CMPIC Associates

Steven Easterbrook
CMPIC President

Steven Easterbrook

Experienced CM instructor/consultant in both commercial and government environments.
Twelve years experience as a Configuration Management manager in government and commercial organizations.
An additional fifteen years with the Institute of Configuration Management as instructor/consultant.
Has taught CM to over 3000 students.
Outside the classroom, he has lectured to, and/or consulted with, thousands of individuals from hundreds of commercial and government organizations on the subject of CM process improvement.
Conducted CM assessments for some very high profile commercial and government organizations including NASA's International Space Station Program.
Has spoken either as keynote, general session or emcee at dozens of CM and tool vendor conferences. Steve also had the honor of being selected to speak to the FAA as part of its FAA's Distinguished Lecturer series.
Former President of the Association of Configuration and Data Management (ACDM) and is currently on ACDM's Board of Governors.
Editor- "The CM Resource Guide" first published in 1994 and now available on this site.
BS Cornell University, MBA Bryant University, CMPIC Certification, CMIIC, CM Lead Assessor, Member ASQ, Member ACDM and G-33 TechAmerica.

Leo Clark
CMPIC Associate

Leo Clark

CMPIC's SCM Expert
Over 15 years of CM and related QA experience.
Ten years with the Institute of Configuration Management.
Has taught configuration management to thousands of students.
Consulted on CM, SCM and QA implementations for over 100 companies.
Consulted with PDM/PLM software tool providers to improve workflows and functionality.
Taught and consulted extensively on SPC, CIM, DNCMES, ERP, preventive maintenance.
Authored articles, papers and presentations on SCM, SPC and management methodologies.
Marquette Unversity, CMPIC Certification, CMIIC, CM Lead Assessor Certification, U.S. Marine Corps
Member ACDM, ASQ.
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A. Larry Gurule
CMPIC Associate

A. Larry Gurule

Larry Gurule has more than 30 years of hands-on and industry consulting experience in data driven environments including retail, distribution, supply chain, manufacturing and service/process.
Larry has successfully deployed processes and technology for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Order Management, Project Collaboration, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and numerous other processes essential to the local and global operations of the world's largest companies.
Over 15 years of CM and related experience in government and commercial organizations.
Lectured to, and/or consulted with, hundreds of commercial and government organizations on the subject of CM process improvement.
Conducted CM assessments for some very high profile commercial and government organizations.
Specialized training including Project Management, Configuration Management Professional Certification, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Enterprise, Lean Bill of Materials, Balanced Score Card and Activity Based Costing methodologies.
Authored articles, papers and presentations on Operational Process Improvement, Lean Bill of Materials and management methodologies.
BS/MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, CMPIC Certification, CMIIC, CM Lead Assessor Certification, CM Professional Certification
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Michael LaFramboise
CMPIC Associate

Mike LaFramboise was an engineering manager where he implemented the CM Process across a global enterprise which included nine engineering centers and eighteen manufacturing locations in twelve countries.
30 years of industrial experience include: Product engineering, manufacturing engineering, strategic planning and program management.
Expert in CM Process and Tool implementations.
BS University of Michigan, CMPIC Certification, CMIIC, U.S. Navy.
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Rick St. Germain
CMPIC Associate - Canada

Rick St. Germain

Bilingual (English and French) consultant and trainer with international experience.
Over 25 years experience in establishing and operating CM / SCM processes for major military procurement projects.
Over 10 years experience delivering CM / SCM training and consulting to government and large corporations world-wide.
Conducted SCM assessments on major government and commercial ICT projects.
Frequent speaker and workshop coordinator for CM-related conferences and events.
Researcher in next-generation CM processes and tools using semantic technologies.
Process advisor to SCM tool providers.
B.Eng - Royal Military College (Canada), CMPIC Certification, CMII Professional certification, Lead Assessor certification, CM Instructor certification.
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Randall Omlie
CMPIC Associate

Rick St. Germain

Practitioner of CM for 28 years, including 12 years in defense, 12 with industrial/commercial CM, and 4 with services CM.
Master of Enterprise Configuration Management Certification and three CMPIC Certifications.
CM Manager for 14 of 28 years with corporations.
Instructor of CM for ten years, including eight with the Institute of Configuration Management as Sr. Instructor.
Certified CCM with National Defense Industry Assoc., and Certified CM Lead Assessor.
Experienced CM Manager, Employee, Instructor, Contractor, Consultant, Coach, and Course Developer.
Advised CM process improvement for hundreds of organizations through assessments, and classroom students.
Founder/Officer of Society of Engineering Systems Management (SESM) and member of ACDM.
Certified CM Professional designation from Institute of Configuration Management and two other Certifications.
Management degrees from the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State University.
Decorated Vietnam War Veteran.
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