Meet our amazing speakers
Hosted by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, this year’s 6th annual symposium will feature more than a dozen speakers, plus the opportunity to network digitally with hundreds of participants.
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Michael Brown
Senior Solution Architect Manufacturing
Amazon Web Services
Atlanta, GA
678.404.0020
brownaws@amazon.com
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Chad Corbin
DGOP/PS/ME/SEA Digital Champion
Michelin North America
1 Parkway S
Greenville, SC 29615
+ 1 (864) 704-3969
chad.corbin@michelin.com
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Neil Desrosiers
Software Engineer
Mazak North America
8025 Production Dr.
Florence, KY 41042
+1 (859) 342-1881
+1 (859) 342-1715
ndesrosiers@mazakcorp.com
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Colin S. Dhillon
Chief Technical Officer
APMA
10 Four Seasons Place, Suite 801
Toronto, ON M9B 6H7
+1 (416) 620-4220 tel
+1 (416)-620-9730 fax
colin.dhillon@gmail.com
www.APMA.ca
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Andrew Dugenske
Director, Factory Information Systems Center
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0560
+1 (404) 894-9161
+1 (404) 323-0637 mobile
dugenske@gatech.edu
manufacturing.gatech.edu
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Joanne Friedman, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
ConnektedMinds Inc.
Toronto, ON
joanne.friedman@connektedminds.com
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Bruce M. Kramer
Senior Advisor, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
+1 (703) 292-5348
bkramer@nsf.gov
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Jason Kridner
Co-founder and President of the Board
BeagleBoard.org Foundation
4467 Ascot Ct
Oakland Twp, MI 48306
+1 (713) 234-0535
jkridner@beagleboard.org
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Alain Louchez
Co-founder and Director Emeritus
Center for the Development and Application of Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT)
Georgia Institute of Technology
75 5th Street, NW, Suite 900
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 USA
+1 (404) 407-8280
alain.louchez@cacp.gatech.edu
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John Morehouse
Director
Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (404)-385-0895
JMorehouse@georgia.org
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Alyssa Rumsey
Senior Project Manager
Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (540)-931-8692 mobile
arumsey@georgia.org
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Ikjot Saini, PhD
Assistant Professor at University of Windsor
V2X Technology Expert
Cybersecurity and Privacy of Connected Vehicles
Academic Chair of WiCyS Ontario Affiliate
Founder of WiCyS Windsor
ASRG-WIN
Ontario, Canada
ikjotsaini@outlook.com
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Mark Thiele
Co-Founder & CEO
Edgevana Inc.
Los Vegas, NV
+1 (510) 557-4843
mark@edgevana.com
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Professor Ben Wang
Executive Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems
Professor in Materials Science & Engineering
Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer
Georgia Institute of Technology
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (404) 385-2068
ben.wang@gatech.edu
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John Whitten
Principal at Connexted Labs, LLC
Connexted Labs
Alpharetta, GA 30005
+1 (678) 502-8336 mobile
john.whitten@projectsofthings.com