Member News DOSSIER: Joan Wills of Cummins What is the most interesting aspect of your job? The most interesting aspect of my job is working with many global suppliers, engineers, and leaders to align on direction, then translating that to a clear strategy and work plan to Cummins teams to enable successful launch of new technologies and capabilities. Electronics and controls are core elements of existing, as well as newer, lowercarbon power products. It is an area undergoing significant change at the moment. Has any single SAE Member been particularly helpful or inspirational to you? My first SAE connection at Cummins was Bill Chittick. I was a newer engineer and he was on a committee for SAE's J1939. I remember we were adding emissions controls to diesel engines at the time. Having a connection to an industry standard forum where we 14 April 2021 " While I was Chief Engineer for the QSK 78L Diesel engine moving to the Tier4 emission level. " could make sure that the right, new pieces of information could be shared was helpful. More recently, Ric Kleine was one of my Cummins mentors. He's retired now, but when I run on weekends I still see him once in a while. He served as SAE President in 2011. UPDATE