Michael Dell, Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc., speaking to LFM students
Michael Dell, Founder and Chairman, Dell Inc., speaking to LFM students

Learning: Proseminar Speakers

Proseminar Speakers

A key part of the Leadership program is the weekly course, in Manufacturing, with faculty and industry experts. Seminars cover a set of integrative manufacturing topics or issues and include presentations by senior-level managers of manufacturing companies. From Jeff Wilke, LFM 93, Senior VP of Worldwide Operations for Amazon.com to Mary Puma, President and CEO of Axcelis Technologies, Proseminar speakers share their experiences and real-world perspectives with operations and manufacturing students. The seminar is largely managed by students.

View a list of recent corporate leaders who spoke at LFM's Proseminars during the Fall 2006 and Spring 2007 semesters.

View a list of corporate leaders from before Fall 2006.

Proseminar Speakers in Fall 2006 and Spring 2007

Alphabetical by company. All titles accurate as of presentation date. *Denotes LFM alumni.

Speaker Speaker Title Company
Raphael de Jesus* Manager, Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions ABB
Don Allen Senior Vice President ABB
Rick Dauch* Executive Vice President - Worldwide Manufacturing American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
Scott Gilfoil University Relations Manager Apple, Inc.
Duco Pasmooij Director of Global Supply Management for ipod Electro-Mechanics Apple, Inc.
Aaron Raphel* ipod Global Supply Manager Apple, Inc.
Mary Puma CEO Axcelis Technologies Inc.
Edmond Hardin Senior Manager - Public Services - Healthcare Provider Bearing Point
Roland Sargent* Corporate Strategy The Boeing Company
Mark Jenks* Director of 787 Wing and Empennage The Boeing Company
Mario van Vliet SVP, Supply Chain Management CapGemini
Tana Utley CTO Caterpillar
Camilla Denison* CEO Champ Labs
Steve Cook* Director, Nashville Operations Dell, Inc.
Tim Lee VP of Manufacturing and Labor Relations - North America Operations General Motors Corporation
Hari Sekha Program Manager Microsoft Corporation
John Deutch MIT Professor, Former CIA Director MIT
Tim Cawley Senior VP, Mobile Devices, Intergrated Supply Chain Motorola, Inc.
Beverly Kahn Founder and President NDT
Jean Francois Baril Senior VP of Sourcing Nokia
Art Soucy GM Pratt & Whitney
Matthew Bromberg* Vice President and General Manager Pratt & Whitney
Monday Okoro VP Personnel Schlumberger
Junichi Tsunematsu Group Leader Sony Electronics


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Proseminar Speakers Spring 2006 and earlier

Alphabetical by company. All titles accurate as of presentation date. *Denotes LFM alumni.

Speaker Speaker Title Company
Raphael de Jesus* Senior Manager, USCRC-Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions ABB
Laura Kennedy* General Manager, Small Power Transformer ABB
Markus Bayegan Executive Vice President ABB
George Conrades CEO Akamai
Jeff Wilke* Sr. VP, Worldwide Operations and Customer Service Amazon.com
Richard Dauch* CEO American Axle
Chip Goodman Founder American Medical Concepts
Mary Puma President and CEO, Chairman Axcelis Technologies
Ben Goss* Manager Customer-Focused Six Sigma Solutions BAE Systems
Bill Anderson* Vice President of Finance, Business Planning Biogen Idec
Tim Copes* VP Technical Services The Boeing Company
Patrick Shanahan* VP and General Manager, Missile Defense Systems The Boeing Company
Fred Musone CEO Breed Technologies
Randal Pinkett* Donald Trump’s Apprentice, President and CEO BTC Partners, LLC
Lord Swraj Paul Chairman of the Board and Founder Caparo Group
Bill Copacino CAO C&S Wholesale Grocers
Rick Cohen Chairman and CEO C&S Wholesale Grocers
Reuben Harris Vice Chairman C&S Wholesale Grocers
Jim Miller* VP of Manufacturing Operations Cisco
Sean Hilbert* CEO Cobra Motorcycles
John Wall Chief Technology Officer Cummins Engines
Stephen Cook* Director, Nashville Manufacturing Center Dell Inc.
Jennifer Felch* Operations Manager Dell Inc.
Dick Hunter Vice President Dell Inc.
Michael A. Fury Vice President, R&D and Engineering DuPont EKC Technology
Tomi Lahcanski Director, Business Operations Eastman Kodak Company
Karl Kohrt Executive Vice President Eastman Kodak Company
Charlie Brown Sr. Vice President Eastman Kodak Company
Al Ver Vice President, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Ford Motor Company
Taiyu Chou Managing Director Foxconn Austin
Joseph Day CEO Freudenberg-NOK
Len Baxter Director, Manufacturing Vehicle Development General Motors Corporation
Paul Winter President, PACE Local 7-0460 Harley-Davidson Tomahawk Factory
Clay Christensen Professor, Author of The Innovator’s Dilemma Harvard Business School
Corey Billington Vice President, Supply Chain Hewlett-Packard Company
Ken Vlach Vice President, Supply Chain Honeywell
Doug Busch VP and CTO, Digital Health Group Intel Corporation
Dev Pillai Intel Fellow Intel Corporation
Jai Hakhu VP, General Manager, Technology Manuf. Engineering Intel Corporation
Bill Hanson Founder LFM
Kent Bowen Founder LFM
John Deutsch Professor and Former Director of CIA MIT
Yossi Sheffi Professor, Author of The Resilient Enterprise MIT
Lester Thurow Professor MIT Sloan
Tim Cawley Sr. VP and GM, Mobile Devices Supply Chain Motorola
Liz Altman* Vice President Motorola Incorporated
Kevin Watts Plant Manager New Balance Athletic Shoes
Robert Barnes Vice President Northrop Grumman
Henry Michal Chair Emeritus Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Roger Saillant President and CEO Plug Power Inc.
Louis Chenevert President Pratt & Whitney
Mike Rion Founder Resources for Ethics and Management
Chip MacDonald* Business Unit Director Segway
Doug Field* Vice President, Design & Engineering and CTO Segway
Tom Hutton Senior Vice President, Operations Sikorsky
Mark Parrish* President Simmons Company
Ted Rybeck Chairman Surgency
Brett Smith President S&S Cycle
Alex d'Arbeloff Founder/Chairman Teradyne, Inc/ MIT Corporation
Bill Hetzel* Supply Chain Logistics Leader Tom’s of Maine
Jamie Bonini* Assistant General Manager Toyota Motor Company
Larry Sweet Vice President, Operations United Technologies Corporation
John Boyd Vice President, Operations UTC-Hamilton Sundstrand


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