OPEX Week: Business Transformation World Summit Summer | International Quality & Productivity Center | 21 June 2017 | San Diego, California

Progressive OPEX: the next frontier in value, innovation and competitive advantage

OPEX Week is coming to San Diego in the summer and shining the spotlight on PEX on the beach! You asked for another meeting in the year, and we listened! Operational excellence and transformation leaders from across the US will be coming together to debate and discuss progressive OPEX – the tools, methodologies and technologies driving change in every industry.

Operational excellence is evolving and the move to value is key. Operating in fast moving markets, changing economies and with evolving customer demands, leaders are laser-focused on programs which drive significant value to the business. Incorporating agile processes in line with market demands keeps transformation, evolution and innovation top of the agenda.

Martin Ford
Futurist, New York Times Bestselling Author,
The Rise of the Robots

Riad Ardahji
Senior Director of Production Engineer, Continuous Improvement & OPEX
Leggett & Platt

Sarah Arnett
Sarah Arnett Head of Data Science Hawthorne
Hawthorne

William Botha
Operational Excellence Principal Genentech, a member of the Roche Group
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group

Yona Capobianco
Vice President, Business Process Excellence
BD

Steven Carleton
former Chief Operating Officer
eBay Global Shipping

David Cole
Business Excellence Leader
Black & Veatch

Cranston Darris
Lean, Performance Improvement & Operational Excellence Lead
New York/New Jersey Healthcare Network, U.S Department of Veterans Affairs

Adam Devine
Vice President, Product Marketing & Strategic Partnerships
WorkFusion

Mark Fendley
Continuous Improvement Manager
BMW

David Foxx
Co-Author
The Lean Handbook

Peggy Fry
Head of Quality Programs
LinkedIn

Michael Harbour
MD Global Executive Director Infectious Diseases, Office of the Chief Patient Officer
Merck & Co.

Christy Hartner
Senior Vice President
Commerce Bank

Hannes Krause
Service Manager & Inhouse Consultant
Swarovski

Uli Larosa
Manager, Service Design, Corporate
G&F Financial Group

Mathieu Lemerle
Engineering Manager, Operations Engineering
Starbucks

Linda Mason
Strategic Initiatives PMO Leader
S-One Holdings Corporation

Jim McCarthy
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
VEREIT, Inc.

Matthew Morgan
Head Of Business Systems & Improvement
Bridgewater Associates

Connie Moore
Senior Vice President, Research
Digital Clarity Group

Emmanuel Obiorah
Director, Process Excellence & Innovation
Verizon

Marvin Raymundo
Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence and Project Management
Banc of California

Theo Rose
Senior Vice President, Organizational Transformation
Century 21 Stores

Hauke Schupp
Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence
Ten-X

Thomas Templeman
Chief Operating Officer
Graybug Vision

Gustav Toppenberg
Global Head of Enterprise Architecture & Service Management
Aon

Carmen West
Senior Director, Global HR Operations
McGraw-Hill Education

Dana Wilson
Vice President of Customer Experience
Comcast Cable

Carolann Wolfgang
Continuous Improvement Manager
Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

Cristina Agudo
Senior Manager, Electronic Payment Services
Google

Marcos Aria
Director, Premium Care Call Centers
AT&T

Tami Beheler
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lilly Research Laboratories
Eli Lilly and Company

Laurie Brooks
IT Business Process Architecture, Senior Principal
Kellogg’s

Brooks Carder
PhD Principal Carder & Associates and Chair- Elect
ASQ Human Development and Leadership Division

Jackson Chin
Managing Director & Business Architect
Wells Fargo

Cynthia Creamer
Senior Robotic Automation Designer
Swiss Re

Swetal Desai
Vice President, Business Process Improvement
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Eric Dolak
Executive Director, Business Transformation
Amgen

Dietrich Fischer
Director, Business Transformation and Process Strategy
BBVA Compass

Karen Fukumura
Executive Vice President, Head of Change Execution
East West Bank

Howard Grunwell
CI Methodology Lead
Allstate

Hilary Hahn
Vice President, Employee Experience, Creative Strategies
Frontier Communications

Patricia Hatter
Senior Vice President, General Manager of Services
Intel

Lapointe Lapointe
Manager PSAP Services
West Safety Services

Melissa Layupan
Principal Technical Specialist
K2

Diane Magers
Chair of Board
Customer Experience Professional Association

Karen Matijak
Vice President, Business Transformation
The Nature’s Bounty Co.

Kevin Mohler
Vice President, Operational Excellence
Pentec Health

Marilyn Monda
Chief Executive Officer
Monda Consulting

Ignacio Nunez
Global Operational Excellence Leader
Johnson & Johnson Vision

Russell Ollie
Former Director, Operational Excellence
General Motors

Theodore Revilock
Director of Operational Excellence
The Coca-Cola Company

Robyn Schroeder
Project Engineer, Operations Innovation & Engineering
Starbucks

Leslie Smith
RMS Customer Engagement Lead
Lockheed Martin

Sally Toister
Senior Director, Operational Excellence – Americas Division
Marriott International

Dan Wasser
Vice President, Category Management, Shopper Insights and Sales & Event Planning
Fresh Express, a division of Chiquita

Erika Westbay
Program Director of BPM
The Nature Conservancy

Hillary Wilson
Director of Programs and Field Service Operations
Laerdal Medical

Stephanie Zeiler
Change Management Leader
Top 20 of the Fortune 500

Abilaire
Appian
Automation Anywhere
Cognitive Technology
Everteam
FireStart
IBM
iGrafx
K2
OpusWorks
Pulpstream
QualiWare
WorkFusion
Nintex
StereoLOGIC
TrackVia
Interfacing