Allison Barnard Feeney of NIST is this year’s recipient of the Brian K. Martin Technical Excellence Award. Her knowledge and skills have benefited many development and deployment projects – she was a key resource for development of several critical STEP standards including AP210, AP233, and AP203 Edition 2. Allison has personally addressed modules development and EXPRESS compilation issues for many STEP specifications, and she has worked to clarify numerous open issues concerning how STEP modular architecture should be structured and how modules will work together. She authored the Guidelines document for modules and Application Protocol content, and several PDES, Inc. projects are developing standards based on the foundation of STEP modules that Allison was instrumental in building. 

Allison’s leadership skills have helped her make the most of limited available resources and inspire her teammates with the amount of work they were able to accomplish. Her technical skills and knowledge provided the team with confidence to address tasks in diverse areas. She is a skilled negotiator, able to achieve the most practical solution when dealing with a variety of conflicting interests. PDES, Inc. is pleased to award the 2006 Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award to Allison Barnard Feeney.

The PDES, Inc. Executive Board established the Bryan K. Martin Technical Excellence Award in memory of Bryan K. Martin’s exceptional record of strong leadership and tireless work to achieve PDES, Inc. goals. The Board presents this award annually to a PDES, Inc. technical resource who has demonstrated superior technical contributions to the program.