
Speakers
Introducing our 2025 Smart Manufacturing Now! Conference Speakers

Chris Andrassy
Founder & CEO
Astral Insights

David Ariens
Author
The IT/OT Insider

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

Luis Gólcher
Principal
IPG

Jennifer Heckman
Sr. Manager, North America Sustainability Promotion
DENSO International America, Inc.

Doris Hill
Engineering Group Manager, Vehicle Chemical Regulatory Compliance and Certification (VCRC)
General Motors

David Hinkler
Executive Director, Global Professional Services
On Time Edge

Thibaut Jouanin
Executive Director of Industry
L-Acoustics

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

Nikhil Makhija
Sr. Manufacturing Systems Analyst
Fuji Film

Ayoub Mounaddam
Executive Director of IT & Digital
L-Acoustics

Swati Murthy, PhD
Director - Global Sustainability Solutions Practice
TCS

Dave Noller
Retired
Virginia Tech College of Engineering

Kiran Kumar Reddy Velagala
Solutions Architect
HCL Technologies Limited

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