North America's Leading Digital Manufacturing Event

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

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Sponsorship Opportunities

The Connected Worker Advisory Board

Grant Ecker
Chief Enterprise Architect
Ecolab

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader
Owens Corning

Tony Papke
Director of Business Development
MxD

Big Ideas Speakers

Todd Buchholz
Former White House Director of Economic Policy, Author, Economist
Keynote Speaker

Ron Norris
Innovation & Transformation Leader | AI Visionary | Business Growth Strategist
Advanced Innovation Management

Industry Expert Speakers

Praveen Moturu
VP Digital Technologies and Chief Enterprise Architect
Mars

Shatender Singh
Principal Enterprise Architect
Sysco Corporation

Tara E Tolly
Global Director of Operations, Process Optimization and Transformation
ADM

Mike Brauckman
Head of Focused Improvement
Nestle

Mike Tomasco
Senior Vice President - Chief Information Officer
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies

Kim Shelby
Vice President Supply Chain and Operations
PLZ

Michael Burgess
Vice President Operations
Crenlo Engineered Cabs

Marc Labrie
Manager of OT
Mueller Water Products Inc

Audrey St.Onge
President & CEO NA Baking Business
Lallemand

Todd Leathers
Sr. Manager of Intelligent Operations
Pella Corporation

Mike Moody
Sr. Process Engineer
Pella Corporation

Soma Venkat
SVP & Chief Information Technology Officer
Cooper Standard

Marlon Rodgers
Software Engineer, IT Lead
Lockheed Martin

Chris Soltys
Regional Smart Manufacturing Solutions Leader – North America
Bunge

Maria Araujo
Vice President Global Innovation Engineering
McCain

Caitlin Moffitt
Senior Director of Operations
Altria

Samuel Parra
NA Manufacturing Integration Lead
BASF

Flavio Torres
Head of Global Operations
The Kraft Heinz Company

Leo Rajapakse
Global Head of Platform Infrastructure, Digital & Advanced Technologies
Bimbo Bakeries Usa

Samik Mody
Information Technology, Manufacturing and Maintenance Systems Director
E & J Gallo Winery

Ilker Kalali
Chief Technology Officer
Pirelli Tires North America

Brandon Speweik
Head of Industry Sales and Strategy
GFT

Regina Barcena
Director Global Operational Excellence & Manufacturing Transformation
The Hershey Company

John Barnett
Member
Chief Architect Network

Ricardo Narciso Schiochet
Digital Manufacturing Leader - EM
Kimberly-Clark

Brandon Leander
Head of IT & Digital - Vegetables
Syngenta

Robert Greiner
Director Platform Engineering
Cargill

Tiffanie Lewis
Member - Board of Directors
Women in Manufacturing

Michael McDowell McDowell
Solutions Center Manager
LyondellBasell

Catherine Ross
Director – Community Engagement, AMT
The Association for Manufacturing Technology

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader
Owens Corning

Hao Dinh
Vice President of Technology
EnPro

Bharathi Rajan
Vice President - Enterprise Data, Insights & Applications
Swire Coca-Cola

Darin Powell
Senior Business Architect
Boeing

Anis Isahak
Global Operational Excellence Leader
Molex

Garith Duncan
Digital Transformation Manager
SNF Holding Company

Sara Clark
VP, Strategic Business Transformation & Execution Excellence
Greif

Keith Parker
Engineering Design Digitization Manager
Eastman

Sugato Bose
Senior Director & Chief Enterprise Architect
Medline Industries, LP

Gary Dunbar
Head of Business Transformation
Signal Energy, LLC

Mark Prosser
Industrial Mobility Product Manager
ExxonMobil

Vic Kalidindi
VP of IT & CIO
Robertshaw

Stephen Framil
Corporate Global head of Accessibility
Merck & Co., Inc.

Robert Schoenberger
Editor in Chief
Industry Week

Martin Gonzalez
Innovation & Technology Principal
BP

John Dyck
CEO
CESMII

Mei King
Senior Director, Global People Insights & Analytics
Mondelez International

Uma Raghavan Raghavan
Senior Director, People Systems and Experience
Rivian

Dawn Chereton
Director, People Operations
Rivian

Gretchen Moore
Executive Director Education Foundation
Women in Manufacturing

Dennis Scimeca
Senior Editor - Technology
Industry Week

David Ting
Chief Technology Officer
Bespin Global

Michael McDowell
Solutions Center Manager
LyondellBasell

Monique Reeves
Executive Vice Chancellor, Office for the Future
Austin Community College

Aneesa Muthana
CEO & Co-Owner
Pioneer Service Inc

Lauren Dunford
CEO and Co-Founder
Guidewheel

Craig D Lyjak
Principal Global Smart Factory Leader
EY

Pradhyum Ramkumar
Head of Product Marketing, Sales & Partner Enablement
Celona

Alex Melton
Senior Director, Consulting & Support
Parsable Inc

Niels Helkov
VP Smart Industries & Digital Solutions Americas
Orange Business Services

Michael Muilenburg
Former Director - Operational Technology & Connected Manufacturing at 3M, and Se
Manufacturers Alliance – Minnesota

Mike McFarlane
Member Board of Trustees
AI Applied consortium

Dave Landreth
Head of Global Sales and Alliances
Augmentir

Doug Stephens
Director of Sales
Detect Technologies

Alex Garilov
CEO
Zello

David Frede
Principal IoT Product Manager
SAS

Mike Carroll
Research Fellow
Georgia Pacific LLC

Dan Isaacs
Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Program Execution
Digital Twin Consortium

Isaac Gallardo
Senior Quality Manager
Plastipak

Gary Hill
Chief Innovation Officer
Future Technologies

Catherine Gull
Senior Vice President of Sales
Future Technologies Venture, LLC

Konrad Konarski
Chairperson
AI Applied consortium

Arnold Kogan
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group

Franziska Lestorti
Business Development Lead
AWS

Colin Henry
Senior Product Manager
GE Vernova

John Dougherty
Head of Manufacturing for the Americas
ServiceNow

Drew Martin
Senior Principal Product Manager for Industrial Connected Workforce
ServiceNow

Tiago Machado
Co-Founder
ST-One

Scott Griffiths
Manager - Advanced Technology Laboratory
Rockwell Automation

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