Bryan joins Montana Manufacturing Extension Center

by Deborah Nash

02/08/2002 Bozeman--Kate Bryan recently joined the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) staff as training development engineer and will be responsible for increasing the center's course offerings aimed at improving workforce skills in Montana's manufacturing sector. She will be involved in development and delivery of courses on Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality systems, product costing, marketing and e-business, as well as other managerial and technical training.

A feature of MMEC's training is related on-site follow-up consulting services provide by its statewide network of field engineers. The follow-up is designed to help companies directly apply what they learn to their specific manufacturing setting. The expanded manufacturing training is made possible from a grant of $115,000 awarded to the center from the Montana Department of Commerce. The funds are part of a larger commerce workforce training program through Montana Department of Labor and Industry funds under the Governors' Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

Bryan has worked as a business consultant and marketing professional for 17 years, serving a variety of companies ranging from value-added manufacturers to high tech software, and earning her an understanding of manufacturing, people and marketing. Her business background includes experience with Andersen Consulting, the Pillsbury Company, Palmquist Creative and most recently, RightNow Technologies.

Bryan holds a bachelor's in industrial and mechanical engineering at Montana State University and a master's in mass communications (advertising/marketing emphasis) from the University of Minnesota.

Bryan will work from the MMEC home office in the MSU College of Engineering and can be reached at (406) 994-3812.

A 300 dpi black and white photo of Kate Bryan can be downloaded from the web at:
http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/biz/KateBryanbw.jpg
A 72 dpi version is available at:
http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/biz/KateBryanbwsm.jpg

Send questions or comments to Carol Schmidt: cschmidt@montana.edu. Or you can send letters to Carol Schmidt, MSU Communications Services, 416 Culbertson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717.

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