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Food Safety and Quality Data that Tells a Persuasive Story — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY, VIDEO, PODCAST

Food Safety and Quality Data that Tells a Persuasive Story — A Conversation with Paul Bradley of TraceGains

In the run-up to the 2024 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series we spoke with Paul Bradley of TraceGains about how FSQ professionals document, demonstrate, and communicate the value of their work through data, and how a new generation of data collection and analytics tools are allowing them to share and showcase their contributions to the company in new and exciting ways. In a world where giving food safety and quality data a storyteller’s voice to convey both quantitative and qualitative metrics is the best way to win hearts and minds. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about what’s new, what’s working, and what is coming next. Give it a listen!

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Fireside Chat: Navigating the Future: Scaling Secure AI Amidst Emerging Policies and Privacy Challenges
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Navigating the Future: Scaling Secure AI Amidst Emerging Policies and Privacy Challenges

Xochitl Monteon is Intel’s Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) and VP of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance in Information Security. As the CPO, Xochitl plays a pivotal role in leading Intel through the complex landscape of global privacy, AI, and cybersecurity legislation to seamlessly operationalize compliance while enabling continued business innovation. Xochitl’s expertise lies in her ability to integrate rigorous privacy policies with robust cybersecurity frameworks, fostering a secure and compliant digital environment. Her leadership is characterized by a proactive approach to emerging threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring that privacy and security considerations are at the forefront of corporate governance.

Xochitl has worked in the technology industry for 30 years. Prior to joining Intel, she worked for McAfee and PayPal in Senior leadership positions. Her tenure includes pivotal roles in a wide array of sectors such as high-tech manufacturing, SaaS, fintech, e-commerce, finance, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, education, and the broader technology landscape.

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Batman on a Beach, Einstein, and AI Robots
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Batman on a Beach, Einstein, and AI Robots

Bulletproof offers comprehensive IT, security, & compliance solutions for your business. We work with any industry, any size – to help you mitigate risk, improve your technologies, processes, systems, business infrastructure, and ensure compliance while securing your data.

Bulletproof was named Microsoft’s global Security Partner of the Year in 2021 for delivering excellence and innovative end-to-end security solutions – let us help you deploy and optimize your technology, security, and compliance, empowering you do to more with your teams.

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Understanding What’s Next for Cybersecurity Professionals — A Conversation with Jerry Carlson and Jack Wilson of Bulletproof
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO, PODCAST

Understanding What’s Next for Cybersecurity Professionals — A Conversation with Jerry Carlson and Jack Wilson of Bulletproof

Jerry Carlson has over three decades of IT and Security expertise, with 23 of these years spent at Microsoft. He currently leads a team of cyber security experts for Bulletproof across the United States. His team is driven by helping organizations protect themselves from cybercrime because they believe stealing is wrong. Jerry is an expert in the Microsoft security portfolio, including M365 Security (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Email, Defender for Identity), and Entra Cloud Permissions Management, as well as Microsoft Copilot for M365 and Copilot for Security. He has assisted many small and large businesses in transitioning from an outdated best of breed model to a Microsoft best in class integrated security platform, lowering their security expenses, enhancing their visibility, and ultimately decreasing risk.

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Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next? — Dr. Andrew Hutson of QFlow Systems and the University of Missouri-Columbia
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO, PODCAST

Artificial Intelligence: Where Are We Now, and What Comes Next? — Dr. Andrew Hutson of QFlow Systems and the University of Missouri-Columbia

For today’s episode, we do a deep dive into what must be the hottest topic of strategic and tactical business conversation across every industry and profession over the last 18 months: Artificial Intelligence.

AI is not as new as the popular imagination thinks, but there is no denying it has stepped into the spotlight and is now performing an incredibly array of tasks, with more applications and use-cases being added every day. Dr. Andrew Hutson is a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he is also the COO of the technology company QFlow Systems, which specializes in Document and Record Management. His extensive background in Artificial Intelligence, Workflow Automation, Knowledge Graphs, Enterprise Knowledge Management, and Data Visualization from both business and academic perspectives allow him to offer incredibly detailed and timely answers to some of the biggest questions we all have: How do we divide the hype from the reality? What does the current iterations of these technologies get right, what do they struggle with, and what is being done about that? Where are these tools going, and how can we ask the right questions and identify the right use cases to apply them to our own challenges and opportunities? For a wide-ranging conversation on all this and more with both theoretical and practical examples, give this episode a listen!

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Sanofi Manufacturing Transformation: Turning Science into Reality for Patients
LIFE SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO

Sanofi Manufacturing Transformation: Turning Science into Reality for Patients

As the Senior Vice President for Specialty Care Manufacturing & Supply at Sanofi in Paris, Daniela Ottini oversees the global Manufacturing Network for Specialty Care products. With extensive experience spanning over a decade at AbbVie, she has held leadership positions such as Vice President of External and Contract Manufacturing in Rome, Italy, and Vice President of Biologics Manufacturing in Dublin, Ireland. Her career highlights include managing diverse portfolios and leading strategic initiatives like the integration of AbbVie-Allergan for Operations. Previously, at Abbott, Daniela held various roles over 16 years, including Manufacturing Director in Italy and Regional Purchasing Manager in the UK. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Sapienza Università di Roma and a Master’s in Business Engineering from the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

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How AI is Changing Supply Chain Risk Management — A Conversation with Serena Peirson of ParkourSC
LIFE SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO, PODCAST

How AI is Changing Supply Chain Risk Management — A Conversation with Serena Peirson of ParkourSC

ParkourSC delivers agility and transparency in supply chain operations for pharmaceutical, life sciences, and biologics companies, to drive strategic innovation and resilience, enable timely decisions, narrow demand and supply variances, and increase revenue.

Our digital supply chain operations platform improves patient outcomes by ensuring compliance, quality, and timely delivery of sensitive therapies. The platform provides a “command center” to predict at-risk situations in the supply chain by monitoring the performance of every entity, flagging quality and compliance risks, automating workflows across organizations, fostering collaboration to resolve issues and prevent waste, and to bridge the gap in planning and execution cycles by automatically delivering real-time updates to planners.

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Daniela Ottini of Sanofi — How AI is Helping the Pharmaceutical Industry Reinvent Itself and Build Smart Factories
LIFE SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, VIDEO, PODCAST

Daniela Ottini of Sanofi — How AI is Helping the Pharmaceutical Industry Reinvent Itself and Build Smart Factories

At the 2024 edition of the Pharma Manufacturing World Summit we spoke with Daniela Ottini, Sanofi’s SVP, Manufacturing and Supply Head of Specialty Care, as a follow-up to a keynote presentation she gave the day before showcasing Sanofi’s ongoing transformation that is turning science into reality for patients. We explore how one of the giants of pharmaceutical manufacturing is embracing Artificial Intelligence with real-world examples, what kind of mindset is required from senior leadership to guide an organization through such a transformation, and what the new general of smart factories coming online promise for patients and the future of medicine. It is an exciting and inspiring conversation about the aspirational becoming reality. Give it a listen!

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The Speaker Roundtable from NAMES24 —A Conversation About Manufacturing Issues and Ideas
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO, PODCAST

The Speaker Roundtable from NAMES24 —A Conversation About Manufacturing Issues and Ideas

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from workforce development, training, and optimization, through to Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement, to Digital Transformation, Change Management, automation, AI, controlling costs, and much more, this wide-ranging conversation will see five senior executives speaking to the issues, ideas, innovations, and inspirations that matter to all of them as prompted by their peers. It is a fantastic deep dive into what is most relevant to manufacturing executives today. Give it a listen!

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Fireside Chat: Building Next-Generation Operations Management for a New World
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Building Next-Generation Operations Management for a New World

Magdi Batato has extensive experience in the manufacturing and technical area, combined with business experience in both developed and emerging markets. He is working to make Nestlé’s supply chain and production better and more sustainable, day by day. Magdi is passionate about sustainability and quality. In addition, he has a strong drive for societal engagement and an interest in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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Driving the Future: How Technology is Transforming Automotive Manufacturing
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Driving the Future: How Technology is Transforming Automotive Manufacturing

Over the course of her 34-year career at General Motors, Kelly DiPucchio’s leadership skills and hands-on approach in manufacturing environments differentiated her expertise. In her last role as Vice President, Global Manufacturing Engineering, she led 5000 global team members designing and installing tooling and processes across the global footprint for all new vehicles and propulsion systems including batteries and electric drive units. In addition to executing new product launches, her team implemented automation, device level analytics and AI to improve manufacturing quality, efficiency and cybersecurity. She has extensive background in new product development and global program management and is recognized for cross-functional collaboration and innovation.

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Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration

Natalia Méndez DeBriones, leads the medical devices manufacturing cluster for Philips. In her current role she is responsible for leading 13 manufacturing plants, located across the world.  She has been in Medical Devices manufacturing for the past 16 years and has experience in different roles:  Quality, Product Design, Plastic Molding & Extrusion, and is passionate about Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement. During her career, she has been able to transform and optimize manufacturing processes to better support customer needs and increase value brought to the company.  She enjoys working with interdisciplinary teams and finding new ways to achieve goals, while creating development opportunities for her team and others.

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How AI and Digitization is Shaping the Way Supply Chain is Managed
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

How AI and Digitization is Shaping the Way Supply Chain is Managed

Saad has 20 years of experience in E2E supply chain roles, across various consumer goods organizations, in multiple international and US locations. Saad has a passion for leading global supply organizations, digitization, process improvement, operational excellence, and transformational programs. Saad started his career with Unilever moving to British American Tobacco and currently working for Reckitt. He has held roles across entire supply chain including roles in engineering, plant operations, demand and supply planning, projects management, quality, logistics, warehousing, and customer services. He has work experience in different geographies across the globe which give him a unique perspective of different markets and global supply challenges.

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Use AI to Give Junior Operators The Performance of Experienced Staff
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Use AI to Give Junior Operators The Performance of Experienced Staff

Willem Sundblad is the co-founder and CEO of Oden Technologies, a company empowering operators by providing real-time, AI-driven prescriptive process setting recommendations and predictive quality directly to the front line. In his spare time, he is a contributing writer to Forbes.com and takes every chance he gets to enjoy the Green Mountains of Vermont.

Chris Rodgers is the Director of TPM for INX International Ink Co. INX with parent company, SAKATA INX Corp., is the third largest ink manufacturer in the world. From the beginning of his career with INX in 1994 to 2005, Chris worked in research and technical services. In 2005, Chris was asked to take on a newly created role in TPM. Since taking on this role, Chris has assisted with or led projects across INX operations to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

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Transforming Manufacturing Reliability: Accelerating Time-to-Value Through an AI-Driven RCM Solution for Optimal Efficiency and Streamlined Operations
MANUFACTURING, MANUFACTURING, VIDEO

Transforming Manufacturing Reliability: Accelerating Time-to-Value Through an AI-Driven RCM Solution for Optimal Efficiency and Streamlined Operations

Michael has spent his career aligning solutions to customer’s business goals, analyzing business practices, leading workshops, developing business cases, operating models, and road maps to determine solutions for intricate business problems, and motivating my team to deliver the desired solution. He brings great expertise in the field of maintenance, reliability, facilities, and capital management with a point focus on developing and or optimizing Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Integrated Work Managements (IWMS), Cloud, Mobile, Internet of Things (IOT), AI/ML Solutions.

Dr. Dhaval Patel is a Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) at IBM Research, where he has been driving innovation in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) since 2016. With a PhD in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore, Dr. Patel is a renowned expert in applying AI and ML technologies to solve complex industrial challenges.

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