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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a President 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.
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.
John Godfrey
Vice President of Public Policy of Samsung Electronics
John Godfrey is Vice President of Public Policy for Samsung Electronics America, a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea. Based in Washington, D.C., he represents Samsung in external relations with government and industry, focusing on communications policy and technical regulations related to digital television, wireless spectrum, health care, environment, broadband, accessibility, and other areas. An active participant in the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Godfrey is a member of the CEA Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Video Division Board, and the Government Affairs Council, among other groups. He is also a current member and past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, the standards developing organization for digital television broadcasting. Prior to joining Samsung in 2006, Godfrey was vice president of government affairs for Pioneer North America; and previously, he was director of government affairs for Sony Electronics, also in Washington. Earlier, he was with the Information Technology Industry Council, a trade association of leading information technology companies; the National Research Council, the policy research arm of the National Academies of Science and Engineering; and SRI International. Godfrey has a Master of Arts degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University, a Master of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
David Eun
Chief Innovation Officer & President of Samsung Electronics
As President of AOL Media and Studios, David Eun oversees AOL’s network of content sites, as well as the SEED.com publishing platform, the StudioNow video platform and AOL’s New York City and Los Angeles studios. In this role, Eun is responsible for AOL’s efforts to build one of the strongest large-scale journalistic organizations while becoming the leading publisher of high-quality content and journalism in the world. Eun joined AOL from Google, where he was responsible for global business development efforts in video, print and local content businesses. In this capacity, he directed sales, business development and management of accounts spanning ad serving technologies, advertising inventory monetization and content partnerships. He most recently oversaw all content acquisition, distribution and business development deals with leading media and technology companies working with YouTube. Prior to joining Google in 2006, Eun helped to oversee AOL while working at Time Warner as Vice President, Operations for the Media & Communications Group. In this role, he helped provide operational oversight and develop new businesses, particularly in digital distribution and broadband content and services, for AOL, Time Warner Cable and Time, Inc. divisions. Before joining Time Warner, he was a partner at Arts Alliance, a venture capital firm focused on digital media, information technology and business services, and co-managed the U.S. office. Eun started his career in media at NBC, where he led some of NBC’s first cross-media initiatives involving television programming, the Internet and retail consumer products. He also worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co. Eun graduated magna cum laude with a major in government from Harvard College
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About Emmy’s Foundation, Samsung Electronics, Samsung NEXT: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jaeyeon Jung
Corporate Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Jaeyeon Jung is a vice president for service R&D at Mobile Communications Business in Samsung Electronics. Prior to joining Samsung, she was a principal security architect at Microsoft Research (2011-2016) and a research scientist at Intel Labs Seattle (2007-2011) after a brief stint as a software architect at Mazu networks (2006-2007). She obtained her PhD from MIT in 2006. Currently, she leads various cloud service engineering efforts in Samsung including the IoT backend service.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Alan Robles
Vice President Retail Design & Development of Samsung Electronics
Over 24 years exploring the relationship between users and their surroundings, Alan’s been creating experience environments for clients and projects of every scale around the world. In his role at Gensler he explores the opportunities found at the fringes of the design practice, searching for the edges of the play space of each design opportunity. As Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and digital media have become a more significant part of the engagement and development of “place”, he’s focused his work on exploring the interplay between content and context. Developing the tools for creating stories in places with special attention to the value those stories help communicate within the experience environment.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Stefan Heuser
Vice President, Operations and Innovation – Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) of Samsung Electronics
CEO at Siemens Technology-to-Business
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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.
Drew Blackard
Vice President, Mobile Product Management 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.
Jack Ahn
Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Samsung DeX is another notable accomplishment of the dedicated technical minds at Samsung. They’ve tirelessly pursued creating new possibilities for technologies to help users break preconceived notions of what they can and cannot do or how they are “supposed” to use their devices. Jack truly appreciates being part of Samsung DeX. Prior to joining Samsung, Jack focused on delivering mobile and mobility solutions to enterprise customers. At Samsung, Jack is responsible for Knox and Knox related services along with Samsung DeX, Email, Samsung Focus, and Smart Key services. Jack enjoys problem solving with engineers from all walks of life.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Chuck Stevens
Executive Vice President and CFO of General Motors
Chuck Stevens was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Motors effective Jan. 15, 2014. Stevens is responsible for leading the company’s financial and accounting operations on a global basis. Stevens was previously CFO of GM North America since January 2010. He led GM’s financial operations for U.S. Sales, Service and Marketing, GM Canada, GM de Mexico, North America Manufacturing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and OnStar. He was also interim CFO of GM South America from December 2011 to January 2013.
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Tony Cervone
Senior Vice President, Global Communications of General Motors
Tony Cervone was named senior vice president, Global Communications, in May 2014. As GM’s top communications executive, he is responsible for the company’s overall global communications strategy. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and a senior advisor to CEO Mary Barra. Prior to his current position, Cervone served since 2011 as executive vice president of Group Communications for Volkswagen Group of America in Herndon, Va., where he revamped the company’s communications activities for its VW and Audi brands. From 2009 to 2011, Cervone was senior vice president and chief communications officer for United Airlines in Chicago, where he helped manage the company’s eventual merger with Continental Airlines. From 1999 to 2009, Cervone worked at GM in several senior communications positions of increasing responsibility. From 1999 to 2000, Cervone was executive director of Corporate Communications, responsible for media relations, issues management and labor and employee communications. From 2001 to 2003, he served as executive director of Executive and Financial Communications; from 2003 to 2006, vice president of GM Europe Communications; from 2006 to 2007, vice president of GM North America Communications; and from 2007 to 2009, vice president of Global Communications Strategy and Operations. In 2000, Cervone served for a short period as vice president of Chrysler Group Communications for DaimlerChrysler AG in Auburn Hills, Mich. From 1985 to 1999, Cervone worked at Chrysler Corp. – which became DaimlerChrysler AG – in virtually every aspect of auto industry communications, from product and technology to supplier and crisis communications. He managed pre- and post-merger communications related to the merger of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz. Cervone has a bachelor’s degree in Fine and Applied Arts from Central Michigan University where he majored in Journalism, with Business Administration and Advertising minors. He completed the General Motors Senior Executive Program in 2003. Cervone is a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Public Relations Society of America and The Seminar. He is a board member of Detroit Public Television (DPTV), The LaGrant Foundation and serves on the Advisory Council for the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston. He is a former trustee of The Institute for Public Relations, and former board member of the Automotive Press Association and the Ad Council. Cervone was also named one of the 2014 Automotive News All-Stars.
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Trynka Shineman
EVP & President, Vistaprint BU of Cimpress
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About Cimpress: Cimpress is a developer of software and manufacturing capabilities that transform traditional markets in order to make customized products.
Steve Rizzone
Chairman, President & CEO of Energous Corporation
Stephen R. Rizzone serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Energous Corporation.
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Suresh Venkatarayalu
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer – Safety & Productivity Solutions of Honeywell
Suresh Venkatarayalu is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Safety & Productivity Solutions (SPS). Suresh is responsible for driving New Product Introduction, Innovation, Technology Roadmaps, Mid-segment Offerings, Internet of Things, and fueling Breakthrough Initiatives. Most recently, he was VP & Chief Technology Officer, Automation & Control Solutions (ACS) leading global technology and engineering organization fueling growth & innovation. Prior to leading technology agenda for ACS, Suresh was President, Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS), leading more than 50% of Honeywell’s global technology design centers across India, China, and Czech Republic. Suresh has 23 years of technology & IT leadership experience, beginning his career in the aerospace industry with India’s Aeronautical Development Agency. At Honeywell, he contributed to number of avionics products & platforms in Aerospace; strategically applied his business and technical expertise across businesses turning IT into a transformational growth driver; managed technology development and engineering driving and impacting Honeywell businesses and their customers globally He received Honeywell’s 2009 Senior Leadership Award and the 2011 Aerospace Leadership Award for his outstanding and exceptional contributions to the organization. A graduate in Computer Science Engineering from Bharathidasan University (India), he has completed his post-graduation in General Management from IIM (Indian Institute of Management), Kozhikode (India).
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About Honeywell, Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Rhonda Germany
Corporate Vice President, Chief Strategy andMarketing Officer of Honeywell
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About Booz Allen Hamilton, Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Matthew Bohne
Vice President, Chief Product Security Officer of Honeywell
Matthew Bohne is the VP & Chief Product Security Officer at Honeywell Buildings responsible for leading the product cyber security program and strategy for the company. He leads a global talented team of security professionals focused on enhancing security in the company’s products. Matthew has over 15+ years’ experience developing and leading product cyber programs & teams in the Buildings, Consumer, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Industrial and Pharma sectors.
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About Honeywell: Honeywell International is a technology and manufacturing company that offers energy, safety, and security solutions and technologies.
Brandon Pearce
Vice President of Avionics and Integrated Software of Relativity Space
Brandon Pearce is the Vice President of Avionics and Integrated Software at Relativity Space.
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About Relativity Space: Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets.
Matthew Hollifield
Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer of Lowe’s
Matt Hollifield was promoted to senior vice president and chief accounting officer in 2005, after serving as vice president of corporate accounts payable since joining Lowe’s in 2002. Hollifield’s responsibilities include oversight of all corporate accounting, product accounting, inventory control, trades payable, expense payable and general accounting functions. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting and previously served as chief financial officer of Century Furniture Industries. Hollifield has a bachelor’s degree from Appalachian State University, an MBA from Duke University and is a certified public accountant.
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About Lowe’s: Lowe’s provides the skills you need to manage your home, and offer the best customer services.
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.
Yoram Cedar
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of SanDisk
Yoram Cedar has served as executive vice president and chief technology officer since October 2010. Previously, he served as executive vice president of OEM and corporate engineering, and prior to that, as senior vice president of engineering and emerging market business development. Cedar began his career at SanDisk in May 1998 when he joined the company as vice president of systems engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in design and engineering management of electronic systems as well as product definition, marketing and development of systems and embedded flash-based semiconductors. Before joining SanDisk, he was vice president of new business development at Waferscale Integration, Inc. Cedar earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer architecture from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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About Omega Point, SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Atsuyoshi Koike
Senior Vice President of SanDisk
Atsuyoshi Koike is senior vice president of technology and fab operations and president of SanDisk (Japan) Limited, the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan. He joined SanDisk in August 2006 from Renesas Technology where he was a corporate chief engineer. Prior to that, Koike was president and chief executive officer of Trecenti Techologies, Inc. He also held various management positions at Hitachi Ltd. including general manager of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Center. Koike earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in material science from Waseda University, Japan and his doctorate in electrical engineering from Tohoku University, Japan.
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About SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Milo Azarmsa
Senior Vice President, Finance of SanDisk
Milo Azarmsa has served as senior vice president of finance since February 2008. He joined SanDisk in June 2005 as vice president of operations finance. Previously, Azarmsa was vice president of finance and controller for worldwide sales at Palm, Inc. Prior to that, he held financial and business development positions at Verifone, Pacific Telesis and VoiceCom Systems. Azarmsa earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Abadan Institute of Technology and his master’s degree in business administration from the School of Business and Economics at California State University, Hayward.
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About SanDisk: SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
Grace Puma Whiteford
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo
Grace Puma is the Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo.In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $63 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. In 2015, Grace was appointed Chief Supply Officer with expanded responsibilities where she leads a Global Supply Team comprise of: Global Logistics, Global Procurement, and PepsiCo Worldwide Flavours. In her current role as CSO, she has strategic leadership accountabilities for 11 concentrate manufacturing operations, $30B of purchase spend and ~3600 worldwide employees. Her scope of responsibility includes driving: enterprise supply chain strategy; productivity; commodity risk management; plant health /safety; product quality and supply service to the PepsiCo’s businesses. Since Grace joined PepsiCo in 2010, she transitioned procurement from a decentralized, market-based function to a centralized global procurement entity. Grace created new organizational model to ensure globally connected, locally wired work processes with 1,100+ employees and a $30B spend scope on raw commodities, direct/indirect materials, and agency & media. Grace is a seasoned executive experienced at transforming decentralized organizations into globally connected, locally wired business functions that drive performance. She is well regarded as a strategist and change agent who finds best-possible business solutions to business challenges. Grace is recognized as a top female and Hispanic leader role model across complex and decentralized global business environments. She is highly valued for her ability to find innovative solutions, build strong business relationships and develop talent. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Grace worked for United Airlines where she served as senior vice president, chief procurement officer and led the transformation to a global strategic sourcing function with an enterprise-wide scope. Grace and her team delivered significant savings across the value chain, while effectively handling risk management during the jet fuel crises in 2008. Before joining United, Grace led key areas of global procurement at Kraft Foods, including raw materials, packaging, indirect materials, transportation, logistics, and services. She also worked in strategic procurement at Motorola and Gillette. Grace holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Illinois Benedictine University. She previously served as a board member for Steppenwolf Theatre, the Institute for Supply Managers and board member for the Marietta Corporation. In 2013, Grace was recognized as the #4 CPO out of 5,000 global CPOs across all industries by ExecRank. In 2016, she was recognized as the “Executive of the Year” by Latina Style magazine.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Shakti Jauhar
Vice President, Global HR Operations and Shared Services of PepsiCo
Shakti Jauhar is a global leader and data-driven executive recognized for his operational expertise in Manufacturing, Information Technology, Finance and Human Resources. Known as a transformational leader, he has a track record of setting clear strategies, driven by rigorous analytics and insights. Shakti leverages technology innovation across geographies to optimize processes, which deliver technical competencies, reduce costs and simultaneously increase efficiencies.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Deborah Rosado Shaw
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo
Deborah Rosado Shaw is senior vice president, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage company with net revenues of more than $63 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. Deborah, who assumed this role in July 2014, provides leadership in guiding PepsiCo’s global Diversity and Engagement (D&E) strategy to bring together diverse strengths, backgrounds and perspectives to achieve the company’s strategic business imperatives, advance its Performance with Purpose goals and drive innovation. Building on PepsiCo’s deep legacy in D&E, she helps PepsiCo ensure that D&E is ingrained in PepsiCo, and expands pathways for developing global, multicultural thinkers, doers and innovators. Deborah was a member of PepsiCo’s Ethnic Advisory Board for 12 years, whereby she played a critical role in establishing a strategic platform that helped PepsiCo elevate its prominence as one of the most diverse companies working with minority business owners
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Ciara Dilley
Vice President Transform Brands & Portfolio Innovation,FLNA of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
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.
Adam Harter
Senior Vice President – Media, Sports & Entertainment of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Tim Carey
Vice President of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Jose Prado
President of PepsiCo
Jose Prado is a President at PepsiCo.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Jose Prado
President of PepsiCo
Jose Prado is a President at PepsiCo.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Bob Barron
Senior Vice President of Sales, GameTime of GameTime
Bob Barron is a senior-level sales and marketing professional with more than 23 years of experience managing dynamic sales teams. His experience includes working with industry leaders and Fortune 100 companies to develop global distribution networks. Bob is currently responsible for managing all domestic and international sales activities for GameTime and is also part of the PlayCore operating committee. He is an active member of several industry organizations and is a strong advocate for building better communities through play..
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
Bill Cox
Vice President of Finance, GameTime of GameTime
Bill is experienced in operational reporting and control for multiple manufacturing facilities and distribution centers. As a member of GameTime’s senior management team, he is responsible for all financial activities and achievement of GameTime’s strategic goals.
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
Kathy Waller
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of The Coca-Cola Company
Waller has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Coca-Cola Company since 2014. Waller joined Coca-Cola in 1987 as a senior accountant and has assumed roles of increasing responsibility during her career, including Vice President, Finance and Controller. She is a director of Monster Beverage Corporation and Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.
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About The Coca-Cola Company: The Coca-Cola Company distributes coke, diet coke, and other soft drinks worldwide.
Frederiek Toney
Vice President and President, Global Ford Customer Service Division of Ford Motor
Mr. Frederiek Toney serves as Vice President of Ford Motor Co., and serves as President of its Global Ford Customer Service Division. Mr. Toney served as Vice President of Ford Customer Service Division at Ford Motor Co., since September 1, 2009 and served as its Corporate Officer. Mr. Toney joined Ford in 2000 after a career at Caterpillar and Honda. He served as Director, North American logistics, FCSD; director, North American operations, Material Planning and Logistics; and Director, global parts supply and logistics, FCSD. He served as Executive Director, Material Planning and Logistics since November 2005.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Ken Washington
Vice President, Research & Advanced Engineering & CTO of Ford Motor
Dr. Ken Washington is Vice President of Research and Advanced Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Ford Motor Company, effective June 1, 2017. In this role, Washington will continue to lead Ford’s worldwide research organization, overseeing the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy and plans, and playing a key role in the company’s expansion into emerging mobility opportunities. He reports to Jim Farley, president, New Businesses, Technology & Strategy, Ford Motor Company. Prior to joining Ford, he was vice president of the Advanced Technology Center at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. In this role, Washington was responsible for leading a team of scientists and engineers in performing research and development in space science and related R&D. Previously, he served as Lockheed Martin Corporation’s first chief privacy officer, a role in which he built the company’s privacy program, set the privacy strategy direction and established a team of privacy professionals to execute the strategy. Washington also previously served as the vice president and chief technology officer for the Lockheed Martin internal IT organization, where he was responsible for shaping the future of the corporation’s information technology enterprise. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin in February 2007, Washington served as chief information officer for Sandia National Laboratories, where he also previously served in a variety of technical, management, and program leadership positions. He has a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degree in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a fellow of the MIT Seminar XXI program on International Relations.
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About Ford Motor: Ford Motor is an automotive company that develops, manufactures, and distributes vehicles, parts, and accessories.
Charles Blankenship
President & CEO of GE Appliances & Lighting of General Electric
Charles (Chip) Blankenship is the President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Home & Business Solutions, an $8 billion operating unit comprised of GE Appliances, headquartered in Louisville, KY, and GE Lighting, headquartered in East Cleveland, OH. Together, the businesses employ more than 27,000 people around the world who invent, build and deliver innovative, energy-efficient appliances and lighting products that improve people’s lives. Blankenship began his career with GE in 1992 after earning a B.S. degree in Materials Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Virginia. His first position was that of Staff Scientist at GE’s Corporate Research and Development facility in Schenectady, New York. His technical work resulted in 23 papers published in refereed journals and eight U.S. and European patents. As a program manager, he led a team of scientists and engineers developing alloys and processes for aircraft engine, land-based gas turbine, lighting systems, medical systems and diesel engine applications. Blankenship joined GE Aviation’s Commercial Engines Operation in 1996 as the leader of the CF6 Airline Support Engineering team. He was later appointed Manager of Embraer CF34 programs, and subsequently General Manager of GE Aviation’s Small Commercial Engine Operation. In 2006 he was named General Manager for Aero Energy, a division of GE Energy in Houston, Texas, that supplies aeroderivative gas turbines and packaged generator sets for industrial and marine applications. He returned to GE Aviation in 2008 as VP of the Commercial Engines Operation, a $5 billion business and the world’s leading producer of large and small jet engines for commercial aircraft. He was named President & CEO of GE Appliances on January 1, 2012 and assumed his current role on January 1, 2013.He sits on the boards of KentuckyOne Health and the National Association of Manufacturing (NAM) and chairs NAM’s Task Force on Competitiveness & the Workforce.Blankenship resides in Louisville, KY, and is married with four children.
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About Arconic, GE Appliances, General Electric: General Electric offers infrastructure and financial services worldwide.
Charlie Ackerman
Senior Vice President Human Resources of Bosch
Charlie Ackerman is a senior vice president of Human Resources, North America, for Bosch in July 2009. In this assignment, Ackerman focuses on preparing, shaping and managing the people strategies to achieve Bosch North America’s growth plans. Ackerman is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Since joining Bosch in 1995, Ackerman has held a number of assignments in the human resources function, including leadership positions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Stuttgart, Germany. His most recent position, beginning in 2005, was as vice president of human resources, North America for Bosch’s powertrain business. Prior to joining Bosch, Ackerman held human resources and manufacturing positions with Asten Inc. and International Paper. Ackerman serves on Bosch’s global Human Resources Council and is a board member of Bosch in Canada. Ackerman earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mississippi State University.
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About Bosch: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
Jason Rimokh
President of Signal Brands
With more than 15 years of experience, Jason Rimokh’s passion, leadership and operational insight has strengthened Signal Brands’ culture of handbag design. Along with his father, Jack, he has expanded the company to new markets and enhanced its product portfolio. Jason is responsible for the company’s global presence and oversees its corporate relations.
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About Signal Brands: Signal Brands is a manufacturer, distributor of licensed fashion handbags, small leather goods and luggage.
Eric Chaniot
Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President of Michelin
Eric Chaniot is a dynamic and seasoned innovator, who has been in the technology business for over 20 years. He began his career at Apple Inc. in the mid 90’s, and was responsible for the first wireless notebook. He then left to build on his expertise at another technology power player, Hewlett-Packard Company, where he created many products and product lines and ran businesses in networking, personal computing, software and printing. With many successful product lines, he helped generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the company. After Eric left HP, he created an Internet start-up in Europe called Internet Word of Mouth, iWoM. The premise of this start-up was to make Internet ratings and reviews more reliable, by using proprietary technology. After growing his entrepreneurial expertise and learning how to develop and run a start-up company, he moved to the United States and created Tire Intelligence, a data and software start-up. This company enabled tire manufacturers, tire distributors and tire dealers to manage their businesses more efficiently and to drastically improve their presence on the Internet.
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About Michelin: Michelin is a tire company dedicated to sustainably improve the mobility of goods and people by manufacturing and marketing.
Geoffrey Martin
President and Chief Executive Officer of CCL Industries
Geoffrey Martin joined CCL as President of CCL Label in April 2001. In May 2005 he assumed the role of President and COO of CCL Industries and President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2008. He is responsible for all CCL’s operating units including the Label, Avery and Container businesses. Martin is an international business leader with a proven track record in turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining CCL, he was the Senior Group Vice President, Worldwide Converting Graphic and Specialty Tapes with Avery Dennison.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Eric Frantz
Vice President Operations, Home & Personal Care North America of CCL Industries
Eric Frantz is a Vice President Operations, Home & Personal Care North America at CCL Industries.
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About Aerobal, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Jim Sellors
President, Avery North America of CCL Industries
Sellors spent his formative business career at CCL in the Finance function and rejoined the Company in 2002 as Vice President and General Manager of CCL Label Canada eventually assuming the role of Group Vice President of CCL Label Healthcare and Specialty, North America and Australia in 2010. Sellors was promoted to President of Avery North America in July 2013. Prior to rejoining CCL, he was the Vice President of Marketing for the Rubbermaid Closet Products division of Newell Rubbermaid. Sellors holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Ben Rubino
President, Home & Personal Care Worldwide of CCL Industries
Rubino was appointed President, Home & Personal Care Worldwide, in November of 2011 adding responsibility for CCL Container in 2014. Rubino graduated from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, and is a 25 year veteran of CCL Label progressing through various sales and business leadership assignments. Prior to CCL, Rubino worked in the Pressure Sensitive Materials segment at Avery Dennison.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Mark McClendon
Vice President and General Counsel of CCL Industries
Mark McClendon joined CCL as General Counsel USA in 2013 from Avery Dennison Corporation, where he was Group Counsel and NA Corporate Ethics Officer, with worldwide compliance, environmental and litigation responsibilities, since 2007. Prior to that, McClendon was with BASF and its affiliates from 1998 to 2007. McClendon earned a J.D. from Marquette University and is a member of the Wisconsin and Ohio State Bar Associations. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Corporation Counsel Association for North East Ohio since 2006, including as President from 2011 to 2012, and on the Board of Governors for the Ohio State Bar Association – Litigation Section since 2007. McClendon was promoted to his current position in 2014 and is now responsible for all legal matters globally for the Company.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
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.
John Pedroli
President, CCL Industries North America of CCL Industries
John Pedroli serves as President of North American Operations at CCL Industries Inc.
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About CCL Industries, Southern Glazer’s: 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.
Al Green
Vice President of Technology Development of CCL Industries
Al Green is a Vice President of Technology Development at CCL Industries.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Rod Copes
President, North America of Royal Enfield
Rod Copes graduated from LGO in 1993, and recently discussed his career at Harley-Davidson and Royal Enfield with Forbes Magazine.
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About Royal Enfield: Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle manufacturing company.
Nyema Tubman
President of Sundial Brands
Nyema Tubman, direct descendant of Harriet Tubman, is currently the president of Sundial Brand, parent company of SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage. SheaMoisture uses natural and certified ingredients to make high-end bath, body and hair products. Nubian Heritage also makes luxury natural products from organic ingredients found globally. The products are rich in vitamins, essential fatty acids, and inspired by ancient healing philosophies intended to help your skin glow and your hair shine!
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About SheaMoisture, Sundial Brands: An Amityville, N.Y.-based maker of branded skin and hair products
Martin Anstice
President and CEO of Lam Research
Martin Anstice is the FORMER president and chief executive officer of Lam Research who was let go for sexual harrassment claims. Mr. Anstice joined the company in April 2001, was promoted to chief financial officer in 2004, appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer in September 2008, and promoted to president in December 2010. In January 2012, Mr. Anstice was appointed chief executive officer and in February 2012, appointed to the Lam Research Corporation board of directors. He began his career at Raychem Corporation where, during his 13-year tenure, he held numerous finance roles of increasing responsibility in Europe and North America. After Tyco International, Ltd. acquired Raychem in 1999, Mr. Anstice assumed responsibility for supporting mergers and acquisitions at Tyco Electronics Corporation. Mr. Anstice serves as a director of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) and of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG). Mr. Anstice is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Dave Hemker
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Corporate Technology Development. of Lam Research
Corporate Technology Development David Hemker is senior vice president and chief technology officer at Lam Research, where he is responsible for long-range research and technology development. Prior to joining the company in 1998, Dr. Hemker was vice president of Technology for PMT/Trikon, where he managed research and development, technology, and engineering. He also spent five years in various technology roles at Applied Materials. He has spent the past 25 years in the semiconductor equipment industry focusing on advanced technology development, holds more than 35 patents, and has authored numerous technical publications and presentations in the areas of semiconductor processing and thin-film applications.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
David Fried
Vice President Computational Products of Lam Research
David M. Fried, is Vice President Computational Products of Coventor, where he is responsible for the company’s strategic direction and implementation of its SEMulator3D virtual fabrication 3D process modeling solution. He leads the execution of technology strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships. His expertise touches upon such areas as Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), FinFETs, memory scaling, strained silicon, and process variability. Fried is a well-respected technologist in the semiconductor industry, with 56 patents to his credit and notable 14-year career with IBM, where he was involved in successive process generations from 65-nanometer and lower. His most recent position was 22nm Chief Technologist for IBM’s Systems and Technology Group. He has Masters and Doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
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.
Jason Shields
Vice President Advanced Equipment & Process Control of Lam Research
Jason Shields is a Vice President of Equipment Intelligence at Lam Research, where he oversees company strategy across all product lines for this important area within the company. Prior to joining Lam in 2015, he was Vice President of Integrated Metrology at Nanometrics. Earlier, he served as Vice President of Brion Fab Products at ASML and held various technical marketing and program manager positions at KLA-Tencor. He began his career working in the areas of process, process integration, and yield enhancement at semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices. Mr. Shields earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a B.S. degree in physics from Texas A&M University.
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About Lam Research: Lam Research supplies wafer fabrication equipment and services to the worldwide semiconductor industry.
Allan Smith
Vice President, Global Marketing of Steelcase
Allan Smith is vice president, global marketing for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry.
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About Steelcase: Steelcase is the global company that manufactures furniture, interior architecture, and technology products and services.
David Sylvester
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Steelcase
Dave Sylvester is senior vice president, chief financial officer for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. Named to this role in April 2011, Dave expanded on his previous role as vice president, chief financial officer (2006-2011) and also took responsibility for global facilities and real estate and Steelcase aviation. In November 2013, Dave also added information technology to his reporting structure. In March 2014, our global business centers were added to his responsibilities. Previously, Dave was vice president, operations finance (March 2005-October 2006), responsible for operations finance in North America and internationally. He also worked closely with the supply chain organization on product and process placement decisions and on implementing supply chain strategy around the world.
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About Steelcase: Steelcase is the global company that manufactures furniture, interior architecture, and technology products and services.
Eddy Schmitt
Senior Vice President of Steelcase
Eddy Schmitt is senior vice president, Americas for Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. Appointed to this role in February 2011, Eddy is responsible for sales and channel activities in North America and Latin America. Eddy is also responsible for our global client collaboration teams and applied research and consulting teams in EMEA and APAC. Previously, Eddy was vice president, France for Steelcase (2006-2011), where he was responsible for all sales and channel activities in France.
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About Steelcase: Steelcase is the global company that manufactures furniture, interior architecture, and technology products and services.
Barry Pennypacker
President and Chief Executive Officer, Manitowoc Cranes of The Manitowoc Company
Barry L. Pennypacker, President and Chief Executive Officer since 2015. Prior to assuming his current responsibilities, Mr. Pennypacker served as Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Lean LLC, a privately held manufacturer and supplier of precision components headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Previously, he was President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of engineered industrial machinery and related parts and services. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Pennypacker served in positions of increasing responsibility at Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, The Stanley Works, and Danaher Corporation.
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About The Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc Company Inc is an American global company specializing in products for the food service industry.
Louis Raymond
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary of The Manitowoc Company
Louis F. Raymond, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary since 2016. Louis Raymond joined Manitowoc in 2004 as Senior Litigation Counsel and most recently served as its Associate General Counsel. Prior to joining Manitowoc, Louis Raymond was a shareholder in the law firm of Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, practicing there since 1991.
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About The Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc Company Inc is an American global company specializing in products for the food service industry.
Richard Caron
Senior Vice President, Innovation of The Manitowoc Company
Richard N. Caron was promoted to Senior Vice President Innovation of Manitowoc Foodservice in 2015. Previously, he served as EVP Global Marketing and Innovation for Manitowoc Foodservice and as Manitowoc Foodservice’s Chief Technology Officer, a position that he has held since 2005 as a former Enodis employee. Under his leadership, Mr. Caron was instrumental in the development and success of the Education and Technology Center. He has also led a variety of new product development initiatives, which have helped distinguish the company as a technology leader in the foodservice industry. Prior to Manitowoc/Enodis, Mr. Caron served as Chief Executive Officer for the Moseley Corporation in Franklin, Massachusetts. Other key professional experience included serving as president and chief executive officer of TurboChef, Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Before TurboChef, Mr. Caron was managing director of the consumer products practice at Arthur D. Little (ADL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his 19-year affiliation with ADL, Mr. Caron led many consulting assignments involving technology, strategy, and product development. In addition, Mr. Caron holds several patents in the foodservice industry, including automated frying and rapid cooking systems. Mr. Caron is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering Practice.
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About The Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc Company Inc is an American global company specializing in products for the food service industry.
Thomas Musial
Senior Vice President Human Resources & Administration of The Manitowoc Company
Thomas G. Musial, Senior Vice President – Human Resources and Administration since 2000. Previously served as Manitowoc’s Vice President of Human Resources and Administration (1995); Manager of Human Resources (1987); and Personnel/Industrial Relations Specialist (1976).
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About The Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc Company Inc is an American global company specializing in products for the food service industry.
Douglas Pertz
President and CEO of Clipper Windpower
Douglas A. Pertz is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of The Brink’s Company and has served in these roles since June 2016. He has led several global companies as CEO over the past 20 years and throughout his career has guided multinational organizations operating in complex environments. Most recently, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Recall Holdings Limited (a global provider of digital and physical information management and security services), having led the company from its initial public offering in 2013 through the successful negotiation of its sale to Iron Mountain in 2016.
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About Brink’s, Clipper Windpower: Clipper Windpower is engaged in wind energy technology, turbine manufacturing, and wind project development.
Jamie Bonini
Vice President, TSSC of Toyota Motor
James “Jamie” Bonini is vice president of TSSC at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), located near Cincinnati in Erlanger, Kentucky. TEMA supports Toyota’s engineering and manufacturing operations in North America. TSSC is a not-for-profit corporation affiliated with TEMA which shares Toyota Production System (TPS) know-how with North American organizations that have a true desire to learn and adopt TPS; as a way to strengthen their production system. Bonini began his career with Toyota in 2002, as assistant general manager for TSSC, responsible for planning and leading shop floor improvement activities. He later joined Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky’s powertrain group as assistant general manager responsible for V6 and four cylinder engines as well as axle production, quality and safety.
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About Toyota Motor: Toyota is an automotive company that manufactures and markets vehicles to over 170 countries and regions.
Andrew Cowell
Senior Vice President of Power Management of Intersil
Andrew Cowell is Senior Vice President of Intersil’s Mobile Power Products. Mr. Cowell joined Intersil from Micrel Semiconductor in 2011, where he served for four years as Vice President of Analog Marketing. Prior to this, Mr. Cowell served as the head of Micrel’s Strategic Applications division with responsibility for new product definition for power products. He also served in the role of Marketing and Applications Manager for the power product line. Prior to joining Micrel, Mr. Cowell worked for Siliconix Semiconductor where he held a variety of technical positions throughout the world. Mr. Cowell began his career as a design engineer at Advanced Power Supplies. Mr. Cowell holds a First Class Honors degree in Electronics from Middlesex University in the UK.
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About Intersil, Renesas Electronics Corporation: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Vern Kelley
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Intersil
Vern Kelley is Intersil’s Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Mr. Kelley joined Intersil in February 2003 from National Semiconductor where he was Vice President of Human Resources for the product divisions. In his 19-year tenure at National, Mr. Kelley held a variety of leadership positions within human resources and oversaw HR activities associated with National’s acquisition, divestiture, and joint venture activities. His HR management experience includes development and implementation of performance management, success sharing, productivity improvement, and training and development programs. Before joining National in 1983, Mr. Kelley was a division employee relations manager for Allstate Insurance Company. Mr. Kelley earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of the Pacific. He is a recipient of the 2007 HR Symposium “HR Excellence” Award. He also served on the Board of Directors of the United Way Silicon Valley from 2005 to 2008.
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About Intersil: Intersil Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of analog integrated circuits (ICs).
Patrick Jermain
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plexus Corporation
Patrick Jermain is our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Patrick joined Plexus in 2010 as Corporate Controller and progressed quickly to our Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. He was promoted to his current role in May 2014 and is responsible for finance, tax and treasury functions and maintaining internal controls, external reporting, and investor relations. Prior to joining Plexus, Patrick was the Corporate Controller, Assistant Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer at Appleton Papers Inc., currently known as Appvion, Inc. Mr. Jermain also held the positions of Director of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Secretary while at Appleton Papers. Prior to Appleton Papers, Mr. Jermain served as Vice President – Finance and Corporate Controller at Banta Corporation, acquired by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, and was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Patrick earned an MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wake Forest University, and is a certified public accountant.
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About Plexus Corporation: Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Dean Foate
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Plexus Corporation
Dean Foate is our Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer. Dean joined Plexus in 1984 as a Design Engineer in our Engineering Solutions Group. After holding a number of leadership roles in our engineering organization, he was named president of the business unit in 1992. He was next promoted to Executive Vice President, where he assumed leadership over the company’s strategic growth initiatives. In 2001, Dean became our Chief Operating Officer, which led to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002. In 2013, Dean was named the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s degree in engineering management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.
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About Plexus Corporation: Plexus uses unique Product Realization service model to transform your concepts into branded products and deliver to your target markets.
Gihan Amarasiriwardena
Co-Founder & President of Ministry of Supply
Gihan Amarasiriwardena is adorable. No seriously- he says the highlight of his day is seeing his office rabbit Thumper *insert cute noise here.* Besides being a kind soul, Amarasiriwardena is the founder of Ministry of Supply, a menswear brand that makes cool things like a dress shirt that helps regulate body temperature and shirts that fight.
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About Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Supply: Ministry of Supply is creating a new category of clothing, performance professional performance clothes for the workday.
Ralph Santana
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Harman International Industries
Ralph Santana is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Ralph has responsibility for 197 employees across four business units and drives all aspects of HARMAN’s worldwide marketing strategy. This includes brand stewardship, artist relations, event sponsorship, market research and product innovation for all HARMAN product and technology brands including AKG®, harman/kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®. Under Ralph’s leadership, HARMAN has built the most powerful audio brand portfolio in the industry, achieving an increase in HARMAN’s car audio backlog to $7.5 billion and reaching an unprecedented 41 percent share of car audio around the world. HARMAN has also won more than 200 design and innovation awards over the last several years and ranked number one in portable audio in Europe. Notably, e-commerce under Ralph’s leadership has grown by eight times since the start of his tenure, and driven HARMAN’s flagship brands to their highest levels of awareness, search and equity. Ralph reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Ralph received his bachelor’s in English literature from Dartmouth College, and his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
John Stacey
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer of Harman International Industries
John Stacey is executive vice president and chief human resources officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. John is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function globally, including people continuity and development, target setting, employee relations, compensation, benefit management and recruitment. He reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Previously, John served in various senior human resources positions with global alcoholic beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) from 1990 to 2008. Prior to joining HARMAN, his most recent position was vice president of People for InBev North America. John also held the role of vice president of People for InBev Eastern Europe. John started his career with Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. as manager of Human Resources and served as regional director Human Resources for Labatt, Atlantic Canada. In June of 2000, John relocated to the United States to assume the role of vice president of Human Resources for Labatt USA. John earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. John is also a member of the CHRO Roundtable, an exclusive group made up of senior human resources professionals throughout the U.S.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Darrin Shewchuk
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications of Harman International Industries
Darrin Shewchuk is Head of Connected Car Communications at HARMAN. In this role, he leads the global communications strategies for the $3B business unit. Darrin Shewchuk holds overall responsibility for developing and directing the execution of strategies, policies and programs to strengthen Harman’s stakeholder awareness on connected car initiatives. Specific responsibilities include media relations, executive thought leadership, government relations and issues management. Prior to his current role, Darrin Shewchuk was the Director of Media and Analyst Relations at Harman’s software subsidiary, QNX Software Systems. In this role, he was responsible for implementing corporate strategies to manage the company’s image with global stakeholders, including customers, investors, staff, and the general public. Specific responsibilities included public affairs and media relations, Internet strategies, brand management and corporate positioning, and speakers programs. In addition to his tenure at Harman, Darrin Shewchuk brings an additional thirteen years of professional experience in progressively senior communications management roles. He was employed for six years by Telesat, a broadcast satellite services company and later with Stentor, a Canadian telecommunications company. He began his career with PBS at the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour in New York. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Canada and the Executive Program in Leadership from the Yale School of Management.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Sandy Rowland
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Harman International Industries
Sandy Rowland is executive vice president and chief financial officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sandy is responsible for all aspects of the Finance function and serves as the principal contact to outside auditors, KPMG LLP. Sandy reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. With more than 20 years of experience in financial management, Sandy joined HARMAN in October 2012 to lead investor relations. In 2013, she added corporate development to her responsibilities, which included strategy and mergers and acquisitions. On January 1, 2015, she became CFO. Prior to joining HARMAN, Sandy was a vice president in the Corporate Finance group at Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE:KODK). Also at Kodak, Sandy held assignments of increasing responsibility including controller of the consumer segment, director of corporate financial planning and analysis, assistant treasurer, director of investor relations and chief financial officer of the commercial segment. Sandy was also a manager in the Audit and Business Advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where she worked primarily with technology companies. Sandy received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from Lafayette College. She also holds an MBA from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Alessandro Parimbelli
Executive Vice President, CEO, Enterprise and Infrastructure of Jabil
Alessandro Parimbelli was named Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise & Infrastructure on October 2, 2014. Mr. Parimbelli joined Jabil in 1998 as a Test Engineering Manager. At Jabil, Mr. Parimbelli served in business management positions in Boise, Idaho and Paris, France before being promoted to Vice President, Global Business Units in September 2006. From 2010 through 2012 Parimbelli was Senior Vice President, Global Business Units, responsible for Jabil’s High Velocity business. Prior to joining Jabil. Mr. Parimbelli held various engineering positions within Hewlett-Packard, Italy and other software engineering companies. He holds an MBA from Colorado State University and a Software Engineering degree from Politecnico of Milan, Italy.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Bruce Johnson
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of Jabil
Bruce A. Johnson was named senior vice president, chief human resources officer in January 2017. Mr. Johnson joined Jabil in 2015 as vice president, human resources. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Johnson was a chief organizational effectiveness officer/executive vice president, human resources for C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. in Keene, N.H. Mr. Johnson also served in senior roles at The Timberland Company in New Hampshire and E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company (DuPont) in Delaware. He holds a BA in history from Middlebury College in Vermont. Mr. Johnson is the founding director, vice chairman of board of directors (lead director) for Pathways Group, Inc.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Kenny Wilson
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer Jabil Green Point of Jabil
Kenny Wilson was appointed executive vice president and CEO of Jabil Green Point in 2017. Mr. Wilson brings with him more than 35 years of electronics and optics industry experience. He first joined Jabil in 2000 as business unit manager, and has held various leadership roles, including vice president of global business units, running businesses such as consumer electronics and telecommunications. Mr. Wilson was most recently senior vice president of the telecommunications infrastructure sector within Jabil’s Enterprise & Infrastructure Division. Prior to Jabil, he spent eight years at Motorola, where he served as operations director in their handset division. Mr. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering and a MBA from Edinburgh Business School.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Steve Borges
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare of Jabil
Steve Borges serves as the CEO of Nypro Healthcare and is a Jabil Executive Vice President. With over 20+ years of global experience in Business Development, Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain Management he consistently leads and develops new operations and processes that contribute to top-line growth and bottom-line profitability. In Steve’s 22-year history with Jabil he has led successful growth efforts in various diverse markets. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from Fitchburg State College.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Daryn Smith
Senior Vice President, Enterprise & Commercial Controller of Jabil
Daryn Smith was named senior vice president, enterprise & commercial controller in June 2018. Mr. Smith served as CFO for Jabil’s EMS Division from June 2013 to June 2018. Mr. Smith joined Jabil in 2002 and he has held various leadership roles in risk and assurance, financial planning and analysis, and controllership including an assignment to Asia as part of the Jabil global manufacturing services team. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Smith was with the assurance and advisory services practice for Arthur Andersen (Andersen). He holds an MBA in measuring and managing value (finance) from the University of Florida – Warrington College of Business and previous affiliations with AICPA (CPA) and NACVA (CVA). Mr. Smith also serves as a member of the University of South Florida and USF St. Petersburg’s School of Accounting Advisory Boards.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
William Peters
President of Jabil
Mr. William E. Peters is President of Jabil Circuit, Inc. Peters was named President in March 2013. Mr. Peters served as Executive Vice President, Human Development, Human Resources from April 2010 to March 2013. He joined Jabil in 1990 as a buyer and shortly thereafter was named Purchasing Manager. In 1993 Mr. Peters was named Operations Manager for Jabil’s Michigan facility and was promoted to Vice President, Operations in January 1999. Mr. Peters was named Senior Vice President, Operations in October 2000. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Regional President — Americas in September 2004. In September 2007, Mr. Peters was named Senior Vice President, Human Development. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Peters was a financial analyst for Electronic Data Systems. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Michigan State University.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Michael J. Loparco
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Engineered Solutions Group of Jabil
Michael J. Loparco was named Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, Engineered Solutions Group in January 2016. Previously, Mr. Loparco has served as Executive Vice President, CEO, Industrial & Energy, Senior Vice President of Jabil’s High Velocity business and held a variety of global management positions. Before joining Jabil in 1999, Mr. Loparco was an attorney at Holland & Knight, LLP, practicing Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and was a Certified Mediator in the judicial circuits of the State of Florida. He holds a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law; and attended Florida State University, College of Law, while serving in the Committee of Business and Professional Regulation for the FL House of Representatives. He holds a B.A. in International Business, with minor degrees in Spanish and Business Management, from Eckerd College.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Sergio Cadavid
Senior Vice President, Treasurer of Jabil
Sergio Cadavid joined Jabil as Treasurer in June 2006. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Cadavid was Assistant Treasurer — Director Global Enterprise Risk Management for Owens-Illinois, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Cadavid joined Owens — Illinois, Inc. in 1988 and held various financial positions in the U.S., Italy and Colombia. He has also held various positions with The Quaker Oats Company, Arthur Andersen & Co. and J.M. Family Enterprises, Inc. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Florida and a B.B.A. from Florida International University.
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About Jabil: Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
Robert Katz
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Jabil
Robert “Bobby” Katz was named executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary on Sept. 1, 2016. Prior to joining Jabil, Mr. Katz served as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of SharkNinja. He was previously senior vice president and general counsel of Ingersoll-Rand plc in Davidson, N.C., from 2010 to 2015, and served as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary and chief compliance officer of Federal-Mogul Corporation from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Katz served in senior roles at Delphi and General Motors in Paris and Zurich, and began his career as an attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in New York and London. He earned his LLB and BCL from McGill University where he graduated magna cum laude. He is a member of the New York Bar.
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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.
Daniel Gamota
Vice President, Engineering & Technology Services of Jabil
Daniel Gamota is a Sr. Director Process Innovation, Engineering & Technology Services 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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Marc Allen
Senior Vice President of The Boeing Company
Marc Allen is senior vice president of The Boeing Company and president of Boeing International. He is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council. As president of Boeing International, Allen, 42, is responsible for the company’s international strategy and operations, and oversees 17 regional corporate headquarters in key markets around the world. Reporting to the chairman and CEO, Allen leads development of the company’s growth and productivity initiatives outside the U.S. and new business and industrial partnerships. His responsibilities also include overseeing international affairs, enhancing local presence and providing global functional support. Allen was appointed to the role in 2015. Previously, Allen served as president of Boeing Capital Corporation, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary that arranges, structures and provides financing for Boeing’s commercial airplane, space and defense products. Prior to Boeing Capital, Allen served as vice president, of Boeing International and president of Boeing China, responsible for leading the company’s business in China from its Beijing headquarters. Leading Boeing China, Allen oversaw the company’s largest market outside the U.S. as its annual delivery pace doubled. Before that, Allen served as Boeing’s vice president for Global Law Affairs and general counsel to Boeing International, leading the company’s international legal practice group from its inception, with responsibilities for Boeing’s international operations’ legal issues, cross-border trade regulation matters, and international legal policy matters including the U.S.-EC WTO dispute on aircraft subsidies. Prior to joining Boeing, Allen practiced law with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Kellogg Huber, litigating complex commercial cases for domestic and international clients. Previous government service includes an appointment as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s law clerk. A Southern California native, Allen received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, majoring in political science with a certificate in economics, and received his law degree from Yale Law School. Allen is married and has four children.
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Tim Noonan
Vice President, Training Systems and Government Services of The Boeing Company
Tim leads BDS Ventures, which creates new businesses for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) either through developing new products and services or disrupting markets with game-changing technologies and business models. Current technologies and markets include carbon capture; hydrokinetic power generation; renewables integration; microgrids; and timing and location services. Noonan served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. A St. Louis native, Noonan is married and has five children. He has raised awareness and money for wounded warriors through activities such as competing in Ironman triathlon and starting a non-profit corporation. He is a founding board member of Friends of Soldiers Memorial in St. Louis and serves as a board member of The Mission Continues, the most socially innovative organization in the country serving and challenging this generation of veterans. Tim earned a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.
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Walt Odisho
Vice President/General Manager 737 MAX Program and Renton, WA Site Leader of The Boeing Company
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Fernando Hernandez
Vice President Indirect Supply Chain of The Boeing Company
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James Zrust
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of The Boeing Company
Jim Zrust is vice president, Finance and chief financial officer for Defense, Space & Security (BDS), a $31 billion business unit specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. He leads a global organization responsible for all BDS financial activities. With more than 30 years in the field, Zrust has considerable expertise working all aspects of federal and state tax issues in the United States as well as those related to major international transactions. Under his leadership, Boeing was granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on a major issue involving the calculation of export benefits. He also led Boeing’s efforts to find a suitable legislative replacement for the extraterritorial income regime that was found to be out of compliance with WTO rules. Zrust has testified on various tax matters before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. He has also participated on numerous panels focused on a number of federal and international tax topics. Zrust joined Boeing in 2000 to lead the company’s worldwide tax group. He previously worked at Honeywell, Inc. in Minneapolis for 15 years in a series of progressively responsible positions, the last of which was vice president – Tax. Prior to joining Honeywell, Zrust spent time at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Zrust holds a Bachelor of Arts in accounting from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., and a Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minn. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
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David Calhoun
President and CEO of The Boeing Company
David Calhoun is an American businessman, author, philanthropist, and the president and CEO of The Boeing Company. David had served on Boeing’s board of directors since 2011 and now leads the aerospace company’s strategic direction. Previous to leading Boeing, Dave was senior managing director and head of portfolio operations at The Blackstone Group. He began there in January 2014, after leading Nielsen Holdings as Chief Executive Officer since 2006. During this time, Dave oversaw Nielsen’s transformation from a privately held company into a publicly traded corporation. He continued to serve on Nielsen’s board of directors as the Executive Chairman from January 2014 to January 2016. In this role, he remained engaged in the company and provided counsel to Nielsen’s executives. Dave began his career at The General Electric Company. Before leaving GE for Nielsen, David served as vice chairman of The General Electric Company and chief executive officer of GE Infrastructure, GE’s largest business unit. During his 26-year tenure at General Electric, Calhoun led several business units, including GE Lighting, GE Employers Reinsurance Corp., GE Aircraft Engines, and GE Transportation. He held various roles across the company earlier in his career, which ranged from finance to marketing. In these roles, Dave gained a great deal of experience in business strategy and operations. David serves on the board of directors at Caterpillar, Inc. and Neurofocus, Inc. He is also a member of The Business Roundtable — a group of CEOs and business leaders dedicated to broadening opportunities for Americans that work in the U.S. economy. Dave earned his BS in accounting at Virginia Tech and now serves on their Pamplin Advisory Council. He supports Virginia Tech through philanthropic initiatives that help provide resources to underprivileged students. He is the co-author of the book, How Companies Win. In the book, he and Rick Kash of the Cambridge Group discuss the changing business landscape and how companies can maintain success while navigating the economy’s continuous digital transformation.
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Scott Drach
Vice President, Human Resources of The Boeing Company
Scott Drach was named vice president of Human Resources for Defense, Space & Security (BDS) in April 2013. In this role, he is responsible for successful execution of human resources initiatives to drive business performance and to create and sustain a premier work environment for employees. He also provides direction on employee and organizational policies, strategies, and processes throughout the BDS enterprise. BDS is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Defense, Space & Security is a $30 billion business with about 50,000 employees worldwide. Drach’s previous role was vice president of Human Resources for Boeing Corporate and Shared Services Group. In this role, he was responsible for leading his team in partnering with the business to guide human resources strategies and deploy processes to Shared Services Group and seven Boeing Corporate functions – Boeing Capital Corporation, Communications, Finance, Government Operations, Human Resources & Administration, Law, and the Office of Internal Governance. He previously led the function that provides human resources services for Boeing International employees in more than 65 countries around the world. He also has worked with organizations across the company to improve the global delivery of support to employees and Boeing entities operating outside the United States. Before joining Boeing International, Drach was the director of Human Resources for Connexion by Boeing® and Boeing Canada Technology. Drach also has held human resources leadership roles with Boeing-Corinth, Boeing-Irving, and Boeing Service Company in Texas. Earlier in his career, he was involved in security and human resources efforts for various divisions of the former Rockwell International, after joining the company as a college intern at its Aircraft Modification Center in Shreveport, La. Drach is a graduate of Louisiana State University and has a master’s degree in industrial relations from Louisiana Tech University. He is certified by the Human Resources Certification Institute as a global professional in human resources and a senior professional in human resources. Drach served six years in the Louisiana Army National Guard. He is a member of Rotary International and the Society for Human Resources Management, and the Boeing representative for the Aerospace Industries Association Workforce Council. Drach also serves on the Chicago-Cook County Workforce Investment Board.
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Chris Johnson
President of Boeing Satellite Systems International of The Boeing Company
Chris Johnson is President of Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc. (BBSI), the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites. BBSI is a Boeing subsidiary that oversees the strategy, integration and execution of Boeing’s commercial satellite business. In this role, Johnson is responsible for general management of all Boeing commercial satellites, ground systems and services contracts.
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Sheila Remes
Vice President Environmental Sustainability of The Boeing Company
Sheila Remes is a Vice President of Environmental Sustainability for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Craig Cooning
President, Network and Space Systems of The Boeing Company
Craig R. Cooning is president of Network and Space Systems (N&SS) for The Boeing Company, the world’s largest aerospace company. Appointed to this position in July 2014, Cooning leads approximately 10,000 employees across 38 states and 5 countries. N&SS is comprised of six business areas providing global customers with space exploration, cybersecurity, missile defense, and satellite communications solutions. Signature N&SS programs include the International Space Station, Space Launch System, Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Global Positioning System and Wideband Global SATCOM satellite systems, Intelsat, Inmarsat and more. Previously, Cooning served as vice president and general manager of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, and chief executive officer of Boeing Satellite Systems International. Located in El Segundo, Calif., Boeing operates the world’s largest satellite factory, which is the company’s center for all government and commercial satellite systems. As a market leader, Boeing offers end-to-end intelligence services and has competency in large-scale systems integration; Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; and navigation and communications satellites. Prior to joining Boeing in September 2005, Cooning, a retired Major General from the United States Air Force, was director of Space Acquisition in the Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force. He provided acquisition support to the under secretary and program management direction to field organizations for the development and procurement of Air Force surveillance, communications, navigation and weather satellites; space launch systems; information warfare capabilities; ground-based strategic radars; communications and command centers; and sustainment for the nation’s land-based strategic nuclear missile systems. Cooning was commissioned in 1973 through the ROTC program at Auburn University. He served in a broad range of acquisition and logistics positions and as program executive officer for all Air Force space programs, twice as a major weapon system program director, as a commander, and a warranted contracting officer. Cooning earned both the space and master acquisition badges. In October 2010, Cooning was appointed a Member of the Corporation of Draper Laboratory, a non-profit research and development laboratory that focuses on advanced technological solutions to security, space exploration, healthcare and energy problems in the United States. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. Cooning earned his bachelor’s degree in aviation management from the School of Engineering at Auburn University in Alabama and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama.
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Theodore Colbert
President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services of The Boeing Company
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Tom Bell
Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing Defense, Space & Security of The Boeing Company
Tom Bell is senior vice president of Global Sales & Marketing for Defense, Space & Security (BDS). This 53,000-employee business is a broad-spectrum security provider for U.S. and international customers worldwide. Within BDS, Bell reports to the CEO and leads the global BDS team focused on positioning the company to serve customers’ needs by gaining unparalleled customer understanding. Around the world, his organization listens intently, advocates customer views, helps develop and resource customer solutions and drives all BDS business capture efforts. Earlier in his Boeing career Bell was vice president of Strategy and Business Capture for BDS, with responsibility for both strategy development and capturing new business opportunities for Boeing’s defense business. Prior to that role he had assignments as vice president of Business Development for Boeing Military Aircraft and vice president of Business Development for Global Services & Support. Since originally joining Boeing in 1988 Bell also served in Contracts and Pricing; Industrial Participation; and International Business Development, including assignments in Finland and in the United Kingdom, where he served as president of Operations for Boeing Aerospace UK, Ltd. Prior to rejoining Boeing in June 2015, Bell was the president of Rolls-Royce Defense with overall responsibility for Rolls-Royce’s global defense aerospace business. Bell began his aerospace career with Lockheed Martin in New Orleans, La. in Manned Space Flight. He was a member of the Boeing Executive Development Program in 1999.
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Maureen Cragin
Vice President, Communications of The Boeing Company
Maureen Cragin is vice president of Communications for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Based in St. Louis, Cragin is responsible for leading all communications strategy and planning for the business. Prior to her current position, Cragin led communications for Boeing Defense, Space & Security’s Network & Space Systems business from December 2007 to October 2009. She was previously vice president of Communications for Boeing’s Washington, D.C. Operations office. Before joining Boeing in 2002, Cragin was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), beginning in 2001. While serving at the DVA, Cragin directed policies governing the department’s public and internal communications programs, as well as intergovernmental and consumer affairs activities. Prior to her presidential appointment, Cragin was director of Congressional Relations for Raytheon, in which capacity she oversaw advocacy efforts for Raytheon’s U.S. Navy and Marine Corps programs. From 1995 to 2001, she was director of Communications for the Committee on Armed Services in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the committee’s principal spokesperson, developing communication strategies for advancing committee goals, such as the passage of the annual defense authorization bill. Previously, Cragin provided consulting services to the U.S. Department of Energy and served as public affairs adviser and spokesperson for the Women’s Bureau and Glass Ceiling Commission at the U.S. Department of Labor. She also served as director of volunteer administration at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston. Cragin holds a bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval Academy. She served seven years on active duty and continued serving as a public affairs officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve until her retirement at the rank of captain in 2009. Cragin is a member of the Reserve Officers Association, the Association of the United States Navy, the Disabled American Veterans, and the American Legion. She also serves as chairman of the board of directors of the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore.
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