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A CENTER THAT CELEBRATES MANUFACTURING
Fall Conference
  • Will Phillips, (VP Technology, INDYCAR)
  • Daniel Louks, (Engine Support Engineer, Verizon Indycar Series)
  • Russell Hillenburg, (President, Woven Metal Products, Inc)
  • Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, (Chief Scientist & Exec. Director, Purdue Discovery Park)
  • Eric Matteson, (Plant Leader, Lafayette Engine Facility, GE Aviation)
  • Stacey M. DelVecchio, (Additive Manufacturing Product Manager, Caterpillar Inc.)
  • Roy Vasher, (Assistant Professor of Management, Purdue University)
  • Bob Nida, (VP - Organizational Development, Wabash National)
  • Alexander Nazarov, (Chief Engineer - COE, Cummins Inc.)
Partners:
  • American Axle & Manufacturing
  • TVS Motor Company
  • Premier Auto Detailing
Sponsors:
  • AMerican Axle & Manufacturing
  • ArcelorMittal
  • GM
2015
Fall Conference
  • Antoine van Agtmael, (Senior Adviser, Garten Rothkopf and founder, CIO and CEO, Emerging Markets Management, LLC; co-author of The Smartest Places on Earth)
  • Brett Brune, (Editor in Chief, Smart Manufacturing magazine)
  • Rho Cauley Bruner, (Vehicle Management Systems Integrated Product Team Lead, Northrop Grumman)
  • Charlie Chung, (Senior Marketing Manager, UPS Supply Chain Solutions)
  • Mats Johansonn, (President and CEO, Eon Reality)
  • Bob Nida, (VP - Organizational Development, Wabash National)
  • Karthik Ramani, (Director, C Design Lab, Donald W Feddersen Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University)
2016
2017
Fall Conference
  • Ben Wrightsman, (COO of the Battery Innovation Center)
  • Doug Mansfield (CEO, Kirby Risk)
  • Michael Fornasiero (Program Manager, Workforce Development and SMM Engagement, UI LABS)
  • Ben Larson (Plant Manager, Evonik Corporation)
  • David Nedohin (President, Scope AR)
  • Professor Tong Jin Kim (Associate Professor, Purdue University)
  • Scott Hartford (ITAMCO)
  • John Annakin (Chief Revenue Officer, Clear Object)
  • Pamela Fisher (Director of Economic Development & Special Initiatives, Indiana Department of Transportation)