Tufts Gordon Institute's Industry Advisory Council (IAC) is comprised of senior leaders from a variety of companies and organizations and is responsible for providing guidance on the continued evolution of Tufts Gordon Institute's flagship M.S. in Engineering Management (MSEM) program.

Members of the council consult with Tufts Gordon Institute on issues including:

• Continued improvements to the M.S. in Engineering Management curriculum.
• Developing new campus-based and executive education programs, workshops and seminars.
• Advancing engineering leadership outreach to individuals working in technology and science fields

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Committee members include:

Richard Byrne, Sr. VP and GM, Command and Control Center, The MITRE Corporation

Chesley Chen, Executive Vice President, Good Measures, LLC

John Dowdle, Vice President, Engineering, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Steven Eppinger, General Motors LGO Professor of Management, Professor of Management Science and Innovation, Professor of Engineering Systems, Co-Director, SDM Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management

Christopher George, VP Manufacturing, Axcelis Technologies

David Gray, Chief Strategy Officer, GT Advanced Technologies

Daniel Hastings, Professor of Engineering Systems and Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dean for Undergraduate Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sandra Lawrence, President/CEO at Sandra Lawrence Independent Consultant (Previously, President and General Manager at iRobot Coporation)

Carl Long, Continuous Improvement Manager, Cabot Corporation

Michael McGee, Corporate Director, R&D, Nypro, Inc.

Thomas Mooney, Principal Engineer, Advanced Technology Operations, Advanced Technology and Preliminary Design, GE Aviation

Stan Reiss, General Partner, Matrix Partners

Mark Russell, Corporate Vice President, Engineering, Technology & Mission Assurance, Raytheon Company

Ram Shenoy, Chief Technology Officer, ConocoPhillips

David Thompson, P.E., CEO and Chairman of the Board (retired), Haley & Aldrich, Inc.

Mark Totman, President, Bio-Detek, Inc.

Robert Treiber, President, Boston Engineering

Melanie Turieo, Group Leader/Principal - Human Factors Engineering, Cambridge Consultants

Matthew Walker, Vice President, Operations, Pfizer Global Supply Chain