Background
Vinyard, John was born on December 6, 1945 in Pryor, Oklahoma, United States.
Vinyard, John was born on December 6, 1945 in Pryor, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor in Business Administration, Washington State University, 1969. Degree in quality engineering, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, 1970. Master of Science in Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1972.
Senior associate Cresap, McCormick & Paget, Inc., Chicago, 1973-1978. Director operations United Airlines, San Francisco, 1978-1981. Principal A. T. Kearney, Inc., Atlanta, 1981-1988.
Vice president quality and manufacturing operations GenCorp Polymer Products, Akron, Ohio, 1988-1989. President, Chief Executive Officer Bekaert Associates, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, since 1989. Examiner Malcolm Baldridge Board of Executives, 1991, 92, senior examiner, 1993, 94.
Senior examiner Board Examiners State New York, 1992-1993.
Fellow Institute for the Advancement Engineering. Member American Society Quality Control, National Security Industrial Association, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (chairman AUTOFACT steering committee 1986).