Advisory Committee

Ellen M. Bauman
Distinguished Engineer

IBM
Rochester PowerVM Development
EAC member since 2010

Keith Behnke
Stryker
EAC Member since 2017

Scott Blecke
Chief Strategy Officer
Great Lakes Energy
EAC Member since 2020

Ester Buhl
SCADA Engineer
ITC Holdings
EAC member since 2023

Brent Carlson
Sr. Senior Systems Engineering Specialist
3M Corporate Research
EAC member since: 2011

Anthony (Tony) Champaign
Engineering Manager

Nexteer Automotive
EAC member since: 2016

Rob Cooke, EAC Chair
Chief Business Officer
Calumet Electronics
EAC member since 2012

Derek Dougherty
Specialist Electrical Design Engineer

Eaton - Aerospace Group
EAC member since 2024

Sean Fuller
Engineering Director - HW Development
Gentex
EAC member since 2023

Ben Galloway
Control Engineering Manager (Houghton)
Dematic Corporation
EAC member since: 2014

Grace Griese
Director, Software Development Life Cycle
General Motors
EAC Member since 2024

Eric Johnson
Staff Digital Hardware Engineer

Plexus

Steve Kennell
Retired - Rockwell Collins, Inc.
United Technologies Center
EAC member since 1997

Kurt Lafrance
Director of System Protection
Consumers Energy
EAC member since 2019

Eric Larson
Systems Engineering Laboratory Manager

3M Corporate Research
EAC member since 2011

Jon Larson
Regional Technical Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
EAC member since 2020

William (Bill) Lepak
Asset Coach - Planning and Scheduling

Cleveland Cliffs
EAC member since 1995

Ken Leisenring
Chief Engineer, Propulsion Systems Engineering
Ford Motor Company
EAC member since: 1998

Giovana Lemke
Engineering Services

P&C Engineering Supervisor
Systems Control
EAC member since 2025

Steve Mathe
Sr. Engineering Manager, 
Government Communications Systems Division
L3Harris
EAC member since 1995

Matt Merry
Product Manager
Microsoft
EAC member since 2022

David Perry
Retired
GS Engineering 
EAC member since 2009

Kevin Saari
 Sr EPC Project Manager
MJ Electric

Nathan Saliga
Chrysler Technology Center

Nirmal Singh
Detroit Edison
EAC member since 1983

Rade Trimceski
CVP, PM Engineering Systems for Azure Windows
Meta
EAC member since 2022