AU MIT Club Guest Speaker March 2009

GARY JONES
FUTABA INDUSTRIES
Thursday, March 26, 2009
5 pm to 6 pm Dunham Hall Room 001

Highlights of his talk:
• He will discuss the current economy and how his company is dealing with it,
• His perspective on international business (particularly working for a Japanese company),
• The general state of the auto industry,
• And he will explain how his own college studies helped to prepare him for his challenging role at FIC.
Mr. Jones is on the Board of Directors for Futaba North America Corporation and also, serves as the Executive Vice President of Quality for Futaba’s four North American plants. He joined FIC America which was the first plant launched in North America in March of 1997. His responsibilities include lean system manufacturing, quality assurance, engineering and the development, implementation and improvement of international business and environmental systems.

Gary travels extensively to Japan to audit Futaba Japan and work collaboratively with Futaba concerning global standardization. He meets frequently with Toyota executives to ascertain and understand their business environment, challenges, and future direction

Gary participates in the Blue Grass Automotive Association and is a member of Toyota’s Supplier Quality Representative Committee and the American Society for Quality. He has also consulted for various businesses and is an auditor for International Business Systems in the area of quality and the environment.

Need more info? illamas@aurora.edu or ddulany@aurora.edu
Or 630-844-3861

Sponsored by the Aurora University MIT Club Dunham School of Business

Humanclock.com

And now for something completely different and a little more light hearted…

Once of my favorite places on the web is a fantastic web site called HumanClock.com.  You can check the time 24 hours a day. Instead of being greeted with some type of machine or computer generated time display, you will find some type of human representation of the time that changes every minute.

You can even submit your own idea of the time, but be sure to carefully read the instructions shown on the web site.  Don’t be surprised if you find some human clock submissions labeled Aurora University or Aurora, IL.  Over the years many students have submitted their creative work on this web site.

Go ahead an check it out ….

.http://www.humanclock.com/clock.php

Tip: Try scrolling down the list of locations shown for each minute of the day.