Speakers

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

Jay Agarwal

Sr. Director, Global Manufacturing

Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Atlanta, GA
+1 (470) 626-6850
jay.agarwal@kcc.com

Joe Aronis

Joe Aronis

Manager, Technology Center Workshop

Autodesk Technology Center Boston
Boston, MA
joe.aronis@autodesk.com

Sean Buckley

Sean Buckley

Partner

McKinsey & Company
Dallas, TX
+1 (214) 714 7785
sean_buckley@mckinsey.com

SK Cha

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

Emily Coker

Shop Supervisor

Autodesk Technology Center
San Francisco, CA
emily.coker@autodesk.com

Nate Devol

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 Fenandez

Marco Fernández

Senior Director | Intelligent Industry
Smart Products & New Business Models

Capgemini Invent North America
Atlanta, GA
marco.fernandez@capgemini.com

Harsh Galia

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

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

Zaky Hussein

Graduate Research Assistant

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
zhussein3@gatech.edu

Brian Jeong

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

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

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

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

David Shaw

Founder, President and CEO

Intuitus Corp.
Gig Harbor, WA
+1 (253) 509-2647 mobile
dshaw@intuituscyber.com
www.intuituscyber.com

 

Raj Sohmshetty

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