Venue
Embassy Suites by Hilton Greenville Golf Resort & Conference Center
Embassy Suites by Hilton Greenville Golf Resort & Conference Center, 670 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607, USA

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Event Date Wed Apr 17 EDT - Thu Apr 18 EDT (8 months ago)
Location Embassy Suites by Hilton Greenville Golf Resort & Conference Center
670 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607, USA
Region Americas
Details

Advance your business and career goals by listening to and networking with manufacturers sharing case studies in how to:

• Empower people & manage tech-led change
• Manage OT data & turn AI vision into reality
• Prepare & plan for Industry 3.0 to 4.0 deployment
• Start & scale digital transformation as a small to midsize manufacturer
• Succeed with Digital Twins, Cobots vs. Robots, Mixed Reality
• Develop effective & innovative workforce solutions
• Lower costs & energy waste through data-driven sustainability practices across production & supply

Job Titles That Attend:
• CEO & Founders
• Manufacturing Operations
• Plant & Facilities Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Digital Transformation
• Sustainability
• Supply Chain & Logistics
• Innovation & R&D
• Industry 4.0
• IT & Technology
• Data Analytics & Science
• System Integration
• Product
• HR & Workforce Development

Speakers

2024 Speakers

ADVISORY BOARDS:

Erin Chase
Director, Operations Excellence & Digital Mfg., Johnson Controls

Tim Vibbert
Executive Director & Plant Manager, GE Appliances - Haier Company

Virginie Collin-Banerji
Head of NA IM & Digital Initiatives, Airbus

Karthikk Munirathinam
Director - Digitalization, Schaeffler

Scott Burkey
Technology Fellow, XR, WestRock Company

Jeff Winter
Director, Smart Mfg., ISA

Dr. Cynthia Davis
Senior Vice President, Sustain SC

N. Tyrone Ellis
Aftermarket Engineering Leader, Trane Technologies

Shameka Lewis
Director Environment Health Safety, Kellanova

Trent Randles
Manufacturing Engineering Manager, BorgWarner

Andy Carr
CEO/President, SCMEP

Dane Laughlin
Director of Advanced Learning Capabilities, Invista

Nick Hughes
Industrial Transformation Leader, Amsted Rail

Mike Demos
South Carolina Coordinator, OpExchange

Catherine Briley
Director Manufacturing 4.0 Integration, Cooley Group

Stijin Van de Velde
CEO, Gemba Systems

SPEAKERS:

David Burin
Interim CIO, GE Vernova

Ron Norris
Director, Innovation, Georgia-Pacific

Sanjeev Khot
Director-Global Product Quality, Atmus Filtration Technologies (Cummins)

Regina Lopez
Vice President of Supply Chain, Proterra

Meg Lanza
Head of Technology, BSH Home Appliances Group

Stefan Plotz
Global SME, Assembly of the Future, Magna International

Siddharth Goyal, Ph.D.
Director of Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Digital Technologies, Mitek

Larry Megan
Head of Digital, Baldwin Richardson Foods

Dax Middlebrooks
Senior Manager, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Weatherford

Maurie Lawrence
VP Sustainability, Associate General Counsel, Milliken & Company

Manuele D'Aversa
CEO & General Manager, Linde + Wiemann

Sarah Morgan
Director Digital Supply Chain, Kellanova

Jolly Ehiabhi
Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Otis

Leslie Skardon
CEO, Sustain SC

Wolf Mueller
Vice President, Dräxlmaier Group

Devin Bhushan
CEO, Squint

Annette Funderburk
President, J.F. Ingram State Technical College

Bryan Bauw
Chief Operating Officer, Pico MES

Brad Dineley
SVP of Operations, Schaeffler

Ravi Subramanyan
Director of Industry Solutions Manufacturing, HiveMQ

Kelvin Byrd
Dean of Industrial Manufacturing, Greenville Technical College

Robert Stucky
Lead Product Engineer, GE Aerospace

Fernando A. Bera
Engineering Supervisor, ZF Transmission Gray Court, LLC

Catherine Hayes
Director, Industry Solutions, SCRA: South Carolina Research Authority

Nate McCall
Senior Consultant, Navvis

Joe Razum
Pricing Manager, Trane Technologies

Olivia Gamble
Data Analyst, Global Sustainability, Milliken & Company

Joe Mulrooney
Head of Manufacturing Industry - Go to Market, ServiceNow

David Clayton
Executive Director, Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research

Raymond L. James
Assistant Dean, Advanced Manufacturing & Transportation, Greenville Technical College

Marcel Schäfer
Senior Program Coordinator, Fraunhofer USA

Brad Logsdon
Program Manager, Smart Manufacturing, Swedish Match

Josh Riggs
Senior Manager, Sustainability, Milliken & Company

Jeffrey Schroeder
Product Manager, HighByte

Mike Yost
Chair, Industry 4.0 Club

Mo Abuali
Director - Digital, PhD, Wipfli LLC

Mark Whisenant
Director of Human Resources, Mountville Mills

Tim Israel
Director, Business & Industry Services, GAMEP Director, Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership at Georgia Tech

Joseph Etris
Vice President of IoT Solutions, Gemba Systems

Rick Joye
Americas Industrial Supply Chain Competency Manager, Michelin

Michael Smith
Supply Chain Sustainability Specialist, AFL

Dr. Joshua Thomason
Executive Director of Ethos School (GAC's Online School), Greater Atlanta Christian School

Erica Call
Strategic Sustainability & Energy Programs Manager, Siemens

Alex Sturgis
Energy & Sustainability Solutions Manager, Siemens

Anderson McMaster
Senior Supply Chain Manager, ZF

Andy Bonnett
Application Manager, Sargent Metal Fabricators

Rob Howell
Advisor, Sustain SC

Rick Oppedisano
Advisor, Sustain SC

Matt Venuto
Industrial Recycling Manager, CRC Scrap Metal Recycling

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Squint
• PICO
• HiveMQ

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Navvis
• Servicenow

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• HighByte
• Wipfli

SUPPORTERS:
• Industry40 Club
• OpExChange
• UpstateSCAlliance
• Manufacture Alabama
• SC Council on Competitiveness
• Cuicar
• SCMEP
• SCRA
• XR@Work
• Fraunhofer