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Directory of Systems Process Improvement Networks (SPINs) in the U.S.

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For More Information

For more information about Software and Systems Process Improvement Networks (SPINs), contact

Shane McGraw
SEI SPIN Coordinator
Phone: 412-268-2358
FAX: 412-268-5758
E-mail: spin@sei.cmu.edu

Individual SPINs are added frequently to the SEI Software and Systems Process Improvement Network (SPIN) Directory as the overall Software and Systems Process Improvement Network grows rapidly.

This directory includes information about active U.S. SPINs. The information is furnished by each SPIN and contact information for each SPIN is included for those who want to obtain more information about a particular SPIN group.

The following list of active U.S. SPINs is organized alphabetically by state and city.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Alabama, Huntsville

Jay West
U.S. Army AMCOM RDEC SED
Attn: AMSAM-RD-BA
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898
+1 256-876-0356
larry.jay.west@us.army.mil
http://www.huntsvillespin.org/

D. Kriss Preston
SAIC
Voice: +1 256-971-7348
donald.k.preston@saic.com

Barry Schrimsher
GlenTalon Consulting, Inc.
Voice: +1 256-655-3381
glentalon@glentalon.com

Kim W. Robbins
Air & Missile Defense Workstation (AMDWS)
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
620 Discovery Drive #100
ALH2/217, Huntsville, AL 35806
+1 256-830-3624
Kim.Robbins@ngc.com

Arizona, Tucson

Pedro Ahlmark, Chairperson
Mail Stop 805/K4 Raytheon Missile Systems
P.O. Box 11337
Tucson, AZ 85734
520-794-1336
chairperson@TucsonSPIN.org or ppahlmark@raytheon.com
http://www.tucsonspin.org/

Larry Dyer Vice Chairperson
Misys Healthcare Systems
4801 East Broadway Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85711
520-382-6214
info@TucsonSPIN.org or larry.dyer@misyshealthcare.com

California, China Lake

Howard Q. Dawson
Tybrin Corporation
SETA CP/IPT CMMI Lead
35 N. Wolfe Avenue
Building 3940, Room 209
Edwards AFB, 93524
661-277-0642
howard.dawson@edwards.af.mil

California, Los Angeles

Southern California SPIN
Mark Smith
6300 State University Drive, Suite 104
Long Beach, CA 90815
800-963-2250 x58452
msmith@uces.csulb.edu
http://www.uces.csulb.edu/spin

California, Sacramento

SAC SPIN
Kumaraswamy Selvaraj
Verizon Business
916-569-5951
president.sacspin@gmail.com
http://www.sacspin.org

California, San Diego

Stan Rifkin
Master Systems, Inc.
2604B El Camino Real #244
Carlsbad CA 92008
760-729-3388
sr@Master-Systems.com
http://www.sdspin.org/

California, Silicon Valley

Suzanne Garner, Silicon Valley SPIN President
Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive, MS 24/2/4
San Jose, California 95143
408-289-0170
sv_spin@yahoo.com
http://www.svspin.org/

Connecticut, CTC

Connecticut SPIN (CT-SPIN)
Christopher H. Rogalin
Frogs5 Integrated Solutions, LLC
230 GoodHill Road
Weston, CT 06883
203-246-6378
christopher@frogs5.com
http://www.frogs5.com/CT-SPIN/index.htm

Florida, Tallahassee

Florida North Coast SPIN

Michael Workman, PhD
College of Business
The Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida 32901
workmanfit@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/mworkmanfsu/NoFLSPIN.html

Florida, South Florida

Theresa Muth
Delray Beach, Florida
ta_muth@yahoo.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soflaspin

Florida, Tampa Bay

Bob Shaw, Chairperson
robert.shaw@custserv.com
http://www.tampabayspin.com/

Georgia, Atlanta

Atlanta SPIN
Abi Salimi
Scientific Games
1500 Blue Grass Lakes Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30004
678-297-5493
Abi.Salimi@ScientificGames.com
http://www.AtlantaSPIN.org

Illinois, Chicago

Alan Berow
Westell, Inc.
630-375-4674
berow@computer.org
http://www.c-spin.net

Maryland, Baltimore

Greater Baltimore SPIN

Hillel Glazer
Entinex, Inc.
300 E. Lombard St., Ste. 840
Baltimore, MD 21202
info@gbspin.org
http://www.gbspin.org
610-887-7373

Maryland, Southern

Southern Maryland SPIN

Bruce Schwickrath
Booz-Allen Hamilton, Inc.
46950 Bradley Blvd.
Lexington Park, MD 20653
301-872-5057
president@somdspin.org
http://www.somdspin.org

Massachusetts, Boston

Donna Johnson
LOGOS International, Inc.
8 Mackintosh Lane
Lincoln, MA 01773
781-259-8266
johnson@logos-intl.com
http://www.boston-spin.org

Michigan, Great Lakes SPIN

Mary Watson
Control Strategies Engineering
Continental Teves
One Continental Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 48323
248-393-6254
mary.watson@usa.contiteves.com
http://www.gl-spin.org

Michigan, Grand Rapids

XP West Michigan
Carl Erickson
Atomic Object LLC
941 Wealthy Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-776-6020
http://xpwestmichigan.org

Minnesota

Minneapolis, Twin-SPIN

Paul W. Kraska
Twin-SPIN Coordinator
612-823-6217
kraskapw@msn.com
http://twin-spin.cs.umn.edu/index.php

Nebraska, Omaha (Omaha Metro Area/Heartland of America)

John Sautter
1404 Fort Crook Road South
Bellevue NE, 68005
http://www.omahaspin.org
j_sautter@yahoo.com

New Jersey, North Jersey SPIN

Margaret Ojeda, Co-Program Chair
Telcordia Technologies
444 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-491-6066
margie.ojeda@att.net

John J. Dworak, Co-Chair, SPIN Secretary
john-dworak@verizon.net

Thomas Branker, SPIN Treasurer
tbrankner@innovativ.com
http://www.njspin.org

New Mexico, Albuquerque

Sheri Clark, Program Committee Lead
Bloodworth Integrated Technology
505-823-6568
srclark02@earthlink.net
http://www.abqspin.org

New York, Buffalo

Buffalo SPIN

Gregory Gannon/Cian Robinson
Engenus North America
6459 West Quaker Street
Orchard Park, NY 14127

New York, Manhattan

Tony Hutchings
Bank of America Q&P
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
646-366-4121
anthony.f.hutchings@bankofamerica.com
http://www.nycspin.org

North Carolina, Durham

Research Triangle Park SPIN

Bob Galen
RGCG
PO Box 865
Cary, NC 27512
919-272-0719
bob@rgalen.com
http://www.rtpspin.org

Ohio, Cincinnati

Cincinnati SPIN

Mark Hudak
American Financial Group
580 Walnut Street, 11th Floor East
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-412-3907
spin@cincinnatispin.com
http://www.cincinnatispin.com/

Ohio, Dayton

David W. Malas, Sr.
Process Pathways, LLC
937-435-5132
davemalas@woh.rr.com
http://www.daytonspin.org/

Oregon, Portland

Rose City Spin
Seshadri Sekaran
s.sekaran@intel.com

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Gerard Manko, Membership
Fiserv CCS
912 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Suite 530
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
mankogt@comcast.net

Byron Frank
Westinghouse Electric Company
P. O. Box 355
Pittsburgh, PA 15230
frankbr@westinghouse.com

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Chad Haggerty
Ulticom, Inc.
1020 Briggs Road
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
856-787-2872
philly_spin@yahoo.com
http://www.asqphilly.org/spin/SPIN.html

South Carolina, North Charleston

South Carolina SPIN (SC-SPIN)

J.D. Rosser
ARINC
3875 Faber Place Drive, Suite 204
North Charleston, SC 29405
843-747-4379 office
843-810-9828 cell
jrosser@arinc.com
http://www.SCSPIN.net

Texas, Austin

A-SPIN

Dr. Joyce Statz
512-346-5228
president@austin-spin.org
http://www.austin-spin.org

Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth

Suzan Hollis
214-387-2129
chair@dfw-asee.org
http://www.dfw-asee.org

Texas, Houston

Henry Schneider
Process and Product Quality Consulting
281-218-6682
henry@ppqc.net

Texas, San Antonio

San Antonio SPIN (SASPIN)

Wayne A. Feltman
15935 Revello Drive
Helotes, TX 78023-5135
saspin@satx.rr.com
http://www.saspin.org

Virginia, Richmond

Richmond SPIN

Venkata G. Bodapati, PMP, CSQA
CapTech Ventures, Inc.
9301 D Goldenway Court
Richmond, VA 23294
804-915-8948
raju_bvg@yahoo.com
http://www.richmondspin.org

Virtual SPIN

Eileen Bonfiglio
linkedinspin@hotmail.com
http://www.linkedinspin.com

Washington, District of Columbia

Jonathan D. Addelston
Program Chair
2209 Quartermaster Lane
Reston, Virginia 20191
703-860-3070
jdaddelston@alum.mit.edu
http://www.upstartsystems.com/dcspin

Washington, Seattle, Eastside Area

SEASPIN
Earl Beede
Construx Software
11820 Northup Way, Suite E-200
Bellevue, WA 98005
425-636-0114
info@seaspin.org
http://www.SeaSpin.org/

Wisconsin, Milwaukee

James Grant
president@milwaukeespin.com
http://www.milwaukeespin.com