{"id":201,"date":"2026-04-28T15:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/dayton\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=201"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:29:16","slug":"adam-garfein","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/dayton\/speaker-bios\/adam-garfein\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Garfein, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Garfein has over 35 years of experience in operational and business transformation, profit improvement, manufacturing, science and technology, software and analytics, program\/project management, innovation and marketing in defense, aerospace, automotive, industrial, life sciences, medical devices, construction management, software and government sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Founder of Devane Advisors, providing turnaround, performance improvement and technology alignment services to commercial, government and military organizations in diverse industries. A trusted resource in planning and executing holistic change to create customer focused, rapid, and sustainable gains in operational and financial performance. Helped secure over $60M in non-dilutive funding for clients.<\/p>\n<p>Industry Recognition for operational turnaround and transformation as evidenced by articles featured in Manufacturing Today, Naval Aviation News and Defense and Munitions, and awards including a Governors\u2019 Innovation and Impact in Manufacturing award and a President\u2019s \u201cE\u201d Award for Export Services.<\/p>\n<p>Former Research Scientist in Field of Gerontology, the study of adult development and aging. Topics included successful aging, and use of health and mental health services. Joint appointment at University of Michigan, School of Public Health and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Published multiple scientific articles and reports.<\/p>\n<p><em>Education<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, University of Michigan, Institute of Gerontology &amp;<br \/>\nInstitute for Social Research<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. &amp; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University, Human Development &amp; Family<br \/>\nStudies, Gerontology<\/li>\n<li>B.A., University of Southern California, Psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Garfein has over 35 years of experience in operational  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[12],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-speakers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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