Liz Bullard is the Innovation Manager for Manufacturing; a role created in April 2023 to accelerate and promote manufacturing advancements within production facilities through local technical competency and strategic internal networks. The Manufacturing Innovation Team leads as a catalyst, connecting with local teams to identify ‘Best Practices’ that can be shared at a site, regional, and global scale, as well as creating a widespread awareness for new technologies as they become available for application within Manufacturing. This is a collaborative role, engaging with partners from Product Development, through Manufacturing Engineering, and into our more than 70 production facilities globally for a cohesive continuous improvement strategy. Prior to addressing Innovation at a larger scale, Liz was focused on new technology development within Stamping Operations. She has held multiple roles within Stamping at Ford Motor Company, always with the common thread of bringing concepts from a research application to the scale and robustness needed for full-volume production. Projects include Heat Treatment and Chemical Treatment of aluminum, Automated Hot Stamped Boron Steel, Stamping Digital Twins and Process Analytics, AI Vision, and Traceability. Liz is active in Women of Ford and 100 Women Who Care - Ford Motor Company. As a mentor she is able to support females on their journey with personal experiences and making connections to critical resources. It is a joy to build up the network of other employees. Liz joined Fordland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, in 2011, and move to Ford Motor Company in 2013. She has a B.S. in Architecture, M.S. in Architecture, and a M. of Engineering Management.