American Automotive Summit
Lunch & Learn
Roundtables
Day 1
12:40 pm – 1:40 pm EST
12:40 pm – 1:40 pm EST
TABLE 1
Stephen Werst
Director, Customer Success, Product Strategy
Sigmetrix
How Are Your Variation Models Defined During the Product Design Phase Being Used to Make Better Decisions During Production?
Spots Remaining: 1
Alec Dutcher
Adient
Erick Fernandez
Cummins
Jay Richardson
E-Z-GO
Lihua Li
General Motors
Maria Pasqualli
Cummins, Inc.
Mike Booth
PureForge
Ravi Rachan Samidala
S30603
Timothy Buhler
Electrex Inc
TABLE 2
Johan Cruz
President & CEO
3D Infotech
The Future of Smart Factory is Autonomous: Are You Ready to Keep Up
Spots Remaining: 1
Cheng Zeng
KIRCHHOFF Automotive
Christian Tschurtschenthaler
BMW Manufacturing Corporation, LLC
Dinesh Hukerikar
Volex
Douglas Neely
NP7
Douglas Neely
Yazaki North America, Inc.
Justin Koegle
APTIV
Kevin Miller
Piston Group
Patricia Dominguez
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
TABLE 3
John Andrick
Sales Lead, Electronics & Automation
SMW Autoblok
Driving the Future of Automotive Manufacturing: Intelligent Automation and Electronic Solutions for the Next Generation of Production
Spots Remaining: 3
Adeel Baig
Woodbridge Group
Alea Huss
General Motors
Debra Mathews
BeStar Technologies Inc.
Richard Hanley
Adient
Staci Napier
Adient
Theron Mcgeee
Ford
TABLE 4
Tom Roberts
VP, Strategic Industry Development
QAD
AI in Action: Transforming Automotive ERP & Supply Chains
Spots Remaining: 0
Alejandro Saenz
Versigent
Carsten Zinner
Robert Bosch LLC
Daniel Rodrigues
ZF Commercial Vechicle
Eder Lopez
Mercedes Benz U.S. International
Jack Ingram
BorgWarner
Johnny Collins
Bridgewater Interiors (Adient)
Nathalia Moreschi
Versigent LLC
Patricia Miller
Electrex inc
Vanessa Silva
Versigent
TABLE 5
Indu Vijayan Pillai
Industry Advisor, Manufacturing
Fujitsu
AI in Automotive Supply Chains: Where Does Human Judgment Still Matter?
Spots Remaining: 0
James Kollman
Bontaz
John Bias
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
Manojkumar Muniraja
Ford Motor Company
Maryrose Ramsey
General Motors
Patrick Garland
Cummins
Rafael Larrauri
Fors Motor Company
Roger Lahoud
Jtekt
Ruidong Yang
BYD- Findream Battery
Yuta Hagiwara
Innovation Core SEI, Inc.
TABLE 6
Pierre Quenioux
Senior Sales Manager
Musashi AI North America
The Evolution of Automated AI Vision Inspection: Connecting Traceability, Process Insights, and Continuous Improvement
Spots Remaining: 0
Guanyu Zhou
Aptiv
Guillaume Ruellé
Dauch
Jacinda Gray
General Motors Orion Assembly Operations
Kevin Price
Aptiv
Kritika Arora
Ford Motor Company
Luis A Cervantes
GM
Shannon Brain
Kautex
Swamy Prasad Varanasi
Cummins Inc.
Trent Townsend
Nexteer Automotive
TABLE 7
Kristopher Olson
President and Founder
TKO Staffing
Solving the Automotive Skilled Labor Shortage: The Traveling Workforce Solution
Spots Remaining: 1
Andrew Talby
Toyota North America
Brett Brandi
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations (General Motors)
Dylan Mcdonald
Martinrea
Jonas Corali
Robert Bosch LLC
Sidhant Gupta
Kavia Engineering
Simon Hendy
JTEKT
Theo Lavergne
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Vivek Gupta
Kavia Engineering
TABLE 8
Kegan Olsen
Senior Forward-Deployed Strategist
Sight Machine
Lights-Out Manufacturing: How the Complete Industrial AI Stack Powers Autonomous Automotive Operations
Spots Remaining: 0
Alok Anand
DRiV Incorporated
Anthony Joliat
Martinrea
Bryan Cripe
Bendix CVS
Marinela Cirstea
Leggett Dynamics
Matthew Roman
SLR Consulting
Petar Jovanoski
Ford Motor
Ramon Kuczera
Dauch
Robert Holloway
Piston Group
Trevor Smith
General Motors
TABLE 9
DJ Nguyen
Customer Solutions Advisor
FPT Automotive
Building the AI-Enabled Factory: Turning Operational Data into Competitive Advantage
Spots Remaining: 2
Alexandre Reimberg
Motherson SAS
Blaine Lewis
Toyota
Brandon Lin
Leggett Dynamics
Charles Gu
Aptiv
Grit Schieborowsky
Legget & Platt Automotive
Kaori Wilson
ICS Innovation Core, SEI
Vince Vlaminck
Kautex Textron
TABLE 10
Henning Dransfeld
Global Industry Principal, Automotive
Infor
Modernizing the Factory Floor: Using Cloud Technology to Connect Operations
Spots Remaining: 0
Andrew Poulios
Allison Transmission
Austin Houkom
Polaris
Dane Whitlock
Cummins Inc
Francisco Eguia
SAF Holland
Gregory Hillion
OPmobility
Maria Pasqualli
Cummins Inc
Nathan Nantais
Aptiv Connected Services
Ryan Flavin
Yazaki North America
Syed Awad Ali
GENERAL MOTORS
TABLE 11
Andrew Jebasingh
Founder and CEO
SiteVue.AI
Automating with AI to Uncover Hidden Plant Capacity
Spots Remaining: 1
Akhilesh Unni Krishnan
Kautex Textron
Dan Allard
JTEKT
Demetrio Gonzalez
Bosch
Erik Ranka
Woodbridge Group
Jose Luis Castro Rodriguez
Motherson
Lauren Dunford
Guidewheel
Mark Boldin
Woodbridge
Tomasz Sadowicz
Versigent
TABLE 12
Ronnie Sheth
CEO
Senen Group
Smart Manufacturing: A Candid Peer Conversation on Why Pilots Stall and What Scales
Spots Remaining: 0
Jacqueline Thomson
General Motors
Jason Morse
Astemo
Jeff Moran
Toyota Boshoku America
Joe Q Carioti
Volex
Michael Stauch
Rivian LLC
Ram Iyer
ArcelorMittal Dofasco
Sarah Olson
PureForge Brakes
Trey Smith
Textron Specialized Vehicles/E-Z-GO
Venkataraman Ananthakrishnan
Ford Motor Co
Day 2
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
TABLE 1
Patricia Dominguez
Director, IT
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
Driving Digital Transformation on the Plant Floor: Bridging IT/OT Systems to Enable Real-Time Operational Intelligence
Spots Remaining: 0
Casey Riva
HID GLOBAL
John Bias
Bendix
Jonas Corali
Robert Bosch LLC
Lauren Dunford
Guidewheel
Matthew Roman
SLR Consulting
Mitch Tucker
HID
Nathan White
Maneva Ai
Staci Napier
Adient
Theo Lavergne
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TABLE 2
Peter Barna
Technical Director
GRUPO ANTOLIN
Boosting Innovation Through Smarter and Faster Automotive Product Development Approaches
Spots Remaining: 0
Andrew Talby
Toyota North America
Blaine Lewis
Toyota
Brandon Lin
Leggett Dynamics
Brett Brandi
Saginaw Metal Casting Operations (General Motors)
Francisco Eguia
SAF Holland
Gregory Hillion
OPmobility
Grishma Narang
Cummins
James Kollman
Bontaz
Ronni Celoto
Ford Motor Company
TABLE 3
Trent Townsend
Director, Quality Assurance - Global
Nexteer Automotive
Advancing Quality Insight With AI And Targeted Analytics
Spots Remaining: 0
Alec Dutcher
Adient
Alexandre Reimberg
Motherson SAS
Daniel Rodrigues
ZF Commercial Vechicle
Demetrio Gonzalez
Bosch
Douglas Neely
NP7
Guillaume Ruellé
Dauch
Kritika Arora
Ford Motor Company
Petar Jovanoski
Ford Motor
Shannon Brain
Kautex
TABLE 4
Kim Liddle
Senior Director, Manufacturing Analytics
Ford
Smart Manufacturing & Legacy Modernization Through Data
Spots Remaining: 0
Andrew Poulios
Allison Transmission
Charles Gu
Aptiv
Cheng Zeng
KIRCHHOFF Automotive
Jacinda Gray
General Motors Orion Assembly Operations
Kevin Price
Aptiv
Lihua Li
General Motors
Maryrose Ramsey
General Motors
Patricia Dominguez
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
Roger Lahoud
Jtekt
TABLE 7
Ryan FLAVIN
Director, Testing
Yazaki North America
Upskilling the Frontline to Implement New Technology
Spots Remaining: 0
Alejandro Saenz
Versigent
Bryan Cripe
Bendix CVS
Jason Morse
Astemo
Joe Q Carioti
Volex
Justin Koegle
APTIV
Luis A Cervantes
GM
Nathalia Moreschi
Versigent LLC
Ruidong Yang
BYD- Findream Battery
Vanessa Silva
Versigent
TABLE 8
Florian Reichle
Global Head, Safety and Security
BorgWarner
Product Cybersecurity from Engineering to Manufacturing
Spots Remaining: 0
Dane Whitlock
Cummins Inc
Devin Frosheiser
TeamSense
Dinesh Hukerikar
Volex
Eder Lopez
Mercedes Benz U.S. International
Guanyu Zhou
Aptiv
Kaori Wilson
ICS Innovation Core, SEI
Maria Pasqualli
Cummins, Inc.
Syed Awad Ali
GENERAL MOTORS
Tony Dahm
Kautex Textron
TABLE 9
Justin Koegle
Chief Engineer, Simulation - Global
APTIV
Front-Loading Vehicle Intelligence: Scaling High-Fidelity Simulation to Eliminate Physical Prototype Bottlenecks
Spots Remaining: 0
Adeel Baig
Woodbridge Group
Austin Houkom
Polaris
Debra Mathews
BeStar Technologies Inc.
Jay Richardson
E-Z-GO
Logan Iudiciani
Telo Trucks
Nathan Nantais
Aptiv Connected Services
Patricia Miller
Electrex inc
Ramon Kuczera
Dauch
Trey Smith
Textron Specialized Vehicles/E-Z-GO