The Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009 is an invitation-only event for forward-thinking, senior-level manufacturing executives from corporate, line of business, finance, and IT functions. If you’re a President, Owner, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Division President, Managing Director, Director, or Partner trying to implement progressive manufacturing concepts, then you should join us.

Don’t miss the premier event for progressive manufacturers and take a step forward in your business success. Register now

 

Why do you go to a conference? To learn to do something better. The Managing Automation Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009 offers that plus something different. This is a visionary event where we will answer the question of what is coming next. A forum of experts will help guide you through the manufacturing hurdles you currently face as well as potential challenges.

    Who Will You Meet?

    Here is a sample of manufacturing executives who have attended past Summits:

  • VP, Business Process Development, Dole Food Co., Inc.
  • Associate Director Engineering, Genentech, Inc.
  • President, Honeywell Process Solutions
  • Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • President, Livingston & Haven
  • VP Global Enterprise Systems, Bausch & Lomb
  • Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Chief Engineer & VP, DuPont
  • Director, Production & Support 787 Systems Integration, The Boeing Co.
  • Group Leader, Plant Floor Systems, Honda Canada Inc.
  • Senior Director, Automation, Pfizer Inc.

 

Many more senior-level manufacturing executives
will be in attendance.

What Will You Learn?

Some session highlights include:

  • The New CEO Leadership
  • In Search of Growth
  • The Integration Challenge
  • Performing with Agility
  • Creating and Sustaining Innovation
  • The Challenge of Collaboration
  • Supply Chain Risk Management
  • Enterprise Mobility
  • Enterprise Security
  • Beyond Intelligence
  • The Economic Landscape
  • Manufacturing Outsourcing
  • Achieving Sustainability

 

2008 Attendees

Company
Title
Acsis Inc. EVP Operations
Acsis Inc. CEO
Acsis Inc. Chief Marketing Officer
AddisonMckee VP, Operations
AddisonMckee President & COO
AddisonMckee Vice President, Marketing
ADTRAN VP of Supply Chain
AgilePath CEO
AMR Research Sr. Research Analyst
AMR Research Research Director
ARC Advisory Group Research Director
AT&T Vice President, Mobility Applications Consulting
AT&T Industry Director
AT&T Mobility Director, Industry Solutions
AT&T Mobility Sr. Marketing Manager - Manufacturing | Enterprise Business Solutions
ATI Allvac VP, IT
Bally Technologies Senior Manager, IS
Batesville Casket Co. VP Global Manufacturing
Batesville Casket Co. Director, PVE
Batesville Casket Co. Yield/Optimizaton Engineer
Batesville Casket Company Director, Manchester Operations
Batesville Casket Company Vice President, Global Supply
Bay Valley Foods Division Controller
BlackBerry Strategic Account Manager
Blackberry Sr. Marketing Manager - Enterprise Market
Blackberry Manager, Global Sales
Boeing Director, 787 Production & Support Systems Integration, Processes & Tools
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. Design Manager, Industrial Hydraulics Business Unit
Card-Monroe Corp Vice Chairman
Card-Monroe Corp. Director of Lean, Quality and Service
Ce De Candy Manager, IT
Cequent VP & GM Cequent: Electrical Division
Cequent Perfomance Products Director of IT
CIBA Vision Corporation Project Director, Global R&D
Cleaning Technologies Group CEO
CNE Sales Support Engineer
Coca-Cola VP Commerical Products Supply
Coffee Bean International Vice President, Supply Chain
Coni-Seal, Inc. Director of Engineering and Customer Satisfaction & Quality
Conwed Plastics VP - Manufacturing
Cox Target Media VP, Manufacturing
Deere & Company  Global Demand Planning Manager 
Dell, Inc. Director IT
Deloitte Sr. Manager
Deloitte Operations Manager
Deloitte Partner
Deloitte Vice Chairman and US Consumer & Industrial Products Leader
Deloitte Vice Chairman and U.S Process & Industrial Products Leader
Deloitte Director
Deloitte Sr. Manager
Deloitte Manager
Delphi Corp. CTO Emeritus
Detroit Diesel Quality Systems Manager
DKM Corp VP Special Projects
E.I. DuPont Company Technology Manager
E.J.Ajax&sons Director of Training
E2open Director
E2open Executive Vice President
E2open CMO
E2open VP
EIS Analytics President
Eka Chemicals AB Industrial IT Manager
Emerson Electric VP of PMO
Endwave Corp. General Manager
Endwave Corp. Director, Onshore Manufacturing
Fey Industries Vice President of Manufacturing
Freescale Semiconductor Project Champion
Fresno Valves & Castings, Inc Project Manager
Fresno Valves & Castings, Inc Engineer
Fresno Valves & Castings, Inc Engineer
Futurethink CEO
GE Leader, Enterprise Manufacturing Solutions
GED Integrated Solutions Business Integration Manager
GED Integrated Solutions Vice President of Operations
Genentech, Inc. Director
Genentech, Inc. Associate Director
General Dynamics Corp. Sr. VP and General Managaer
General Dynamics, AIS Director
General Technologies Manager, Technical Support
Genetech, Inc. Process Maintenance supervisor
Genetech, Inc. Facilities Services ISG Supervisor
Golden Grain Energy, LLC Plant Manager
Golden Grain Energy, LLC President
Grote Industries Executive Vice President
Grote Industries Product Development Engineer
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation  Director, Applications Development and Business Integration 
Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. Product Engineering Director, NA
Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. IT Process Systems Analyst
Hologic Inc. SVP, Information Services & CIO
Honeywell Life Cycle Services Business Marketing Director
Honeywell Life Cycle Services Business Development Director
iBASEt VP, Global Sales
iBASEt VP, Business Development
IBM Program Manager, Integrated Technology Delivery
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Statistics and Quality
Ignite Services President
ILS Technology EVP & CTO
ILS Technology COO
Inalfa Roof Systems VP of Information Technology
InSync Software, Inc.  CEO
InSync Software, Inc.  VP of Sales
Inter Tape Tolymer Group Operations Manager
Inter Tape Tolymer Group Operations Manager
Interior Concepts Corp. Executive Vice President
IQS, Inc. Vice President Marketing
IQS, Inc. CEO
Itron VP, Operations
Itron Manufacturing Services Manager
JarrettWagner Group/National Association of Manufacturers’ Center for Workforce Success Principal/Former Managing Director
Johnson and Johnson Director of Manufacturing Competancy Center
JPS Glass CFO & VP of Purchasing
Juniper Networks Sr. Mgr, Global Strategic Planning
Kepware Technologies President
Kepware Technologies VP of Sales and Marketing
L & H Technologies Marketing Director
L-3 Communications RCCS Director of Operations 
L-3 Communications, RCCS Manufacturing Manager
Linksys VP, World Wide Operations, Process and Systems
Livingston & Haven EVP & Member of the Board of Directors
Logility VP of Marketing
Logility Account Executive
Maderi Medical Systems President
Managing Partner Maas Group
Manufacturing Insights Practice Director, Emerging Agenda
Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company Vice President, Research
Manufacturing Insights, an IDC company Director of Sales
Martinrea IT Manager
Martinrea Controller 
Martinrea Production Manager
Martinrea Automotive Systems London General Manager
Medtronic Sr. IT Manager-Manufacturing Systems
Metalcraft Project Manager
Microsoft General Manager
MIT- Ctr for Trans & Logistcs Director, Demand Management
Mitsubishi Electric Manager, Marketing Communications
Mitsubishi Electric Director, Strategic Sales
Mitsubishi Electric Strategic Account Manager
Mitsubishi Electric VP Sales and Service
Mitsubishi Electric VP Sales and Marketing
Mitsubishi Electric President / CEO
Mitsubishi Electric Director, Product Marketing
Mitsubishi Electric Product Marketing Manager
Navistar International Project Manager
Noven Pharmaceutical Manager
Oki Data Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
Oki Data Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Industry Marketing Manager, Manufacturing/Transportation
OkiData Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Vice President of Product Marketing
OkiData Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Senior Strategic Account Manager
OkiData Americas Inc. Vice President, Commercial and Public Sector Sales
OkiData Americas Inc. National Sales Director, Manufacturing/Transportation
Omnitrol Networks Vice President, Marketing
Omnitrol Networks CEO
Oracle Vice President, Manufacturing Industries
Oracle Senior Industry Director
Oracle Vice President, SCM Marketing
Oracle Product Strategy Director
Oracle Senior Director, Manufacturing Product Strategy
Pavilion Technologies Business Development Manager
Pavilion Technologies Manager, RA Pavilion Marketing
Pavilion Technologies Marketing Programs Manager
Pella Corp. Manager, IT
Pfizer Associate Research Fellow Technology
Pfizer Global Research & Development SVP, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Sciences
Plantronics Sr. Director Supply Chain & Systems
Power Curbers, Inc. President/CEO
Project Manager DSM Dyneema
PROS Director of Business Development
Pros Director, Professional Services
Pros Director, Professional Services
Qualcomm Inc. Senior Director, Operations
Qualcomm Inc. Senior Manager, Materials
Quincy Compressor Lean Manufacturing Champion
Rexam Global CIO
Richlin Machinery, Inc. President
Rockwell Automation Business Development Manager
Rockwell Automation Business Development Manager - Automotive Industry
Rockwell Automation Business Leader Information Solutions Canada
Rockwell Automation Information Solutions Sales Executive
S & S Hinge Vice President
SAP America VP, Suite Solutions Marketing Product, Supply & Manufacturing Solutions
Sentient Systems President
Sentinent Controls & Engineering Senior Electrical Engineer
Solaicx Chief Engineer
Southwest Windpower CFO
SpecIT Managing Director
SpecIT Managing Director
Sprint Industry Business Solutions, Manager
Sprint Industry Business Solutions, Director
Sprint Enterprise Industry Marketing, Group Manager
Steinwall, Inc. Director
Steinwall, Inc. President
Stratus Technologies, Inc. Director, SAP Alliance & Manufacturing Sales
Superlon Plastics Co. Inc Treasurer
Superlon Plastics Co. Inc President
Symphony-Metreo CEO
Symphony-Metreo Director, Pricing Solutions
Symphony-Metreo Director, Supply Chain Solutions
Symphony-Metreo VP Marketing and Business Development
Symphony-Metreo Strategic Account Manager
Symphony-Metreo SVP Sales
Tata Consultancy Regional Manager
Tata Consultancy Director, Adaptive Manufacturing
Tata Consultancy Global Head - SAP Adaptive Enterprise Solutions
The Coca-Cola Company Director Supply Chain Operations
The Dow Chemical Company Global Director of Supply Chain Technology
The Manufacturing Institute at the National Association of Manufacturers Vice President
The National Council for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) CEO
Thomas Industrial Media Publishing Director
Thomas Industrial Network President
Thomas Publishing LLC CEO
UniRac Inc VP & COO
UniRac Inc. VP of Worldwide Sales
ViewSonic Corporation Sr. Business Solutions Architect
Virtex Assembly Services, Inc. Lead Test Engineer
VirtTex Assembly Services, Inc. IT Director
VirtTex Assembly Services, Inc. President
Visiprise Director, Solutions Engineer
Vweb Partners President and CEO

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Progressive Manufacturing Summit 2009
June 9-11, 2009 • The Ritz-Carlton Sarasota, FL

Summit tickets are $1,595/Early-bird rate is $1,195 until March 8, 2009, includes all sessions (lodging and special events are additional). Special room rate for attendees is $189 (plus tax) until April 1, 2009.