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President - USA
has been elected ISO President for a two-year term as from
1 January 2003. A trained economist and Juris Doctor, he has
held leadership positions in the fields of international law
and information technology. Since 2000 he has been Vice-President
for External Voluntary Standards Relations at ITI (Information
Technology Industry Council). He has been an active member of
the ABA (American Bar Association) and is currently Chairman
of ABA's Technical Standardization Law Committee. Mr. Smoot
has been actively involved in standardization over a period
of 25 years at national, regional and international levels.
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Vice-President (policy) - Germany
has been re-appointed ISO Vice-President (policy) for the 2004-2005
term. He has been the Director of DIN, the German Institute
for Standardization, since 1999, after having served as DIN's
Director of Strategy for two years. Having obtained a Doctorate
in Engineering, Dr. Bahke joined the Krupp Group where he held
several managerial positions, both in Germany and abroad. In
1994, he was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of
Directors of Krupp Fördertechnik and remained there until
1997 when he joined DIN. In addition, Dr. Bahke is a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Berlin-Brandenburg Section of
VDI, the Association of German Engineers, and of the Federal
Institute for Materials research and Testing (BAM), as well
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Vice-President (technical management) - Israel
has been appointed ISO Vice-President (technical management)
for the 2004-2005 term. As such, she also fills the position
of Chair of the Technical Management Board. Since June 1996,
she has been Director General of the Standards Institution of
Israel (SII) which she joined in 1976 as Chief Standardization
Officer and later held the position of Director of the Quality
and C c00 ertification Division for 10 years. She is currently
a Member of the Board of the Israel Institute for Management
and a Member of the Board of the University of Haifa. In addition,
Mrs. Patir is the President of the Israeli chapter of the International
Women Forum and the past President of the Israel Society for
Quality. |
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Treasurer - Switzerland
has been appointed ISO Treasurer for the 2002-2004 term. He
is currently Head of Investment at Quest Partners, a Swiss
firm dealing with advice and investment in Private Equity.
Mr. Fatio has a broad experience in marketing, business development
and finance which he has acquired by holding managerial positions
in several corporations, both in Switzerland and the USA.
He has an academic background in electrical engineering (BS)
and in Business Management (MBA).
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Secretary-General
took up this post on 1 March 2003. In October 1999, he was appointed
Director General of the French national standards body, AFNOR.
Between 1981 and 1999, Alan 8 Bryden 7b7 was Director General
of the French national testing laboratory (LNE). During that
period, he founded Eurolab (European Federation of Measurement,
Testing and Analytical Laboratories) and served as its first
President from 1990 to 1996. He also chaired the Laboratories
Committee of ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation).
He began his career in metrology, notably with the USA's National
Bureau of Standards (today the National Institute of Standards
and Technology) and has a strong background in the fields of
quality and the rational use of energy. He was Vice-President
of the first Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in GATT
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