OPEX Exchange US - Spring 2020 | IQPC | 28 September 2020 | TBA, Texas, USA

Digital transformation of complex processes and operations was a top concern for Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement and Business Transformation leaders in 2018. Much of the challenge lay in deciding which processes and operations you should automate and which should be optimized, but with new intelligent automation tools coming to market in 2019 will some of this burden be lifted?

Automating the right processes and operations can be a great challenge; yet vital in achieving efficiencies and reducing waste for the business. In recent years, improvements in Data Analytics have paved the way for Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement and Business Transformation leaders looking to strategically drive the finer complexities of their business processes and develop lean operations that can add significant value aligned with the overall company goals.

One of the top challenges witnessed in 2018 was the continued struggle to gain that all important buy in from all levels of the business. How can you engage everyone in the value of operational excellence and business transformation? When many fear losing their jobs to the “robots”, what can senior Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement and Business Transformation leaders do to reassure their employees and show the value this will bring to all levels of the business?

2019 Past Speakers

Jose Tolosa
Chief Transformation Officer, Viacom

Madhu Narasimhan
SVP Project/Program Delivery & Agile Transformation, Wells Fargo

Stacy Maloney
Sr. Director Change Management, Gap Inc.

Deanna Wise
Chief Information Officer, Banner Health

Heather Vidal
AVP Omni-Channel & Digital Transformation, MetLife

Ilir Morina
Director of Process Engineering, Target

Raul Melgar
Director Operational Excellence, Deployment Leader, Cardinal Health

Alex Goryachev
Managing Director Innovation Centres, Cisco

Alan Padula
Head of Agile Coaching & Excellence, PayPal

James Keyes
Former CEO, Blockbuster & 7-Eleven

Shannon Schleisman
Project Manager Employee Development, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Alex De Sousa
Head of IT, Equinor

Peter Malek
Director of Process Performance & Operational Excellence, VMWare

Sean Logan
VP Business Services & Continuous Improvement, Boyd Gaming

Kelly Kujan
Head of Global Business Excellence, Edwards Lifesciences

2020 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• IBM

SILVER PLUS SPONSORS:
• Thought Exchange
• Midnight Electric
• SLKone

BRONZE PLUS SPONSOR:
• Lean-BPM

SILVER SPONSORS:
• iGrafx
• OpusWorks

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Keepner Tregoe