Jay Lee, Ph.D.

Dr. Jay Lee is Clark Distinguished Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park. Previously, he served as an Ohio Eminent Scholar, L.W. Scott Alter Chair and Univ. Distinguished Professor at Univ. of Cincinnati. He was Founding Director of National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/Universityโ€ฆ

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Dan Dwight

Dan Dwight has extensive executive global leadership experience in business development, manufacturing and operations, technology commercialization and private equity investing in a diversity of industrial businesses. Having successfully operated in a variety of challenging operational and financial environments, he is a high-integrity leader recognized for building collaborative teams that streamline businesses to increase shareholder andโ€ฆ

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Jim Davis, Ph.D.

Jim Davis is UCLA Vice Provost IT (CIO/CTO) Emeritus and currently special advisor on Smart Manufacturing with executive oversight of CESMII (Collaborative Ecosystems for Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute) sponsored by DOE.

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Michele C. Dโ€™Alessandro

As Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Manufacturing IT at Merck, Dโ€™Alessandro provides strategic leadership, oversight, and delivery of information technology and digital solutions for the Merck Manufacturing Division. Dโ€™Alessandro heads a global IT organization of 300+ people and controls $350M of spend focused on technology-enabled business transformation for Merckโ€™s Small Molecule, Vaccines, Sterile/Therapeuticโ€ฆ

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