Who We Are - Page Two, Biographies

Current CSDI Team Members Include:

Gary Jedynak has setup quality teams and quality systems in a wide spectrum of high tech and manufacturing technologies: e-learning, scientific measurement, bio-medical devices, avionics, printed & integrated circuit fabrication, and web printing processes.

In software development as well as discrete manufacture he strives to implement these methods paying close attention to working with leaders to make processes simple, glance visible, and economical. He believes when people understand the processes they own, the processes and operators become more capable and profitable. He has extensive experience implementing processes in a distributed environment. For list of consulting services, see: Quality Systems Services.

Gary is founder of Collaborative for Software Developers and Innovators. See CSDI.

Gary has worked for many years to show the benefits of a people oriented/developmental staging approach to implementation of any new system or process. With this approach new growth is added to existing capability recognizing the practicalities at each level of growth. Starting over or extensive retraining or documentation is not necessary. Things that don't work are eliminated and gaps are filled by use of quality methods to build a system that works better each day. People thus understand where they are and where they are going at an accelerating pace. The focus is on people understanding the systems they are building from the ground up.

Orlin Melstrand is our Programming Advisor. He is an instructor of ObjectOriented Programming at Hennepin Technical College. Orlin advises on object-oriented design and programming.

Tony Prokott is our Software Engineer, Simulations Designer, and Programmer. He produces our software applications, converting concepts into product releases.

 

Karen Engelsen is our Communications Director and Fundraiser, providing research and strategic direction, as well as grantsmanship and technical writing.