Text Box: Vince LaManna has been my designer for the Fusion 5,1 Sample Handler. I understand that he was told his time is up in November. I can also tell you that, in 18 years designing products, Vince is one of the best product designers I have worked with, and I've worked with more than 50 designers, during 12 successful product designs and launches, since 1984. We have some great designers on staff, but candidly, Vince is a better product designer than some of the people currently on staff (my opinion). There may be some designers who have better knowledge of Pro E, but there are only a few on staff now who are as thorough, creative, focused and who have the breadth of product design and develop skills that Vince has. The SaHa was the first 'big' module verified on Oasis (ahead of plan, I might add), and it has very few reliability problems on EM's. That is due, in large part, to Vince's ability. That the SaHa has few problems also means it gets little attention, but that's a good thing. Basically, if there was a way to keep him around, working on Fusion 5,1, 3,1, ECi AT etc, it would be to OrthoClinical's benefit. I've worked with a lot of designers. I don't give this kind of recommendation often. He's an uncommonly good product designer, in my opinion, and he can add value to the efforts that are ahead of us. Larry 10/14/02 Text Box: References (cont.) Text Box: Vincent T. LaManna’s Resume/Portfolio Back Next