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Natalie Wilkinson is the Vice President Manufacturing Production Innovation Center (MPIC) and dual capped as General Manager of Strategic Business Management and Production Support Center for Toyota North America.
Watch her session to gain insight into how the automaker empowers its people to think creatively to make significant improvements.
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In his role, Viju is responsible for global operations, including manufacturing, direct procurement, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, sustainability, integrated business planning, logistics and advanced operations such as Additive Manufacturing technology development.
In this session, Viju highlights Stryker’s strategy to maintain strong growth while impacting more than 130 million patients globally despite the global supply chain crisis.
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Craig Melrose is the Executive Vice President of Digital Transformation Solutions at PTC. In this role, Craig works to build customer-facing, (operationally transformative) solutions that incorporate PTC’s industry-leading CAD, PLM, IoT, and AR technologies. His responsibilities include interacting directly with the customers to develop, scale, and roll out tailored industry 4.0 programs based on their unique operational excellence goals and needs.
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Rodrigo Lance is the Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain. He is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee leadership team. Rodrigo’s prior roles including leading Kellogg’s supply chain teams in three of the company’s four regions: most recently in North America and in Europe and Latin America prior to that.
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As the Chief Technology Officer NA, Kausik “KD” Dasgupta brings 25+ years of experience in technical architecture, evangelism and professional services in the tech industry to FactoryEye by Magic Software. He joined the company in 2015 after serving as the Senior Director of Engineering for Cloud and Datacenter Automation at BMC Software. Previously, KD served in other engineering leadership roles at BMC and CMC.
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Shane A. Yount is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and President of Competitive Solutions, Inc. (CSI), an international Business Transformation consulting firm which pioneered the acclaimed organizational development system known as Process Based Leadership®. Since 1991 he has led the offices of CSI in becoming one of the nation’s most recognized Business Transformation consulting firms, personally working with such organizations as The Department of Defense, 3M, Colgate Palmolive, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and many others.
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Willem Sundblad is the co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies, a company empowering manufacturers to make more, waste less, and innovate faster through machine learning and applied analytics. He is a Forbes.com contributing writer and a recognized leading voice in manufacturing analytics. Chris has been at INX International for over 30 years. He is responsible for the role of VP of Offset Division.
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James Newman is the Head of Product and Portfolio Marketing at Augury. He has 20+ years of experience across engineering, manufacturing, and technology adoption, James brings a customer-focused outlook to understanding how technology impacts organizational outcomes. Nick Ott is the Director of IT for Canfor Southern Pine. Nick has spent 15 of his 20 years in IT in the Wood Processing Industry. Throughout his IT career he has held positions responsible for System Development, Infrastructure Delivery, M&A, and Project Management.
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John Dougherty has been working with companies in the Industrial Manufacturing, High Tech, Aero Space and Defense, Retail, Wholesale Distribution, and Consumer Packaged Goods industries for the past 24 years with both Symix Software, Oracle, and NetSuite. John is currently Head of Manufacturing for the Americas with ServiceNow. A big part of his role is meeting with companies who are either on or just starting their digital transformation journey in manufacturing and supply chain.
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Suresh C. Rama is a Thought Leader in Smart Manufacturing and a Portfolio Development Executive who leads the application of Siemens’ Digital Manufacturing portfolio of solutions for automotive customers. He has over 30 years of Manufacturing and Automation experience with Automotive OEMs, Suppliers and Line Builders.
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Hear why “top-down” change management initiatives often fail, and why engaging people to fundamentally change their day-to-day behavior through a, “learn by doing” approach delivers real performance transformation Learn about six guiding principles to drive visible action and support impactful, sustainable performance transformation See how to build sustainable manufacturing transformations by developing adaptive skills in an adaptive corporate culture that intentionally engages workers as individuals Discover how to rapidly scale and identify real results and tangible business cases —in just weeks— with people at the center Hear directly from recognized industry leader Procter & Gamble how to build and sustain…
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