Madden Travis "Pat" Works, CMfgE, MS, AIAA, ACM, SME/CASA, IEEE
Information Systems, Manufacturing Engineering, and Marketing Management

Education

BA (Fine Arts, English), University of Houston: June, 1967
MS (Computer Information Systems), The Claremont Graduate School, January, 1992
Pre-PhD (studies, Management of Information Systems), The Claremont Graduate School: Fall 1991 - 1996
Graduate Management Certificate in Executive Management, The Peter F. Drucker Management Center, Claremont Graduate University, 1994

Selected Books, monographs, proceedings and electronic publications

1. ERP in Aerospace and Defense: Prototyping SAP at Aerojet, Automatic ID News, Advanstar, Vol. 14, No 1, January 1998, pp. 72-76
2. How to add ADC to your existing LAN: Improve your data collection speed, Automatic ID News, Advanstar, Vol. 13, No 6, May 1997, pp. 44-47
3. IT Fast-Feedback Control for Strategic Advantage, Assembly Technology Expo, 1996. 31 pp.
4. Client/Server Systems are Here, ID-Info, 1995 & 1996. 23 pp.
5. Reaping the Benefits of Kit-Less Assembly, ELECTRONICS Manufacturing Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fourth Quarter 1996
6. Internal use of WWW technology for competitive advantage, Doctoral seminar on the commercial uses of the Internet, CGS, Spring 1995, 52 pps
7. The Key to Shop Floor Control, Autofact Conference, SME #AD89-714, Detroit, 1989.
8. Contributing reviewer, Automation Encyclopedia: A to Z in Advanced Manufacturing, 1989.
9. Electronic Configuration Control and CIM, White Paper: SME Technology Report, 1988. 22 pp.
10. Cost Justification & New Technology, A Guide for CIM Implementation, 2nd Ed., SME, 1988.
11. Skydiving words: The works of Pat Works, www.cs.fiu.edu/~esj/uwf/works.html , 1996, by Eric Johnson
12. vRW Words: Electronic Magazine, RWunderground: the Pat Works’ E-Zine, by Barry Brummit; http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~belboz/skydive/skydiveinfo.html#RWu

Technical presentations

1. 1. Assembly Technology Expo: Chicago, Kit-Less Assembly, September, 1996
   2. ID-Info '96: Philadelphia, C/S Bar Code, February, 1996
   3. ID-Info '95: San Jose, Client/Server Systems, November, 1995
   4. Intermec Users Group Educational Symposium, Cincinnati, June, 1995
   5. Autofact Conference, MRPII Session, Chicago, 1989.
   6. CIMTECH '87 Conference, Los Angeles, March 1987
   7. CIMTECH '86 Conference, Boston, March 1986.
   8. AIAA Sixth Aerodynamic Decelerator Conference, Houston, 1979
   9. SAFE Foundation Conference, San Diego, 1980.

Professional affiliations

Computer & Automated Systems (CASA) 1980- ;
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1979- present
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1979- present
The Computer Society of the IEEE, 1984- present
The Association for Computing Machinery, 1993- present;
The Decision Sciences Institute, 1993-1997;
The Institute of Management Sciences 1993 - 1996

Awards and certificates

• USPA, Three Terms, National Director, Board of Directors,  1980-86 (National Elected office).
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer, CMfgE in Manufacturing Systems, Engineering Certification Institute of SME, [MECI #1806545], expires 1999
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who editions: (Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2nd E. 1994-1998;
• Who’s Who in the West, 19th Ed., 1984-1998; and
• Who’s Who in the World, 1995 and 1998).
• Front Line Leadership, Zenger-Miller, 1993 and 1994
• Certified Manufacturing Technologist, CMfgT, (SME/MECI) 1981;
• Oracle7 Master Certificate (Database Administration), Fall 1994
• APICS , MRPII Certificate (APICS) 1983
• "Jane’s Who’s Who In Aviation And Aerospace," 1983

Committees & other service

• CASA/SME Board of Advisors, 1993- 1996
• The Technical Forum (The SME Tech. Council) of The Society of Manufacturing Engineers and its Computer and Automated Systems Association, 1983-1993.
• MECI Committee to develop CASA/CIM Engineer Certification examinations for Manufacturing Engineering Certification Institute of SME (MECI), 1988-1989;
• Delphi Technology Forecast, member, conducted by CASA/SME; Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing subcommittee 1987-89:
• Product Data Exchange Standard (PDES) subcommittee 1987-89;
• Third-Tier Subcontractors Round Table 1988;
• Electronic Configuration Control and CIM project leader, 1987-1988;
• Committee to develop CASA/CIM Systems Engineer Certification examinations for Manufacturing Engineering Certification Institute of SME, 1993.

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10/02/98