
Speakers
Introducing our 2024 Smart Manufacturing Now! Conference Speakers

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