IPX - Key Persons


Amy Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Purdue University - Emeritus / Assistant Professor of Practice

Baris Kocabaşoğlu - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Brandy Taylor - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Director of Program Management

Chrissy Sigrist

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Cindy Price

Job Titles:
  • Director of Engineering Services, Yanfeng

Danielle Yockman

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Eric Pettes

Job Titles:
  • Director of QA / RA for Bose Health

Ken Black

Job Titles:
  • Chief of IpX Workforce Academy
  • Chief of IpX Workforce Academy / Institute for Process Excellence

Michael Benning

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, True North Enterprise Calibration
  • Vice President of Organizational Change Management

Neil Olivier

Job Titles:
  • NuScale Power 's Director of Corporate Services

Paul Powers

Job Titles:
  • Founder / CEO of Physna
  • Physna
In this week's IpX True North Podcast episode, Paul Powers, Founder/CEO of Physna, breaks down the inception of Physna, an advanced technology analyzing and actionizing 3D data, with IpX President Joseph Anderson. The role of Physna as an enterprise solution that empowers other platforms by fully utilizing previously untouched intelligence and data within a company and creating a model's physical DNA How the technology comprehensively, geometrically understands parts and 3D data to foresee issues in manufacturing and throughout the organization Creating faster and more effective engineering by cutting down on cost of procurement, identifying parts in the field, optimizing inventory management, and maintenance

Rachel Bartholomew

Job Titles:
  • CEO / Founder, Hyivy Health, and Brandy Taylor, VP of Services
  • Founder / CEO of Hyivy Health Shares With IpX 's Brandy Taylor
In this IpX #TrueNorth Podcast, Rachel Bartholomew, Founder/CEO of Hyivy Health shares with IpX's Brandy Taylor how starting Hyivy led her to researching how consumers can educate themselves on FDA approved healthcare devices and the importance of language and product advertising surrounding FDA approvals. Rachel dives into the approval process itself and why many companies opt to go direct-to-market. Rachel and Brandy also discuss the difference between FDA regulated and unregulated devices intended for healthcare, and its impact on consumers' healthcare choices and outcomes.

Scott Wertel

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Engineering Excellence

Sean Stavropoulos

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder / CTO, Boulevard, & Brandy Taylor, VP of Services
  • Co - Founder and CTO of Boulevard
Bio: Sean Stavropoulos is co-founder and CTO of Boulevard, provider of the client experience platform used by more than 25,000 professionals in more than 2,000 salons, spas, and other self-care businesses across the US. In his role as CTO, Sean leads the company's various technical teams while establishing its strategic product vision. Prior to co-founding Boulevard in 2016, Sean was vice president of engineering at Fullscreen, where he oversaw the technical design and development of the company's core technology and payments products. His career also includes a stint as a systems engineer for Honeywell Aerospace. A resident of Los Angeles, CA, Sean holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Staci Hegarty

Job Titles:
  • Global Director of Equity & Inclusion

Todd Egan

Job Titles:
  • VP of Field Operations