Speakers

Meet our amazing speakers

Hosted by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, this year’s 6th annual symposium will feature more than a dozen speakers, plus the opportunity to network digitally with hundreds of participants.

Michael Brown

Senior Solution Architect Manufacturing

Amazon Web Services
Atlanta, GA
678.404.0020
brownaws@amazon.com

Chad Corbin

DGOP/PS/ME/SEA Digital Champion

Michelin North America
1 Parkway S
Greenville, SC 29615
+ 1 (864) 704-3969
chad.corbin@michelin.com

Neil Desrosiers

Software Engineer

Mazak North America
8025 Production Dr.
Florence, KY 41042
+1 (859) 342-1881
+1 (859) 342-1715
ndesrosiers@mazakcorp.com

Colin S. Dhillon

Chief Technical Officer

APMA
10 Four Seasons Place, Suite 801
Toronto, ON M9B 6H7
+1 (416) 620-4220 tel
+1 (416)-620-9730 fax
colin.dhillon@gmail.com
www.APMA.ca

Andrew Dugenske

Director, Factory Information Systems Center
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute

Georgia Institute of Technology
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0560
+1 (404) 894-9161
+1 (404) 323-0637 mobile
dugenske@gatech.edu
manufacturing.gatech.edu

Joanne Friedman, PhD

Chief Executive Officer

ConnektedMinds Inc.
Toronto, ON
joanne.friedman@connektedminds.com

Bruce M. Kramer

Senior Advisor, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation

National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22314
+1 (703) 292-5348
bkramer@nsf.gov

Jason Kridner

Co-founder and President of the Board

BeagleBoard.org Foundation
4467 Ascot Ct
Oakland Twp, MI 48306
+1 (713) 234-0535
jkridner@beagleboard.org

Alain Louchez

Co-founder and Director Emeritus

Center for the Development and Application of Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT)
Georgia Institute of Technology
75 5th Street, NW, Suite 900
Atlanta, Georgia 30308 USA
+1 (404) 407-8280
alain.louchez@cacp.gatech.edu

John Morehouse

Director

Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development

Georgia Institute of Technology
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (404)-385-0895
JMorehouse@georgia.org

Alyssa Rumsey

Senior Project Manager

Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development

Georgia Institute of Technology 
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
813 Ferst Drive NW 
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (540)-931-8692 mobile
arumsey@georgia.org

Ikjot Saini, PhD

Assistant Professor at University of Windsor
V2X Technology Expert
Cybersecurity and Privacy of Connected Vehicles
Academic Chair of WiCyS Ontario Affiliate
Founder of WiCyS Windsor

ASRG-WIN
Ontario, Canada
ikjotsaini@outlook.com

Mark Thiele

Co-Founder & CEO

Edgevana Inc.
Los Vegas, NV
+1 (510) 557-4843
mark@edgevana.com

Professor Ben Wang

Executive Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems
Professor in Materials Science & Engineering
Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer

Georgia Institute of Technology
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (404) 385-2068
ben.wang@gatech.edu

John Whitten

Principal at Connexted Labs, LLC

Connexted Labs
Alpharetta, GA 30005
+1 (678) 502-8336 mobile
john.whitten@projectsofthings.com