDM’s). This entails coordinating with the restaurant (Massimo’s) head count and entrée and accommodating changes from Wednesday to Thursday due to speaker availability. Chuck insures availability of the projector and recording the audio of the presentation for posting to the web site. This effort is mission critical for those members who want to be at the PDM, but due to demands of work, family, and schedule cannot be present, but want the information. He has represented the Chapter twice at our District meetings, in far-flung places like Reno and Honolulu, Hawaii. Yes, I know it is a tough assignment, but someone had to answer the call of duty. In Reno, Chuck did spank the Casino and in Hawaii, he did get a wonderful bar tan. I write that with tongue in cheek I must laud Chuck’s efforts in making our PDM’s very successful and recognize Chuck’s participation on the Board of Directors, which has been invaluable. Chuck - Thanks for a job well done…. Presidential Salute - LaDonna Hoyt A special salute this month to LaDonna for her hard work in putting together the C-Bar submission. LaDonna Hoyt has been a member of APICS and the Mission Peak Chapter since 2001. Within the chapter, LaDonna has served as Member at Large, VP of Programs, VP of Education, Executive VP and President. She has attended Regional meetings in Seattle, Washington, Reno, Nevada and San Jose, California, and is a regular at the monthly Professional Development Meetings held by the Mission Peak Chapter. During most of LaDonna's career, she specialized in the disk duplication and packaging business, which eventually over time became known as "Supply Chain Management". She worked for the pioneer of this business, Dysan Corporation from 1981 when it was very early in the game. That division of Dysan eventually became known as Xemag. From there, in 1987 LaDonna became VP of Sales and Operations for a start-up company called Software Duplication Services, and grew the company from ground zero. Her next stop was working for a division of Polaroid Corporation that had a supply chain manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. Several years later LaDonna moved on to take on a Site Operations Management position for Braun Media Services, which has now evolved into Zomax. Lastly, LaDonna worked for iLogistix Corporation in various Operations positions for over 7 years. Her favorite role while at iLogistix was her last position as Manager of Operations and Materials & Systems Management. In that position LaDonna enjoyed business travels to various U.S. locations, as well as Guadalajara, Mexico, Singapore and Taipei, Taiwan. Presidential Salute - John Trang John is a company coordinator and a recently minted CPIM. He has taken the time to help others in the Chapter that were interested in taking the exam. I had the pleasure of instructing at Brushwellman Electrofusion Division in Fremont. John was an outstanding student. John adds: OK, I’ll admit it. I primarily became an APICS member to take advantage of the discounts offered to members on certification study materials and exams. When I graduated from UC Berkeley with an Economics degree, I hadn’t quite figured out what I wanted to do with my life. Fortunately, I was hired on as a Buyer/Planner at Brush Wellman Electrofusion Products. While I can’t say I grew up wanting to be a Buyer, it’s evolved from simply being just a job to something I’m passionate about and plan on building a career around. During the course of obtaining a C.P.M designation from the ISM, I met other Buyers who understood what my interests were and recommended that I also pursue an APICS CPIM certification. So the plan was to sign up, buy the books I needed, pass the exams and add the extra letters to my business card, all while never really intending to participate in APICS activities. If everything played out as scripted, I would have missed out on a lot of what APICS has to offer. For as long as I’ve been with Brush Wellman, SAP has been our ERP system. Up until last year, the planning and scheduling was done outside the system. There was very little visibility in terms of the jobs on the floor and incoming work. Engineers were being used as project managers contending for the same resources without regard to the capacity available. After some restructuring, there was a push to implement the MRP portion of the software in hopes of arming the company with timely information with which to make better decisions for our low volume, high variety shop. An MRP implementation isn’t something you just flip the switch on. To do it right, it involves a lot of planning, hard work and training. Before we started the implementation, Hank was brought in to enlighten us with his knowledge of the concepts and get us all talking the same language. It’s pretty powerful when you are able to merge theory with hands-on experience. Getting this training up front helped make the transition go a lot smoother. Somewhere along the way, I became more immersed in the content and started going to APICS PDMs. Here I discovered this untapped network of people like myself. The people are very supportive and I’ve come to find that the challenges I face at work are not all that unique. The PDMs offer stimulating topics, good food and good company. Obtaining certifications and attending PDMs are good ways of keeping my skills current. When I benchmark my skills, I compare them to other APICS members to see where there are gaps and ask them for their recommendations on how I can improve. I am currently studying for an ISM CPSM certification and plan on pursuing the APICS CSCP certification later this year. Obtaining certifications and being an active APICS member has given me a quiet confidence that I don’t think existed before. I don’t mean this in the sense that I feel I’m always right, but more in the sense that I can talk intelligibly about a subject and understand other people’s point of view. It has enabled me to be a better resource for people at work. As a Mission Peak Company Coordinator for Brush Wellman, I’ve invited coworkers to meetings that I thought they might find interesting. As we learn more, we become stronger as a company and I feel their success is my success as well. What we do with this knowledge is what differentiates the time and money spent from being considered an investment or an expense. Presidential Salute - Nenette Gallaway Nenette has served on the Board of Directors for the last three years. I have had the pleasure of working with her at Cacheflow. She is a real asset to have on the Board of Directors. Nenette adds: When Hank asked if I would like to join APICS, how could I say ‘No’ to him? Since becoming a member of APICS, I have been impressed by the people who are continually looking to obtain more knowledge in their industry. The PDMs offer a great range of educational topics and a great opportunity to network. I’m currently the Sr. Buyer at Array Networks, Inc.. Prior to Array Networks, I have held management and similar positions at Kaleidescape, Inc., SonicWALL, CacheFlow and MCI. I enjoy working for startups because of the ability to realize the impact you have on the success of the company. The PDM’s are fun and offer an exposure to best practices to apply at work. The results that you produce can be seen immediately. Presidential Salute - Asad Urrehman Asad Urrehman has been a real pleasure to meet through APICS. He has participated at Board Meetings and PDM’s. I remember the first time Asad brought his camera to a PDM. He gave me the idea of posting the pictures to the website. It is a hoot to see all the members and friends photo’s on our site. Asad, thanks for your dedication and participation in the Mission Peak Chapter. Asad adds: - I got introduced (and became member) to APICS, MSPK Chapter in 2007 through my professor Dr. Zinovy Radovilsky during a student’s-professionals dinner hosted by OMS, Operations and Materials Society at CSU, East Bay. - I enjoy attending monthly PDM's hosted by Mission Peak Chapter not only to learn and improve from the top industry experts and educators but also to meet and connect with interesting and friendly professionals from different industries. I admire the president of the chapter and the board members for their tireless efforts in bringing more knowledge to professionals and students of Operations and Supply Chain Management. - I am a senior buyer with over seven years of purchasing experience working for a multinational company which provides solution to our international and local clients for all their IT needs. In March, 2008 I graduated from CSU, East Bay with an option of "Purchasing and Materials Management". I have a real passion for procurement and supply chain management and I know I've a lot to learn and I also hope with the help of APICS my learning experience never ends. Presidential Salute - LaDonna Hoyt Great work on leading the C-Bar program this year to bring the Gold Award to Mission Peak !!! Chuck with President Hank Presidential Salute - Member of the Year Chuck Dewey Chuck Dewey, a design engineer by trade, has been our Vice President of Programs for 2 years. He is the contact for reservations for our Professional Development Meetings (PDM’s). This entails coordinating with the restaurant (Massimo’s) head count and entrée and accommodating changes from Wednesday to Thursday due to speaker availability. Chuck insures availability of the projector and recording the audio of the presentation for posting to the web site. This effort is mission critical for those members who want to be at the PDM, but due to demands of work, family, and schedule cannot be present, but want the information. He has represented the Chapter twice at our District meetings, in far-flung places like Reno and Honolulu, Hawaii. Yes, I know it is a tough assignment, but someone had to answer the call of duty. In Reno, Chuck did spank the Casino and in Hawaii, he did get a wonderful bar tan. I write that with tongue in cheek He also presented the awards to our students at a recent banquet honoring 4 students from University of California East Bay, Rong Chen, Darcy Duckenfield, Patrick Murphy, Jessica Wong for their academic achievements. Again, Congratulations to the students!! I must laud Chuck’s efforts in making our PDM’s very successful and recognize Chuck’s participation on the Board of Directors, which has been invaluable. Chuck - Thanks for a job well done…. Presidential Salute - Monika Roemer Monika is the former administrative assistant in the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of APICS. I have met MoJo a few times when Monika was helping Mission Peak Chapter with student materials, E-mails informing members of Mission Peak Chapter PDM’s, or certificates for students, and other help. I know Sue Nelson the former President and now on District Staff and Rick Merritt current President of Santa Clara Chapter of APICS have expressed real appreciation for Monika’s work. Now it is my turn to express many thanks to Monika and the Santa Clara Chapter for their help in serving our APICS members. I would agree with Monika when she says, “I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that Keeps it fun for me… and challenging.” Monika great job, keep up the wonderful work. Monika’s comments: Can you believe it? Almost 11 years at APICS SCVC (Santa Clara Valley Chapter)!! A lot has changed since I started. There used to be two of us here at the office, but now I take care of it by myself. This does allow for some flexibility. I get to bring my Black Lab, MoJo, to the office with me. She gets to be the greeting committee for the occasional visitor and our UPS person. No small task working here. It is my job to keep it all together and make it look like it is a piece of cake. There are so many different personalities, and different roles to work with. Our instructors all have 8 – 5 jobs, and need to just walk in to the classroom and begin teaching. So I have to make sure everything is ready for them - including students! But, enough about me. I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that keeps it fun for me… and challenging. Ann Ibach Ann adds: When deciding on a career path you are told to “Do What You Like”. So when my 12 year career in the Aerospace Industry, working with Primary and Secondary explosives and Pyrotechnics ended, it was time to choose another path. I was already taking business courses toward my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, so I enrolled at Cal State Hayward full time. They offered an Option, which is a special studies program, in Purchasing & Materials Management. That is where I met Dr. Radovilsky, the professor in charge of the Student Chapter of APICS. I have been with the Mission Peak Chapter since 1995. I joined as an assistant to the Newsletter Editor. I served on the Board of Directors as VP Communications and Newsletter editor from July 1995 to July 1999, winning several Fit to Print Awards for the Chapter. After serving as the VP Seminars and as a Director at Large I was Co-President for 2 years alongside the late Diane Mosher-Deutsch. My biggest reward for all of this volunteer work is educating students about all of the benefits of joining a Professional Organization, like APICS. There are opportunities for both professional and personal contacts that can lead to net working, employment opportunities and friendships. What could be better? Anny Zhao Anny Zhao’s participation as Secretary has been inspirational. She planned to attend a PDM. Unfortunately, she had a fender bender on the way. Even after all that drama, she gave me a call to tell me she could not make it. Now that was very professional and considerate, my first reaction was, are you ok? To my relief she was. Her dedication is amazing. It is a pleasure to serve on the Board of Directors with her. She adds the following information: My career started in Lucent Technologies, China after I got a textile engineering degree from Dalian Light Industry University. The Lucent experience as Executive Assistant to the President has nothing to do with textiles but exposed me to all operations of an international corporation. It radically changed my interests and I moved to the U.S. in 2004 to go for my MBA at California State University East Bay with Supply Chain Management and Finance emphasis. I graduated in December 2006 and started working as a program manager in Global Materials Management in Cisco Systems. At CSUEB, I was a student of Dr. Radovilsky, who introduced me to APICS and I have been a member of the Mission Peak Chapter since 2005 and serving as board secretary of MSPK since 2006. APICS brings to me continuous learning opportunities and enriching professional experience after college. It adds tremendous value to my understanding of supply chain management in manufacturing. As a member of MSPK, I am able to network with other operations management professionals and share much fun and joy with a lot of dedicated individuals. Chuck Dewey Even though Chuck Dewey is a relatively new APICS member of Mission Peak Chapter, he has contributed greatly to the recent growth. You may recognize the name, since he is our Vice-President of PDM’s takes the reservations, schedules Massimo’s and insures that the other elements for a successful PDM are in place, such as the projector. He was also given the responsibility of audio recording the PDM’s, so I had to add to his title- Vice President of Special Effects. Chuck shares additional information: Orange Coast Junior College, Long Beach State, and San Jose State all tried to teach me Industrial Design. The U.S. Coast Guard taught me aircraft mechanics. On the job taught me project management, mechanical engineering, a bit about electricity and lots about sharing with teams of smart people. Mr. Steiskal taught me drafting and, over the years, we stopped drawing on paper with a pencil and began using more elaborate tools. Now we solve problems of designing mechanical solutions with SolidWorks and 3D models of imaginary stuff so the first real stuff we build actually fits together and works. Years ago, we made two or three prototypes before we got one to work. Now that we can do all of this faster and with fewer mistakes, we are expected to do much, much more than before. Getting more done is very satisfying. Hank asked me to help out at APICS Mission Peak Chapter and we have had a lot of fun and met some great folks and even learned some amazing things. Mel Nelson Mel Nelson is president of M.N. Nelson & Associates. He is an internationally recognized speaker on multi-industry subjects. He is highly sought after as a speaker because of his lively, humorous and motivational speaking style by companies and by professional societies in all industries and service arenas. Mel has over 30 years of direct manufacturing company experience working in a full spectrum of positions, from entry to Executive level. Working in numerous positions throughout the whole company environment afforded him the opportunity on several occasions to be responsible for the first-hand implementation and utilization process of successful full business operating systems. Prior to starting his own firm in 1980 Mel worked for such companies as Exxon, Perkin-Elmer, FMC, General Dynamics as well as a few smaller firms to round out his career experience. Mel has presented at 19 APICS International Conferences; the JIT Conference; Congress For Progress; National Association for Purchasing Management Conferences and is a frequent keynote speaker at Universities and User Group meetings. Mel also teaches all CPIM and CIRM Certification Preparation Workshop courses for APICS. He is co-author of the APICS Train the Trainer course. He has been published in scores of Business Magazines and Journals. He has authored over 30 educational courses ranging in length from 1 to 7 days. Mel received his degree from MSAC in Los Angeles. He is a member of NAPM (National Association of Purchasing Mangement), ASTD (American Society for Training and Development); and is also certified as a Specialist in Industrial Management (SIM). He is an active member of APICS (Certified CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP), 1994 – 1995 Vice President of Region 10 (Responsible for the 10 Western States), and the 1996 Executive Vice President of APICS International. Mel is also the recipient of the APICS Medal of Honor. He is Past President of Santa Clara Valley Chapter for 2003 – 2005, 2005 – 2007 Region Ten V.P., and recently elected to District Director for 2 terms beginning in 2008. Sue Nelson Sue Nelson, CFPIM, CSCP is the current President of APICS Santa Clara Valley Chapter. She has been an associate of M.N. Nelson & Associates since 1993, a firm specializing in Company Operating Systems consultation and education Prior to joining Nelson & Associates she held a spectrum of positions ranging from sales & marketing through computer operations and manufacturing/inventory management. Sue has been an active member of APICS for over fifteen years, serving as President of the Portland, Oregon Chapter and Region Ten Staff as well as Santa Clara Valley Chapter. She is certified in CPIM at the Fellow level and a Certified Supply Chain Professional. Sue has presented at 4 APICS International Conferences, multiple professional society dinner meetings, and numerous universities and teaches all Certification Preparation Workshops for APICS. Bruce Hoyt Bruce Hoyt joined the Mission Peak Chapter of APICS about 15 years ago and has enjoyed serving the organization in a variety of roles, including several stints in various VP positions and additionally serving a year as Chapter President. His most memorable contributions have been the many years spent working with Operations Management students from Cal-State University, including such activities as speaking at school functions, teaching supplemental operations courses and working with many of the student teams on projects for their classes. He continues to support the chapter as webmaster. Bruce spent 25 years in operations management positions in the automotive business with General Motors and NUMMI, the Toyota joint venture. He spent a great deal of time in Japan learning just-in-time systems and later had the opportunity to travel extensively in the United States, Canada and Mexico sharing his knowledge with suppliers seeking to improve their operations. He moved to Arizona five years ago. There, he owns and runs a 40 employee service business and also is the President/CEO of a software development company in the video compression business. He is past president of the Fremont Jaycees and has also held positions in other community service and educational organizations. Bruce holds a B.S. from the University of San Francisco, a M.B.A. from San Jose State and a CPIM certification. LaDonna Hoyt LaDonna Hoyt has been a member of APICS and the Mission Peak Chapter since 2001. Within the chapter, LaDonna has served as Member at Large, VP of Programs, VP of Education, Executive VP and President. She has attended Regional meetings in Seattle, Washington, Reno, Nevada and San Jose, California, and is a regular at the monthly Professional Development Meetings held by the Mission Peak Chapter. During most of LaDonna's career, she specialized in the disk duplication and packaging business, which eventually over time became known as "Supply Chain Management". She worked for the pioneer of this business, Dysan Corporation from 1981 when it was very early in the game. That division of Dysan eventually became known as Xemag. From there, in 1987 LaDonna became VP of Sales and Operations for a start-up company called Software Duplication Services, and grew the company from ground zero. Her next stop was working for a division of Polaroid Corporation that had a supply chain manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. Several years later LaDonna moved on to take on a Site Operations Management position for Braun Media Services, which has now evolved into Zomax. Lastly, LaDonna worked for iLogistix Corporation in various Operations positions for over 7 years. Her favorite role while at iLogistix was her last position as Manager of Operations and Materials & Systems Management. In that position LaDonna enjoyed business travels to various U.S. locations, as well as Guadalajara, Mexico, Singapore and Taipei, Taiwan. Dr Zinovy Radovilsky The Mission Peak Chapter of APICS is proud to honor one of our members. I met Dr Zinovy Radovilsky in 1991. For that last 16 years, his contribution to academics, students and the chapter have been exceptional and long term. Enclosed is a biography, summarizing his accomplishments over that time. Dr. Zinovy Radovilsky is a professor of Management in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, East Bay (former Hayward). He has had more than 20 years of experience in teaching and consulting in operations and supply chain management. He taught courses in Production and Service Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, E-commerce Enterprise Management, and Enterprise Resource Planning. When Zinovy started his work at CSUEB, the business program there had only undergraduate options (concentrations) and very few courses in operations and materials management. Zinovy was instrumental in developing and introducing (with the help of other OM colleagues) a variety of new courses in operations management as well as two new MBA options in Operations and Materials Management and Supply Chain Management with a solid breadth of courses. In 1991, Zinovy joined Mission Peak Chapter of APICS, and since that time till today is a member of the MSPK Board of Directors. In 1992 he organized Operations Materials Society (OMS), a student organization on campus. The idea of this chapter was to promote operations management education and APICS among students. MSPK BOD and its president Hank Zoeller were very instrumental in organizing the chapter and obtaining its affiliation as a student chapter of APICS. Over the years, OMS has been very active in organizing student events, meetings, and plant tours related to operations and supply chain management. The membership in the organization, despite constant student turnover and graduation from college, has grown from several members to more than 60 members today. MSPK BOD, and specifically Hank Zoeller, continuously supported OMS with student scholarships, awards for best students in operations and supply chain, participation in OMS events, and others. At the same time, many students became members of APICS and MSPK; some of them served and continue to serving today as members of MSPK BOD. Besides teaching and participating in OMS activities, Dr. Radovilsky has been a consultant in operations and supply chain management to leading U.S. companies and organizations such as U.S. Coast Guard, APL Logistics, DHL Systems, Oread, EPRI, and others. Zinovy has done extensive research in the areas of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, e-commerce business models, e-commerce enterprise management, quality management, forecasting, and statistical analysis. He has published more than 50 papers in international and domestic journals and conference proceedings. Zinovy is also a member of the Editorial Board of the International Academy of Business and Economics, and a managing editor of the Journal of International Business and Economics.

APICS Mission Peak Chapter Hall of Fame

Presidential Salute - Chuck Dewey

Chuck Dewey, a design engineer by trade, has been our Vice President of Programs for 2 years. He is the contact for reservations for our Professional Development Meetings (PDM’s). This entails coordinating with the restaurant (Massimo’s) head count and entrée and accommodating changes from Wednesday to Thursday due to speaker availability. Chuck insures availability of the projector and recording the audio of the presentation for posting to the web site. This effort is mission critical for those members who want to be at the PDM, but due to demands of work, family, and schedule cannot be present, but want the information. He has represented the Chapter twice at our District meetings, in far-flung places like Reno and Honolulu, Hawaii. Yes, I know it is a tough assignment, but someone had to answer the call of duty. In Reno, Chuck did spank the Casino and in Hawaii, he did get a wonderful bar tan. I write that with tongue in cheek

I must laud Chuck’s efforts in making our PDM’s very successful and recognize Chuck’s participation on the Board of Directors, which has been invaluable. Chuck - Thanks for a job well done….

Presidential Salute - LaDonna Hoyt

A special salute this month to LaDonna for her hard work in putting together the C-Bar submission.

LaDonna Hoyt has been a member of APICS and the Mission Peak Chapter since 2001. Within the chapter, LaDonna has served as Member at Large, VP of Programs, VP of Education, Executive VP and President. She has attended Regional meetings in Seattle, Washington, Reno, Nevada and San Jose, California, and is a regular at the monthly Professional Development Meetings held by the Mission Peak Chapter.

Several years later LaDonna moved on to take on a Site Operations Management position for Braun Media Services, which has now evolved into Zomax. Lastly, LaDonna worked for iLogistix Corporation in various Operations positions for over 7 years. Her favorite role while at iLogistix was her last position as Manager of Operations and Materials & Systems Management. In that position LaDonna enjoyed business travels to various U.S. locations, as well as Guadalajara, Mexico, Singapore and Taipei, Taiwan.

Presidential Salute - John Trang

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John is a company coordinator and a recently minted CPIM. He has taken the time to help others in the Chapter that were interested in taking the exam. I had the pleasure of instructing at Brushwellman Electrofusion Division in Fremont. John was an outstanding student. John adds:

OK, I’ll admit it. I primarily became an APICS member to take advantage of the discounts offered to members on certification study materials and exams.

When I graduated from UC Berkeley with an Economics degree, I hadn’t quite figured out what I wanted to do with my life. Fortunately, I was hired on as a Buyer/Planner at Brush Wellman Electrofusion Products. While I can’t say I grew up wanting to be a Buyer, it’s evolved from simply being just a job to something I’m passionate about and plan on building a career around. During the course of obtaining a C.P.M designation from the ISM, I met other Buyers who understood what my interests were and recommended that I also pursue an APICS CPIM certification.

So the plan was to sign up, buy the books I needed, pass the exams and add the extra letters to my business card, all while never really intending to participate in APICS activities. If everything played out as scripted, I would have missed out on a lot of what APICS has to offer.

For as long as I’ve been with Brush Wellman, SAP has been our ERP system. Up until last year, the planning and scheduling was done outside the system. There was very little visibility in terms of the jobs on the floor and incoming work. Engineers were being used as project managers contending for the same resources without regard to the capacity available. After some restructuring, there was a push to implement the MRP portion of the software in hopes of arming the company with timely information with which to make better decisions for our low volume, high variety shop.

An MRP implementation isn’t something you just flip the switch on. To do it right, it involves a lot of planning, hard work and training. Before we started the implementation, Hank was brought in to enlighten us with his knowledge of the concepts and get us all talking the same language. It’s pretty powerful when you are able to merge theory with hands-on experience. Getting this training up front helped make the transition go a lot smoother.

Somewhere along the way, I became more immersed in the content and started going to APICS PDMs. Here I discovered this untapped network of people like myself. The people are very supportive and I’ve come to find that the challenges I face at work are not all that unique. The PDMs offer stimulating topics, good food and good company.

Obtaining certifications and attending PDMs are good ways of keeping my skills current. When I benchmark my skills, I compare them to other APICS members to see where there are gaps and ask them for their recommendations on how I can improve. I am currently studying for an ISM CPSM certification and plan on pursuing the APICS CSCP certification later this year.

Obtaining certifications and being an active APICS member has given me a quiet confidence that I don’t think existed before. I don’t mean this in the sense that I feel I’m always right, but more in the sense that I can talk intelligibly about a subject and understand other people’s point of view. It has enabled me to be a better resource for people at work. As a Mission Peak Company Coordinator for Brush Wellman, I’ve invited coworkers to meetings that I thought they might find interesting. As we learn more, we become stronger as a company and I feel their success is my success as well. What we do with this knowledge is what differentiates the time and money spent from being considered an investment or an expense.

Presidential Salute - Nenette Gallaway

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Nenette has served on the Board of Directors for the last three years. I have had the pleasure of working with her at Cacheflow. She is a real asset to have on the Board of Directors.

Nenette adds:

When Hank asked if I would like to join APICS, how could I say ‘No’ to him? Since becoming a member of APICS, I have been impressed by the people who are continually looking to obtain more knowledge in their industry. The PDMs offer a great range of educational topics and a great opportunity to network.

I’m currently the Sr. Buyer at Array Networks, Inc.. Prior to Array Networks, I have held management and similar positions at Kaleidescape, Inc., SonicWALL, CacheFlow and MCI.

I enjoy working for startups because of the ability to realize the impact you have on the success of the company. The PDM’s are fun and offer an exposure to best practices to apply at work. The results that you produce can be seen immediately.

Presidential Salute - Asad Urrehman

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Asad Urrehman has been a real pleasure to meet through APICS. He has participated at Board Meetings and PDM’s. I remember the first time Asad brought his camera to a PDM. He gave me the idea of posting the pictures to the website. It is a hoot to see all the members and friends photo’s on our site. Asad, thanks for your dedication and participation in the Mission Peak Chapter.

Asad adds:
- I got introduced (and became member) to APICS, MSPK Chapter in 2007 through my professor Dr. Zinovy Radovilsky during a student’s-professionals dinner hosted by OMS, Operations and Materials Society at CSU, East Bay. - I enjoy attending monthly PDM's hosted by Mission Peak Chapter not only to learn and improve from the top industry experts and educators but also to meet and connect with interesting and friendly professionals from different industries. I admire the president of the chapter and the board members for their tireless efforts in bringing more knowledge to professionals and students of Operations and Supply Chain Management.
- I am a senior buyer with over seven years of purchasing experience working for a multinational company which provides solution to our international and local clients for all their IT needs. In March, 2008 I graduated from CSU, East Bay with an option of "Purchasing and Materials Management". I have a real passion for procurement and supply chain management and I know I've a lot to learn and I also hope with the help of APICS my learning experience never ends.

Presidential Salute - LaDonna Hoyt

Great work on leading the C-Bar program this year to bring the Gold Award to Mission Peak !!!

Chuck with President Hank

Presidential Salute - Member of the Year Chuck Dewey

I must laud Chuck’s efforts in making our PDM’s very successful and recognize Chuck’s participation on the Board of Directors, which has been invaluable. Chuck - Thanks for a job well done….

Presidential Salute - Monika Roemer

Monika is the former administrative assistant in the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of APICS. I have met MoJo a few times when Monika was helping Mission Peak Chapter with student materials, E-mails informing members of Mission Peak Chapter PDM’s, or certificates for students, and other help. I know Sue Nelson the former President and now on District Staff and Rick Merritt current President of Santa Clara Chapter of APICS have expressed real appreciation for Monika’s work. Now it is my turn to express many thanks to Monika and the Santa Clara Chapter for their help in serving our APICS members. I would agree with Monika when she says, “I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that

Keeps it fun for me… and challenging.” Monika great job, keep up the wonderful work.

Monika’s comments:

Can you believe it? Almost 11 years at APICS SCVC (Santa Clara Valley Chapter)!! A lot has changed since I started. There used to be two of us here at the office, but now I take care of it by myself. This does allow for some flexibility. I get to bring my Black Lab, MoJo, to the office with me. She gets to be the greeting committee for the occasional visitor and our UPS person.

No small task working here. It is my job to keep it all together and make it look like it is a piece of cake. There are so many different personalities, and different roles to work with. Our instructors all have 8 – 5 jobs, and need to just walk in to the classroom and begin teaching. So I have to make sure everything is ready for them - including students!

But, enough about me. I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that keeps it fun for me… and challenging.

Ann Ibach

Ann adds: When deciding on a career path you are told to “Do What You Like”. So when my 12 year career in the Aerospace Industry, working with Primary and Secondary explosives and Pyrotechnics ended, it was time to choose another path. I was already taking business courses toward my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, so I enrolled at Cal State Hayward full time. They offered an Option, which is a special studies program, in Purchasing & Materials Management. That is where I met Dr. Radovilsky, the professor in charge of the Student Chapter of APICS. I have been with the Mission Peak Chapter since 1995. I joined as an assistant to the Newsletter Editor. I served on the Board of Directors as VP Communications and Newsletter editor from July 1995 to July 1999, winning several Fit to Print Awards for the Chapter. After serving as the VP Seminars and as a Director at Large I was Co-President for 2 years alongside the late Diane Mosher-Deutsch. My biggest reward for all of this volunteer work is educating students about all of the benefits of joining a Professional Organization, like APICS. There are opportunities for both professional and personal contacts that can lead to net working, employment opportunities and friendships. What could be better?

Anny Zhao

Anny Zhao’s participation as Secretary has been inspirational. She planned to attend a PDM. Unfortunately, she had a fender bender on the way. Even after all that drama, she gave me a call to tell me she could not make it. Now that was very professional and considerate, my first reaction was, are you ok? To my relief she was. Her dedication is amazing. It is a pleasure to serve on the Board of Directors with her.

She adds the following information:

My career started in Lucent Technologies, China after I got a textile engineering degree from Dalian Light Industry University. The Lucent experience as Executive Assistant to the President has nothing to do with textiles but exposed me to all operations of an international corporation. It radically changed my interests and I moved to the U.S. in 2004 to go for my MBA at California State University East Bay with Supply Chain Management and Finance emphasis. I graduated in December 2006 and started working as a program manager in Global Materials Management in Cisco Systems.

At CSUEB, I was a student of Dr. Radovilsky, who introduced me to APICS and I have been a member of the Mission Peak Chapter since 2005 and serving as board secretary of MSPK since 2006. APICS brings to me continuous learning opportunities and enriching professional experience after college. It adds tremendous value to my understanding of supply chain management in manufacturing. As a member of MSPK, I am able to network with other operations management professionals and share much fun and joy with a lot of dedicated individuals.

Chuck Dewey

Even though Chuck Dewey is a relatively new APICS member of Mission Peak Chapter, he has contributed greatly to the recent growth. You may recognize the name, since he is our Vice-President of PDM’s takes the reservations, schedules Massimo’s and insures that the other elements for a successful PDM are in place, such as the projector. He was also given the responsibility of audio recording the PDM’s, so I had to add to his title- Vice President of Special Effects.

Chuck shares additional information:

Orange Coast Junior College, Long Beach State, and San Jose State all tried to teach me Industrial Design. The U.S. Coast Guard taught me aircraft mechanics. On the job taught me project management, mechanical engineering, a bit about electricity and lots about sharing with teams of smart people. Mr. Steiskal taught me drafting and, over the years, we stopped drawing on paper with a pencil and began using more elaborate tools. Now we solve problems of designing mechanical solutions with SolidWorks and 3D models of imaginary stuff so the first real stuff we build actually fits together and works. Years ago, we made two or three prototypes before we got one to work. Now that we can do all of this faster and with fewer mistakes, we are expected to do much, much more than before. Getting more done is very satisfying. Hank asked me to help out at APICS Mission Peak Chapter and we have had a lot of fun and met some great folks and even learned some amazing things.

Mel Nelson

Mel Nelson is president of M.N. Nelson & Associates. He is an internationally recognized speaker on multi-industry subjects. He is highly sought after as a speaker because of his lively, humorous and motivational speaking style by companies and by professional societies in all industries and service arenas.

Mel has over 30 years of direct manufacturing company experience working in a full spectrum of positions, from entry to Executive level. Working in numerous positions throughout the whole company environment afforded him the opportunity on several occasions to be responsible for the first-hand implementation and utilization process of successful full business operating systems.

Prior to starting his own firm in 1980 Mel worked for such companies as Exxon, Perkin-Elmer, FMC, General Dynamics as well as a few smaller firms to round out his career experience. Mel has presented at 19 APICS International Conferences; the JIT Conference; Congress For Progress; National Association for Purchasing Management Conferences and is a frequent keynote speaker at Universities and User Group meetings. Mel also teaches all CPIM and CIRM Certification Preparation Workshop courses for APICS. He is co-author of the APICS Train the Trainer course. He has been published in scores of Business Magazines and Journals. He has authored over 30 educational courses ranging in length from 1 to 7 days.

Mel received his degree from MSAC in Los Angeles. He is a member of NAPM (National Association of Purchasing Mangement), ASTD (American Society for Training and Development); and is also certified as a Specialist in Industrial Management (SIM). He is an active member of APICS (Certified CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP), 1994 – 1995 Vice President of Region 10 (Responsible for the 10 Western States), and the 1996 Executive Vice President of APICS International. Mel is also the recipient of the APICS Medal of Honor. He is Past President of Santa Clara Valley Chapter for 2003 – 2005, 2005 – 2007 Region Ten V.P., and recently elected to District Director for 2 terms beginning in 2008.

Sue Nelson

Sue Nelson, CFPIM, CSCP is the current President of APICS Santa Clara Valley Chapter. She has been an associate of M.N. Nelson & Associates since 1993, a firm specializing in Company Operating Systems consultation and education Prior to joining Nelson & Associates she held a spectrum of positions ranging from sales & marketing through computer operations and manufacturing/inventory management. Sue has been an active member of APICS for over fifteen years, serving as President of the Portland, Oregon Chapter and Region Ten Staff as well as Santa Clara Valley Chapter. She is certified in CPIM at the Fellow level and a Certified Supply Chain Professional. Sue has presented at 4 APICS International Conferences, multiple professional society dinner meetings, and numerous universities and teaches all Certification Preparation Workshops for APICS.

Bruce Hoyt

Bruce Hoyt joined the Mission Peak Chapter of APICS about 15 years ago and has enjoyed serving the organization in a variety of roles, including several stints in various VP positions and additionally serving a year as Chapter President. His most memorable contributions have been the many years spent working with Operations Management students from Cal-State University, including such activities as speaking at school functions, teaching supplemental operations courses and working with many of the student teams on projects for their classes. He continues to support the chapter as webmaster.

Bruce spent 25 years in operations management positions in the automotive business with General Motors and NUMMI, the Toyota joint venture. He spent a great deal of time in Japan learning just-in-time systems and later had the opportunity to travel extensively in the United States, Canada and Mexico sharing his knowledge with suppliers seeking to improve their operations. He moved to Arizona five years ago. There, he owns and runs a 40 employee service business and also is the President/CEO of a software development company in the video compression business. He is past president of the Fremont Jaycees and has also held positions in other community service and educational organizations. Bruce holds a B.S. from the University of San Francisco, a M.B.A. from San Jose State and a CPIM certification.

LaDonna Hoyt

During most of LaDonna's career, she specialized in the disk duplication and packaging business, which eventually over time became known as "Supply Chain Management". She worked for the pioneer of this business, Dysan Corporation from 1981 when it was very early in the game. That division of Dysan eventually became known as Xemag. From there, in 1987 LaDonna became VP of Sales and Operations for a start-up company called Software Duplication Services, and grew the company from ground zero. Her next stop was working for a division of Polaroid Corporation that had a supply chain manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. Several years later LaDonna moved on to take on a Site Operations Management position for Braun Media Services, which has now evolved into Zomax. Lastly, LaDonna worked for iLogistix Corporation in various Operations positions for over 7 years. Her favorite role while at iLogistix was her last position as Manager of Operations and Materials & Systems Management. In that position LaDonna enjoyed business travels to various U.S. locations, as well as Guadalajara, Mexico, Singapore and Taipei, Taiwan.

Dr Zinovy Radovilsky

The Mission Peak Chapter of APICS is proud to honor one of our members. I met Dr Zinovy Radovilsky in 1991. For that last 16 years, his contribution to academics, students and the chapter have been exceptional and long term. Enclosed is a biography, summarizing his accomplishments over that time.

Dr. Zinovy Radovilsky is a professor of Management in the College of Business and Economics at California State University, East Bay (former Hayward). He has had more than 20 years of experience in teaching and consulting in operations and supply chain management. He taught courses in Production and Service Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, E-commerce Enterprise Management, and Enterprise Resource Planning.

When Zinovy started his work at CSUEB, the business program there had only undergraduate options (concentrations) and very few courses in operations and materials management. Zinovy was instrumental in developing and introducing (with the help of other OM colleagues) a variety of new courses in operations management as well as two new MBA options in Operations and Materials Management and Supply Chain Management with a solid breadth of courses.

In 1991, Zinovy joined Mission Peak Chapter of APICS, and since that time till today is a member of the MSPK Board of Directors. In 1992 he organized Operations Materials Society (OMS), a student organization on campus. The idea of this chapter was to promote operations management education and APICS among students. MSPK BOD and its president Hank Zoeller were very instrumental in organizing the chapter and obtaining its affiliation as a student chapter of APICS.

Over the years, OMS has been very active in organizing student events, meetings, and plant tours related to operations and supply chain management. The membership in the organization, despite constant student turnover and graduation from college, has grown from several members to more than 60 members today. MSPK BOD, and specifically Hank Zoeller, continuously supported OMS with student scholarships, awards for best students in operations and supply chain, participation in OMS events, and others. At the same time, many students became members of APICS and MSPK; some of them served and continue to serving today as members of MSPK BOD.

Besides teaching and participating in OMS activities, Dr. Radovilsky has been a consultant in operations and supply chain management to leading U.S. companies and organizations such as U.S. Coast Guard, APL Logistics, DHL Systems, Oread, EPRI, and others. Zinovy has done extensive research in the areas of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, e-commerce business models, e-commerce enterprise management, quality management, forecasting, and statistical analysis. He has published more than 50 papers in international and domestic journals and conference proceedings. Zinovy is also a member of the Editorial Board of the International Academy of Business and Economics, and a managing editor of the Journal of International Business and Economics.

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