Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Appoints Liaison to Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) names Cristi Cristich, President and Founder of Cristeck Interconnects as SEA's representative to the AIA Supplier Management Council.

Irvine, California (PRWeb) December 8, 2006 -- Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) board member and Supplier Advisory Council Chair, B. J. Schramm (President and CEO for Hitco Carbon Composites) announced the selection of Cristi Cristich as SEA's representative to the Supplier Management Council of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). Ms. Cristich is founder and President of Cristek Interconnects and serves on both the SEA Board of Directors and its Supplier Advisory Council.

"Cristi will do a great job representing SEA with AIA - especially from the supplier's perspective," notes Schramm. "We appreciate her commitment to building a close working relationship with AIA."

SEA is the joint program office for the aerospace, defense, and space industry supply chain conversion. As a non-profit alliance of leading industry contractors, SEA's purpose is to accelerate supply chain performance and help U. S. suppliers become more competitive.

SEA Member organizations include: BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Company, United Technologies, Parker Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand, Sikorsky Aircraft, Textron, Cessna Aircraft, Honeywell, TW Metals, Bombardier, Hitco Carbon Composites, Firth Rixson, Dresser-Rand, Roberts Tool Company, Cristek Interconnects, Tyco Printed Circuit Group and Smiths Aerospace.

SEA Supplier Advisory Council members include B. J. Schramm (Hitco Carbon Composites), Brad Hart (Roberts Tool Company), Steve Barton (Esterline Kirkhill Elastomers), Hollis Bascom (Orcon Corporation), Cristi Cristich (Cristek Interconnects), Mark Miller (Crown Valley Precision Machining), Rick Cleary (Capewell Components Company), and Randy Fry (Photo Etch Company).

To learn more about SEA visit the SEA website at www.seaonline.org.

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