
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.

David Hinkler
CEO

Dave Noller
Virginia Tech College of Engineering

Thibaut Jouanin
Executive Director of Industry
L-Acoustics

Ayoub Mounaddam
Executive Director of IT & Digital
L-Acoustics

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

Jeff Winter