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Learn about Managing Automation's Progressive Manufacturing Awards

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Managing Automation's annual Progressive Manufacturing Awards focus the industry's brightest spotlight on winning projects and strategic initiatives centered around the eight key progressive manufacturing disciplines. If you have a compelling story, this may be your chance to make a lasting mark on today's manufacturing community. View this webcast today to listen to David R. Brousell, Managing Automation's Editor-in-Chief, and 2007 Progressive Manufacturer of The Year, Bruce McKay from Livingston & Haven, discuss the awards program and the benefits of winning.

In this informational broadcast, you'll learn:
  • How to win accolades, PR buzz, and recognition with the 2008 awards program
  • Tips that will maximize your chances to win
  • How being a Progressive Manufacturing Award winner benefited Livingston & Haven
The 2008 Progressive Manufacturing Awards also create a valuable PR opportunity for technology vendors:
  • Showcase how your products are used to help customers leverage automation and information technologies to create competitive advantage
  • Increase your credibility in the market -- if a winner uses your solution to create advantage, you'll receive extensive exposure in the pages of Managing Automation, creating an award-winning case study for your company and offering(s)
Don't miss your chance to share your tale of progress with the industry's most influential decision-makers!
Moderator

David R. Brousell

Editor-in-Chief, 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.

Panelists

Bruce McKay

Executive Vice President

Bruce has served in his role as EVP and Member of the Board of Directors at Livingston & Haven since January, 2001 after serving several other capacities within the company between 1990 and 1997. Formerly he was employed as a Sr. Regional Sales Manager by Steeplechase Software, a world leader in PC based Control Technologies. Bruce currently serves on advisory boards for many market leading manufacturers such as Bosch Rexroth, Mitsubishi, and Phoenix Connectors. He has a BS in Industrial Distribution from Western Carolina, and an Executive MBA from Winthrop University. In addition, he has also completed many technical certifications in the fields of hydraulics, pneumatics, automation and lubrication. Bruce is a licensed realtor in NC and also serves as a consultant to several real estate investing firms.