Lisa Bodell

David R. Brousell

Editor-in-Chief of Managing Automation  
David R. Brousell has been Editor-in-Chief of Managing Automation since 1998. Brousell started his career in technology journalism in 1978 at Electronic News. In 1985, he joined Datamation Magazine, and was named Editor-in-Chief in 1991. Brousell has covered numerous industry developments, technology shifts and major product introductions, including the mainframe era and the development of relational databases; the rise of the minicomputer; the advent of personal computing, client-server computing and the evolution of enterprise applications, and the dawn of the Internet and the worldwide web. Along the way, he has interviewed such notables as ENIAC inventor J. Presper Eckert, IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr., Microsoft's Bill Gates, Oracle's Larry Ellison, Cincom's Tom Nies, Lotus's Mitchell Kapor, Netscape's James Barksdale, and Intel's Andrew Grove. Brousell has received numerous journalism awards, including two consecutive Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Awards, the highest award for business journalism in the U.S. Under his leadership at MA, the magazine has been cited 9 times for editorial achievement.

Tim Fleming

CIO and Vice President, Information Technology at Ingersoll Rand’s Industrial Technology Sector
Mr. Fleming has over 25 years experience in Information Technology.  He has served in both the public and private sector and has provided IT services on both sides of the table as a consultant, an outsourcing provider and in the strategic and tactical delivery in all aspects of internal IT services.  In addition to Ingersoll Rand, Mr. Fleming’s career IT service contributions include the following employers:  IBM, HP, UTC - Carrier, Amoco, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Mr. Fleming and his IT teams’ have been recognized for numerous awards in the areas of Best Practices, Excellence in Execution and Innovation, and he has been a guest lecturer at several academic institutions throughout the United States.

Julie Fraser 

President Cambashi
Julie is a recognized industry analyst, consultant and marketer, specializing in manufacturing and distribution strategies and application solutions. Her reputation and expertise in supply chain, plant floor, integration, and e-business software solutions has kept her in demand as a leading advisor, speaker, and consultant. Julie is Principal of Industry Directions and has 17 years experience as a manufacturing systems industry advisor. Prior to joining Industry Directions, she was VP Marketing for Baan Supply Chain Solutions, and Senior Analyst on Manufacturing Execution Systems and Integration at Advanced Manufacturing Research (AMR). She was editor-in-chief of the CIM Strategies newsletter from the mid-80s to the early 90s. Julie has a degree with honours from Lawrence University in Wisconsin. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, APICS and CASA/SME, and has also served on boards for the local Massachusetts CASA/SME chapter.

Nick Gill

VP, Global Manufacturing Sector Leader Cap Gemini 
Nick has been leading Capgemini’s Global Manufacturing practice for the past two years, and has a long history of working with manufacturing industries around the globe. The practice represents about one-fifth of Capgemini’s global revenues, and has grown consistently over the past few years.Prior to taking up this role, Nick led the Automotive sector (part of Capgemini’s Manufacturing practice) for three years, and during his time in charge he oversaw a 50% growth in the practice’s revenues, and helped set up automotive practices in Latin America and Asia, recruiting and training staff as well as leading initial projects. Nick is the Capgemini spokesperson for the manufacturing sector, and is widely quoted in the press and is regularly on television. He has been the sponsor of Capgemini’s CarsOnline annual study for the past six years, and has published numerous reports on the automotive and general manufacturing industries.

Nick has been with Capgemini since 1996, and in this time has worked with clients across the Manufacturing sector. Nick has over 25 years experience in IT and consulting, and has worked in product management, project management, consultancy, marketing, sales, and account management roles. Nick has lived and worked in many countries around the world, and speaks several languages as a result of his secondments abroad.

Tim Hanley

Brad Heath

Jim Joyner

Director of Lean, Quality & Service Card Monroe
Jim Joyner began his professional career with the 3M Company where he worked in quality, manufacturing, sales and marketing.  He also worked for eight years with Philip Crosby Associates, Inc., the world’s largest consulting firm specializing in quality management, where he became President of the Quality College, expanding the college into seven countries. 
Jim presently serves as the Director of Lean/Quality for Card-Monroe Corp. in Chattanooga, TN.  He is also the founder and president of The Gemba Center, a consulting group for organizational excellence.  As a lean/quality practitioner, Jim has worked with hundreds of organizations on six different continents.  He has served as an advisor to the Japan Management Association and authored several books including Quality Works and The Seven Myths of Total Quality. 
Jim has conducted countless seminars, spoken to thousands of managers and executives, and personally guided dozens of companies in continuous improvement.  From time to time Jim teaches business and quality management at the college level.
Jim graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Science degree, and later earned a Masters in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.  He and his wife Gretchen have a daughter Stacy and son Jeff, both who have families and live in Chattanooga.

Paul E. Martin

George Nickel

Director, Global Manufacturing Process, Johnson & Johnson
George has been working with manufacturing and distribution systems in various roles in the technology profession since his arrival into the workplace in 1973.  In his current role George chairs Johnson & Johnson’s Global Supply Chain Make Council to align, synchronize, and implement process capabilities, investment strategies, and governance across the Consumer Sector.  George also co-chairs the Information Technology Manufacturing Strategy team to ensure cross functional collaboration and value realization between IT, Operations, and Engineering.    George has led and participated in regional and global Manufacturing Information Technology and Automation teams in the Consumer, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Food industries during his career. George is a graduate of Washington College, and has done graduate work at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.   He is a member of Wonderware’s Customer Council and enjoys building high performance teams using principles and practices of organizational intelligence.

David Pierson

Senior Design Engineer, MAGNET
David is a Senior Design Engineer with the Manufacturing Growth Network (MAGNET), a nonprofit organization based in Cleveland, Ohio. His extensive experience in the use of GoldFire Innovator, Pro Engineering, and STRATA Sys’ rapid prototyping equipment, and his own creative abilities have contributed to his attaining the status of Lead Innovator for MAGNET. As Lead Innovator David has been responsible for a wide range of projects. Some of those are the: Development/Design and installation of production equipment for Mr. Coffee, Design of the Accessmount recessed light fixture, Reverse engineering of vintage Porsche parts and Streamlining of the manufacturing process for a Cleveland Clinic heart assist pump. Presently, David is deeply involved in the approaching product launch of American Innovative Products SiphonFlush™. His expertise with TRIZ was key to his success in the design and development of a flapper less toilet flushing mechanism. Because of David’s creative approach to the design and engineering solution for SiphonFlush™ it has been recognized as a Level Five Innovation. In addition to its fail proof flapper less Mechanism it has the further advantage of reducing water usage, thereby conserving a valuable resource. When one considers the number of toilets in daily use the reduction in water usage will be significant. SiphonFlush™ is currently awaiting EPA Water Smart certification.

Paul Stamas

Vice President of Information Technology, Mohawk Fine Papers
Paul Stamas is Vice President of Information Technology at Mohawk Fine Papers, the largest premium paper manufacturer in North America.  Previously he held executive IT management positions at Sprint PCS; Phillips Medical Systems; GM-Hughes, and the Department of Defense.  Paul received a BA in Applied Statistics from the State University of New York; a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from State University of New York; an Executive MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and is currently pursuing a Doctorate from Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool).  Mohawk received a Progressive Manufacturing Award in 2008 for Supply Chain Mastery, in 2009 for Environmental Sustainability, and the 2009 Leadership Mastery Award.

Maureen Steinwall

President, Steinwall Inc.
As owner of Steinwall, Inc, Maureen oversees a 41-year old manufacturing company that specializes in process engineering and thermoplastic, generating $11 million in sales annually and employing 94 people. She received her Ph. D. from Capella University in 2006. Her research topic focused on optimism, multimedia training, and empowerment.  Steinwall received a Managing Automation Prgressive Manufacturing Award in 2006 for training and education mastery and a national training award in 2001 for her company's own training software program.