National Science Board Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Members

Mr. Ronald D. Bullock

Chairman and CEO,
Bison Gear and Engineering, St. Charles, IL

Ronald Bullock is Chairman and CEO of Bison Gear and Engineering, manufacturer of electric motors, gearmotors and reducers in St. Charles, IL. Mr. Bullock has been with Bison since 1981, and his career in the power transmission industry encompasses positions in R & D, engineering, marketing, operations, and general management. After acquiring Bison in 1987, Mr. Bullock initiated Bison's entry into the European market, expanded the product line, added new distribution channels and established a Research and Development facility, all of which has helped Bison’s new growth and delivered value to its customers.

Bison is recognized as an innovative company. Bison is currently completing groundbreaking research to develop a high efficiency motor under a grant awarded by the National Science Foundation. He also has served on the Industry Advisory Council on Electric Motors at Underwriters Laboratories; is a past director of the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA); led a research team for the Instrumented Factory for Gears (INFAC) at Illinois Institute of Technology funded by the Defense Logistics Agency; and has served as President and trustee on AGMA's cooperative venture with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Gear Research Institute. He is a past president of the Small Motor Manufacturers Association and founding president of their Electric Motor Education and Research Foundation. A graduate of Wright State University, he played an instrumental role in establishing the Wright Center of Innovation for High Performance Computing.

Mr. Bullock plays a leadership role in numerous industry associations. He has served as Vice Chairman of the National Division for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), representing its 10,000+ small manufacturers. He currently represents the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) on trade issues in the Trans Atlantic Business Dialogue and serves as Vice Chairman of the Illinois Manufacturers Association.

An advocate for reform of the legal system, Mr. Bullock has testified for NAM on health care reform before the House of Representatives Small Business Committee, and has published papers on tort reform, product liability law, and other issues of public and business concern. He has also published technical papers on motor and gearmotor design.

Greatly concerned with the quality of secondary education, Bullock has been an advocate for better partnerships between industry and school programs. He has developed numerous pilot programs at Bison Gear with the Downers Grove High School as a model of cooperation between industry and local school systems and served as Chairman of the DuPage County Education to Careers program for two years.

Mr. Bullock is a graduate of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Systems Analysis. He was honored as an Outstanding Alumni in 2001 and serves on the Advisory Council of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He was elected an Eminent Engineer by Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honorary Society, in 2004.