General Manager, PDES, Inc.
Allison Barnard Feeney is the General Manager of PDES, Inc., an international industry, government, and university consortium committed to accelerating the development and implementation of standards for product data exchange in the Digital Enterprise.
Previous Roles
Mechanical Engineer, Smart Connected Systems Division, NIST Communications Technology Laboratory — addressed national problems in manufacturing digitalization, system interoperability, and formal language development
Lead, Smart Manufacturing Operations Planning and Control Program, NIST Engineering Lab — including the Digital Thread and Product Definition for Smart Manufacturing projects
Chair, US Technical Advisory Group to ISO TC 184/SC 4
US Representative, SC 4 Policy and Planning Committee
Contributions to Standards
Allison has been a key participant in the development of the STEP product data standard (ISO 10303) since its inception. She worked throughout her NIST career in manufacturing standards development, implementation, conformance testing, product data standards, and systems integration.
Awards
2019 Department of Commerce Gold Medal — for developing the NIST Smart Manufacturing Systems Test Bed
2019 Department of Commerce Bronze Medal — for leading advances to standard-based data exchange between engineering, manufacturing, and inspection
2018 ANSI Finegan Standards Medal — extraordinary leadership in voluntary standards
2019 NIST George Uriano Award
2016 NIST Edward Bennet Rosa Award
2015 PDES, Inc. Brad Ridgon Technical Management Award
2006 PDES, Inc. Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award
2005 Department of Commerce Silver Medal