MassMEP Employee Highlights – John Grover

  • On August 23, 2021
John Grover – MassMEP Employee Highlights John Grover is one of MassMEP’s Project Manager’s that has joined the organization in 2021. “It’s been great so far! We go out to local manufacturers and help them to eliminate waste and improve their bottom line. We do that by teaching Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, and […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Judy Silvia

  • On August 9, 2021
Judy Silvia – MassMEP Employee Highlights Judy Silvia is the Director of Public Affairs at MassMEP and has been with the organization just over 3 months. Get in a conversation with her and you will discover that her job covers much ground. “My role is to maintain, grow and improve all our relationships with stakeholders,” […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Ryan Pizzano

  • On July 26, 2021
Ryan Pizzano – MassMEP Employee Highlights Ryan Pizzano is a Junior Lightning Programmer for MassMEP. If you are wondering what a Lightning Programmer does, Ryan describes it in respect to his work specifically at MassMEP. He works alongside our Salesforce Programmer and in support of our finance, human resources and leadership team contributing to aspects […]
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Secretary Raimondo Announces $153 Million to Promote Innovation in Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

  • On July 22, 2021
$83 million in funding comes from the American Rescue Plan to support research and development to prevent, prepare for and respond to coronavirus outbreaks. Manufacturing Gina M. Raimondo The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made two awards totaling $153 million to the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Jesse Burque

  • On July 12, 2021
Jesse Burque – MassMEP Employee Highlights Jesse Burque has been with MassMEP for 2 months as Finance Director. “I’m still figuring the job out in its entirety. Basically, my role is to manage and report on the financial status of the organization. This involves letting everybody know where our expenses are, where are income is […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Sarah Healy

  • On June 28, 2021
Sarah Healy – MassMEP Employee Highlights Sarah Healy is MassMEP’s Administration Coordinator working under Robin Anderson, Administration Manager. Sarah describes how she has been settling into her role. “I’ve been slowly taking up some of Robin’s responsibilities as she moves more into surveys and other work. I’ve been working in SalesForce, keeping up with reporting, […]
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Creative Materials Introduces Their New Product

  • On June 17, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ayer, MA, June 2021 New Product – Creative Materials introduces 111-27, an electrically insulating thermally curing, colorless coating and encapsulant which can be applied by many different methods. This product features excellent adhesion to polyimide, polyester, glass, and a variety of other high-energy substrates. Unlike other materials, when used as a coating, […]
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MassMEP Employee Highlights – Brittany Robinson

  • On June 11, 2021
Brittany Robinson – MassMEP Employee Highlights MassMEP has a new Human Resources Coordinator. Brittany Robinson is enthusiastic as she describes what she does in her role. “I am currently a huge part of the onboarding and working with the new hires. In addition to that, there is a lot of organizing due to COVID – […]
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$3.3M grant to fuel response to post-pandemic challenges

  • On June 1, 2021
May 20, 2021 Contact: UMass Lowell – Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu FORGE – Laura Teicher, 617-519-7527 or laura@forgemass.org WPI – Colleen Bamford Wamback, 508-688-4858 or cbwamback@wpi.edu Universities, organizations to help manufacturers across Mass. LOWELL, Mass. – A group of Massachusetts research institutions and organizations led by UMass Lowell has received a $3.3 million federal […]
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