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SMTA Welcomes New Board Members
Minneapolis, MN — The SMTA has held its election for the Board of Directors for the term that began at SMTA International (September 27 - October 1, 2015). Robert Kinyanjui, Ph.D., John Deere Electronic Solu - tions, Inc. was elected Treas urer. Eileen Hibbler, TEK Products, was elected VP Membership. Richard Coyle, Ph.D., Alcatel-Lucent, and Tim Jensen, Indium Corporation, were appointed to the Strategic Development Committee. Those remaining on the SMTA
Board of Directors include: Presi - dent, Bill Barthel, Plexus Corpor - ation; Secretary, Richard Henrick, Sanmina Corporation; VP Expos, Debbie Carboni, KYZEN Corpor - ation; VP Communications, Michelle Ogihara, Seika Machinery, Inc.; VP Technical Programs, Raiyomand Aspandiar, Ph.D., Intel Corporation; Strategic Development Committee members include: Chair, Matt Kelly, P.Eng, MBA, IBM Corporation;
Storage Visions Conference Planned for January 2016
San Jose, CA — The Storage Visions Conference, hosted by the Enter - tainment Storage Alliance, is an event which brings together those involved with digital storage from industries including consumer elec- tronics, general business, health care, high-performance computing, and media and entertainment. The conference will be held January 4 and 5, 2016 at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. The conference theme is, “Storage for the Next 5,000 Years.” New developments in technolo-
gies including hard disk and solid state drives, flash memory, and other emerging storage technology will be highlighted. The conference will pro- vide information about software net- working and system architectures as well.
CEOs, industry leaders, manu-
facturers, and end users will be pres- ent in the conference’s relaxed and informative environment where at - tendees can meet and network. Visitors will discover the trends and meet the trendsetters that will drive a new wave of business tied to high- er resolution content, big data, secu- rity requirements, consumer elec- tronics, digital distribution, new stor age architectures, applications, and digital storage technologies. Speakers listed for the event
are: Scott Kip, Brocade; Ramin Neshati, PCI-SIG; Kaycee Lai, Primary Data; Rick Kutcipal, SCSI Trade Association; and Rob Davis,
Mellanox Technology. Contact: Entertainment
Storage, 1665 Wilmont Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124 % 408-978-8184 E-mail:
tom@tomcoughlin.com Web:
www.entertainmentstorage.org
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Peter Singer, Strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation “Inside the Rise of the Warbots”
Martin Anselm, Ph.D., RIT; and Scott Priore, Cisco Systems, Inc. The SMTA bids a fond farewell
to departing Strategic Development Committee Chair, Jeff Kennedy, Celestica, Inc.; VP Membership, Roy Starks, LogiSync LLC; Treasurer, Randy Schueller, Ph.D., DfR Solu - tions; and Secretary, Scott Nelson, Harris Corporation. They are con- gratulated for a job well done and given thanks for the years of dedica-
tion to the SMTA. Contact: SMTA, E-mail:
tanya@smta.org Web:
www.smta.org % 952-920-7682.
2015 Wisconsin Manufacturing and Tech
Show Reports Success Hartland, WI — The 2015 Wisconsin Manufacturing and Technology Show had a three-day attendance total of 4,897, with remarkable attendance at the BMO Harris Stage presentations and great sales report- ed by the exhibitors. The show was held at the Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park and put on by Expo Productions, Inc. “We are extremely pleased with
the turnout at the show,” said Jay Partington, President of Expo Produc - tions. “Technical seminars that focus - ed on automation and quick-changing tools were well received.” In the political arena, the
month of the show was deemed Wisconsin Manufacturing Month by Governor Scott Walker. Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch spoke on student day at the show and spent time after her presentation walking the show floor and speaking with stu- dents and exhibitors. The 15th Wisconsin Manufac -
turing and Technology Show will be in October 2017, and will be held at
the same location. Contact: Expo Productions, Inc.,
510 Hartbrook Drive, Hartland, WI 53029 % 262-367-5500 E-mail:
jay@epishows.com Web:
www.epishows.com
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