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A TRIP TO INDIA & OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Fall Conference
  • Dr. Rado Gazo, (Professor, Purdue University)
  • Thomas Klier, (Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
  • Venu Srinivasan, (Company CEO, TVS Motor)
2006
Full Partners:
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Rolls-Royce
Event Sponsors:
  • Philip Morris USA
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • USC Marshall
Summer Devos Award Recipients
  • David Hummels, (Professor of Economics)
  • Karthik Kannan, (Assistant Professor of Management)
Partners and Event Sponsors:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • General Motors
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Cummins Inc.
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Delphi
  • Fairfield
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Philip-Morris USA
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • USC Marshall
  • Roger Williams
Event Sponsors
  • Discovery Park
  • EATON
  • IBM
Fall Conference
  • Jane Brock-Wilson, (Managing Director, Berkshire Partners)
  • Ananth Iyer, (Director, DCMME and GSCMI)
  • Colin Roche, Bobby Ronsse, (Co-Founders, Pacific Writing Instruments)
  • John Sofia, (Vice President - Engineering & Development, American Axle & Manufacturing)
  • William Strauss, (Senior Economists, Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
  • Roy Vasher, (Previous Project General Manager, Toyota Motor Engineering)

 

2007
Fall Conference
  • Scott Singer, (Director - UTC Global Supply Management, United Technologies Corporation)
  • V. Kovaichelvan, (Vice President -HRD & TQC, TVS Motor Company)
  • Doug Sabel, (Director, Procurement Operations & University Contracting Group)

 

 

2008

Partners
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Caterpillar
  • Cummins
  • Delphi
  • Ford
  • General Motors
  • Lew S. Rayl, Roger Stewart, Roger Willis
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • IBM
  • EATON
Event Sponsors
  • EATON
  • IBM
  • APICS
  • AMCS
  • CIBER
  • General Motors
  • OFS Brands
  • Delphi
  • Ford
Fall Conference
  • Dr. Ananth Iyer, (Director - DCMME, GSCMI, Susan Bulkeley Buttler Chair in Operations Management)
  • Dr. Arnab Bisi, (Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management)
  • Dr. Yu Hu, (Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management
  • Don Foley, Jr., (Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics, Senior Project Manager, Indiana Economic Development Corporation)
  • Tim Fiore, (Senior Vice President - Supply Management, Terex Corporation)
  • Tom Kent, (Director External Manufacturing, Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
  • Scott Brown, (Partner-in-Charge, Manufacturing and Distribution Services Group, Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP)
2008
Partners:
  • AlliedSignal
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Andersen Consulting
  • Caterpillar
  • Crowe Chizek and Company
  • Deloitte & Touche
  • Eastman Kodak – Year 9 of 10-year pledge
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Ernst & Young
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors
  • Ingersoll-Rand – Year 4 of 5-year pledge
  • Owens-Brockway – Year 2 of 5-year pledge
  • TRW
  • Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO)
Event Sponsors:
  • Eaton
  • IBM
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • Unilever
Fall Conference
  • Dr. Ananth Iyer, (Director - DCMME, GSCMI, Susan Bulkeley Buttler Chair in Operations Management)
  • Richard Cosier, (Dean – Krannert School of Management, Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Iowa, M.B.A., Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, B.S., Packaging Technology, Michigan State University)
  • Manohar Kalwani, (Ph.D., Management Science, Columbia University, 1975, M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1970, B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1969)
  • Vinayak Deshpande, (Professor, Purdue University)
  • Zhulei Tang, (Professor, Purdue University)
  • Scott Brown, (Partner, Katz, Sapper & Miller Certified Public Accountants)
  • Jeb Conrad, (President, Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance)
  • Rich Meyer, (Business Growth Services Leader, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center, Purdue University - Technical Assistance Program)
  • Pam Norman, (Executive Director, Indiana INTERNnet)
Partners:
  • Caterpillar, Inc.
  • Delphi
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Greater Kokomo
  • Walmart
  • Duke Energy
  • Cummins Inc.
  • Katz, Sapper & Miller
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • Sears
Event Sponsors:
  • Purdue Ciber
  • Chevron
  • Conexus Indiana
  • Indiana InternNet
  • EATON
  • John Deere
  • Unilever
2009
Fall Conference
  • Matthew H. Caddell, (Director of Programs, Aero-Engine Controls)
  • Richard J. Sepeta, (Plant Manager & Operations Director, Delphi Electronics)
  • Steve Blanco, (Vice President of Manufacturing for Electrical Sector, Eaton)
  • Jeb Conrad, (President, Greater Kokomo Economic Development, Alliance)
  • Laura Sheets, (Business Relations Manager, Duke Energy)
  • Tom Easterday, (Executive Vice President, SIA)
2010
Partners:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Arcelor Mittal
  • General Motors
  • Greater Kokomo
  • Duke energy
  • Walmart
  • Verallia
  • Boeing
  • Caterpillar
  • Delphi
  • Sears
Event Sponsors:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Chevron
  • Purdue CIBER
  • Eaton
  • Greater Kokomo
  • Walmart
  • Duke Energy
  • Saint-Gobain Containers
  • Unilever
Fall Conference
  • Gerald Lynch
  • Manohar Kalwani
  • Dr. Ananth Iyer
  • Dr. J. George Shanthikumar
  • Patricia Polastri
  • Mark Burton
  • Matthus (Matt) W. Joshua
  • Ruchard Sussman
  • James L. (JB) Brown
  • Scott McConnell
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Partners:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • Arcelor Mittal
  • General Motors
  • Greater Kokomo
  • Duke Energy
  • Walmart
  • Verallia
  • Boeing
  • Caterpillar
  • Delphi
  • Sears
Event Sponsors:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • ArcelorMittal
  • Boeing
  • Caterpillar
  • GM
  • Genpact
  • John Deere
  • Verallia