E-S-03E: Clocking In with IES, Partner of NCMEP

North Carolina State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES)

Established in 1995, the North Carolina Manufacturing Partnership (NCMEP) is the official representative of the MEP Network in the State of North Carolina. The purpose of the partnership is to enhance the productivity, innovative capacity and technological performance of North Carolina based manufacturing firms.

Our mission, at NCMEP, is to help small and mid-sized manufacturers achieve their performance. Through combined resources and collaboration efforts, we provide solutions and services that help organizations all around our great state.

I got the chance to sit down with a few of NCMEP’s partners during this year’s mfgCON in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In this episode, I talked to Barbara Williams, Associate Executive Director at NC State’s Industry Expansion Solutions (IES).

 

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ABOUT

Phil Mintz

Phil Mintz is the Executive Director of NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) and Director of the North Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NCMEP). At NCMEP, Phil drives outreach to NC manufacturers, builds relationships with federal and state leaders and coordinates efforts to drive profitable manufacturing growth in the state. He also leads the broader IES Extension Operations outreach unit of regional managers, technical specialists and business development leaders providing business engagement, assessment and improvement tools. This includes statewide peer networks, ISO 9000 quality management systems, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, environmental services, and health and safety solutions.

Barbara Williams

Barbara Williams is the Associate Executive Director at NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions. Barbara provides implementation, facilitation and training for management system implementation to businesses across North Carolina. Barbara is a senior facilitator with over 20 years of manufacturing and engineering experience; fifteen of those years directly related to training and implementing quality management systems. Barbara has an office in Greensboro, NC. Before joining IES, Barbara worked for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for seven years as a nuclear safety engineer, where she led teams that improved safety at three nuclear materials processing laboratories.  After leaving DOE Barbara started an ISO 9000 consulting business and served companies in the metal fabrication, industrial painting, rubber products, medical/industrial gases, and textiles industries. Barbara has a B.S. in mechanical engineering.

Check out the Clocking In: Voices of NC Manufacturing website.