OPEX WEEK Business Transformation World Summit Summer 2017 - Canada | International Quality & Productivity Center | 21 August 2017 | San Diego CA , 400 West Broadway San Diego CA 92101 United States

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.

2017 SPEAKERS

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

Cristina Agudo
Senior Manager, Electronic Payment Services
Google

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

Marcos Aria
Director, Premium Care Call Centers
AT&T

Sarah Arnett
Sarah Arnett Head of Data Science Hawthorne
Hawthorne

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

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

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

Yona Capobianco
Vice President, Business Process Excellence
BD

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

Steven Carleton
former Chief Operating Officer
eBay Global Shipping

Jackson Chin
Managing Director & Business Architect
Wells Fargo

David Cole
Business Excellence Leader
Black & Veatch

Cynthia Creamer
Senior Robotic Automation Designer
Swiss Re

Swetal Desai
Vice President, Business Process Improvement
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Adam Devine
VP, Head of Marketing
WorkFusion

Eric Dolak
Executive Director, Business Transformation
Amgen

Mark Fendley
Continuous Improvement Manager
BMW

Dietrich Fischer
Director, Business Transformation and Process Strategy
BBVA Compass

David Foxx
Co-Author
The Lean Handbook

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

Peggy Fry
Head of Quality Programs
LinkedIn

Howard Grunwell
CI Methodology Lead
Allstate

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

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

Christy Hartner
Senior Vice President
Commerce Bank

Patricia Hatter
Senior Vice President, General Manager of Services
Intel

Hannes Krause
Service Manager & Inhouse Consultant
Swarovski

Lapointe Lapointe
Manager PSAP Services
West Safety Services

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

Melissa Layupan
Principal Technical Specialist
K2

Mathieu Lemerle
Engineering Manager, Operations Engineering
Starbucks

Diane Magers
Chair of Board
Customer Experience Professional Association

Linda Mason
Strategic Initiatives PMO Leader
S-One Holdings Corporation

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

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

Kevin Mohler
Vice President, Operational Excellence
Pentec Health

Matthew Morgan
Head Of Business Systems & Improvement
Bridgewater Associates

Marilyn Monda
Chief Executive Officer
Monda Consulting

Connie Moore
Senior Vice President, Research
Digital Clarity Group

Ignacio Nunez
Global Operational Excellence Leader
Johnson & Johnson Vision

Emmanuel Obiorah
Director, Process Excellence & Innovation
Verizon

Russell Ollie
Former Director, Operational Excellence
General Motors

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

Theodore Revilock
Director of Operational Excellence
The Coca-Cola Company

Theo Rose
Senior Vice President, Organizational Transformation
Century 21 Stores

Hauke Schupp
Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence
Ten-X

Leslie Smith
RMS Customer Engagement Lead
Lockheed Martin

Thomas Templeman
Chief Operating Officer
Graybug Vision

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

Gustav Toppenberg
Global Head of Enterprise Architecture & Service Management
Aon

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

Erika Westbay
Program Director of BPM
The Nature Conservancy

Dana Wilson
Vice President of Customer Experience
Comcast Cable

Hillary Wilson
Director of Programs and Field Service Operations
Laerdal Medical

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

Stephanie Zeiler
Change Management Leader
Top 20 of the Fortune 500

Amanda Lettmann
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder
Simple Disability Insurance

Shane Ragland
Customer Experience Leader
AT&T

Paul Hunt
CEO
Abilaire Solutions LLC

Brad Orluk
Technical Evangelist and Automation Specialist
Nintex

Mirela Albertsen
Corporate Director, Medical Devices
Adventist Health

Nelson Sandhu
Vice President, Member Experience
G&F Financial Group

Jessica Grant
Director, Business Process

Dave Marcus
SVP, Strategy
K2

Brett Callihan
Manager, Business Process Engineering
Jackson National Life Insurance Company

David Gaudin
SVP, North America
Signavio

Massimiliano Delsante
CEO
Cognitive Technology

Gianmichele Alivia
Vice President of Logistics
Prysmian North America

Jesus Gomez
VP of Posting Closing Operations
Stearns Lending

2017 Sponsors

Abilaire
Automation Anywhere
Apex Process Consultants
Bizagi
Everteam
FireStart
IBM
iGrafx
Interfacing
K2
Kofax
MEGA
Microsoft
myInvenio
Nintex
OpusWorks
Pipefy
Processplan
Pulpstream
QualiWare
Skuid
Signavio
StereoLOGIC
Trisotech
TrackVia
UiPath
WorkFusion