Board Members

Eric Goodwin

Eric Goodwin is a serial entrepreneur and over the past 40 years has worked exclusively in start-up environments. He currently sits on several boards and acts as an advisor to venture capitalists and management teams on building software businesses.

In July of 2004 he retired as the CEO of Klocwork Inc. after taking the company to the next level through a venture funding round and initiating two years of rapid growth. Klocwork was the last spin-off from Nortel, and provides a software development platform for improving productivity and quality of software by using deep static analysis.

Prior to joining Klocwork, Goodwin served as CEO of FloNetwork Inc. from April 1999 to July 2001 when it was sold in a positive exit to DoubleClick (NASDAQ: DCLK). During that period, FloNetwork grew from a 25-person company to over 200, and was the acknowledged leader in email relationship management.

Previously Goodwin was a co-founder and CEO of Fulcrum Technologies (NASDAQ: FULCF). While Goodwin was CEO, the company grew to over $60 million in revenue, and was ultimately sold to PC Docs, now part of Hummingbird Communications (NASDAQ: HUMC). Over a 12-year period, Goodwin guided Fulcrum through its early customer wins, strategic partnerships and investments, increasing mainstream adoption, an initial and secondary offering and, finally, strategic acquisition.

Goodwin has a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University in Ottawa. He has received a number of personal and corporate awards including the Canadian Advanced Technology Association's award for Private Sector Leadership, and was named as one of Canada’s top 10 technology CEOs by Canadian Business Magazine.

Dr. A. Blanton Godfrey

Dr. A. Blanton Godfrey is Dean and Joseph D. Moore Professor of Textile & Apparel Technology & Management, College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. The College is the leading institution of its type in the world and produces over half the doctorates in its field in the United States.

Prior to joining NC State, Dr. Godfrey was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Juran Institute, Inc., the leading international management consulting, research, and training organization focused on quality management and business excellence, a position he held for thirteen years. Prior to joining Juran Institute, Dr. Godfrey was Head of the Quality Theory and Technology Department of AT&T Bell Laboratories. Dr. Godfrey joined Bell Labs in 1973 after receiving an M.S. and Ph.D. in Statistics from Florida State University and a B.S. in Physics from Virginia Tech.

For nineteen years Dr. Godfrey was also an Adjunct Professor in Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science where he taught graduate courses in quality management and control.

Dr. Godfrey has given seminars, consulted, or taught courses in over fifty-five countries and his written materials have been translated, collectively, in over fifteen languages. He has personally worked with many of the top executives of leading companies throughout the world.

Dr. Joe D. Cunning

Energy and vision capture the essence of Dr. Cunning's career and his commitment to exploratory, long-range fiber research. In 1991, he formed Cunning & Associates Ltd., a consulting firm serving the textile research and development community. He is in demand as an industry consultant and speaker. Dr. Cunning currently serves on the governing board of The Textile Institute and on the corporate boards of Instrumar Ltd. (Canada), SmartLife Technologies Ltd. (UK), and Optimer Inc. (USA). He has served on advisory boards at the Textile Clothing/Technology Corporation (TC2), Institute of Textile Technology, TRI-Princeton and The Fiber Society. He has also served North Carolina State University as an Adjunct Professor. He was named 1997 Textile Leader of the Year by the North Carolina State University College of Textiles.

In 1992, the National Textile Center University Research Consortium (NTC) named Dr. Cunning to serve as the Center's first Executive Director. He currently is an advisor to the NTC, having served 12 years as Executive Director.

Known for his knowledge of fiber research and manufacturing, he completed a highly successful career spanning 28 years with DuPont. At DuPont, Dr. Cunning headed the Pioneering Research Laboratory in Wilmington Delaware. His DuPont manufacturing experience includes worldwide responsibility for non-woven products, as well as polyester filament and staple fibers.

Dr. Cunning received his degrees in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University (Ph.D. 1965). He was awarded the Professional Achievement Citation in Engineering from Iowa State in 1988 and serves on the Board of Governors of the Iowa State University Foundation.

Dr. Jim Barnes

Dr. Jim Barnes is an internationally recognized author, speaker, consultant and educator on subjects relating to marketing and the building of customer relationships. He consults for clients in North America and Europe on building customer strategy, customer insight and the measurement of customer loyalty. He regularly advises sales and management groups around the world, delivering keynote speeches and hands-on workshops in China, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, India, Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, the UK and many other countries.

Dr. Barnes was Professor of Marketing at Memorial University until his recent retirement and served as the first Dean of Business Administration (1978-1988). He has been a visiting professor at universities in Canada, England, Australia, France and Ireland. In 1977, he co-founded Bristol Group, a Canadian full-service marketing firm that now has 150 employees in five offices, including Qatar. In 1999, he established Barnes Marketing Associates (www.bmai-strategy.com) to deliver keynote talks, seminars and workshops internationally and to offer consulting services to selected clients. Dr. Barnes has published and presented more than 100 papers in international journals and at conferences around the world. He has also authored eight books, which have been translated into many languages. His client list includes IKEA International, Royal Bank of Canada, Xerox (US) and Eli Lilly/Elanco.

In 1997, Dr. Barnes received the inaugural Leaders in Management Education Award from the Financial Post and he was named a Fellow of the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association of Canada in 1999. He holds degrees in Commerce and Economics from Memorial University, an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.