Speakers
Introducing our 2024 Smart Manufacturing Now! Conference Speakers - 2025 speakers coming soon!
Alejandro Araque
Distributor Partner Manager
Rockwell Automation
Erin Chase
Director, Kaizen Promotion Office - Global Teams
Pursuit Aerospace
Jan de Nijs
LM Fellow, Enterprise Digital Production
Lockheed Martin - Aero
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.
Luis Golcher
Senior Consultant in Advanced Manufacturing
IPG
David Hinkler
Global Manufacturing IT Director, Pharma 4.0
Thermo Fisher
Ken Marapese
Information Solutions Technical Consultant
Rockwell Automation
Jim Molter
Senior IT Manager
Komatsu Mining Technologies
Sarah Morgan
Director Digital Supply Chain
Kellanova
Karl-Heinz Niemann
Professor
University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover – Institute for Sensor and Automation Technology
Dave Noller
Adjunct Professor and
facilitator of the MESA Smart Manufacturing Community Smart
Connected Factory Group
Virginia Tech
Geeta Rohra
Global Head - Advisory, IoT and Digital Engineering
Tata Consultancy Services
Lau Skovgaard
Head of Product Marketing
Cognite
Will Spears
Senior Product Owner – Smart Manufacturing
Sonoco
Martin Strempel
Business Development Manager Data Analytics
iTAC Software
Tim Tunkel
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Genera
Surya Valluri
CSO
Aditya Birla Center
Audrey Van de Castle
Director, Digital Transformation
Stanley Black & Decker
Matt Weaver
Global Technical Director
Rockwell Automation
Trever White
Group Manager, Production Engineering
Toyota North America
Jeff Winter
Christoph Wust
Retired
Previously Ford Motor Company