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HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 9 5 8 Mahoney CEO CORNER FAQs Regarding ASM’s Latest Initiatives Enhanced Support for Chapters and Volunteers As I write this column, the ASM Renewal is passing the 30-month mark in a 36-month turnaround program. Membership and rev- enues are growing. ASM is debt- free and generating positive cash flows. We have crossed the Digital Divide and have now established a reliable e-commerce backbone and digital-first content delivery model. Further, we have improved support for our Foundation. During these transformations, I have asked for patience and persistence fromour board, affiliates, chapters, and vol- unteers. The improvements we have achieved have come in concentric rings, starting within the Dome, moving to the affiliates, and now out to additional satellites. With respect to chapters, in 2018 we licensed STEM Premier, a private social network that chapters can use to identify local high school and college students for connect- ing and recruitment. Through that tool, we created high school memberships in ASM, with badging for students for ASM-related activities. In April, we also released the first Digital Short Courses, which can be customized and re-sold by chapters for use at monthly technical meetings. We are now licensing and deploying a market-leading collabora- tion tool, which will be announced at this year’s Leadership Days. It will be available before the end of the year for a wide variety of chapter processes and support. For volunteers, the new collaboration tool goes hand- in-hand with a new committee restructuring initiative, which will be launched in Q3 of this year with a pilot phase and then a full roll-out in 2020, leading up to the IMAT 2020 conference. The essentials of committee restructuring are intended to increase volunteer engagement by providing an operational template, which will allow self-organized interest groups to spontaneously form (primarily techni- cal) committees. The collaboration tool will permit these self-actuated committees to deliver their outputs not only to ASM headquarters, but also to other committees with related interests. The Operations Team looks forward to working with our chapters and volunteers as we round into the home stretch of completing the ASM Renewal and entering the ASM Realization phase in 2020 and beyond. William T. Mahoney, CEO, ASM International bill.mahoney@asminternational.org CEO CORNER ASM Historical Landmark Designation Ferreria Mirandaola Ironworks, Legazpi, Guipúz- coa, Basque Country, Spain, has been selected as a 2019 Historical Landmark, and the citation reads, “Mirandaola Ferrería, integrated to the Territorial Museum LENBUR, pro- vided work and economical livelihood for over 500 years to the Iron Valley, as an economical engine for Legazpi and the Basque Country.” Kozmel trialization of directionally solidified columnar grain and single crystal casting alloys and processes for use for gas turbine engine components.” In 1969, the ASM Historical Landmarks Designation was established to permanently identify the many sites and events that have played a prominent part in the discovery, development, and growth of metals and metalworking. In 1987, the scope of this award broadened to include all engi- neered materials. Emerging Professional Achievement Award Dr. Thomas Kozmel, senior mate- rials development engineer, QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., will re- ceive this year’s award “for outstand- ing efforts in early career impact and positive influence at the ASM chapter level.” Established in 2010, the award recognizes extraordinary ASM volun- teers with 0 to 5 years of post-grad- uation experience who have made a significant impact on ASM International through devoted service and dedication to the future of the Society. Ferreria Mirandaola Ironworks in Spain. Pratt & Whitney Casting Laboratory, Hartford, Conn., has been selected as a 2019 Historical Landmark, and the citation reads, “For the development and indus-