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SES - The Society for Standards Professionals has announced the appointment of Mike Morrell, AStd, FSES, as executive director. In this role, Mr. Morrell will work to further SES's mission of promoting public awareness and knowledge of standards and standardization.

Mr. Morrell has been an active member of SES for 30 years and has served in nearly every position on the SES board of directors. Most recently he served as the board treasurer, and previously he has served as president, vice president, secretary, and SES conference committee chair. Mr. Morrell brings 37 years of expertise from the private sector, having served in the engineering standards department at Deere & Company until his retirement in 2011. Mr. Morrell has received the grade of SES fellow and SES certification as an AStd.

SES provides a neutral forum where standards users and developers can come together to address mutual issues, opportunities, and interests in ways that work to the benefit of everyone involved with, or affected by, standards.

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