Future of Manufacturing Project Master Class Session
From Legacy Constraints to Modern Foundations: How Digital Leadership is Evolving
For most manufacturers, digital transformation means navigating decades of accumulated technical debt, such as legacy systems, inherited architectures, and the organizational friction that comes with them. The result is a widening gap between the potential of AI and advanced analytics and what legacy infrastructure actually allows.
Niron Magnetics represents a rare counterpoint: a high-growth manufacturing startup building its entire digital manufacturing platform from scratch, with limited legacy constraints and most foundational decision still ahead of them.
Join us to explore what digital leadership looks like when it’s built intentionally and how human centricity becomes a competitive advantage when the platform and the people are designed together from day one.
Areas of Focus:
- What technology talent sourcing and workforce development look like for the future
- Why AI fluency is becoming a baseline leadership expectation—not a specialty skill
- Why security should be architected into the digital foundation as early as possible
- How to evaluate technology investments when unconstrained by legacy systems
Speakers:
- Tim Brannigan, Head of Information Technology, Niron Magnetics
- Jay Narum, Managing Director of Mid-Market, NTT DATA
Moderator:
- Melissa Boom, Senior Content Director, Manufacturing Leadership Council
