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.
Michael Brown
Senior Solution Architect Manufacturing
Amazon Web Services
Atlanta, GA
678.404.0020
brownaws@amazon.com
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
Neil Desrosiers
Software Engineer
Mazak North America
8025 Production Dr.
Florence, KY 41042
+1 (859) 342-1881
+1 (859) 342-1715
ndesrosiers@mazakcorp.com
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
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
Joanne Friedman, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
ConnektedMinds Inc.
Toronto, ON
joanne.friedman@connektedminds.com
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mark Thiele
Co-Founder & CEO
Edgevana Inc.
Los Vegas, NV
+1 (510) 557-4843
mark@edgevana.com
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
John Whitten
Principal at Connexted Labs, LLC
Connexted Labs
Alpharetta, GA 30005
+1 (678) 502-8336 mobile
john.whitten@projectsofthings.com