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This list showcases the top United States based Manager operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kate Lynch
Manager, Digital Marketing of Allbirds
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About Allbirds: Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes.
Sang Ahn
Vice President and General Manager, Samsung Pay of Samsung Electronics
Sang Ahn is the VP & General Manager of Samsung Pay, Inc., responsible for driving the business and operations of Samsung’s mobile wallet in the U.S. Sang Ahn has been involved in Samsung Pay from day one by leading the investment and then strategic acquisition of a proprietary technology that became the basis for Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Today he leads teams in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City working closely with Samsung divisions in the U.S. and Korea. Sang Ahn also leads the commercialization of select Samsung services in the identity management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, and mobile browser spaces for the U.S. market. He reports to the Global SVP of Services at Samsung Electronics. Previously Sang Ahn was the Managing Director and Head of East Coast Investments for Samsung’s Global Innovation Center (GIC). GIC builds, buys, invests, and partners with innovative startups that can make a strategic impact for Samsung. At Samsung he invested in LoopPay (payments, acquired by Samsung), Automated Insights (language processing, acquired by Vista Equity) and Wevr (software and content for virtual reality). Prior to Samsung, Sang Ahn was a Principal at Dawntreader Ventures (a $300mm venture fund based in New York) where he served as a lead investor and Board Director of companies that have been acquired by leading technology companies such as Google, EMC, VeriSign, and IAC. As an entrepreneur, Sang Ahn was the founder and President of Glenkirk Advisors (technology advisory) and Founder & CEO of AhnWalker Therapeutics (novel drug development). Sang Ahn is a current Board Director of MarketFactory, an emerging financial technology company. Sang Ahn is a husband and father of two daughters and resides in Palo Alto, CA.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Bill Lee
Vice President and General Manager of Consumer Electronics Retail Operations of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jennifer Arnold
Senior Manager, Product Marketing – AI & IoT of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sungsoo Kim
Lead Product Manager of Samsung Electronics
Sungsoo is a business development and product management professional at Samsung Electronics. Recently, he has led the effort to launch Samsung Pass, which is an ‘identity management-as- a-service’ using iris technology. In the past, he has launched several products at Samsung and also worked at multiple Fortune 500 technology companies.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Gabriela Rojas
Sr. Technical Program Manager – Samsung Developer Program of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sonji Thompson
Design Project Manager, Samsung Austin R&D Center of Samsung Electronics
Sonji Thompson is a Design Program Manager at Samsung Austin R&D Center whereshe is primarily responsible for removing road blocks and enabling teams to deliverIP for mobile and automotive Samsung products. She is a passionate advocate forwomen and has lead the SARC Women In Technology at Samsung EmployeeResource Group for the past 4 years. This year she is co-leading the ERG forsmoother transition out in 2020.Sonji has over 28 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, ranging fromproduct engineering, failure analysis, custom design and chip integrationengineering at Motorola/Freescale. She had been a manager for 10 of those yearsand transitioned to project and program management when joining Samsung in2010.Sonji also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin inElectrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from NationalTechnology University through course and project work from several highlyrenowned universities. She has lived primarily in Texas, Houston and Austin. Shecurrently resides in Austin with her husband, their teenage son and daughter, anddog Bandit. She loves to travel, hike, and spend time with family and friends.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Rob Threlkeld
Global Manager – Sustainable Energy, Supply & Reliability of General Motors
Rob Threlkeld is global manager of renewable energy for General Motors, leading the company’s commitment to meet the electricity needs of its global operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Rebecca Harris
Senior Manager, Customer Engagement Center Of Expertise of General Motors
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Rebecca Harris
Senior Manager, Customer Engagement Center Of Expertise of General Motors
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
David Farr
Global Senior Manager Sales Support of Honeywell
David Farr is currently Sales Support Senior Manager for Honeywell UOP Russell, the cryogenic NGL recovery division of UOP Gas Processing. He joined UOP in 1995 as a process engineer in the Separex Membrane area and has held various positions in sales support, R&D and field service. David was lead engineer for UOP’s Talisman Malaysia and PTTEP Arthit offshore membrane installations through basic engineering and was also chief commissioning engineer for these projects. He also was chief commissioning engineer for PTT’s Bangpakong Separex Unit, which was later moved to PTT GSP-6 as will be discussed in the presentation.
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Michael Garceau
General Manager – North America Region of Honeywell
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Mick Koster
Vice President and General Manager of Lowe’s Iris of Lowe’s
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
Netanel Nutman
Sr. QA Manager SDK and Software of SanDisk
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About Keller Williams Realty, SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Esperanza Teasdale
Vice President/General Manager of PepsiCo
Esperanza Teasdale leads shopper marketing for national customers and sets “opt-in” strategy and plans to multiply key customer growth. She has an extensive history at PepsiCo, beginning as brand manager in 2003. She has demonstrated excellence in a range of roles, most recently as senior director of shopper marketing for small format where her team won three vendor awards at 7-Eleven. She is a graduate of Rutgers University’s College of Engineering and the University of Connecticut.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Lucia Ying
Title Senior Manager New Business Development – Food Service of PepsiCo
Lucia Ying is a Senior Brand Manager at PepsiCo with a focus on communication, innovation and brand strategy for the Lipton brand. In this role, she leads the North America communication strategy and innovation development/commercialization, helping to extend the Lipton brand into new forms, categories, and channels while addressing consumers’ needs in the demand space. Lucia has also led Lipton’s e-commerce strategy, expanding the brand into new online shopping channels and developing e-commerce specific marketing activities. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Lucia held various roles in marketing analytics and strategy at The Nielsen Company, where she advised multinational CPG clients on marketing mix optimization strategies in both the US and in China. Lucia holds a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Outside of the office, Lucia loves to travel and explore new cultures and cuisines. She particularly enjoys learning about fashion and recently completed the two year Fashion Design program at the Parsons School of Design.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Kate Santore
Sr Manager Integrated Marketing Communications – Coca-Cola Creative Strategy of The Coca-Cola Company
Kate Santore is the Sr. Marketing and Branding Leader at The Coca-Cola Company
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About The Coca-Cola Company: The Coca-Cola Company distributes coke, diet coke, and other soft drinks worldwide.
Liza Yap Etu
Sr. Shopper Marketing Manager of The Coca-Cola Company
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About The Coca-Cola Company: The Coca-Cola Company distributes coke, diet coke, and other soft drinks worldwide.
Liza Yap Etu
Sr. Shopper Marketing Manager of The Coca-Cola Company
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About The Coca-Cola Company: The Coca-Cola Company distributes coke, diet coke, and other soft drinks worldwide.
John Moore
Technical Services Manager, Component Sales of Ford Motor
John Moore was born, raised and currently resides in the Motor City, just miles from where Henry Ford put the world on wheels. Currently, John leverages over 20 years of technical experience and holds a Master Degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Michigan where he focused on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networking/Security. John brings over a decade of Information Security experience, holds his CISSP and has spoken at multiple conferences over the years where he always attempts to place an emphasis on cutting edge research and cybersecurity awareness issues. Today, John remains active in technology and cybersecurity education and has provided expertise to multiple Fortune 10 companies including GE and Ford Motor Company. As of recent John is responsible for designing and integrating cyber-security solutions and controls as well as engineering the security mindset into Ford Motor Company’s Autonomous Vehicle program and Ecosystem. In his free time, John also likes to find ways to integrate cybersecurity thinking into his everyday activities and he is always happy to talk about all things technology and security.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Mark Howell
Technical Specialist & Manager IT Facilities Engineering of Ford Motor
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Darren Shelcusky
Manager Platform Enablement of Ford Motor
Darren Shelcusky is a 36 year veteran in the automotive industry, where he has led software based initiatives in manufacturing, product development, testing labs, in-vehicle, and connected vehicles. He is a Manager in the Ford Mobility Platform Enablement team, and is responsible for driving the adoption and measurable results around APIs and platforms, as well as applying industry best practices to foster scalable, agile, API-led development. Darren earned a B.S. in Systems Engineering at General Motors Institute and an MBA from Penn State University. He has 12 patents for various connected vehicle and telematics innovations globally.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Shounak Athavale
AI & Computing Research Manager, IT, GFL of Ford Motor
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Sarah Holm
Digital & Social Media Communications Manager in North America of Ford Motor
Sarah Holm is a digital and social media communications manager in North America at Ford Motor Company.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Jessica Banish
Sr. Commodity Manager, Travel, Fleet & Living of General Electric
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About General Electric, Three Keys Distillery: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Dan Chaplin
Senior Business Development Manager of General Electric
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Marco Aimi
Microsystems Technology Manager of General Electric
Marco Aimi is the Technology Manager for Microsystems at GE Global Research. He joined GE in 2005 as a Materials Scientist researching new fabrication processes for MEMS devices. Over his time at GE Global Research he expended his role to include the mechanical and electrical design of both the MEMS transducer and the overall Microsystem. Marco has led several programs at GRC including the multi-year effort to build and productize high power RF MEMS switches along with the transition of a MEMS sensor production process into GE Global Research.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Marco Aimi
Microsystems Technology Manager of General Electric
Marco Aimi is the Technology Manager for Microsystems at GE Global Research. He joined GE in 2005 as a Materials Scientist researching new fabrication processes for MEMS devices. Over his time at GE Global Research he expended his role to include the mechanical and electrical design of both the MEMS transducer and the overall Microsystem. Marco has led several programs at GRC including the multi-year effort to build and productize high power RF MEMS switches along with the transition of a MEMS sensor production process into GE Global Research.
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About General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Bill Goldsmith
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA of CCL Industries
Bill Goldsmith is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Andy Iseli
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube of CCL Industries
Andy Iseli is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Allison Phillips
Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media of CCL Industries
Allison Phillips is a Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media at CCL Industries.
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About Avery Dennison, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Kaihan Ashtiani
Corporate Vice President & General Manager of Lam Research
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Benny Yap
Senior Engineering Manager of Lam Research
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Adnan Qureshi
Senior Manager Planning Systems & Analytics of Lam Research
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Bruce Reynolds
Manager, Corporate Communications of Steelcase
Bruce Reynolds is the manager of corporate communications at Steelcase.
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About Steelcase: Steelcase is the global company that manufactures furniture, interior architecture, and technology products and services.
Mike Reiter
Production Fabrication Manager of Local Motors
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About Local Motors: Local Motors is an American motor vehicle company that creates and delivers safe and accessible mobility solutions for local communities.
James Rivera
Build Floor Manager, PHX of Local Motors
James “Tony” Rivera was born and raised in southern Arizona, where his love of all things mechanical began. In high school, he was heavily involved in the school’s auto shop and drafting programs. This combination inspired James to enter mechanical engineering after graduating. James received his BS in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State University. Before working with Local Motors, James expanded his knowledge in mechanical engineering through an internship at OPM Customs, Baja SAE, and other personal projects. While working at OPM Customs, James was involved in performing custom modifications and restoration work on Camaros, Mustangs, and multiple older-model Ferraris. James is also heavily involved in Baja SAE, and was Chief Engineer for the 08-09 season, and Team Captain for the 09-10 season. He began working at Local Motors as an Engineering Intern in summer 2010, and now works full-time as a production/R&D engineer. While not working, James enjoys anything outdoors, especially if he is driving his Toyota rock crawler/daily driver.
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About Local Motors: Local Motors is an American motor vehicle company that creates and delivers safe and accessible mobility solutions for local communities.
Douglas Moore
General Manager, Portfolio Business Management of Toyota Motor
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About Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
John Froschauer
Sr Manager Vehicle Services of Toyota Motor
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About Toyota Motor, Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
Geri Yoza
National Manager of Toyota Motor
Geri Yoza is the Natinoal Manager of Fuel Cell Vehicles at Toyota North America.
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About Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
Lilyann Troy
Business Operations Manager of Eclipse Ventures
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About Eclipse Ventures: Eclipse Ventures helps entrepreneurs build companies that will boldly transform the industries that define and propel economies.
Amanda Rosenberg
Product Analytics Manager of Grove Collaborative
Amanda Rosenberg is the Data and Insight Analyst at The Weather Channel, LLC. since August 2013. Amanda has worked in Ad Operations on the publisher side for 4 years. After becoming proficient in campaign management she has focused on training teams how to analyze campaigns, developing advanced reporting, building documentation and campaign performance optimizations. Prior to the Weather Company, Amanda worked as a Associate Web Analyst for e-Commerce Conversion at Williams Sonoma where she perfected her analytic skills and learned to manage large sets of data. Previously, Amanda was a Campaign Manager at Jumpstart Automotive Group. Amanda earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Amanda currently resides in San Francisco.
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About Grove Collaborative: Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home and personal care products and is the leader in zero-plastic CPG.
Girish Wable
Manager, Precision Engineering of Jabil
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
David Wahl
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Jabil Digital Office of Jabil
David Wahl is a VP Operations & General Manager at Jabil.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Kristin Robertson
Vice President & General Manager, Autonomous Systems Division of The Boeing Company
Kristin Robertson is vice president and general manager of Autonomous Systems, a division within Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) that focuses on autonomous technologies, intelligence capabilities and networking solutions from seabed to space. Robertson joined the company in 1994, and has held various leadership positions to include vice president of Tiltrotor programs and Bell Boeing V-22 program director, and most recently as vice president of Engineering and chief engineer for BDS Strike, Surveillance and Mobility. Prior to Boeing, Robertson was employed by the U.S. Navy as a civilian electronics engineer at the Naval Aviation Depot in San Diego, Calif. She received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of California in San Diego and her master’s degree in international business from Saint Louis University. Robertson serves on the board of directors for Saint Louis University and the St. Louis Area Foodbank. She is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society and the Society of Women Engineers.
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Walt Odisho
Vice President/General Manager 737 MAX Program and Renton, WA Site Leader of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company, The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Joshua Schlager
Sr. Manager, Enterprise Architecture of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
George Velius
Strategic Innovation, Project Manager of The Boeing Company
George Velius is a co-founder of TradeHarbor with more than 30 years of experience in forward-looking applications of speech technology at Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Southwestern Bell Technology Resources. As an inventor, scientist, engineer, and business development professional, he has demonstrated success in bringing new technologies into business reality, including technical leadership of two previous start-up companies, PaylinX Corp. and Veritel Corporation. Mr. Velius is the inventor/author of 3 U.S. patents – Voice Biometric on Smart Card, Speech Technology-Enabled Operator Assistance, and Transparent Telephony.
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Sophia Bright
BDS 777X Program Manager of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Cary Kaczowka
Customer Engineering Manager of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Gary Mesick
Manager, Analytics Lifecycle Data of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company, University of Washington: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Gary Mesick
Manager, Analytics Lifecycle Data of The Boeing Company
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About The Boeing Company, University of Washington: Boeing Company manufactures and sells aircraft, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites and provides product leasing and support services.
Aron Bohl
Software Engineering Manager of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar, My Dealer Service: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Shannon Duvendack
IIoT Digital New Product Introduction Manager of Caterpillar
Shannon Duvendack is the IIoT Digital New Product Introduction Manager for Caterpillar’s Digital and Technology Solutions group. She manages IIoT Digital New Product Introductions by working closely with the industry groups to design and develop IIoT customer solution offerings. Shannon is a software engineer by training with a passion for learning new technology and building solutions that help customers succeed. Shannon has worked in software development, supply chain, purchasing, remanufacturing and IIoT Digital product development at Caterpillar.
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Jim Hawkins
General Manager of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Ben Hafele
Lean Innovation Manager of Caterpillar
Ben Hafele is the Lean Innovation Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Kevin Espinosa
Digital Marketing Product Manager of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Kim Doe
Business Manager of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Brett Haskins
Global Consulting Manager of Caterpillar
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Nick Halabi
Digital Engineering Manager of Caterpillar
Nick Halabi is the IIoT Digital Release Manager for Caterpillar’s Electric Power Digital and Technology Organization. Nick leads a SAFe Agile development team in building industry-specific digital solutions utilizing ThingWorx. Nick successfully lead the development of CAT Remote Asset Monitoring system, which supports CAT’s Electric Power, and Marine business segments. Nick is a SAFe Certified Scrum Master whom has extensive experience leading customer focused Software Development methodology.
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About Caterpillar: Caterpillar has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent.
Katie Rob Ambrose
Senior Manager, Employer Brand and Diversity and Inclusion of Unilever
Katie Rob Ambrose currently heads up the employer brand team for Unilever North America. Her career has been marked by pivots — from junior high teacher to instructional designer to marketing manager to employer branding — each time building new teams and new capabilities from the ground-up. She started her career in employer branding at CenturyLink nearly three years ago, after a successful stint as a marketing product and campaign manager, with a goal of bringing a marketing mindset to human resources. Now, after joining Unilever 18 months ago, she’s on a mission to make Unilever a household name for top talent with an eye on the company’s commitment to making sustainable living commonplace through their talent and their fans.
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Joe Hanko
Product Delivery Manager, Developed Markets of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Michael Brucker
Digital Marketing Manager (Demand Generation) of Chevron
Recognized senior marketing executive with over 15 years experience delivering exceptional results in customer acquisition and revenue growth for early stage startups and Fortune 500 enterprises through innovative marketing programs and leadership. Expertise in high impact online marketing strategy & execution across multiple channels with focus on customer acquisition, lead/demand generation and funnel optimization. Exceptional track record in technology B2B solutions, cloud and SaaS.
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About Chevron: Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.
Jana Multhaup
General Manager, Applications Management of Chevron
Jana has more than 30 years of IT experience leading both project and operations organizations at Chevron. In her current role as general manager of applications management, she is responsible for the strategy and support of Chevron’s global ERPs and integration platforms, as well as application development standards across the enterprise. She has held a variety of management positions in the past 15 years focused on delivering IT strategy and services to a number of Chevron businesses, including SAP global application manager, CIO Americas products, CIO global lubricants and IT manager for Chevron’s credit card enterprises. Earlier in her career Jana was involved in application architecture and technical project management. She is actively involved in Girls Who Code as a local high school mentor and advisor. Jana has a BS in computer science from Washington State University.
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About Chevron: Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.
Ed Moore
Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Manager of Chevron
Ed Moore Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Manager Chevron Information Technology Company Ed Moore is Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Manager, Chevron Information Technology Company.
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About Chevron: Chevron is an integrated energy and technology company with subsidiaries that conduct businesses under Chevron, Texaco and Caltex brands.
Brett Icahn
Portfolio Manager of the Sargon Portfolio of Icahn Enterprises
Brett Icahn has been employed by Carl Icahn and his affiliated investment funds since 2002 and is currently responsible for co-executing an investment strategy across all industries as a Portfolio Manager of the Sargon Portfolio for Icahn Capital. Brett Icahn currently serves as director of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., Cadus Corporation, Voltari Corporation and American Railcar Industries, Inc. Brett Icahn received a B.A. from Princeton University.
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About Icahn Enterprises: Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP), a master limited partnership, is a diversified holding company engaged in nine primary business.
David Schechter
Portfolio Manager of the Sargon Portfolio of Icahn Enterprises
David Schechter has been employed by Carl Icahn and his affiliated investment funds since 2004 and is currently responsible for co-executing an investment strategy across all industries as a Portfolio Manager of the Sargon Portfolio for Icahn Capital. David Schechter currently serves as a director of Mentor Graphics Corporation and The Hain Celestial Group Inc. David Schechter received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Icahn Enterprises: Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP), a master limited partnership, is a diversified holding company engaged in nine primary business.
Amelia Le
Digital Marketing Manager of Mattel
Amelia is the digital marketing manager for the Thomas & Friends brand at Mattel Inc. She has over 8 years of digital experience specializing in digital and social media marketing. Amelia leads a team of social media and digital creatives that focus on creating compelling content and ultimately driving consumer engagement with the Thomas & Friends brand. Prior to joining Mattel, Amelia worked at LinkedIn in the early stages of the company’s development. She has taken that data-driven start-up mentality and applied it to her work at Mattel.
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About Mattel: Mattel is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and family products.
Michael Tweddle
President and General Manager, Platform Management of Quest Software
Michael has more than 17 years of experience working in many areas of enterprise software including Windows management, IT security and compliance software. Most recently, Michael was the Sr. Director of Outbound Product Management for the One Identity business and worked closely with product management, product marketing, customers, partners, and analysts to ensure the business delivered the right portfolio of solutions to market. Prior to joining the One Identity team, Michael was the Chief Strategy Officer at BetterCloud which delivered SaaS solutions to manage and secure cloud office platforms such as Google Apps and Office 365. Michael has also held various leadership positions in product management at Quest Software/Dell Software, most notably as the executive director of product management for Dell Software’s Windows Management business. Michael is also a founding member of Product Tank Atlanta. With close to 700 members, this group meets quarterly to discuss building, managing, selling, and marketing great software and SaaS solutions. Michael holds a bachelor in Management Information Systems from Texas Tech University and a MBA, Finance from St. Thomas University.
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About Dell, Quest Software: Quest Software is a software manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and supports software used by IT professionals.
Zubair Ahmad
Staff Product Manager – Automotive Product of Qualcomm
Zubair Ahmad is staff product manager at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., in San Diego, California, within the Qualcomm CDMA Technologies division. Zubair has held multiple hardware design and applications engineering roles with top global companies since 2004, including Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems and Broadcom. At Qualcomm, Zubair has been a hardware design engineer, applications engineer and most recently, product manager for development platforms. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of New Orleans, and an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Rahul Patel
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm
Rahul Patel serves as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity for Qualcomm Technologies Inc., (QCT), where he is currently responsible for QCT’s connectivity and networking businesses and leads the Wired/Wireless, Infrastructure and Networking (WIN) and Mobile, Computing and Location (MCL) product management organizations. Prior to this role, Rahul was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Wireless Connectivity in the Broadband and Connectivity Group at Broadcom where he managed the product roadmap, market, business development and applications engineering organizations to expand Broadcom’s WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS leadership across all market segments. During his 13 year career with Broadcom, Rahul has had a strong track record of developing successful product lines, driving P&L growth and developing strong teams. Before his work at Broadcom, Rahul worked at HIFN, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Tritech Microelectronics and EPSON.S-MOS Systems. Rahul is a veteran of the semiconductor and telecommunications industry with more than 20 years of experience in product and business development for networking and wireless connectivity solutions. Rahul holds an MBA from Santa Clara University in California, a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from NIT in Warangal, India.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Gerardo Romo
Staff Engineer/Manager of Qualcomm
He is a Staff Engineer/Manager at Qualcomm.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Sapna Hegde
Senior Product Manager of Qualcomm
Sapna Hegde is a Product Manager for Qualcomm Technologies’ software products. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Sapna held software development roles at IBM and Cognizant Technologies Inc. Sapna has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from India and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from UC San Diego. When not extolling the virtues of Qualcomm’s software products, Sapna can be found building Lego dinosaurs with her son in San Diego.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Prince Gupta
Senior Product Manager of Qualcomm
Prince Gupta is a Senior Product Manager of XR product management for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. where he drives the development of next generation augmented and virtual reality software and hardware, leads competitive analysis for the XR industry and manages strategic partnerships with XR technology partners. Prince has more than 10 years of experience working on computer vision and deep learning technologies applied to augmented and virtual reality, which resulted in world-class device launches including Oculus GO and Quest, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and HTC Vive Focus. Prince has commercialized computational photography camera features in Qualcomm Snapdragon camera that have launched in 100+ million smartphones. He is the author of more than 10 patents in this space and has given talks around the world to academic and commercial audiences. Prince received his Master of Science (2010) degree in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida and Master of Business Administration (2016) degree from the University of California San Diego.
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About Qualcomm: Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
Dean Putney
Software Engineering Manager of Glowforge
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About Glowforge: Glowforge is a manufacturer of 3D laser printers intended to offer printing services on a wide range of materials and many more.
Scott Stevelinck
Sr Manager of an Engineering Facility of Garmin
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About Garmin: Garmin manufactures marine, aviation, and consumer technologies suitable to run on global positioning systems.
Bob Halliday
VP & General Manager, interim CFO of Applied Materials
Bob Halliday was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Applied Materials, Inc. in February 2013. He previously was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates prior to Applied’s acquisition of the company in November 2011. During his tenure, Varian achieved record financial and stock performance and he was named a top CFO by Institutional Investor magazine. Since the acquisition of Varian, Mr. Halliday served as general manager of the implant business unit within Applied’s Silicon Systems Group. He previously worked at Ionics, Inc., a manufacturer of water treatment capital equipment, where he served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Mr. Halliday earned master of business administration and bachelor of science degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has been a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Applied Materials, Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Ali Salehpour
Senior Vice President, General Manager New Markets and Service Group of Applied Materials
Ali Salehpour is senior vice president and general manager of the New Markets and Service Group at Applied Materials where he is extending the company’s materials engineering leadership into significant growth opportunities. He leads the services business supporting customers in all market segments, and is also responsible for the Display and Flexible Technology group. Under his direction, Applied is driving the flat panel display industry roadmap to enable enhanced touch panels, flexible substrates and OLED displays. Mr. Salehpour joined Applied in 2012 with more than 28 years of industry experience and a successful track record of developing products, delivering customer satisfaction, growing market share and new businesses, building high-performance teams, and developing a competitive supply chain. Prior to Applied, he was a senior vice president and general manager at KLA-Tencor, and spent ten years with Schlumberger Test Systems (formerly Fairchild Test Systems). Mr. Salehpour received his bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics from California State University at Long Beach.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
David Hanny
Semiconductor Industry Marketing Manager of Applied Materials
David Hanny has been working in the nano-manufacturing industries for the past 25 years as a supplier of automation software. During this time, David has been successful in bringing multiple innovative software products to market that are being used in semiconductor, display, and pharma industries. He has done extensive work in the areas of material handling controls, RFID, and advanced short-interval scheduling. Prior to his position at Applied, David worked in the high-end visual simulation market providing real-time solutions in the airline, automotive, entertainment, and military segments. Hanny has a BS degree in computer science from Weber St. University. He is the author of the book RFID Applied and has been published several times in technical and business articles. He is a husband and father of 5 daughters. David coaches an elite level fastpitch softball team and is fluent in Japanese.
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About Applied Materials: Applied Materials provides manufacturing solutions for the semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic industries.
Kevin Daugherty
Plant Manager of Flex
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About Flex: Flex is the Sketch-to-Scale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products for a connected world.
Wil Florentino
Sr. Strategic Marketing Manager of Micron Technology
Wil Florentino is an Industrial Automation Segment Specialist at Renesas Electronics America, where he focuses on industrial networking, sensors, and Industrial IoT applications. He has 20 years of experience in industrial-focused technical marketing of processors, single board computers, and FPGAs. Prior to joining Renesas, he worked at Xilinx and Altera in strategic marketing roles related to industrial applications.
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Shawn Adams
Senior Product Line Manager of Micron Technology
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About Micron Technology: Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
David Koch
Global Product Manager, DAM of Mars
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About Mars: Mars is a manufacturer of pet food, confectionery, and other food products.
David Chickanosky
Sr. Operations Manager of Toshiba Corporation
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About Toshiba Corporation: Toshiba Corporation manufactures and markets advanced electronic and electrical products.
Cheryl Clark
Product Launch/Customer Service Manager of Action Fabricators
Cheryl joined Action in 1999. Prior to coming to Action she held management positions in purchasing and customer service with Valspar Corporation and Information Decisions. Cheryl holds a BA in Business from Davenport University.
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About Action Fabricators: Action Fab provides custom-made tapes, adhesive and non-adhesive-backed foams, rubbers, plastics and other specialty materials.
Geoff Smith
Manager of GE Ventures
Geoff Smith is the Director & Customer Technical Support at Cepheid.
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About Cepheid, GE Ventures: GE Ventures combines capital, expertise, infrastructure, and the GE global network to help accelerate the growth of businesses.
Oden Warren
General Manager of Bruker
Dr. Oden L. Warren was the President and Chief Technology Officer at Hysitron, Inc. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1993 from Iowa State University of Science & Technology, where he studied as an Amoco Foundation Fellow. His graduate research on surface crystallography of reconstructed thin films earned him an Alpha Chi Sigma Research Excellence Award. Thereafter, he conducted postdoctoral research at Sandia National Laboratories-New Mexico, and at The University of Western Ontario, in the area of interfacial force microscopy. After joining Hysitron in 1998, he led the development effort for the TriboIndenter® nanomechanical test instrument, the company’s flagship product. In 2005, his concept of a three-dimensional nanomechanical tester received a Nano 50 Award from Nanotech Briefs for the physically realized 3D OmniProbe™ product. He is the Principal Investigator for Phase I (completed successfully in 2005) and Phase II (ongoing) SBIR grants awarded by the US Department of Energy for the development of quantitative nanoindentation in-situ to a transmission electron microscope. He also represents the company in drafting ASTM and ISO standards for instrumented indentation. He has been issued 11 US patents, given more than 30 invited talks, and has co-authored more than 70 papers, on nanomechanics, nanotribology, and surface science. Oden’s papers have been cited over 2500 times with an h-index of 25. In 2015 Oden received Iowa State University’s John V. Atanasoff Discovery Award, awarded to alumni who have significantly advanced scientific knowledge through laboratory accomplishments and/or management. His latest research interests include optimizing feedback-controlled nanoindentation, enhancing the role of nanoindentation in combinatorial materials science, and understanding fundamental deformation mechanisms through quantitative nanoindentation coupled to transmission electron microscopy. His technical expertise spans the range of nanomechanics, scanning probe microscopy, instrumentation and software development, capacitive transducer and piezoelectric actuator design, and ultra-high vacuum surface science.
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About Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Scott Tarran
Service Operations Manager of Bruker
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About Bruker, Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Scott Tarran
Service Operations Manager of Bruker
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About Bruker, Bruker: Bruker is a manufacturer of analytical and medical instruments covering NMR, ESR, FT-IR, X-RAY spectroscopy.
Milind Balaji
Senior Supply Chain Manager of Georgia-Pacific
Milind Balaji works with Georgia-Pacific’s Cellulose division and is responsible for a range of initiatives spanning supply-chain technology, personnel training, product standards for pulp, global warehouse protocols while streamlining warehouse network design. Innovation is a key part of the supply-chain in Georgia-Pacific and Milind’s team seeks to lead the digital transformation needed in mill logistics operations while enhancing the product quality and end-user experience leveraging the best technology available. Within Georgia-Pacific, Milind started with the Marine logistics team handling ocean and air exports to the Middle East and Asia and was then was promoted to a position building the Cellulose supply-chain team initially focusing on GP Cellulose’s North American supply chain. He joined Georgia-Pacific in 2010 after a background in the frozen poultry industry with Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. handing international exports and before that with C.H. Robinson in domestic freight brokerage.
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About Georgia-Pacific: Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions.
Matt Tiller
Project Manager, Remediation of Georgia-Pacific
Matt Tiller serves as the Project Manager of Remediation at Georgia Pacific.
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About Georgia-Pacific: Georgia-Pacific creates long-term value by using resources efficiently to provide innovative products and solutions.
Daniel Rounds
Senior Program Manager & Acquisition Engineer of Northrop Grumman
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About Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman is a global security company providing solutions for sectors such as aerospace, electronics and technical services.
Mark Chaney
Engineering Manager of John Deere
Mark Chaney is an engineering manager at John Deere within the automation delivery organization. His role includes development and delivery responsibilities for machine and job automation, including computer vision. Most people don’t associate agriculture with high-tech, but in reality, some of the most advanced technology like computer vision is being used on farms and revolutionizing the way the food on our plates are grown. Mark can speak about the unique challenges of agriculture and how computer vision enables farmers to “see” beyond human capacity to make important, in-the-moment decisions and gather data that is used to create insights at any point in a growing season.
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About John Deere: John Deere manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
Kelly Sikkema
Manager, User Experience of John Deere
Manager, User Experience at John Deere.
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About John Deere: John Deere manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
Edward Olson
Product Manager – Digitization of John Deere
Product Manager – Digitization at John Deere.
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About John Deere: John Deere manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
William Fossey
Engineering Manager, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce products of John Deere
Engineering Manager, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain, Commerce products at John Deere.
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About John Deere: John Deere manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery.
Scott D. Buckiso
General Manager of United States Steel
Scott D. Buckiso joined U. S. Steel in 1990 as a management associate at Mon Valley Works’ Irvin Plant. From 1990 to 2004, he advanced through a series of increasingly responsible positions in finishing operations at the Irvin Plant, as well as casting at Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and finishing operations at Great Lakes Works in Ecorse and River Rouge, Mich. In 2004, Mr. Buckiso was named division manager of rolling at Great Lakes Works, and in 2005, he added oversight of the plant’s finishing operations to his area of responsibility. In 2006, he relocated to the Republic of Serbia to serve as general manager of finishing at the former U. S. Steel Serbia. Mr. Buckiso returned to North America in 2007 when he was named plant manager of U. S. Steel Canada’s Lake Erie Works after U. S. Steel completed its acquisition of Canadian steelmaker Stelco Inc. He was appointed plant manager – finishing at Gary Works in Gary, Ind., in 2009. Two years, later, he was named general manager – Mon Valley Works, with responsibility for operations at four facilities: Edgar Thomson Plant (primary operations) in Braddock, Pa.; Irvin Plant (finishing) in West Mifflin, Pa.; Clairton Plant (coking and coal chemical operation) in Clairton, Pa.; and Fairless Plant (galvanizing) near Philadelphia. Mr. Buckiso was appointed to his current position effective June 1, 2015. In this role, he has executive responsibility for the company’s operations in the Slovak Republic.
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About United States Steel: United States Steel is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada.
Corey Willson
National Sales Manager of 3M
Corey Willson holds a BSME from the University of Texas and has over 20 years with the 3M Dynatel Locating and Marking business holding leadership positions in Manufacturing, Marketing and Business Development. He has been a featured speaker at numerous industry conferences and has been published in leading industry journals. Corey serves on the advisory board of the CGA Excavation Safety Conference and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Common Ground Alliance and a liason for their Data Reporting and Technology committees and was a recipient of the 2011 Jim Barron Award from the CGA for contributions to the national 811 campaign. Corey has conducted training seminars in the US, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe.
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About 3M: 3M operates as a diversified technology company, manufacturing more than 55,000 products, including adhesives, laminates, and many more.
Dan Veoni
Business Development Manager of 3M
Dan Veoni serves as Vice President of Government Affairs at AMSA. In this role, Dan develops AMSA’s policy positions, designs and implements all legislative and regulatory issue advocacy initiatives, participates in the planning and execution of strategic communications efforts associated with issue advocacy, and is staff liaison to AMSA’s Government Affairs Committee. Dan also serves as Treasurer and manager of AMSA’s political action committee (AMPAC). Prior to joining AMSA, Dan was professional staff on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee at the U.S. House of Representatives. Dan managed the highway safety, motor carrier, and highway research portfolio on behalf of Chairman Bill Shuster and former Chairman John Mica. Dan drafted the Highway Safety and Transportation Research and Education Titles in the House’s Surface Transportation Reauthorization proposal (H.R. 7) and negotiated highway safety and research provisions on behalf of the Committee during MAP-21 (P.L. 112-141) Conference Committee meetings with Senate staff. Dan is a graduate of Michigan State University and is currently pursuing a master’s in public policy from George Mason University.
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About 3M: 3M operates as a diversified technology company, manufacturing more than 55,000 products, including adhesives, laminates, and many more.
Cameron White
Manager, Engineering Solutions of Raytheon
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About Raytheon: Raytheon Technologies is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services.
Robert Xu
Enterprise Applications Solutions Manager – Technology and Mobility of Varian
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About Varian: Varian Medical Systems is a manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions.
