North America's Leading Digital Manufacturing Event

October 14 - 16, 2025 | Hilton Chicago - Oak Brook Hills Resort

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Mark Rardin

Senior Propulsion Manager Rolls Royce North American Technologies

I am a passionate hands-on leader with 27 years of expertise in managing Railroad assets, Aircraft Maintenance, Logistics, Planning, and Training with a proven history of maximizing the team’s talents to achieve company objectives in a time-centric, fiscally-constrained environment. I possess a solid understanding of production management principles including program management, LEAN manufacturing, operations analysis, and logistics. I have managed multi-million dollar railcar and aircraft programs while simultaneously tracking a multi-million dollar operating budgets. Highly motivated, process driven, strong team leader/member, able to motivate others to achieve optimal production rates while maintaining high safety methods/practices. Well-versed in overseeing contractors in federal and civilian corporation environments. A go-to leader for both military and private sector personnel.  

Main Conference Day 2 - Thursday October 16

12:00 PM Future-Ready Manufacturing: Building a Workforce Fit for the Smart Factory Era

Navigating the workforce wakeup call: an aging workforce, a shrinking talent pool, and rising attrition
Bridging the generational divide: How to capture decades of hard-earned know-how while bringing in the next wave of digital-native, tech-driven talent?
Aligning your talent strategy with your digital strategy: Future-proofing your operations with workforce strategies that scale with your smart manufacturing vision—from skills development to digital adoption

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Mark.

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