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Alumni Updates
Eric Burlingame Burlingame (’14 IE)
Burlingame Burlingame business team manager for logistics engineering at Volvo Group was selected for for the Institute for for Supply Management’s (ISM) 30 30 under 30 30 Supply Chain Stars This program recognizes young purchasing and supply chain management professionals for their passion creativity and contributions to supply chain Richard Tannenbaum Tannenbaum (’92 IE)
In June 2018 Tannenbaum Tannenbaum became chief supply chain officer and senior vice president of information technology at at Fleet Farm a a a a a Midwest retailer of outdoor products headquartered in in Appleton Wisconsin Tim Schoener (’85 IE)
Citizens and Northern Corporation appointed Schoener Schoener as a a a a a Class III Director Director of of the the Board of of Directors for the the corporation and for the the the bank at their July 18 meeting He will fill the the the vacancy created by the the resignation of Jan E Fisher from the the board Susan Steadman Steadman (’83 IE ’90 M B A ) Steadman Steadman received the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Medallion Award for her impact on on the industrial engineering profession The award honors those who have made significant contributions to the field in several areas Recipients are recognized for exceptional leadership as advisers in in in in developing and promoting young engineers for creating a a a a body of of knowledge for the practice of of industrial engineering through innovations in in in in in organizing educational materials that advance the development of industrial engineers and for influencing the productivity of a a a company through applications of industrial engineering methods Kerri Bair Bair (’02 IE)
Bair Bair was the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering recipient of this year’s UPS Minority Advancement Award The award recognizes organizations or or individuals that through innovative means have developed programs or projects with the aim of advancing women minorities or or individuals with disabilities in in in in the field of industrial engineering Bair has been an an employee of Walt Disney World for more than 13 years and and currently serves as the director of planning and and industrial engineering Rodolfo Portillo Portillo (’08 M S IE IE ’09 Ph D IE IE & OR)
Portillo Portillo was presented with the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Logistics and Supply (LSC) Chain Division Outstanding Industry Practitioner Award which recognizes excellence in in industry practice of logistics and supply chain courses The objectives of this award are to show appreciation to the industry practitioners of IISE who are outstanding in in in in implementing logistics and and supply chain techniques as as well as as encourage practitioners to raise standards in in the practice and and and dissemination of logistics and and and supply chain concepts in in in in engineering Portillo currently works for for Amazon overseeing customer service for for the Americas and leading the the expansion effort for for the the company in in Canada Mexico and Brazil Terri Green Green (’81 IE)
Green Green received the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society Distinguished Service Award This award recognizes and rewards an alumnus friend or or former faculty member who has donated time expertise and energies in the form of outstanding and and special service to to a a a a a department unit or to to the College Green has been recognized for her dedication as former president of the Penn State Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Society IME NEWSLETTER • VOLUME 4 2019 35
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