Credentials and Experience of
George T. Willingmyre, P.E., President

1996 -  Present

George T. Willingmyre. P.E. is the President and founder of GTW Associates. 

GTW Associates www.gtwassociates.com  is an International Standards and Trade Policy consultancy.  GTW Associates advises companies, law firms, associations,  and governments on the strategic role of standards and  conformity assessment and intellectual property policy practices in  competitiveness of businesses, organizations and countries in the global marketplace.  Current activities include representing US business interests to national and international organizations; recommending corporate standards strategies and tactics; interpretation and commenting on  global  standards processes and IPR policies with competition implications, assisting foreign  organizations and businesses  with US market access issues.   Typical GTW assignments are  to advise corporations on global standards strategies and intellectual property rights considerations; expert witness testimony; survey and prepare competitive analyses of  national standards and conformity assessment infrastructures; research, interpret and advise approaches to market access problems in US and global markets.  GTW issues an Insight newsletter from time to time at http://www.gtwassociates.com/alerts/index.htm

Mr. Willingmyre  currently serves on the ANSI   Intellectual Property Rights Policy Committee; the IPRPC  Copyright Group;  the ANSI  International Policy Committee;  The ANSI ISO Council AIC) ; ( Regional Steering committees for Asia/Pacific, Europe/Middle East, and Americas; the Company Member Forum; and the Consumer Interest Forum.  Mr. Willingmyre served on the W3C patent policy-working group  and currently is a member of the  ITU  Telecommunications Standards Bureau (TSB)  Director’s Ad Hoc Group on IPR;  the IETF IPR working group; the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP)  The SGIP Bylaws and Operating Practives Working group BOPWG and the SGIP IPR Working group  and the ABA Science & Technology Section Technical Standardization and Infrastructure Committee  that developed  the ABA Standards Development Patent Policy Manual.  Mr. Willingmyre is a observer  of the IEEE Standards Association Patent committee and Standards Board;  monitors the  IP policies of numerous standards organizations and maintains an online  database  Intellectual Property Rights Policies of selected standards developers    Mr Willingmyre is "Special Advisor to the International Federation of Standards Users"   Mr Willingmyre supports the IFAN WG19 on Intellectual Property and Standards  Willingmyre lectures frequently  at national and international standards and conformity assessment meetings and is a frequent contributor to "TalkStandards" at http://www.talkstandards.com

1989 - 1995         Vice President, Public Policy,  American National Standards Institute

Mr. Willingmyre served  as Vice President of the American National Standards Institute. helping   U.S. business, professional societies, trade associations, federal agencies, and Congress promote private sector voluntary solutions to national issues and  advancing  U.S. industrial competitiveness in global markets. Responsibilities included ANSI Public Policy and Government Relations, ANSI’s Company, Organizational and Governmental Member Councils and national programs for Conformity Assessment accreditation and policy.  Mr. Willingmyre  managed ANSI’s Public Relations, Meetings, Membership and Communications operations.   Mr. Willingmyre was the founding secretary of the International Accreditation Forum.

 Willingmyre built strong relationships with key standards officials within governments, associations, standards developing organizations, conformity assessment bodies and businesses in the United States and around the world.  

Willingmyre advised the ANSI Board on domestic and international strategies, opportunities for public/private sector alliances, and international policy negotiations.  Mr. Willingmyre organized  US preparations at ANSI  for standards and conformity assessment policy meetings with European and NAFTA public and private standards and conformity assessment officials.

1978 - 1989       Vice President Technical Affairs, and  Director, International Technical Affairs Health Industry Manufacturers Association (HIMA)

Willingmyre built  consensus on solutions to technical and trade issues in the medical technology sector and represented members’ concerns before U.S. and foreign government policy makers and international standards organizations

Academic and professional credentials:

The  Johns Hopkins University,  BSEE, Tau Beta Pi     

The George Washington University,  MSEE, with honors

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Maryland