Speakers

Dr. Horacio Ahuett-Garza
Professor
MSc. in Manufacturing Systems Program Director
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Materiales
School of Engineering and Science
Tecnologico de Monterrey
Campus Monterrey
Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501 Sur
Monterrey. N.L. México
CP 64849
horacio.ahuett@tec.mx
Andrew Dugenske
Director, Factory Information Systems Center
Principal Research Engineer
Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Georgia Institute of Technology
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0560
USA
+1 (404) 894-9161
+1 (404) 323-0637 mobile
dugenske@gatech.edu
manufacturing.gatech.edu
Alain Louchez
Managing Director
Center for the Development and Application
of Internet-of-Things Technologies (CDAIT)
Georgia Institute of Technology
75 5th Street, NW, Suite 900
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
USA
+1 (404) 407-8280
alain.louchez@gtri.gatech.edu
www.cdait.gatech.edu
Richard W. Phillips
Director of Smart Manufacturing
Polytron, Inc.
3300 Breckinridge Blvd
Suite 100
Duluth GA 30096
+1 (678) 328-2970
+1 (678) 618-0804 mobile
Rphillips@polytron.com
www.polytron.com
Professor Svetan M Ratchev
Cripps Chair of Production Engineering
Director of the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing
Room B035, Advanced Manufacturing Building
The University of Nottingham
522 Derby Rd,
Nottingham NG7 2GX
+44 (0) 115 9514018
Svetan.Ratchev@nottingham.ac.uk
www.nottingham.ac.uk/manufacturing
Markus Rimmele
Managing Director US Service
KOCH Packaging Systems, Inc.
Alpharetta Service Center
1050 Nine North Drive
Suite D
Alpharetta, GA 30004
+1 (470) 255-2367
+1 (470) 871-6458 mobile
MRimmele@KOCHPackaging.com
www.KOCHPackaging.com
www.linkedin.com/in/markusrimmele
John Rinaldi
Director of WOW!
Real-time Automation
N26W23315 Paul Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
+1 (262) 436-9299
+1 (414) 460-6556 mobile
JRinaldi@rtautomation.com
rtautomation.com
Marlon Rodgers
Software Engineer, Business Architect for Digital Transformation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
86 South Cobb Drive
Marietta, GA 30063
USA
+1 (770) 494-5752
marlon.rodgers@lmco.com
www.lmco.com
Alyssa Rumsey
Project Manager, Center of Innovation for Manufacturing
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Institute of Technology
Callaway Manufacturing Research Building
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (540) 931-8692 mobile
arumsey@georgia.org
Professor Ben Wang
Executive Director, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems
Professor in Materials Science & Engineering
Georgia Tech Chief Manufacturing Officer
813 Ferst Drive NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
+1 (404) 385-2068
ben.wang@gatech.edu
Youssef Ziada
Technical Specialist: Machining & Assembly CAE
Certified 6-Sigma Black Belt
Digital Manufacturing
Ford Motor Company
+1 (313) 402-1600
yziada@ford.com
ford.com