Charles "Chad" Pannell, ChE 99, was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the Linn Inn Alliance in recognition for his work and contributions to the success of the alliance, which was founded in 2008 to unite the existing intellectual property law focused American Inns of Court. Val Porter, Mgt. 93, was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Nonprofits. Porter has worked in public service and nonprofit management for nearly two decades.
consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd. M. Wayne Craige, MBA 09, is the founder and CEO of CiDrep Informatics, an integrative clinicalgenomic informatics consulting firm specializing in the technical implementations of clinical and research informatics infrastructures. Richard O. Dozier III, EE 06, has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Michael Sobers Jr., AE 98, PhD AE 10, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force, in October 2013. He and his family will be moving to Colorado Springs to join the U.S. Air Force Academy as an assistant professor in the department of astronautics.
Brian Emfinger, CS 04, joined Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. in 2012 as an elected shareholder. He prepares and procures patents and also provides legal and technical support. He was formerly a software engineer.
Birkin Weith, ChE 99, was promoted to vice president of aromatics and higher olefins at CB&I in Bloomfield, N.J.
Suzzanne Fulcher Fowler, Mgt 03, accepted a position of Sales Manager for Graphisoft North America, which is based in Atlanta.
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John M. Goodman, ChE 02, was named partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Birmingham, Ala. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Construction Practice Groups.
Roger D. Anderson, Mgt 04, was hired as a United States Tennis Association National Coach in the player development department. He lives in New York. Jason E. Barton, EE 03, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd. Christopher Booth, AE 06, was presented with the Most Promising Engineer: Industry award at the 2014 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. He is a flight test engineer at Gulfstream. Jessica S. Clements, AP 01, has been named an associate at the
Robert C. Grant, ME 07, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd. Jeremy Haile, CS 03, is founder and CTO of Sideqik, a company that simplifies the management of marketing partnerships and crosspromotions with other brands. Sideqik was a Georgia Tech Flashpoint company in 2012 and kicked off Venture Atlanta in 2013. Walker C. Jones, ME 06 has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd.
Heeyoung Kim, MS Stat 08, PhD IE 11, is now an assistant professor at KAIST, a top school in South Korea. Nicholas A. Mazzolini, EE 03 has been promoted to senior associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd. Sean Padfield, AE 06, was awarded Chartered Engineer status with the United Kingdom Engineering Council and elected member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He also accepted a new role at Rolls-Royce Corp. as integrated project team lead in Indianapolis. Jeffrey Reese, BC 08, has left his position as a judicial law clerk to handle contracts for PAREXEL International. Jeffery L. Waters, EE 05, IE 00, was promoted from Associate to Counsel at Cantor Colburn, LLP. He drafts and prosecutes patents for mechanical and electrical innovations.
2010s Salvatore M. Lizzio ME 10, has been named an associate at the consulting and engineering firm Newcomb & Boyd. Kurt Luther, PhD HCC 12, has accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor of computer science at Virginia Tech.
Friends Kenneth J. Knoespel, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College, has received a prestigious honorary doctorate from the University of Umeå in Sweden in recognition of his engagement with Swedish institutions of higher learning. GTALUMNIMAG.COM VOLUME 90 NO.2 2014
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