Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit & Industry Awards 2018 | Proqis | 12 March 2018 | Wyndham Orlando Resort International Drive, 8001 International Dr Orlando FL 32819 USA

Digital transformation is one of the key themes at BTOES18. The Digital Revolution is making a major impact on most sectors, changing the retailers’ landscape, logistics, workplace and CRM. Business transformation is merging with new technologies. Technology and traditional operational excellence applications are co-influencing each other making finding the right balance between people and tools crucial for every organization.

In this track, gain a deep understanding of the current changes, and what they mean for your sector. Discover how to transform a new technology and balance it by simplifying and tailoring it to the specific requirements of your organization, as well as how to choose a technology that will bring real long term value to your business.

During the BTOES18 dedicated Digital Transformation track, we will be analyzing practical application and use of new tools and technologies. You will understand how current disruptive technologies can be leveraged across and implemented within different businesses and industries. Navigate through modern analytical tools and technologies, and learn about the latest software developments in automation, IoT and augmented reality and the latest trends in their applications.

Who Will Be Attending
• CEOs, COOs CIOs, CFOs, Chief Learning Officer, Chief Excellence Officers
• Heads of / SVP & VP Global Operations, Global Operational Excellence Leader
• Heads of Innovation Deployment / Innovation Execution / Value Creation
• Heads of / VP of Business Transformation
• Heads or / VP of Business Excellence.
• Heads of Business Process Excellence / Process Excellence / Process Engineering
• Heads of Global Directors of Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement
• Heads of Customer Experience
• Heads of Global Business Improvement
• Heads of Strategy Execution
• Heads of Change Management
• VPs of Global Operational Excellence, Global Continuous Improvement, Process Analysis, Enterprise Risk Management, Global Production & Logistics, Lean & Six Sigma, Operational Excellence & Productivity, Business Process Management.
• Business Process Management Champions
• Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leaders / Champions / Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts
• Directors of Operations, Process Re-Engineering, Productivity, Supply Chain, BPM, Lean Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement, Business Excellence, Business Reengineering, Operational Performance Solutions, Performance Excellence, • Operational Excellence, Process Analysis, Transactional Services, Production, Manufacturing Excellence, Strategy, Innovation, Software Process, Business Transformation, Plant, Productivity, Software Process Improvement
• Heads of / Director of Clinical Excellence, Head of Patient Safety, VP of Clinical Outcomes, Clinical Department Head
• Managers / Lean Six Sigma Black Belts / Green Belts
• Leading Consultants, Solution Providers & Vendors.
• Press, Media, Think Tanks

Why should you attend BTOES18?

• ENGAGE with Global Continuous Improvement Leaders viewing traditional Operational Excellence Culture with an eye to the future, solving real life OpEx challenges, through Roundtable discussions, panel sessions, and workshops designed to give you more direct contact with the speaker.

• DISCOVER how to align your traditional Operational Excellence methodologies with Digital Transformation and Business Innovation through our dedicated tracks.

• EXPERIENCE others’ Operational Excellence successes and failures, when industry leaders present real-life case studies on how they achieved their goals.

• RECEIVE real, practical guidance on utilizing Operational Excellence to create top line growth, with a holistic view from Strategy to Execution and Implementation of RPA and CI

• GAIN the skills and perspective necessary to fully encourage leadership understanding and buy-in for your Operational Excellence team, with our dedicated Leadership track sessions including proven techniques to guarantee buy-in.

• LEARN how to transform your Operational Excellence team to think strategically, using Operational Excellence to fuel, execute and manage value creation projects.

• TAKE HOME the skills to implement, and sustain a culture of Operational Excellence within your organization, to help your organization sustainably embrace and embed Operational Excellence at every level.

2018 Speakers

Lee Cockerell
Former EVP of Operations for Walt Disney World®. One of the public faces of the world-renowned Disney Institute,

Mishu Rahman
Senior Portfolio Director, Innovation & Digital Programmes

Jean-Claude Kihn
President, EMEA

Sisir Padhy
SVP, Business Excellence

Michael Hardie
DIrector, Operational Excellence

Daniel Abrantes
Global Change Management

Nuray Gurtekin Sen
Head of Global Process & Quality

José Pires
Global Excellence & Innovation (E&I) Leader

Ricardo Estok
Enterprise Principle Leader, Global Manufacturing Operations & Council

Akin Akintola
Networks Lead, Ecosystems Advocacy

Jeff Hastie
Global Director, Lean Enterprise

Al Faber
President & CEO

Don Drury
CEO

Lisa Norcross
SVP and Head of the Center of Operational Excellence

Dr. Morphis Tsalikidis
Former Regional Operational Excellence and Business Transformation Executive Director

Peter Evans
Director of LCI

Zachary Surak
Partner

Shirley Whitfield
Director Global Market Planning & Launch Excellence

Ted Iverson
Lean Expert

Fabio Garaycochea
Associate Director

Leslie Smith
RMS Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

Kåre Michelsen
Director APQP

Harold Peters
System Director, Performance Improvement

Anu George
COO

Samantha Bureau - Johnson
Vice President of Business Process Excellence (BPE) & Project Management Office (PMO)

Joseph Vacca
Head of Operational Excellence

John King
Continuous Improvement Chief Engineer

Tim Plankey
AVP, Head of MMUS CI

Dr. Cindy Young
Program Manager, Fleet and TYCOM Enterprise Support

Michael Wilson
Head of Business Assurance & Improvement

Kevin Goldsmith
CTO

Mustafa Abdulali
Director of Lean Transformation

Kevin Duggan
Shingo Award-Winning Author, Founder

Maria Thompson
Global Innovation Framework Leader

Loren Bishop
Director of the Lean Management Office

Jeff Porada
Operational Excellence Manager

Tomos Peters
Global Head of CI

Naveen Kandasami
Global IT Executive Director Business Partnership and CRM Strategy

Norbert Majerus
Lean Champion, Book Author and Shingo Prize Winner

Phil McIntyre
Managing Director

Sherryl Schown
Enterprise PMO Governance and Process Manager

Eric Wenke
Corporate VP, Enterprise Transformation

Iassen Deenitchen
Head of Global Process

Brett Addis
Global Vice President, HR Strategy & Transformation

Rajeev Jain
VP - Finance Controllership Operations

Derek Mydlarz
Medical Director, Office of the Chief Medical Officer

Anish Sharan
Director, Business Improvement

Dwight Harris Jr.
Senior Lean Six Sigma & Agile Integration Consultant

Tejas Vashi
Senior Director of Product Strategy and Marketing, Learning

Tray Cockerell
Director & CEO Project Leaders, Office of CEO

Elli Hurst
Vice President, Automation

Damon Werner
Vice President, Business Optimization & Six Sigma

Elaine Richardson
Senior Advisor in Corporate Strategy

Don Lanham
Director Business Development

Randy Clark
Director of Six Sigma

Trent Kaufman
CEO

Reed Deshler
Organization Design & Change Leader

Randy Shumway
Chairman, Partner

Aaron Washburn
Senior Director of Business Process Improvement

Kelly Moore
Operational Excellence Lead

Paul Docherty
Founder & Executive Director

Brett Warland
Director of Process Improvement

Fernando Ventureira
CEO

Cortilia Lin
Director Brand Insights – Global Brand Strategy

Kathy Bozimski
IS Manager BPM

Lawrence Cowan
Partner

Daniel Christinsen
Principal Project Manager, Lean-Agile Transformation Program Manager/Sensei

Dr. Mathias Kirchmer
Managing Director & Co CEO

John Abel
SVP & CIO

Joel Ehle
Advisory Board Member

Rocky Silvestri
President & CEO

Joseph F. Paris, Jr.
Chairman, Xonitek, Founder

Rob Stewart
CEO

Brendan Madden
Chief Executive Officer

Hiren Kotak
Regional Head of Automation Strategy and Transformation Consulting

Germaine Watts
Partner & CEO

Robert Hutcherson
CEO/Founder

Stephen Engel
Senior Vice President, Strategic Solutions Leader Americas

Rob Blanchette
Partner

Marcus Nicolls
Senior Partner & Author

Kevin Duffy
Regional Managing Director

Klaus Enzenhofer
Director Technology Strategy

Lee Winters, Sr
Director of Strategy Optimization

Dennis MacAleese
Director

Ryan Covell
Senior Director of Sales

Ryan Thornton
Senior Consultant

Ruth Sorrells
Chief Revenue Officer

Sandra Harry
COO

Anthony Honaker
Vice President of Product Strategy and Development

Jordan Workman
Director of NA & EMEA Client Development

Denis Gagne
CEO & CTO

Sumithra Gomatam
President, Cognizant Digital Operations

Sean Tinney
CTO, Intelligent Automation Innovation Center

Will Thomas
VP Sales

Zal Pezhman
VP & General Manager

Bill Warren
Director Business Development

Michael Curran-Hays
Practise Leader

Tor Inge Vasshus
CEO

Doug Von Feldt
Senior Consultant

Marc Olesen
Senior Vice President & GM Digital Experience

Alex Prejean
Senior Director, Solutions & Innovation

Tim Lynch
Sales Manager

Tim McCracken
Director of Business Development

2018 Sponsors

STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE PARTNER:
• McKinsey & Co.

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• IBM
• Signavio
• Cicero Group
• Hitachi Consulting Group
• Dynatrace
• Upland Software

GOLD SPONSORS:
• iObeya
• Corporater
• OpusWorks
• AlignOrg Solutions
• Performance Solutions by Milliken
• Kepner-Tregoe

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Cognizant
• Agent Technologies Inc.