Feb 6

Written by: Russ Henke
2/6/2009 6:57 AM 

On February 3, 2009, The CAD Society announced that it had appointed an Interim President and interim Vice President to take the CAD Society forward into the new year. Rachael Dalton-Taggart, 20 year industry veteran and Director of Marketing with Lattice Technology, will be Interim President until later this year. Ken Feitz, 18 year industry veteran, and Marketing Manager at TransMagic Inc. will take on the roles of Vice President and Treasurer for the same term.

The CAD Society was formed in 1990, as part of the NCGA (National Computer Graphics Association), and it split out on its own when the NCGA ended. Since then, the CAD Society has been best known for its annual awards recognizing the achievements of CAD industry leaders. Those awards have been presented at the annual COFES since 2000.

Retiring President Mike McGrath commented on the change, "Rachael and Ken have both been actively assisting the CAD Society for some time now, and they have been responsible for several changes to the CAD Society over the last year. It is time, now, for the younger people in the industry to take over and we welcome their active interest."

Recommendations for Community, Leadership and Lifetime Achievement Awards

Accepted on Video and in Writing by March 3 2009:

The CAD Society also announced it is now accepting nominations of CAD industry developers, pundits and experts for the 2009 CAD Society Industry Awards. Nominations will be accepted via video or in writing for these prestigious awards. All nominations need to be received by March 3, 2009, for consideration by the CAD Society.

Each nomination needs to explain which award category the nominee should be considered, and the reasons why this nominee deserves to be honored. Instructions for submitting nominations are contained in the complete News Release.

For complete copies of the two News Releases and other information about The CAD Society:  www.cadsociety.org