HUNTSVILLE – In case you haven’t heard, Alabama needs 500,000 skilled workers by the year 2025 and Huntsville’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center is doing everything it can to fulfill that goal and meet efforts to support Army modernization.
To better accomplish this, AMIIC has appointed several local members to its advisory board. They will join AMIIC’s current governing body and bring their plethora of expertise to the organization.
The local members are Dr. Kuan Collins, executive director of Digital Innovation at Axient; Greg Brown, co-CEO and CFO of Brown Precision; Dr. Alisa Henrie, program coordinator for the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s engineering technology bachelor of science program; Johnita Romine, education training programs manager at North AlabamaWorks; and John Stough, chief solutions architect for JHNA.
“We’re honored to welcome the newest additions to the AMIIC advisory board and are grateful for the service of our founding members who helped shape the AMIIC vision and launch us into the community,” said AMIIC Executive Director John Schmitt. “Our newest members represent the very best thought leadership our community has to offer across government, industry, and academia fields.
“They’ll join a powerhouse team critical to our support of workforce modernization. We’re beyond appreciative of their time, talents, and insight in helping to meet AMIIC’s strategic mission for Alabama and for our national defense.”
Collins said AMIIC’s vision to partner in domains like digital engineering and workforce modernization is critical to the country’s national security posture.
“I’m honored to be on the advisory board because I am confident that the path to digital transformation is anchored in workforce modernization,” she said. “We cannot get there without partners like AMIIC and the subject matter expertise and thought leadership that they provide to the community.”
Dr. Kuan Collins
Collins mentors startups at the Capital Factory and UAH’s Invention to Innovation Center. She is responsible for leading and driving Axient’s digital transformation and innovation investments and solutions for all customer segments across the company. She is recognized as a technical expert and resource in digital transformation, IT modernization, specialized engineering, intelligent software, and analytics
Greg Brown
Brown has grown Brown Precision to more than 150 employees over the past 25 years and diversified its manufacturing capabilities and customer base.
Brown’s role includes growth and expansion planning, civic involvement, and public relations. He has served in numerous leadership roles in the Huntsville business community, including the 2022 Huntsville/Madison County Chamber Executive Committee Board chair; 2018-20 board chairman of the Huntsville Committee of 100; board president of the Huntsville Industrial Group; and member of the advisory board for the Alabama Defense Advanced Manufacturing community.
Dr. Alisa Henrie
Henrie’s industry experience includes working with the Boeing 747 and running special projects on materials fire safety across the entire Boeing commercial fleet. She also works in UAH’s Tech Trek program teaching middle school STEM educators from across the state how to implement Engineering principles in the classroom.
Johnita Romine
Romine is a former business/marketing teacher, work-based learning coordinator, and career technical education state specialist. She serves as the facilitator of the organizations’ Educator Workforce Academy and Workforce Connections programs, as well as the event coordinator for the World of Work.
Romine is an advocate for education and workforce development and has held leadership at the local, state, and regional levels within the educational arena.
John Stough
Stough’s professional experience spans more than 25 years, including a variety of technical and leadership roles in multiple industries from aviation, industrial controls, cybersecurity, robotics, 3D visualization, missile defense, and active-duty service in the U.S. Air Force.
In his current role with the JHNA leadership team, he provides direct support to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Aviation as a subject matter expert for Enterprise Architecture and Modular Open Systems Approach transformation.
He also serves as chairman of the Aviation and Missile Technology Consortium Executive Committee and as a member of the board of directors of the Vertical Lift Consortium.
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