President, EXPRESS Language Foundation
Thomas (Tom) Thurman is President of the EXPRESS Language Foundation and owner of TRThurman Consulting, specializing in engineering data integration using STEP Application Protocols.
Current Roles
President, EXPRESS Language Foundation (since 2023)
Owner, TRThurman Consulting (since 2008) — consulting focused on development and implementation of Electronic/Electrical applications of ISO 10303
Consultant, The University of Iowa (since 2008) — providing technical direction to research programs for modeling and simulating electromechanical systems
Awards
ISO Excellence Award — in recognition of technical leadership, continued innovation and personal dedication to the development of ISO 10303
PDES, Inc. Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award — for technical contributions and leadership
Career at Rockwell Collins
Tom spent 40 years at Rockwell Collins (1968–2008) as Principal Electrical Engineer in the Advanced Manufacturing Technology department. He was responsible for requirements analysis, activity and information model development of ISO 10303 standards.
He was the technical lead in the development of all four editions of ISO 10303-210 (AP 210), the electromechanical application protocol. He designed system architecture for a Printed Wiring Assembly design analysis system using AP 210 as the integration basis model, which evaluated several thousand designs in production use at Rockwell Collins.