The Council on Engineering (COE) held its annual Technology Executives Conference (a Division Leadership Training conference) at the Hyatt Regency in Pittsburgh, on March 5-7, 2004. The Conference was well attended with representation from all 37 Technical Divisions. Additional participants this year included the CMA Regional VPs and the ASME LDIs (Leadership Development Interns).

KEYNOTE:
This year's Keynote Speaker, Mr. Ricardo 'Ric' Perez, Senior VP of Westinghouse Nuclear Services, delivered an outstanding talk on "Maintaining Operational Excellence while undergoing significant Organizational Change". He shared some actual experiences from Westinghouse while undergoing organizational changes over the past years and shared some lessons learned that may be of benefit to ASME.

POSTER SESSION:
A successful addition to the program this year was the Division Poster Session. Each Technical Division displayed a poster highlighting its current products, services, and best practices. A Q&A session and Technical Group workshops followed to discuss the posters and explore common division activities.

TWO TRACKS: First-Timers and Senior Leaders
The TEC continued its two-track program as started last year - A First Timers track, and a Senior Track. The First-timers Track is designed to enable incoming leaders to guide ASME units; the Senior Track is designed to gain the synergy of senior leaders to unveil best practices useful in unit planning and operations. To view presentations, click here - TEC 2004 Presentations