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Vijay Srinivasan is chief of the Systems Integration Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Systems Integration Division focuses on standards and measurement science research for integrating engineering information systems in the manufacturing industry. He joined NIST in 2009 after a 26-year career at IBM. 

Sheng Lin-Gibson is the chief of the Biosystems and Biomaterials Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She oversees a multidisciplinary research portfolio that includes advanced therapies, precision medicine, synthetic biology and complex microbial systems. She leads and coordinates the development of global standards for emerging biotechnology.

Impact Dakota is a business consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations become more than they are today. We offer products and services including:

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• Innovation, strategy, and systems planning

Impact Dakota’s team of experts helps solve the needs of industry and business through innovative, sustainable, cost-effective solutions. We conduct detailed needs assessments, outline potential solutions based on the results, and provide technical assistance to help you solve those problems. 

Impact Dakota will find answers and customize solutions to address your operational needs. We are committed to providing you with services and access to public and private resources to positively impact your business results. 

As a NIST MEP approved Center, Manufacturer’s Edge is the official representative of the MEP National Network in Colorado. Manufacturer’s Edge encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers through coaching, training, and consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and by leveraging government, university, and economic development partnerships.

Josh Pomeroy has been an experimental physicist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) since 2003. He performs fundamental research that seeks to understand how improvements in existing materials, device fabricated from those materials, and their processing can improve the performance of systems used in technology and metrology. He graduated from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in physics and received his undergraduate degree in physics from Boston University.

Cassy Robinson began her career at the Savannah River National Laboratory as an electrical engineer working with remote viewing systems for robots. After several years of using those skills to support to local police with covert video surveillance, she transitioned into developing law enforcement and public safety standards. For the past 7 years, she has been privileged to do this work as part of the NIST Standards Coordination Office. When not developing standards, she enjoys fitness and outdoor activities, creative sewing, volunteering for her church, and having fun with her husband, David, and their fur-babies.

New Mexico MEP is a statewide assistance center dedicated to increasing the competitiveness of our state’s small and mid sized businesses.

Kelvin H. Lee is the director of the Manufacturing USA National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), and he is the Gore Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware. He previously served as director of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. He received a BSE in chemical engineering from Princeton and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Caltech.

Tom is a Resource Manager for NIST MEP, helping Centers improve their operations, impacts and success while providing programmatic oversight.  Prior to his 1.5 years with NIST, Tom came to the MEP Program with over 20 years broad experience in private industry and professional services.  Earlier in his career, he worked as a process engineer for Chemrox, Inc. designing emission control systems, primarily for the medical and pharmaceutical industries.   He also conducted facility audits focusing on the safe use and control of ethylene oxide.  Tom spent over 6 years with Envirosafe Services in the mid-atlantic region working with remediation firms for the safe transport and disposal of RCRA and TASCA waste to federally permitted disposal facilities.  Soon after, he worked for a sister company, IMS in the steel industry, helping steel manufacturers improve their productivity through steel support and slag reclamation services at facilities throughout North America.  Tom served over 8 years for software companies including Compuware Corporation and IBM, managing large mainframe accounts. Most recently, Tom worked for financial professional services firms in Northern Virginia managing financial consulting, accounting and professional placement services for small and mid-sized government contractors and nonprofit organizations in the Washington DC metro area. 

Tom holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island.