Manufacturing & Industrial Materials

A roster of manufacturing and materials specialists at the forefront of innovation in the production and utilization of industrial materials

Ayush Banka

Ayush Banka

Ayush has previously scaled a consumer headphone brand to $10M ARR, Xprize Winner ($ 1Mn), and Co-Invented the patented technology of personalized audio. And the undercover lead designer behind the fashion NFTs and many more

Ayush has previously scaled a consumer headphone brand to $10M ARR, Xprize Winner ($ 1Mn), and Co-Invented the patented technology of personalized audio. And the undercover lead designer behind the fashion NFTs and many more Show more

Nikhil Bhaskaran

Nikhil Bhaskaran

Nikhil Bhaskaran is a first generation techie entrepreneur . His experience includes running a global company in China and then returning to India to build a community(IoTIoT.in) of AI and IoT engineers while working on his own startup Brainy pi and Shunya OS . He is also one of the innovators in ARM innovator program

Nikhil Bhaskaran is a first generation techie entrepreneur . His experience includes running a global company in China and then returning to India to build a community(IoTIoT.in) of AI and IoT engineers while working on his own startup Brainy pi and ... Show more

Nichola Carty

Nichola Carty

Nichola has over 20 years’ experience creating innovative solutions for industry-leading corporations. She works closely with customers, partners and key accounts, to help them find the best business solution, providing UC, Modern Workplace and Cloud technology; with a focus on the Microsoft stack and Azure.

Nichola has over 20 years’ experience creating innovative solutions for industry-leading corporations. She works closely with customers, partners and key accounts, to help them find the best business solution, providing UC, Modern Workplace and Cloud... Show more

Himanshu Dabir

Himanshu Dabir

18 years of experience in Information Technology in diverse areas
Author of a book on Oracle
An Agile Coach with 8 years of experience in implementing Agile Philosophy using multiple frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe in domains such as Insurance, BFSI and Manufacturing

18 years of experience in Information Technology in diverse areas Author of a book on Oracle An Agile Coach with 8 years of experience in implementing Agile Philosophy using multiple frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe in domains such as Insurance,... Show more

Markus Soppa

Markus Soppa

Markus Soppa is Managing Director and co-founder of Filancore GmbH, which offers solutions for decentralized identities around the Internet of Things. Previously, as Chief Development Officer at accessec GmbH, he was responsible for software and service development in context of IIoT and automotive security. As a specialist for connected devices, his focus is particularly on disruptive security technologies such as distributed ledgers (blockchain). He has applied his extensive know-how at leading automotive manufacturers in Germany, including as a consultant in the field of automotive security at Deloitte. In addition to his expertise in information security, he has in-depth knowledge of decentralized identities and IoT-PKI.

Markus Soppa is Managing Director and co-founder of Filancore GmbH, which offers solutions for decentralized identities around the Internet of Things. Previously, as Chief Development Officer at accessec GmbH, he was responsible for software and serv... Show more

Fraser Dear

Fraser Dear

Senior digital transformation leader, connecting business need with data insights. Understanding and crafting business systems for the needs of business through deep understanding of both people and process.

I bring a hybrid of analytical and creative processes together to generate concept, development, delivery and onboarding of technical business solutions.

I have extensive experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents), SAP ERP and CRM, Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud.

I am an experienced Senior Manager, Facilitator and Coach. Skilled in a wide range of different disciplines and sectors including Manufacturing, Service, IT, Customer Service and Marketing.

Senior digital transformation leader, connecting business need with data insights. Understanding and crafting business systems for the needs of business through deep understanding of both people and process. I bring a hybrid of analytical and cre... Show more

Kamal Pandey

Kamal Pandey

Digital Transformation Leader →UiPath | Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace | Power Platform | Azure| AWS| Slack - with over 14 years of IT experience.

I am enabling enterprises to grow by implementing modern digital workplace solutions, enterprise content management (ECM) systems, application developments, and transformations. I work with CTOs, VPs, and Leaders of IT to adapt Office 365 and Azure products & services to remain agile and resilient in the digitalization journey.

I am very passionate about modern IT. I am a global technology and cloud solutions partner, an adviser with extensive experience in digital transformation, application modernization, technology direction, and implementation. Products and solutions are used by millions of people.

Diverse professional background in digital workplace strategy consulting, product engineering in small to large organizations, helping enterprise customers to build and rolled out a modern workplace with an integrated platform to accelerate employee engagement and productivity using Microsoft enterprise cloud, Office 365 suite, UiPath, Slack, Citrix FileShare and Google Workspace.

Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science and several technical certifications such as Cloud Solutions Architect, ITIL, MCSE- Office 365, Teams, MCPD, MCITP, MCTS, SCRUM, and Zachman, TOGAF framework.

I've gained valuable experience working within both, the core business units and information technology sides of the enterprise, which enables me to bring a unique perspective to solving business problems.

Succeeds in challenging, high-pressure environments, remaining passionate about connecting with clients to provide world-class Modern IT solutions that are targeted to their direct needs, allowing for cost savings, and enhanced productivity.

Digital Transformation Leader →UiPath | Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace | Power Platform | Azure| AWS| Slack - with over 14 years of IT experience. I am enabling enterprises to grow by implementing modern digital workplace solutions, enterpris... Show more

Kapil Singh

Kapil Singh

Kapil Singh is the co-founder of SemiDot Infotech. He has a strong background in IT management combined with experience as CTO and Business Head, with the ability to develop and deploy IT plans that achieve strategic business goals. Kapil masters SDLC, DDLC, Client Communication, SRS Development, along with many other advanced project management skills.

Kapil Singh is the co-founder of SemiDot Infotech. He has a strong background in IT management combined with experience as CTO and Business Head, with the ability to develop and deploy IT plans that achieve strategic business goals. Kapil masters SDL... Show more

Michael Kimani

Michael Kimani

Student of the juggernaut that is life.

Student of the juggernaut that is life. Show more

Daniel Schimpfoessl

Daniel Schimpfoessl

Hybrid Cloud and DevOps expert with full-stack development experience. Enjoys engineering projects, scouting, technical and fine woodworking, piloting aircraft and spending time with his wife, two kids and dog.

Hybrid Cloud and DevOps expert with full-stack development experience. Enjoys engineering projects, scouting, technical and fine woodworking, piloting aircraft and spending time with his wife, two kids and dog. Show more

Christopher Watson

Christopher Watson

Chris has worked with Microsoft Teams since 2017 and has architected and overseen deployments of Teams in Healthcare, Education, Financial, and Manufacturing for the majority of his Teams career.

Chris has worked with Microsoft Teams since 2017 and has architected and overseen deployments of Teams in Healthcare, Education, Financial, and Manufacturing for the majority of his Teams career. Show more

Ajay Singh

Ajay Singh

Focused on delivering continuous digital transformations using Dynamics 365, Collaborating with CXO's on business strategy powered through increasing business adoption. Expertise in effective stakeholder engagement and influencing for impact. Managed large scale business systems implementations, and achieved results through driving and motivating teams.

Specialties: Proactive leadership, Team building, Strategic planning, Leading change, Personal interest in Food & fuels logistics, Supply Chain and Retail.

Focused on delivering continuous digital transformations using Dynamics 365, Collaborating with CXO's on business strategy powered through increasing business adoption. Expertise in effective stakeholder engagement and influencing for impact. Managed... Show more

Rowland Gosling

Rowland Gosling

I’m a former Microsoft CSA and MTC Technical Architect for Data & AI and have been designing and building data systems since 1990. I've worked in a variety of platforms such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and xBase languages like FoxPro/FoxBase and Clipper. My work has also led me to technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and more lately, Azure Databricks, Azure ML and Cognitive Services.

These days, my wife and I live in her hometown of Wichita, Kansas - home to general aviation manufacturers Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft and Boeing; Actors Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind),and Don Johnson (Miami Vice), Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh and Ann Dunham - President Obama's mother - all Wichitans.

I’m a former Microsoft CSA and MTC Technical Architect for Data & AI and have been designing and building data systems since 1990. I've worked in a variety of platforms such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and xBase languages like FoxPro/FoxBase an... Show more

Amul Baranwal

Amul Baranwal

Myself Amul baranwal and having 14+ year of Experience in IT in which having 12+ Year of Experience on Salesforce Platform. Currently working with Techmatrix as Solution Architect Role.

Myself Amul baranwal and having 14+ year of Experience in IT in which having 12+ Year of Experience on Salesforce Platform. Currently working with Techmatrix as Solution Architect Role. Show more

Buck Bard

Buck Bard

Buck Bard is the Chief Harbinger at Canary Works. He has been designing and delivering innovative learning solutions for over 25 years.

Buck has built global teams responsible for developing solutions for classroom, mobile, and virtual environments. He has earned certifications from the Association for Training and Development (ATD) and Stanford University.

Buck Bard is the Chief Harbinger at Canary Works. He has been designing and delivering innovative learning solutions for over 25 years. Buck has built global teams responsible for developing solutions for classroom, mobile, and virtual environme... Show more

Michael Elkins

Michael Elkins

Information management and compliance professional with extensive experience helping leading organizations around the world in the design and deployment of comprehensive information management strategies and solutions. Always striving to find better, more effective ways to leverage information as an asset and to provide value to the business.

Information management and compliance professional with extensive experience helping leading organizations around the world in the design and deployment of comprehensive information management strategies and solutions. Always striving to find better... Show more

Rita Breen

Rita Breen

Rita Breen is an experienced and passionate Agile coach with over ten years of experience and a passion for people. Presently operating as a senior coach for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Federal Employee Program in Indianapolis, she is certified as a SAFe Program Consultant, Certified Scrum Master (SCM), and Certified Scrum Practitioner. She has found the most fulfillment over the course of her career when assisting organizations with their Agile Transformation, focusing on transparency, relentless improvement, and collaboration.


Rita is an avid reader, enjoys inspirational TedTalks and loves movies from the 40’s and 50’s. She dreams of opening a yoga shop where she can wear leggings daily and sell her homemade kombucha.

Rita Breen is an experienced and passionate Agile coach with over ten years of experience and a passion for people. Presently operating as a senior coach for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s Federal Employee Program in Indianapolis, she is certifi... Show more

Wayne Wang

Wayne Wang

Wayne Wang is experienced in all aspects of IT systems delivery and operations, from strategic planning, portfolio management, project initiation, systems design, build, implementation, support, and maintenance. Wayne is a strong advocate for building quality in every step of the IT value chain using Agile/Lean and DevOps principles.

In the last a few years, Wayne found a new passion of helping software development teams to move from the traditional waterfall method to Agile, supported by automated CI/CD pipelines. He built a team from scratch to develop CI/CD capacity in his previous company, for a development organization with several hundred developers, and played a pivotal role for its adoption of Agile and DevOps practices. As a result, the organization can now release software more frequently and with a significantly improved quality.

In his current job as the senior manager of DevOps at J. B. Hunt, he is leading CI/CD development and driving software delivery automation across the enterprise. He is also working closely with the Ops Platform and Dev teams to deliver a full DevOps experience from build, release to production, to continuous monitoring.

Wayne Wang is experienced in all aspects of IT systems delivery and operations, from strategic planning, portfolio management, project initiation, systems design, build, implementation, support, and maintenance. Wayne is a strong advocate for buildi... Show more

Collin Quiring

Collin Quiring

Collin Quiring is a capable professional with over 20 years of experience in several industries supporting Business Intelligence, Project Management, Resource Management, Product Development, Systems Administration, and Training.
Collin is certified in Power BI and has trained 1000's of individuals in the usage of Power BI ranging from introductory to advanced courses. His passion is for users at all levels to get the most out of the software as possible to be able to produce results that are meaningful and actionable.

Collin Quiring is a capable professional with over 20 years of experience in several industries supporting Business Intelligence, Project Management, Resource Management, Product Development, Systems Administration, and Training. Collin is certifi... Show more

Maria Eduarda Furtado

Maria Eduarda Furtado

Maria Eduarda é graduanda em Engenharia de Produção Mecânica pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e responsável pela equipe de Melhoria Contínua no Laboratório Bridge, onde atua gerenciando o sistema de gestão por OKR, desenvolvendo e fortalecendo métodos para gestão de processos e fomentando o alinhamento estratégico da organização.

Maria Eduarda é graduanda em Engenharia de Produção Mecânica pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e responsável pela equipe de Melhoria Contínua no Laboratório Bridge, onde atua gerenciando o sistema de gestão por OKR, desenvolvendo e fortalec... Show more

Francois Richer

Francois Richer

Ingénieur INSA et Master Management de Projet
30 années d'expériences dans les projets, programmes et portefeuille de projets de toutes tailles et de toutes natures.
Agile coach pour les projets industriels au sein de centre de compétence P&PM Airbus

Ingénieur INSA et Master Management de Projet 30 années d'expériences dans les projets, programmes et portefeuille de projets de toutes tailles et de toutes natures. Agile coach pour les projets industriels au sein de centre de compétence P&PM Airb... Show more

Aiste Kytriene

Aiste Kytriene

Having simultaneously worked with over 10 of Softera Baltic's and partner products, I made the switch to focusing on just one - Bankfeed. With the goal for exponential growth, new markets and marketing channels, and lots of room for experimentation - the pace is fast, and the lessons are plenty.

Having simultaneously worked with over 10 of Softera Baltic's and partner products, I made the switch to focusing on just one - Bankfeed. With the goal for exponential growth, new markets and marketing channels, and lots of room for experimentation -... Show more

Jay Yuan

Jay Yuan

• Dr. Jay Yuan brings over three decades of invaluable experience in the packaging industry in the United States. With a diverse expertise spanning from flexible to rigid packaging, including cartons, corrugates, plastics, and metals, he has left an indelible mark on the field. Dr. Yuan holds three patents for pioneering package designs that have made a significant impact in the market, proudly associated with major brand names.
• Notably, his collaborative efforts with PepsiCo on the co-development of the 28 oz Gatorade package garnered the prestigious 2014 DuPont Packaging Award, recognizing its exemplary innovation and environmental responsibility. Dr. Yuan's academic journey includes an M.S. in Solid Mechanics from Peking University in China, followed by a doctoral degree from the University of Akron in US.
• As a registered professional engineer and a distinguished member of leading industry associations such as IoPP, ASME, SPE, and TAPPI, Dr. Yuan continues to champion the integration of cutting-edge technologies like computer simulation and finite element analysis (FEA) in package development. His commitment to advancing sustainable packaging solutions and fostering technological innovation underscores his dedication to the industry's progress and sustainability.

• Dr. Jay Yuan brings over three decades of invaluable experience in the packaging industry in the United States. With a diverse expertise spanning from flexible to rigid packaging, including cartons, corrugates, plastics, and metals, he has left an ... Show more

Kamal Sharma

Kamal Sharma

Kamal is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Addend Analytics, a Microsoft Solution partner for Data & AI. Before starting Addend Analytics in 2018, he worked in the Manufacturing industry for 25 years in senior positions. He has a deep understanding of Manufacturing and Supply Chain domains.

Kamal is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Addend Analytics, a Microsoft Solution partner for Data & AI. Before starting Addend Analytics in 2018, he worked in the Manufacturing industry for 25 years in senior positions. He has a deep understan... Show more

Piotr Warchoł

Piotr Warchoł

I have been associated with the Microsoft Dynamics system since 2012, first as an accountant for a large service company. Since 2017 I have been working as a Financial Consultant of AX/D365, working for many clients, I have participated in implementations in the finance, retail, supply chain sectors.

I have been associated with the Microsoft Dynamics system since 2012, first as an accountant for a large service company. Since 2017 I have been working as a Financial Consultant of AX/D365, working for many clients, I have participated in implementa... Show more

Ejaskhan S

Ejaskhan S

Senior technical lead with 8 years of experience in distributed system design and development.

Senior technical lead with 8 years of experience in distributed system design and development. Show more

Jiří Pavelka

Jiří Pavelka

Highly experienced developer and architect in the Power Platform with expertise in developing applications for manufacturing companies and other industries.

Highly experienced developer and architect in the Power Platform with expertise in developing applications for manufacturing companies and other industries. Show more

Mark Munson

Mark Munson

Mark brings over 25 years of industry experience to include sales, marketing, customer service and operational management. Mark has owned and operated several organizations and always focused on delivering high quality, high value solutions to his clients. For the past 20 years, Mark has focused his efforts on servicing the distribution and manufacturing sectors and delivering solutions based on the Microsoft stack that drives innovation and competitive advantage for his clients.

Mark is a popular and sought-after speaker and has presented at events to include the SMART Manufacturing Conference, the Business and Marketing Alliance, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Symposium, multiple Georgia Industry Association Annual Meetings and several Microsoft conferences, among others. Mark holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Georgia.

Mark brings over 25 years of industry experience to include sales, marketing, customer service and operational management. Mark has owned and operated several organizations and always focused on delivering high quality, high value solutions to his cl... Show more

Andre Shori

Andre Shori

Andre Shori is the APAC Cybersecurity Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Schneider Electric. He is responsible for leading, animating and implementing the Asia Pacific region's IT and OT cybersecurity programs. Andre brings with him over 30 years of cyber experience, a SANS Technology Institute Master of Science in Information Security Management, and 18 major cybersecurity certifications. As Regional CISO for Schneider Electric, Andre’s mission is to continuously advance and mature the cybersecurity posture for his regional ecosystem of customers, partners and employees. He adopts an approach of being constantly risk-informed while implementing defenses-in-depth to ensure that cyber risks to Schneider Electric’s IT and OT systems are deterred, detected, and defused to the maximum extent possible.

Andre advocates for close collaboration and partnerships across Schneider Electric’s ecosystem of customers, suppliers, and authorities to enable trust and raise the cyber resilience of the industry at large. He serves as an Executive Board Member of the (ISC)2 Singapore Chapter and Vice President of the Association of Information Security Professionals (AiSP), contributing to the development of the cybersecurity profession across the globe and creating a vibrant global cybersecurity ecosystem that enables a safe and secure cyberspace for everyone.

Andre Shori is the APAC Cybersecurity Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Schneider Electric. He is responsible for leading, animating and implementing the Asia Pacific region's IT and OT cybersecurity programs. Andre brings with... Show more

Steven Coochin

Steven Coochin

Senior Dev Advocate Lumigo, AWS Community Builder. Dev/Maker/Geek/Speaker/streamer/ruralite 🐴🐶🏞️ Prev @snyksec @IBMDeveloper @telstradev @XeroAPI @PayPalDev

Senior Dev Advocate Lumigo, AWS Community Builder. Dev/Maker/Geek/Speaker/streamer/ruralite 🐴🐶🏞️ Prev @snyksec @IBMDeveloper @telstradev @XeroAPI @PayPalDev Show more

Please note that Sessionize is not responsible for the accuracy or validity of the data provided by speakers.

Join Speakers Directory

Join our Speakers Directory today and amplify your reach! Showcase your expertise to a global audience hungry for your insights. Let your voice be heard!

Create Profile