Dean Burrows is beginning his second year as chairman of the board of AGMA. He is also president of Gear Motions. Burrows joined Gear Motions in 2008 as president of Nixon Gear. He graduated with a Master's in engineering management and a B.S. in industrial engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He previously served as vice president of operations for Marietta Corporation in Cortland and director of global supply chain for Carrier Corporation, a Division of United Technologies. He has more than twenty-five years of operations experience from various industries including automotive, medical device and consumer products.