Throughout December, DMSC has been conducting an election for two open Director positions. Voting concluded on November 30, and I’m pleased to announce the successful candidates!

Daniel Campbell (Rubypoint), a current DMSC Board member, has been re-elected, and new to the DMSC Board will be Evan Kessick (Elysium). Both candidates will begin their new three-year service terms on January 1, 2026.

DMSC thanks the other very well qualified nominees and also thanks the DMSC member companies that took the time to vote in this election.

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Voting for the DMSC Board of Directors commenced on November 1st.

A list of nominees was sent to DMSC membership at the beginning of November, with a
request to return votes by the end of the month. Successful candidates will be announced
at the beginning of December and will start their term in January 2026.

2026-2028 Board of Director Candidates

Ryan Bounds

Ryan Bounds is a senior engineering designer and Subject-Matter Expert specializing in Model-Based Definition (MBD) transformation at Newport News Shipbuilding. With 12 years of tenure in shipbuilding, his expertise encompasses manufacturing, design engineering, manufacturing engineering, and digital engineering.

In his current role, Ryan utilizes his expertise to foster innovation, optimize processes, and maintain high standards throughout shipbuilding lifecycles. He focuses on both company and industry standards, training, and processes to help the shipbuilding industry achieve the Department of the Navy’s and HII-NNS’s digital engineering goals. Ryan has contributed to various ASME and DMSC standards, including ASME Y14, ASME MBE, and DMSC MBC. He holds multiple degrees and is a senior-level certified professional in accordance with the ASME Y14.5-2009 standard.

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Daniel Campbell

Daniel Campbell is President of Rubypoint, which provides technology expertise and consulting services in the areas of QIF, Model-Based Definition (MBD), and characteristic management.

As Chair of the QIF Working Group, Daniel leads the development of QIF Version 4, guiding the standard’s technical direction and fostering industry collaboration. Daniel is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the DMSC and is looking to serve for another term.

With more than 20 years of experience in digital manufacturing, Daniel has contributed to the QIF standard since its inception. His career includes serving as lead software developer for Metrosage’s Pundit tool and as Vice President of Model-Based Definition at Capvidia.
Daniel is energized by the accelerating adoption of QIF and MBD across industry and looks forward to helping guide the next phase of digital manufacturing transformation.

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Evan Kessick

Evan Kessick is the Director of Model-Based Initiatives at Elysium, specializing in 3D MBD CAD data interoperability including QIF. Evan has over 18 years of experience in engineering and design with experience leading and advising MBD and MBE implementations.

Evan is also actively involved in ASME Y14/MBE committees, including chairing the MBE Main Committee and co-chairing the Y14/MBE Harmonization Committee.

Key experience highlights: DMSC past non-member involvement with GE Appliances and Belcan, DMSC Member and Supporter of MBC 1.0, Implemented QIF on enterprise scale at GE Appliances. In his current role at Elysium, supported and advocated for ALL DMSC initiatives, Y14.5 GDTP Senior Certification, Dimensional Control and Quality Background. For more background, see his LinkedIn Page.

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Frank Popielas

Frank is the current Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Capvidia. Prior to Capvidia, Frank was Managing Partner and Co-Founder of SMS_ThinkTank^TM for 10 years, focusing on systems modeling and simulation. Prior to that, Frank held various engineering roles at Dana Corp, in the areas of R&D, materials development, testing and IP management, as well as leading model-based and systems engineering.

Frank was the 2024 Chair-Elect for the Americas chapter of NAFEMS (International Association for the Engineering Modeling Analysis, and Simulation) community, and a member of INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering). Frank was awarded the BJ Fries Award of Merit in 2022, an award by a Dassault PLM Systems users group. Frank currently holds over 35 patents globally and has been highly published in over 40 publications globally.

Election FAQ

DMSC BoD members are elected from the DMSC membership. By DMSC Policy, the DMSC
has the following constraints on the DMSC BoD:

The BoD shall maintain a minimum of:

• Two Directors from within the Hardware/Software (H/S) Provider’s categories
• Two Directors from within the User/General Interest/Consultants (U/GI/C) categories
• The BoD shall consist of a maximum of six elected persons serving on the BoD.
• Each elected director’s term shall be a service of three years. Note, by policy, the DMSC
• President is a voting member of the BoD and whose office is not subject to term limits.
• Only one person from the same member company can serve on the DMSC BoD at any given time.
• Nominees can only come from DMSC member companies of good standing, whereas “good standing” means that the nominee’s company has paid their DMSC membership dues prior to any nomination, the nominee’s company is an active participant in one or many DMSC working groups or committees in the past year or demonstrated their support of the DMSC or DMSC standards, and by any other previously announced criteria as deemed necessary by the BoD.
• Existing BoD members can be nominated and elected for consecutive terms.
• Only one vote is allowed per member company for each opening in the DMSC BoD.

Based on the constraints specified above, the election is now open for two 2026-2028 BoD members from either category.

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The votes are in! The results of the DMSC Board of Director elections see the two incumbents being re-elected, Jeremy Hamilton and Sam Gambrell. They will extend their terms for an additional three years (2025-2027), having both served as directors since 2022.

Jeremy (Deere) and Sam (Lockheed Martin) will continue their service as DMSC Directors based on voting by DMSC member companies that concluded 30 November.

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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

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 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 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.

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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 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 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 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 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.

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Elected from a field of six highly qualified nominees, the two successful candidates are Jennifer Herron (Action Engineering) and Hermitt Vega (Pratt & Whitney) who will be serving as DMSC Board members for a three-year term.

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Jennifer is a current DMSC BoD member and is CEO of Action Engineering. She spearheads a Women-Owned Small Business empowering 3D Data adoption and cultivating a future-focused workforce.

With her adept team, she has counseled 180+ organizations since 2008, offering holistic coaching and training. A driving force behind Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) transitions through Model-Based Definition (MBD), Ms. Herron actively shapes industry evolution by engaging in leading standards bodies.

The DMSC welcomes Jennifer back as a Board member for another term.

Additionally, DMSC welcomes our other successful candidate, Hermitt Vega from Pratt & Whitney. Hermitt is a Pratt and Whitney Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Hartford, Master’s in Industrial Engineering, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from University of New Haven, Master of Science in Engineering, Quality Strategies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Purdue University Certified Model-Based Definition, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico.

Hermitt has been with Pratt & Whitney for 18 years and is new to the DMSC Board of Directors.

DMSC is also pleased to announce that we had a record-high level of election engagement. Out of 32 DMSC member companies, votes from 28 companies were submitted. This is outstanding participation!

The successful candidates will begin their three-year service on January 1, 2024.

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The six candidates for the two BoD openings:

2024 – 2026 DMSC Board of Director Candidates

Ray Admire – Ray has worked for Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies since 1985.

Ray is a QIF Advocate and a Quality practitioner serving program quality and supplier quality technical lead in various capacities. Ray is a Coordinate Measurement Specialist with over thirty-seven years of combined experience in the quality organization.

Ray has GD&T Level-4 and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certifications. Ray served as the Treasurer of the DMSC (Digital Metrology Standards Consortium), has served as representative for Lockheed Martin on several standardization activities since 2000 (I++, DMIS, QIF & MBC) and is the Chairman of the Standards Committee which oversees progression to ANSI and ISO for all DMSC standards. Ray has also led two global collaborative groups for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, CAV/DISCUS-FAI and the CMM Programming teams.

He served on the board for the Lockheed Martin Management Association and chaired the Quality Mission Success Golf Tournament for 8 years brought in over $40,000 for local charities.

Ray enjoys golfing, traveling, drinking wine, fine cigars, and spending time with his family.

 Tom Groff – Tom began his career at OGP as an Application Engineer and has held the positions of Corporate Accounts Manager, Corporate Product Manager, Director of Quality, and North American Sales Manager.

In 2019, Tom began to focus on Product Development as CTO and Senior VP of Product development for QVI, the parent company of OGP. In this role Tom defined and maintained the corporation’s product portfolio for multiple divisions, product families, and sensor technologies. He was responsible for Product Development and Engineering Management for mechanical, electrical, optical and software systems as well as custom engineered solutions.

Most recently Tom’s role as Senior VP, Enterprise Solutions, is focused on the connectivity of QVI hardware and software products to other machines and software in support of Industry 4.0 and Model-Based Enterprise initiatives.

Mr. Groff’s education includes a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in technology management.

Jennifer Herron – CEO of Action Engineering, spearheads a Women-Owned Small Business empowering 3D Data adoption and cultivating a future-focused workforce. With her adept team, she’s counseled 180+ organizations since 2008, offering holistic coaching and training. A driving force behind Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) transitions through Model-Based Definition (MBD), Ms. Herron actively shapes industry evolution by engaging in leading standards bodies.

Notably, she contributes to the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Board, shaping QIF and ISO 10303 for digital twins. Possessing extensive expertise in hardware design for spaceflight and military systems, she’s also the holder of a snake propulsion mechanism patent. Leveraging her diverse career, she’s developed CAD modeling best practices, having worked across platforms like Creo, NX, SOLIDWORKS, and Inventor.

Her pragmatic insights culminated in “Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook,” the singular guide of its kind.

Larry Maggiano – With over 30 years’ experience in quality assurance and dimensional metrology, Larry brings considerable technological experience and expertise to the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium. Notable is his involvement in standards development as Senior Systems Analyst for Mitutoyo American Corporation. He previously held positions at Mitutoyo in Service, Applications, and Software Development.

Prior to Mitutoyo, Larry worked in product assurance in both the energy and medical device sectors. His early academic focus was Manufacturing Technology at College of DuPage.

Larry is a member of ASME Y14.41, 14.46, 14.47, and the MBE SC Support Group. In addition, he represents Mitutoyo at PDES, Inc., and is on the PDES Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Committee.

Larry is providing support for the NIST/CCAM Intelligent Flexible Manufacturing Testbed project. He actively uses major CAD systems (e.g. NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, Inventor) as well as utilities like the NIST STEP File Analyzer and the NIST QIF PMI Report Software.

Hermitt Vega – Hermitt is a Pratt and Whitney Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt and ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt. He has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Hartford, Master’s in Industrial Engineering, Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from University of New Haven, Master of Science in Engineering, Quality Strategies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Purdue University Certified Model-Based Definition, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Puerto Rico.

Hermitt has been with Pratt & Whitney for 18 years. Currently, Hermitt is a Model-Based Quality Discipline Chief for Pratt and Whitney, and he has spent the past four years working on developing strategic MBD and MBE Implementation, MBD and MBE Solution Architecture, MBD Pilot Planning and execution, MBD Modeling Standards and Best Practices, GD&T Authoring and Publishing, MBD Supply Chain Readiness and MBD-related software tool testing.

Jesse Zahner – Currently a Technical Writer at Sigmetrix, Jesse has a primary role in maintaining and supporting the digital training of customers and resellers. Part of multiple teams, his work includes developing technical material for marketing, sales, and operations.

With a Master’s degree in Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) from Purdue, he has a passion for not only helping others learn, but continuing to learn himself. He has experience in Software Development from his time at Boeing, as well as Data Maintenance and Translation from his time at Elysium.

Outside of work, he studies the piano and spends time building and modifying electronics for himself and friends.

Voting for these two 2024 BoD openings must be submitted to Mark Thomas, DMSC Executive Director, mark.thomas@qifstandards.org by close of business (CoB) November 30, 2023.

The successful candidates will be announced on or about December 4, 2023.

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DMSC Elected Directors 2023-25
Ms. Rosemary Astheimer was serving a 2019 – 2022 term as a DMSC Director and DMSC Treasurer. She has spent the last 8 years as an Assistant Professor of Practice at Purdue University. Most recently, she has accepted a position as a Mechanical Engineer, Smart Connection Systems Division, at NIST.
Mr. Daniel Campbell recently completed a 2019 – 2022 term as a DMSC Director. He is the Vice President of Model-Based Definition at Capvidia, and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of digital metrology. Daniel is currently Chair of the DMSC QIF 4.0 Working Group, and has been very active in development of the next generation of QIF.

The Digital Metrology Standards Consortium has six Directors, two of which become open positions each year. We thank all the high-quality candidates nominated for this year’s seats, and encourage their continued involvement. We also appreciate the interest and engagement of our DMSC member companies that participated and voted.

If you have questions about the DMSC organization, how you can get involved, or membership please contact our Executive Director, Mark Thomas by email.

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DMSC BoD members are elected from the DMSC membership. At the end of this calendar year, two BoD members will be rotating off, and two will be elected for a three-year 2022-2024 term. See the current DMSC BoD (bottom right): https://qifstandards.org/about-dmsc/

We have received four nominees for the two open BoD positions.  Click Here for Details

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