Standing Committees

As affirmed in the Bylaws, the Chairman acting for the Executive committee shall appoint such Standing and Special Committees and working groups deemed as necessary. The Chairman shall be an ex-officio member of all Committees except of the Nominating Committee. Committees and working groups shall report to the Executive Committee through the Chairman.

Nomination Committee

Volunteers who would like to get involved in the running of the Coordinate Metrology Society are encouraged to engage with members of the current committee. For more information on participating in the election process please review the Executive Committee Nominations section by following this link.

Alternatively, the nominations committee is chaired by Ulysses Green and can be contacted here .

Members are as follows:

Chuck Pfeffer

Gary Johanning

Certification Committee

Back in 2009 the mission of this committee was to verify an industry need for a professional certification in 3D metrology to identify existing certification programs that fill this need to define the requirements for achieving certification and to determine CMS' role as issuing authority or support organization to certifying body.  In 2018 this subcommittee has not only archived the mission, but is taking it further with Level 1 cognitie assessment certification and Level 2 certifications in Articulated Arms and Laser Trackers.  The near future will bring forth certification for both 3D Scanners and Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM's).

Volunteers who would like to get involved in this standing committee or partake in the certifications are encouraged to review the following link.

Alternatively, the certification committee is chaired by Randy Gruver and can be contacted at certification@cmsc.org.

Mission and Direction

The mission of this committee is to verify an industry need for a professional certification in 3D metrology. To identify existing certification programs that may fill this need. To define the requirements for achieving certification. Determine CMS’ role as issuing authority, or support organization to a certifying body.

 · Assess requirement
· Investigate existing certifications
· Define requirements
· Determine CMS role

The CMS Certification Committee Bylaws can be found Here:  Bylaws

Active Members

Randy Gruver - Certification Committee Chairman - Retired - Boeing

Al Metzel - Quality Engineer - Northrop Grumman

Bob Elliott - Integration/Test Engineering Senior Staff, Alignment Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Matthew Ilardo - Alignment Engineer - Brookhaven National Lab

Gary Confalone - President - East Coast Metrology

Ulysses Green - Ambassador, CMSC

Ron Hicks - VP of North America, API

Ron Rode - Program Manager, Planet Tool & Inspection

Chuck Pfeffer

Ben Rennison - Metrologist, Boeing BR&T

Honorary Members

Keith Bevan - Network Delivery Manager , NPL Training

Georgia Harris - Group Leader, NIST

Observer Members

Talion Edwards - Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company

Dr. David McKinnon - National Research Council Canada

Education Committee 

Mission and Objectives

The Education sub-committee is currently going through a review and during 2018 it will be relaunched with a new Mission and Vision. Our objectives will be to promote and educate metrology to students from universities, community colleges, and trade schools who have coursework, research, laboratories, or industrial outreach programs related to industrial metrology or 3D imaging and students pursuing knowledge in metrology to realize the potential job market and prospective employers.

Alternatively, the Education committee is chaired by Joe Sabol and can be contacted at education@cms.org.

Members are as follows:

  • Keith Bevan - NPL
  • Talion Edwards - The Boeing Company
  • Ulysses Green - The Boeing Company / GKN / RT
  • Pat Hammett - University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute Automotive Analysis Division

Any Educational Institution that provides metrology related programs that support the Coordinate Metrology Society are welcome to post their links on our Education Page Here. Please contacteducation@cmsc.org to facilitate postings.