Governance
Steve Toteda - Cooper Industries
Chairman
As a VP & GM of the Wireless business unit of Cooper Bussmann, Toteda brings over 20 years of experience in the wireless and wireline communications equipment market. Prior to Cooper, he served as Vice President of Marketing at Dust Networks, where he focused on delivering enabling technology for highly reliable and ultra-low power wireless mesh networking, or "Smart Dust." Prior to Dust, he served as group manager for the IP Communications Terminals product group at Cisco Systems, responsible for Cisco's award winning line of wired and wireless IP phones. Before Cisco, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Komodo Technology, a leading developer of IP telephony products, which was acquired by Cisco. Previous roles included senior engineering and product management with LSI Logic, Cirrus Logic and Harmonic Lightwaves. He is a sought-after speaker on wireless technology and wireless networking systems for the industrial market.
Toteda holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in engineering from Lehigh University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Wayne W. Manges - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Director
Wayne Manges currently directs the US Department of Energy’s Industrial Wireless Program for UT-Battelle at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), focusing on the needs of hard industries from DOE’s Industrial Technologies Program. With 30 years at ORNL, Manges works extensively with steel, paper, and other industries to bring robust, wireless technology to their markets and is committed to the deployment of integrated systems that solve real problems. He has worked on systems from one-of-a-kind uranium enrichment processes, intelligent robotics, manufacturing, and is currently working on the application of his expertise in systems to the development and deployment of intelligent wireless sensors.
Manges has been declared a visionary for his early views on wireless applications and has published and presented papers around the world and continues as a contributing editor for Sensors Magazine. He co-chairs the ISA (standards body for industrial automation) ISA100 committee, establishing a new international standard for industrial wireless automation. Manges holds a B.S. in Education and Chemistry from California University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.S. in Natural Science from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee
Paul B. Goodson, P.E., CAE
Executive Director, President & CEO
Goodson brings extensive professional experience in associations, industry, engineering, and information technology. For 20+ years, he has served as the chief staff executive for professional associations operating on an international and regional basis. During previous employment with Carolina Power & Light Company (now Progress Energy), he managed information technology support organizations through periods of startup, significant change and growth.
Goodson is founder and CEO of The Goodson Group, LLC, a management consulting and services firm, where he currently provides on-going executive leadership and management services for client organizations and engages in selected consulting projects. In addition to his work with WINA, he currently serves as the founding Executive Director and President of the North Carolina Executive Roundtable.
Goodson is an electrical engineering graduate of North Carolina State University. Goodson holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers.
Hesh Kagan - Invensys Network Systems
Past Chairman
Hesh Kagan serves as Invensys Process Systems Director of Technology for New Business Development. Hesh has worked in the automation and controls industry for over 25 years. He's headed Foxboro's systems engineering group for a number of years and was part of the original team that developed the Foxboro I/A Series process control system, the worlds first distributed control system based on Ethernet, Unix and open standards. Mr. Kagan leads the effort to coordinate development and technology of new technologies and business opportunities across Invensys. Mr. Kagan is currently coordinating the wireless strategy and product development for the Invensys group. He is a founding member and past president of WINA. Mr. Kagan has numerous articles and publications in the automation field and is a frequent panelist at industry gatherings.
Dr. Peter Fuhr - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Past Chairman
Dr. Peter Fuhr is currently a Distinguished Scientist, Measurement Science and Systems Engineering with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and CEO of Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc. Previously, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Apprion, Inc. He has over 500 publications and presentations within the realm of sensing systems and wireless network connectivity. He has embedded sensors into various structures worldwide ranging from buildings, dams, airplanes, hot air balloon, spacecraft, nuclear power plant containment vessels, even humans. His pioneering work in networked sensor systems for structures earned him the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research.
Dr. Fuhr serves on the Technical and/or Advisory Boards for numerous companies and has performed technical consulting for over 60 organizations. Segments of his research activities are featured in the SPIE Milestone Series on Fiber Optics. In his present position, Dr. Fuhr serves on various industrial, academic and governmental panels while striving to bring advanced nuclear, biological and chemical sensing systems to the homeland security and risk management arenas.