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New Members of IFMA Boston

*Cynthia Souza - Director of planning and facilities management at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Ma. Facilities Management professional with over 20 years experience specializing in facility operations, project planning, and financial oversight in the research, education, and healthcare industries. *Tom Queeney - Vice president of business development at Rebeccas Cafe. Rebecca's Cafe is a Best of Boston Award winning retail cafe and bakery operating over 20 locations throughout Mass. They are constantly changing to offer the best and freshest menu. We are all well trained, friendly professionals here to serve our guests each day. Photo attached. *Guy Sylvester - Senior product engineer at Middlesex Gases & Technologies. Sylvester has been in the specialty gas industry for 23 years. Him focus is in serving the Life Science industry in its use of specialty, cryogenic and medical Gases as well as gas related equipment. He has extensive experience engineering and installing specialty gas systems including, bulk, micro-bulk, cryogenic piping, cryo-freezers and process piping. *John Strickland -Director corporate operations for Bose Corp. They have six facilities, four in Framingham, one in Stow, Mass. and one in Westborough. He has a BA from Tufts University and is a graduate of the Program for Management Development (PMD64) at the Harvard Business School.
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