Advisory Committee

David Aho
Engineering Director

Eaton Cooper Power Systems
EAC member since 2002

Ellen M. Bauman
Senior Engineer

IBM
Rochester PowerVM Development
EAC member since 2010

Keith Behnke
Stryker
EAC Member since 2017

Scott Blecke
Chief Strategy Officer
Great Lakes Energy
EAC Member since 2020

Ester Buhl
SCADA Engineer
ITC Holdings
EAC member since 2023

Brent Carlson
Senior Systems Engineering
3M Corporate Research
EAC member since: 2011

Anthony (Tony) Champaign
Engineering Manager

Nexteer Automotive
EAC member since: 2016

Rob Cooke, EAC Chair
Director of Engineering
Calumet Electronics
EAC member since 2012

Sean Fuller
Gentex
EAC member since 2023

Ben Galloway
Control Engineering Manager (Houghton)
Dematic Corporation
EAC member since: 2014

Grace Griese
General Motors
EAC Member since 2024

Steven Kennell
Retired Sr. Director, Manned Aerial Weapon Systems

Rockwell Collins
EAC member since 1997

Eric Johnson
Senior Hardware Engineer
Plexus

Steve Kennell
Retired - Rockwell Collins, Inc.
United Technologies Center

Kurt Lafrance
Director of System Protection
Consumers Energy
EAC member since 2019

Eric Larson
Systems Engineering Laboratory Manager

3M Corporate Research
EAC member since 2011

Jon Larson
Senior Application Engineer
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
EAC member since 2020

William (Bill) Lepak
Asset Coach - Planning and Scheduling
Cleveland Cliffs
EAC member since 1995

Ken Leisenring
Manager, Powertrain Calibration
Ford Motor Company
EAC member since: 1998

Steve Mathe
Sr. Engineering Manager, 
Government Communications Systems Division
Harris Corporation
EAC member since 1995

Matt Merry
Microsoft
EAC member since 2022

David Perry
Retired
GS Engineering 
EAC member since 2009

Kevin Saari
Engineering Services Manager
Systems Control
EAC member since 2021

Nathan Saliga
Chrysler Technology Center

Nirmal Singh
Detroit Edison
EAC member since 1983

Rade Trimceski
Meta
EAC member since 2022