| Created in 1987,
the AFG Industries Chair of Excellence in Business and Technology
represents a partnership between ETSU's College of Applied Science
and Technology and College of Business. Under the direction of
chairholder Dr. Andrew J. Czuchry, the chair has:
- Assisted area industries in modernizing their production
processes and related business systems,
- Served as a resource to local business and industry to
facilitate total quality management and empowered problem-solving teams
to enhance competitiveness in the global arena,
- Developed graduate program emphases in project
management, entrepreneurship, computer integrated manufacturing, and
total quality management,
- Continued to enhance economic development within the
community by encouraging joint ventures, partnerships, and other
collaborative efforts among business, industry, government, and the
university.
Czuchry
became chairholder in 1992. He has served as an instructor for
the Board of Examiners and a member of the Panel of Judges for the
State
of Tennessee Quality Award Program. Before coming to ETSU, he was
President
of IRISS, a Raytheon-General Dynamics joint venture. |
