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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