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Ray Ladd
Associate Professor
WSU Pullman/Tri Cities
509-335-7653
Email: ladd@wsu.edu
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curriculum vita
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Dr. E. Ray
Ladd is Associate Professor and Engineering and Technology
Management Program Coordinator at
Washington
State
University
,
College
of
Engineering
and Architecture. He has
developed and conducted an extensive number of training
programs in all aspects of Statistics, Quality Management,
Statistical Quality Control, Reliability Design, Design of
Experiments for Quality Improvement, Design for
Manufacturability and World Class Manufacturing Operations
Design. His
programs have been attend by representatives from thousands of
organizations throughout the world including the majority of
companies listed in the Fortune 500, federal, state and local
government agencies, and the armed forces.
Dr. Ladd
has also held university positions in both engineering and
business in
Colorado
,
Montana
,
Alaska
, and the Air Force Institute
of Technology. In
his current position, Dr. Ladd teaches Project Management,
Statistical Methods for Engineering, Statistical Quality
Control and Reliability Engineering, Quality Management,
Manufacturing Operation Design and Strategy, Experimental
Design in Quality Engineering, Design for Manufacturability,
Decision Analysis and Operations Research.
Dr. Ladd has extensive experience presenting 2, 3, and
4-day training and development programs.
He has personally trained over 15, 000 managers and
supervisors. Dr.
Ladd has served as a consultant to many national and
multinational corporations and is currently a Quality Control
and Design consultant to Hewlett Packard and The Boeing
Company.
Dr. Ladd’s
twenty plus years of
industrial and consulting experience in manufacturing
organizations, utilities, and aerospace, coupled with his Ph.D.
in Industrial Engineering, enables him to relate to the real
world needs of people in business.
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Research for Decision Analysis:
Applying linear, integer, goal programming; network
optimization; queuing analysis, dynamic programming;
simulation; Markov analysis; and forecasting to engineering
management decision.
Human Resources and
Team Building: Leading, organizing, decision-making,
planning, controlling, conflict management, and behavior in
work organizations.
Design for
Manufacturing Engineering: Techniques to identify
opportunities for improvement and development of a
comprehensive product design.
Decision Analysis:
Decision analysis for structured discipline for describing,
analyzing, and finalizing decisions involving uncertainty.
Quality Control and
Reliability: Analysis for process and product
quality, statistical process control, capability studies,
acceptance sampling concepts and reliability models for
production and testing.
Advances in
Manufacturing Science: Machinability, formability
and precision engineering, processes of precise and electronic
components.
Systems Engineering:
Optimal use of resources using the four phases of systems
analysis, systems design, implementation and operation forming
a theology of systems engineering.
Project Management:
Planning, organizing, scheduling and controlling major projects
and human dimensions.
Statistical Methods in
Engineering: Data analysis for management
decision-making.
Manufacturing and
Operations Design and Strategy: Techniques for
designing and operating manufacturing and service operations.
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 Dr.
William J. Gray
william.j.gray2@boeing.com
William
(Bill) J. Gray is a manager in the Boeing Future Combat Systems
Program system of systems engineering integration.
He is manager of the electromagnetic environmental effects,
parts, materials, and processes, and environments and constraints
organizations. He has
been previously the Boeing Corporate Manager of Continuing
Education and the Boeing Aerospace manager of electromagnetics.
He is a member of the Engineering Management faculty of
Washington
State
University
and teaches distance learning classes in Organizational Management,
Enterprise Resource Planning, and Systems Engineering Management.
Gray is a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and
Electronics Engineers and Phi Beta Kappa.
He is a retired Major from the Army Reserve having served
two years active duty in Artillery and 20 years in reserves.
Gray has a Ph.D. in Physics from
Washington
State
University
and an MBA from Southern Illinois University.
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Hal Rumsey
Associate Professor
WSU Spokane
509-358-7936
Email: rumsey@wsu.edu
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Hal A. Rumsey, Ph.D., P.E., is Associate Professor of
Engineering Management at Washington State University Spokane. Prior to joining
WSU, he served as Director of the Graduate Engineering Management Program and
Director of Graduate Programs at the Air Force Institute of Technology,
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Dr. Rumsey is active in numerous professional
organizations and served for years on the Editorial Board of the Engineering Management
Journal. His educational accomplishments include a B.S. in Civil Engineering, an
M.S. in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, and a Ph.D. in
Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Six Sigma Quality Management
Project Management
Productivity measurement and improvement, and decision support
systems
Quantitative methods
Organizational change, motivation and management of technical
personnel
Environmental management
Civil
engineering systems, industrial engineering, construction
management, manufacturing systems |
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George Sudikatus is a retired engineer with more
than 35 years experience in engineering design, construction, and
project management. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he served
in nuclear submarines while on active duty and continued his
military career in the Naval Reserve as an Engineering Duty
Officer. His civilian experience has included plant engineering and
project management in the food processing and electronics
industries, as well as the nuclear industry. A resident of the
Tri-Cities for more than 30 years, he was employed by successive
contractors to the U.S. Department of Energy at the Hanford nuclear
reservation. His experience at Hanford included project management,
engineering, and construction of nuclear facilities, machine design
and fabrication, standards and procedures development, and
technical training.
George is a graduate of the Engineering Management program at
Washington State University, earning his Master's degree in 1992.
His most recent employment was with Fluor Federal Services, where
his work included preparing project documents for several overseas
projects, such as construction of new U.S. embassies and
reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in Iraq and elsewhere.
George Sudikatus
P.O. Box 567
Richland, WA 99352
(H) 509-627-2228
E-mail: sudikatus@wsu.edu
Robert H. Crick, Adjunct Professor and Lawyer
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Robert Crick is an
adjunct professor at Washington State University where he teaches
a business law survey course to Masters Degree Candidates in the
Engineering and Technology Management Program.
Rob is also a lawyer in private practice.
Rob’s practice focuses on construction law, both public and
private, as well as government contracts law. His practice
includes negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation at
local, state and federal levels.
Rob is a Principal with
the firm of Winston & Cashatt, Lawyers in Spokane, Washington.
Prior to joining the firm in 1994, beginning in 1969, Rob
performed project estimating and bidding, site supervision, and
construction management duties for major Northwest construction
contractors.
In addition to the
teaching that Rob does for WSU, he has lectured extensively for
the Associated General Contractors and serves as General Counsel
for the Inland Northwest Chapter. Rob also teaches regularly for
the Washington State Bar Association and for various private
seminar producers.
Professional and Civic Activities:
Spokane County Bar
Association
Washington State Bar
Association
Federal Bar Association
American Bar Association
Associated General
Contractors
Director, Pacific
Northwest Ski Association
Director, Mt. Spokane
2000
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Areas
of Emphasis in Law Practice:
Construction Law
Government Contracts Law
ADR and Litigation
Education:
Gonzaga
School of Law, Gonzaga University 1996
Gonzaga
University, Masters in Business Administration 1996
University
of Washington, B.A. Business Administration 1969
Negotiation
for Senior Executives Program, Harvard University 1993
Admitted to Practice:
Washington
State Courts
Federal
District Court
Eastern District of Washington
Western District of Washington
Federal
Boards of Contract Appeals
United
States Court of Federal Claims
United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Email:
rcrick@winstoncashatt.com
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