RAMS® 2027 Management Committee
General Chair
Troy Schwartz, SRE, Boeing
Vice General Chair
Walter Tomczykowski , ASQ-ECD, Tomczykowski Group LLC
Treasurer
Dave Fernald, ASQ-ECD
Assistant Treasurer
Ed Pohl, IISE, University of Arkansas
Program Committee
Chair: Paul Franklin, IEST, McKissack and McKissack
Vice Chairs:
Dongmei Chen, IEEE-RS, STEA
Nat Jambulingam, SRE, NASA retired
James Young , SRE
Vinayak Hegde, SAE, Procept Bio-Robotics
Ramin Moghaddass, IISE, University of Miami
Sarath Jayatilleka, SAE, nVent
Wilfredo (Wil) Vega, ISSS, OUSW(R&E)
Jason Riddley, SRE, JPL
Tom Brockhagen, SAE, RAytheon
Alex Attia (XCD), SRE
Proceedings Editors:
Joel Nachlas, Virginia Tech
Om Yadav, North Carolina A&T State University
Tutorials Committee
Chair: Vasiliy Krivtsov, IEEE-RS, The Ford Motor Company
Vice Chairs:
Frank Sun, SRE, Tesla
Prince Kalia, SAE, NASA retired
Tara Parhizkar, SAE, UCLA
Thomas Elliott, ISSS, Boeing
Ananth Narayanan, SRE, Lenovo Inc.
Arrangements Committee
Chair: Bill Haughey, IEST, ReliaTrain
Vice Chairs:
Carol Parendo(Hotel Liaison), ASQ-RRD, Collins Aerospace
Miklos Szidarovszky(Book), IEST, Raytheon Company
Jonathan Soliman(Secretary/AV/Hospitality), JPL
Publicity & Registration Committee
Chair: Pankaj Shrivastava, ASQ-RRD, Halliburton Company
Vice Chairs:
Zhimin Xi (App/Social Media), IISE, Rutgers University
Kenney Crooks (Program Brochure), SAE, Northrop Grumman Systems
Advanced Registration Consultant: Ken Dalton, Retired Reliability Engineer
Exhibits Coordinator:
David Barber, Jr. Scien-Tech Associates
Vickie Womer

