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Biography of Michael J. Dickinson

  In early 1983 Mr. Dickinson founded Innovations PLUS, a consulting firm specializing in high technology, quality, and productivity related support services including Quality, Management, and Marketing Consulting, Technical Writing, and On-Site Seminars and Training Programs. The firm offers training programs on Coordinate Measuring Machines, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Process Capability, Statistical Process Control, Cost of Quality, Computer Aided Quality, ISO 9000 Series Standards, Sales and Marketing, and many other topics of interest to manufacturing companies. Innovations PLUS provides in-depth assistance with selection and application of CMMs, optical and video inspection systems, Lasers, measurement components and systems, and computers and software for Quality Assurance, Information Management, and Sales and Marketing applications.

Prior to founding Innovations PLUS, Mr. Dickinson was a founder of Hansford Data Systems, Inc. where he was Senior Vice President of Engineering. This company was formed to create software products for Quality Assurance applications.

Before Hansford Data Systems was founded, Mr. Dickinson was General Manager of the Rapid-Check Division of Hansford Manufacturing Corporation. This division manufactured Coordinate Measuring Machines which rely heavily on the fields of quality, electronic, mechanical, and software engineering.

Mr. Dickinson has had extensive presentation experience in trade shows, conferences and seminars on a local and national level. In addition to major presentations, he has participated in many ASQ (American Society for Quality) and AIIE (American Society of Industrial Engineers) seminars and dinner meetings where he has been the featured speaker. He has provided feature articles for publications such as Quality, Tooling & Production, and Commline.

Mr. Dickinson is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He has participated in numerous seminars and training programs including the Management College presented by The Quality College, Upper Management and Quality Control presented by J. M. Juran, Training for Quality presented by Control Data Corp. and Technicomp Inc., Documentation for ISO 9000 Compliance presented by ASQC and The Victoria Group Inc., and the registered ISO 9000 Lead Assessor of Quality Systems seminar presented by Perry Johnson, Inc.

He is a member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science), a senior member of ASQ (American Society for Quality) and SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers), and an associate member of RTMA (Rochester, New York Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association).


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