Frank B. Watts

Frank B Watts is an author, consultant, seminar provider and volunteer.

He is a product of a University of Illinois engineering education and over forty-eight years of industrial and consultation experience. He founded his own company to specialize in configuration management with specific expertise in product release, change control and bills of material and other engineering documentation control issues.

He has coached kids in several sports for 26 kid-seasons. Also volunteered to teach skiing to handicapped kids for five seasons. Most reciently he has written "Coaching Kids - All Team Sports". He was named Lions Club Volunteer of the year.

Formally a Director of Engineering Services, Director of Operations and Director of Manufacturing Engineering, Frank has also managed Configuration Management, Cost Estimating, Industrial Engineering, Test Engineering, Pilot Production and Repair Center Operations. He has contributed as a Design Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.

Frank has guided the development of the engineering change control process at many companies and made significant contributions toward improving the new product release process, installed MRP/ERP systems, new numbering systems, helped companies attain a single BOM database and guided reengineering of the CM processes. Over seventy clients.

His industrial experience was with Caterpillar, Collins Radio, Control Data, Storage Technology, UFE and Archive. He has presented seminars on Configuration Management to over 3,600 product manufacturing people. He is an NDIA Certified Configuration and Data Manager and author of several magazine articles.

Author of CM Books:

"Engineering Documentation Control Handbook" fourth edition copyright 2012. This book has sold over 12,000 copies and, according to one reviewer, "Sets the Stage for Innovation".

"CM Metrics" Product Lifecycle and Engineering Documentation Control Measurements. First edition published in 2009.

"Coaching Kids - All Team Sports" Second Ed 2011