Rob Logan, Elkem Metals, Inc.

ROB GRADUATED FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND ALSO HIS MBA.  ROB IS CURRENTLY THE NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR ELKEM METALS INC., FOUNDRY DIVISION IN CANADA.  ROB STARTED HIS CAREER AT DOFASCO IN 1988 IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA IN VARIOUS PROCESS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ROLES.  ROB THEN JOINED WESCAST INDUSTRIES IN 1994 AND WORKED IN A VARIETY OF MANUFACTURING POSITIONS INCLUDING METALLURGICAL, QUALITY AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ROLES.  IN 2001 HE MOVED INTO THE WESCAST PRODUCT DESIGN AND R&D GROUP AS PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LEADER AND SOON BECAME THE CORPORATE R&D LEADER.  ROB HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE IRON FOUNDRY AND STEEL BUSINESS FOR 22 YEARS.  ROB HAS PUBLISHED AND PRESENTED SEVERAL PAPERS AT SAE, DIS AND MANY OTHER INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE.  HE CURRENTLY RESIDES IN BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, CANADA.