Blog Search

Michael Kelleher has 20 years of experience in providing leadership, consulting, and advisory services to both public and private sector clients with a focus on manufacturing and industry.

Mr. Kelleher has been instrumental in building the new Maryland MEP Center, integrating best practices, lessons learned and operational programs from throughout the MEP National Network to launch new programs and services to impact the Maryland manufacturing community. The organization accomplishes this through programs focused on operational excellence, long-term growth and workforce development. 

In 2017, the MD MEP generated nearly $100 million in economic impact and created or retained more than 700 jobs. To learn more about the MD MEP visit www.mdmep.org or follow the Center on Twitter @mdmep and LinkedIn.

Since 1991, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center has assisted Michigan's small and medium-sized businesses to compete and grow. Today, we are celebrating a quarter century of building super highways of competitive success for our clients, where there were once only slow and lonely dirt roads. Now, we stand ready to face the future with bountiful optimism, focused purpose, strong determination, legions of support staff and inspired creativity.

TMAC delivers hands-on business management, technology and operations solutions to a wide range of businesses, including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, construction, health care and government. We have a wide array of services that accelerate profitable growth by developing and improving products, processes and people. Focus areas include Strategic Management, Technology and Operations. TMAC offices are strategically located across Texas.

The South Dakota Manufacturing and Technology Solutions’ mission is “To provide solutions which will assist all of South Dakota manufacturers to prosper and grow”. We support industry and business in the workplace—whether that's in the office, on the factory floor, at a hospital, in a bank, or on the job site. With our manufacturing experts and network of industry resources, we provide the change that makes the significant difference between surviving and thriving. Our tailored solutions, university and community connections, and engineering know-how can help your company stay abreast of the latest technologies and best practices in engineering and business management. Ultimately, our aim is to help you increase productivity, efficiency, safety and quality. As a result, your profits rise and your business thrives.

Steven Brand is the Strategic Communications Manager at CMTC, the California MEP Center. He has over 20 years of director level experience in the healthcare, packaged goods, financial services and consulting fields. In his varied career, he has developed a strong quantitative and qualitative strategic planning expertise coupled with hands on implementation skills. Additionally, he has been the executive producer of numerous large scale events featuring nationally known celebrities.

He is recognized for his development of innovative advertising, social media and public relations campaigns with proven results in increasing market share and building awareness in targeted communities. Over the years, he has built successful relationships with print and broadcast media organizations. He is a consummate public speaker, media spokesperson and customer service educator. He has a wide breadth of knowledge in all aspects of the marketing communications field.

He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. degree in economics and then went on to earn an MBA from the University of Denver.

The Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) is able to leverage a vast array of public and private resources and services that are available to every manufacturing enterprise in Maine. The mission of the Maine MEP is to facilitate economic development in Maine by providing needed services to Maine's SMEs.

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership (GaMEP) is a program of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute and is a member of the National MEP network supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The GaMEP, with offices in ten regions across the state, has been serving Georgia manufacturers since 1960. We offer a solution based approach through coaching and education designed to increase top line growth and reduce bottom line cost.

Tina G. Butcher is a supervisory physical scientist in the NIST Office of Weights and Measures and is leader of the Legal Metrology Devices Program. Tina has served on numerous committees devoted to developing standards and test procedures for commercial weighing and measuring devices ranging from grocery store scales to electric vehicle refueling dispensers. She has developed and presented numerous training seminars and presentations on topics pertaining to weights and measures. Prior to joining NIST 30 years ago, Tina was a weights and measures inspector for the State of Maryland. She lives with her husband, whom she has worked with in the field of weights and measures for 33 years, and daughter in Frederick, Maryland where she is active in her church and enjoys spending time with her family.

The New York Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NY MEP) is a network of organizations that provide growth and innovation services to small and mid-sized manufacturers in every corner of the state to help them create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money.