NTMA names president

The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), Cleveland, has appointed Dean Bartles as president. He succeeds Dave Tilstone, who is retiring after serving as NTMA president since 2010.

Bartles has almost four decades of experience in the manufacturing sector, most recently as the director of the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of New Hampshire. Previously, he served as a president of SME, president of the North American Research Institute, founding executive director of the Digital Manufacturing & Design Innovation Institute, and founding chairman of the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition. He also has worked for manufacturing companies including General Dynamics, Primex Technologies, Olin Ordnance, General Defense Corp., and Fairchild Republic Co.

Bartles graduated from Shepherd College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and holds an MBA from Shippensburg University and a master’s degree in international business from Tampa College. He has also earned a doctorate in business administration from Nova Southeastern University and a doctorate in technology management with a concentration in advanced manufacturing systems from Indiana State University.