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THE TEAM
Who We Are
DR. SEMYON MEERKOV
President
Semyon M. Meerkov is a Professor Emeritus in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has been working in the area of Systems and Control for over 50 years. During the last 35 years, he and his doctoral students have been developing mathematical methods for production systems analysis, design, and continuous improvement as well as their applications on the factory floor. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
POOYA ALAVIAN
CEO
Pooya Alavian holds a Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing from the University of Michigan. He has worked in manufacturing for 15 years. He currently works as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. His interests are smart manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and GenAI in manufacturing.
DR. LIANG ZHANG
CTO
Liang Zhang is a Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Connecticut. His research interests are Systems and Control with applications to Production Systems.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
GARY L. COWGER
Former Vice President of Manufacturing
General Motors
DR. DAVID E. COLE
Former President of Center for Automotive Research
LAWRENCE J. ACHRAM
Former Vice President and
Chief Engineer, Chrysler
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