
Speakers
Introducing our 2025 Smart Manufacturing Now! Conference Speakers

Chris Andrassy
Founder & CEO
Astral Insights

Julie Fraser
VP Research for Operations and
Manufacturing and facilitator of the MESA Smart
Manufacturing Community Smart Connected Supply Chain Group
Tech-Clarity

Joanne Friendman
CEO, Principal, Smart Manufacturing
Connektedmind Inc.

Jeremy Gibbs
Senior Manager, Digital Solutions and Data Centers
ATS Global

David Hinkler
Executive Director, Global Professional Services
On Time Edge

Naveen Mehata Kondamudi
Consulting Partner - Carbon & Energy - Sustainability Services Unit
TCS

Thibaut Jouanin
Executive Director of Industry
L-Acoustics

Nikhil Makhija
Sr. Manufacturing Systems Analyst
Fuji Film

Swati Murthy, PhD
Director - Global Sustainability Solutions Practice
TCS

Ayoub Mounaddam
Executive Director of IT & Digital
L-Acoustics

Dave Noller
Retired
Virginia Tech College of Engineering

Bill Rokos
CTO
Parsec Automation

Victor Venancio
Director of Digital Solutions LatAm
Samson Group

Brendan Walsh
IT Business Relationship Manager for Engineering, Supply Chain
Hypertherm

Trever White
Group Manager, Production Engineering
Toyota North America