Crystal is a Technical Fellow and Certified Architect at Raytheon, in the Industry 4.0 portion of the Operations Excellence organization. Crystal and her team are responsible for creating lean, connected Smart Factories and support the planning, development and execution of these technologies as well as their long term sustainment across Raytheon nationwide. These projects include… Read more »
.Speaker Group: Smart Manufacturing Portfolio- Past speakers
Laxmi Sivashankar
Laxmi is a seasoned strategist who has developed comprehensive visions for enterprise initiatives at Collins Aerospace. Her expertise lies in Digital Product Lifecycle Management, encompassing Digital Engineering, Digital Thread, MES, Engineering Tools, and High-Performance Computing. Laxmi has played a crucial role in several divestitures and acquisitions, focusing on Engineering Data separation. She has also established… Read more »
Maria S. Araujo
Maria Araujo is Director, Fellow Advanced Technology at Johnson & Johnson, focused on advanced technology scouting and development for J&J’s supply chain. Areas of focus include sensing and IoT, advanced robotics, and end-to-end visibility track & trace. Prior to J&J, Maria was a manager of R&D at Southwest Research Institute, where she led a large… Read more »
Scott Tankersley
Scott Tankersley is a Digital Transformation Leader for manufacturing systems at Honda. He has over 20 years of IT experience with the last 8 years focused on strategic planning and innovation for systems in the manufacturing space. Scott earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He helped build high-performing, multi-disciplined teams blended with… Read more »
Bradley Bishop
Brad serves as the Smart Connected Factory Program Lead for John Deere. This program is aimed at driving all John Deere Manufacturing Units to a common Tech Stack of manufacturing tools. In collaboration with John Deere Global IT for Manufacturing, the Product Management Teams, and the manufacturing units, Brad guides the program to evaluate technologies,… Read more »
Angela Reamer
Angela Reamer is the Vice President of Manufacturing at Monin Americas – Clearwater. With a continuous improvement mindset, she leads the manufacturing, maintenance, safety, and engineering teams while also being highly involved in quality. During her 18 years in manufacturing at major food and beverage companies, she has held leadership positions in production, continuous improvement… Read more »
Shawn Phillips
Shawn Phillips is the Smart Connected Factory (SCF) Manager for John Deere’s Large Tractor and Combine division. In this position, he is responsible for the manufacturing strategies pertaining to technology driven process improvements, including data and analytics as well as digital and physical automation. Phillips’ 23-year career has included roles in Software Engineering, Industrial Robotics,… Read more »
Ron Norris
Ron helps others transform the way work happens. He is a results-driven leader and a frequently requested speaker in forums around the world. He has vast experience in leading high-performance cross-functional teams, organizational transformation, and applying technology (AI/ML/MT) to reduce variability and increase reliability. Armed with the knowledge gained from the Univ. of Georgia, he… Read more »
Andrew Mears
Andy is a Technical Management professional with a diverse background in Manufacturing and Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Engineering Design, Project Management and People Management. Andy’s Industrial experience is primarily focused in Aerospace and Defense in both commercial and military program environments but also includes Oil and Gas, Medical Device and Commercial Products industries among others…. Read more »
Anthony Huffman
With over 20 years of manufacturing transformation experience in Electronic Solutions, Medical Device, and Aerospace & Defense industries, Tony leads Enterprise Architecture Strategy for Industry 4.0 at Koch Industries. During his tenure at Koch and Molex, Tony has established cutting edge smart manufacturing, operational excellence, and digital supply chain capabilities in more than 20 manufacturing… Read more »