DMSC 2025 Board of Director Elections Begin November 1

Elections for the DMSC Board of Directors opens November 1 for member companies.

DMSC BoD members are elected by the DMSC membership. Only one vote is allowed per member company for each opening in the DMSC BoD, meaning each DMSC member company has two votes.

The four candidates for the two BoD openings:

2025-2027 Board of Director Candidates

Nathan Holden

Nathan Holden

Nathan is the Director of Product Development at DISCUS Software Company and has been with the business since 2017.

Nathan has been working in various technical, operational, and management roles for more than 24 years. Some of his experience includes the aerospace & defense industry as a quality professional, the design and implementation of Federal security and surveillance systems, and a life-long history of designing and implementing integration bridges to fill software gaps between unconnected systems.

Nathan is an advocate for the QIF standard as a neutral format that enables frictionless sharing of quality information that also helps to prevent vendor lock-in. He leads our product development teams to both plan for and deliver features that the 2,500+ DISCUS customers have requested.

Currently, Nathan is driving the development of four product features that are pertinent to the mission of the DSMC: exporting a 2D Technical Data Package to QIF, exporting any 3D model format to a 3D PDF, importing QIF files that invoke a 3D MBD model, and exporting QIF files that use a 3D MBD model, including any changes

DISCUS Software Company was a member of the DSMC in 2012 and assisted with the development of QIF 1.0.

Jeremy Hamilton

Jeremy Hamilton

Jeremy is engaged in the development, deployment, and support of John Deere’s Coordinate Metrology systems globally which includes leveraging QIF daily.  Jeremy started his career in John Deere at the Ottumwa Works factory in Ottumwa, IA U.S.A. with roles of continual growth in Design, Manufacturing, Facilities, and Factory Automation Engineering.  Jeremy has been focused and aligned to standards since the very beginning, recognizing industry standards is the only way to provide sustainable interoperability.

After working at the Ottumwa Works factory, Jeremy moved to an Enterprise role where he owned, deployed, and supported OPC standard communications for all John Deere factories globally.  At the same time, he led the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) initiative for John Deere and aligned the terminology to industry standards.  In 2015, Jeremy joined Cory Leland in Enterprise Metrology where he found the same synergies around standards and innovation.  Together they are leveraging QIF to streamline the Metrology strategy for John Deere.

Thanks to the technical leadership roles provided by John Deere, Jeremy has had the opportunity to travel around the world and learn about many different cultures.  Interacting with people is a passion for Jeremy and he loves the opportunity to experience what others experience in their own environments.  Building personal relationships that outlast a project, or a role is a focal point.

Outside of John Deere, Jeremy loves spending time with family and helping on the family farm.

Phil Spreier

Phil Spreier

Phil is currently the Customer Engagement Lead at Elysium Co. Ltd.

Phil has a deep background in 3D software development and product management (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pspreier). He believes that where he can contribute most is in Standards Development.

Phil was previously the Executive Director of the 3D PDF Consortium, an ANSI-accredited ISO Standards Development Organization (SDO). His experience working with both ANSI and ISO has provided him with an understanding of the processes necessary for developing and publishing standards.

The following is a list of the current and former standards positions that he has held:

Phil is passionate about supporting the DMSC in its growth as an SDO. His experience and leadership in standards make him a uniquely strong candidate and he believes his experience and insights can provide value to the consortium as DMSC develops and publishes the QIF standard.

Sam Gambrell

Sam Gambrell

Sam is currently on the BoD of DMSC and is actively engaged in the development of QIF as the Vice-Chairman of the QIF 4.0 Working Group and Chairman of the QIF Functional Testing Working Group.  He is involved with developing persistent ID requirements between native CAD, STEP, and QIF as part of the PDES/DMSC efforts and the Lockheed Martin/Northrup Grumman efforts.  He is also working closely with SAE’s Digital Standards Alliance, which will help to improve quality’s semantic capabilities beyond GD&T.

Sam has been with Lockheed Martin for 18 years; his current role is to develop and support the digital transformation of the quality organization.  Activities have included internal and supplier pilot projects, setting up data retention and retrieval, vendor evaluations and support, and general business awareness.  He has presented the benefits of QIF at the MBD Summit, GPDIS, and at LM Symposiums.  Previous roles have included Design Engineer and Quality Engineer, supporting development, production, and aftermarket.

Sam received a Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from WPI, Master’s in Industrial Process Engineering from RPI, and some graduate certificates with a focus on engineering and data science.  Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his family, rowing, and flying.

Voting

Voting for these two 2025 BoD openings must be submitted to Mark Thomas, DMSC Executive Director, mark.thomas@qifstandards.org by close of business (CoB) November 29, 2024

Election Announcement

The successful candidates will be announced on or about December 2, 2024, and they will assume their BoD responsibilities on January 1, 2025.