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 and…
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.
As Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Manufacturing IT at Merck, D’Alessandro provides strategic leadership, oversight, and delivery of information technology and digital solutions for the Merck Manufacturing Division. D’Alessandro heads a global IT organization of 300+ people and controls $350M of spend focused on technology-enabled business transformation for Merck’s Small Molecule, Vaccines, Sterile/Therapeutic…
Ron Castro is Vice President and General Manager, Technology Lifecycle Services, Americas at IBM. Winner of the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Manufacturing Leader of the Year award in 2019, Castro was honored for his successful, holistic efforts to drive adoption of Manufacturing 4.0 technologies and for building the first cognitive supply chain. Ronald has been with…
Dr. Dean Bartles is a seasoned operations professional with four decades of management experience in manufacturing and technology. He is currently the President and CEO of the Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group, Inc., a not-for-profit holding company of both the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and Advanced Manufacturing International, Inc. (AMI). Dr. Bartles…
Former Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs, Ford Motor Company
David R. Brousell is the Founder, Vice President and Executive Director of the Manufacturing Leadership Council, the digital manufacturing arm of the National Association of Manufacturing, the largest association of manufacturers in the United States. In his role as head of the MLC, Brousell sets the strategic direction of the organization and oversees day-to-day activities…
