The board of directors of IWCS, Inc., producer of the International Cable & Connectivity Symposium, recently announced the election of Scott H. Wasserman, PhD. of the Dow Chemical Company (pictured), who previously served as the board’s vice chairman, to the position of chairman of the board.
Effective as of Feb. 15, Wasserman succeeds Robert Wessels, Jr. of CommScope, Inc., who served as chairman of the IWCS board since 2008 and will continue to serve as a director. Guy Castonguay of Corning Optical Communications, LLC was elected vice-chairman and Jeff S. Barker of Prysmian Group was re-elected as treasurer for IWCS.
Dr. Scott Wasserman is Associate R&D Director and Intellectual Capital Manager in the Packaging & Specialty Plastics segment of The Dow Chemical Company, a responsibility that includes Dow Wire & Cable. In his role, he has functional responsibility for intellectual assets, including patents, agreements and licensing opportunities. Concurrently, Dr. Wasserman has served for 8 years as Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, teaching the topic of Rheology & Viscoelasticity in a course on Polymer Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1993 and his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree with Distinction from the University of Delaware in 1988. He is also a member of both the Society of Rheology and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). He has ten granted US patents and most recently was the corresponding author of the chapter “Wire and Cable Applications of Polyethylene’ in the SPE-sponsored Handbook of Industrial Polyethylene and Technology, published by Scrivener Publishing LLC in 2017.
“This transition demonstrates IWCS’s commitment to long-term succession planning and keeping high caliber, capable leaders at the head of the organization,” commented CommScope's Wessels. “Scott’s service spans more than 15 years and during that time he has had a significant impact. Scott has done an outstanding job as our vice chairman since 2016 and as a board member since 2010."
Wessels added, "While on the IWCS Symposium Committee starting in 2003, then as Committee Chair in 2008 he was instrumental in recasting the IWCS Professional Development program to its current form with tracks of Core and Elective courses, and in introducing the related IWCS Professional Development Certification program. He also co-taught the MA101 Selection and Use of Materials in Wire & Cable course in both the United States and in China for many years. Scott was instrumental in encouraging the start and evolution in our use of social media to promote and reach beyond those already aware of our symposium.”
