Confirmed 2026 Speakers
Raman Mehta
Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Carlo Emanuele
Engineering Group Manager — Software Defined Automation Intelligence
General Motors
General Motors
Cyntia Perez
Chief Manufacturing Quality Americas Director NAC / NAT
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Shuvdeep Bhattacharya
IT Director, Seating Engineering
Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation
Arun Prakash Mantena
Global Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering-Stamping
Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors
Jaime Moore
Senior Principal Engineer
Toyota Motor North America Research and Development Center
Toyota Motor North America Research and Development Center
Adam Polcha
Manufacturing Engineering Manager, Manufacturing Development Center
Daimler Trucks North America
Daimler Trucks North America
Alberto Ely Vazquez
Senior Process Engineer
General Motors
General Motors
Parag Patre
Senior Manager, Advanced Robotics
Magna International
Magna International
Mohan Swaminathan
Operations Director - US Region
Gestamp North America
Gestamp North America
Dr. Hassan Ghassemi-Armaki
Staff Researcher, Global R&D
General Motors
General Motors
Vijay Jeyabal
Systems Architect, Product Visualization
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Gus Collins
Senior Manager, Manufacturing Digital Transformation
JTEKT North America
JTEKT North America
Muhammad Anas
Digital Transformation Specialist
Gestamp North America
Gestamp North America
Murugan Boominathan
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Solutions Magna IT – Industrial Solutions
Magna International
Magna International
Scott Davies
Principal Automotive Business Development Manager
PTC
PTC
Lazola Tutani
Production Department Manager
Continental
Continental
Trent Randles
Engineering Manager - Transfer Case Assembly & Operational Excellence
BorgWarner
BorgWarner
Hiroyuki Natsume
Sales Director - Industrial Production
Kistler Group
Kistler Group
Rajeev Kalamdani
Director of Manufacturing & IIoT Analytics
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Raidan Lage
Regional Smart Factory Coordinator
ZF Group
ZF Group
Judith Britto
Digital Transformation Leader
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Our 2025 Speakers
Dr Hanns Bernd Ketteler
Executive Vice President Operations,
Bosch Mobility Americas
Bosch Mobility Americas
Jose Carlos Jimenez
President, Connection Systems,
Aptiv
Aptiv
Chris Styles
Regional Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Americas
Nissan Group of the Americas
Nissan Group of the Americas
Karthikk Munirathinam
Director of Digitalization
Schaeffler Americas
Schaeffler Americas
Paul Stephens
Global Strategy Manager - Autonomous Robotics
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Miguel Saez, Ph.D
Senior Manager for Global Automation Architecture Solutions and Standards Development
General Motors
General Motors
Trent Randles
Engineering Manager - Transfer Case Assembly & Operational Excellence
BorgWarner
BorgWarner
Keenan O'Brien
Head of Digital Process Engineering Center
Stellantis
Stellantis
Tom Kelly
Executive Director and CEO
Automation Alley
Automation Alley
Maria Rossana Ruiz
Women Automotive Network
Björn Svensson
Vice President of Automotive Sales
ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics
Mike Minelli
President and CEO
BEET
BEET
Dr. Sardar Asif Khan
Continuous Improvement Lead, Parts and Services
Stellantis
Stellantis
Dr. Georges Ayoub
Associate Professor
University of Michigan–Dearborn
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Rob Whaley
Operational Excellence Master
General Motors
General Motors
Mohan Swaminathan
Operations Director - US Region
Gestamp North America
Gestamp North America
Murugan Boominathan
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Solutions Magna IT – Industrial Solutions
Magna International
Magna International
Bob Hynes
Sales Director of Digital Solutions
JR Automation
JR Automation
Dr. Marcel Schaefer
Senior Program Coordinator
Fraunhofer USA
Fraunhofer USA
Eric Anderson
Associate Director, Light Vehicle Powertrain forecasting for the Americas
S&P Global
S&P Global
Ian Bakker
Crew Chief
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
Ronak Parikh
Engineering Director
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
University of Michigan Solar Car Team
Moderators
For speaking opportunities contact:
Ahmo Saric
Senior Content Producer
