Meet our amazing speakers
Hosted by the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, this year’s 8th annual symposium will feature more than a dozen speakers, plus the opportunity to network digitally with hundreds of participants.
Jay Agarwal
Sr. Director, Global Manufacturing
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Atlanta, GA
+1 (470) 626-6850
jay.agarwal@kcc.com
Joe Aronis
Manager, Technology Center Workshop
Autodesk Technology Center Boston
Boston, MA
joe.aronis@autodesk.com
Sean Buckley
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Dallas, TX
+1 (214) 714 7785
sean_buckley@mckinsey.com
SK Cha
CTO
ACS Co.
Geumcheon-Ku, Seoul Korea
82-2-6900-4600
82-10-5241-9735 mobile
sk_cha@acs.co.kr
Emily Coker
Shop Supervisor
Autodesk Technology Center
San Francisco, CA
emily.coker@autodesk.com
Nathan DeVol
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
+1 (864) 650-2061 mobile
ndevol3@gatech.edu
Andrew Dugenske
Director, Factory Information Systems Center
Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
+1 (404) 894-9161
+1 (404) 323-0637 mobile
dugenske@gatech.edu
manufacturing.gatech.edu
Marco Fernández
Senior Director | Intelligent Industry
Smart Products & New Business Models
Capgemini Invent North America
Atlanta, GA
marco.fernandez@capgemini.com
Harsh Galia
Product Manager l Products, Technology & Innovations Team
Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc.
Irvine, CA
+1 (334) 472 8557
harsh.galia@qcells.com
www.qcells.com/us
Noel Greis
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
UNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
+1 (919) 923-3602
ngreis@uncc.edu
noelgreis@gmail.com
Zaky Hussein
Graduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
zhussein3@gatech.edu
Brian Jeong
Senior Shop Supervisor
Autodesk Technology Centre Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
brian.jeong@autodesk.com
Nicholas Kirsch
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
+1 (603) 862-0142 mobile
Nicholas.Kirsch@unh.edu
Thomas R. Kurfess
Executive Director – Georgia Tech Manufacturing Research Institute
Professor and HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in
Fluid Power and Motion Control
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
+1 (404) 385-0959
kurfess@gatech.edu
Pramita Mitra
Supervisor, Exterior Systems Research & Applications | Technical Expert, IoT & Blockchain Applications
Research & Advanced Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI
pmitra3@ford.com
John Morehouse
Director
Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
+1 (404) 385-0895 mobile
JMorehouse@georgia.org
Matt Oosthuizen
Sustainable Manufacturing Specialist
Autodesk Finance-Impact
London, UK
matt.oosthuizen@autodesk.com
Christopher Saldaña
Ring Family Professor, Associate Professor
G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
+1 (404) 385-3735 mobile
christopher.saldana@me.gatech.edu
David Shaw
Founder, President and CEO
Intuitus Corp.
Gig Harbor, WA
+1 (253) 509-2647 mobile
dshaw@intuituscyber.com
www.intuituscyber.com
Raj Sohmshetty
Senior Technical Specialist, Manufacturing Analytics & Industry
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, MI
rsohmshe@ford.com
Austen Thien
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
athien6@gatech.edu