Mark Michalski brings over 40 years’ experience in manufacturing, technical operations and operations information systems to his role as a manufacturing expert in residence for FORGE. Mark has designed, built and implemented proven strategies in process development, new product introduction, supply chain management, and facilities engineering in startup, turnaround and growth phase environments both locally and globally. Mark has worked in a wide range of industries such as semiconductor capital equipment, medical devices, massively parallel advanced computing, fuel cells and distributed power systems. He is also a dedicated leader in the advancement of engineering education as 2019 president of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and a current board of directors member of the SME Education Foundation. Mark also volunteers his time as an advisor at several local career and technical education high school programs.