January 25 - 26, 2011
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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2010 Past Speakers Included:

 
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Tom Anderson

Senior Vice President of Airbus North America Customer Services

Airbus North America

 

Tom Anderson, 45, joined the Airbus Americas team in November 2008 as Senior Vice President, Customer Services, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. In this position, Anderson oversees two primary facilities – Airbus’ Spares Center in Ashburn, Virginia and Airbus Training Center in Miami, Florida. In addition, Anderson is responsible for Airbus Americas’ entire customer and supplier support teams, based in Herndon, as well as all the organization’s regional field service representatives and managers, located at airline customer hubs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Anderson reports directly to Barry Eccleston, Airbus Americas’ Chief Executive Officer.

Anderson came to Airbus from Virgin America, where he was Senior Vice President of Technical Operations for two years. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Technical Operations at JetBlue, where he worked for some eight years, beginning with the airline’s creation and continuing until 2007.

Anderson holds a Master’s of Science degree in Transportation from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is a licensed Commercial Glider Pilot and holds a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airframe and Powerplant license. In his free time, Anderson enjoys skiing and home renovation. He and his wife, Lynn, and their young son live in Northern Virginia.

 

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Mike Ivy

Vice President and General Manager, Army Programs

Oshkosh Corporation

Mike was named Vice President and General Manager of Oshkosh Defense’s Army Programs in August 2009. He is responsible for development, production, and sustainment of Oshkosh’s programs with the U.S. Army. These include the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, the Palletized Load System, and the Heavy Equipment Transporter. Together, these fleets enable Army field logistics operations globally in peace and war.

Mike joined the Oshkosh Corporation in 2004 after a 27-year Army career. His previous positions include Director of Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle production programs and Vice President of Defense Aftermarket. In the latter position, he was responsible for all Defense product support activities, including providing repair parts, service and training support globally, and technical publications for Oshkosh’s U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and international customers.

For most of his Army career, Mike was a field logistician. He served at locations worldwide. His experiences include command and staff positions including operational theaters, NATO, and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Military Academy and masters degrees from Georgia Tech and the National War College.

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Joel D. Secundy

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, U.S. Department of Commerce

International Trade Administration

Mr. Secundy directs the Department of Commerce’s efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. services industries, which account for approximately 80% of the private sector economy of the United States. In that capacity he leads his division’s efforts to develop trade policies, initiatives and programs aimed at ensuring the long term competitiveness of the U.S. services industry. He also directs the analysis of trends affecting U.S. businesses across the full services spectrum ranging from travel and tourism to finance, logistics and supply chain. Additionally, Mr. Secundy works to ensure that U.S. businesses have competitive access to export finance through the Department of Commerce’s representation on the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the World Bank.

In previous positions, Mr. Secundy worked for 17 years in the financial services industry. Most recently he was Vice President of Russell Reynolds Associates in the New York Financial Services practice, where he worked with key financial services clients including consumer banking companies, financial technology firms, hedge funds, funds of funds and global private equity firms. Prior to that, he worked for Citigroup as Vice President, National Business Development Manager for Business Banking and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO of Citigroup’s International Global Consumer Group.

Mr. Secundy spent the first 11 years of his career with MBNA America Bank in a variety of roles, including Vice President for Customer Satisfaction and First Vice President, Senior Account Executive for sales, marketing and portfolio management for more than 40 of the company's oldest and largest U.S. affinity credit card programs.

Mr. Secundy received his B.A. in Political Science from Morehouse College and his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife and three children.

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Tribby Warfield

President, Power Transmission North America

The Gates Corporation

Tribby Warfield serves as President of North American Power Transmission for Gates Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial and automotive products, systems and components, and a subsidiary of Tomkins plc, a world-class global engineering and manufacturing group. Warfield oversees all Power Transmission business operations for the Company’s customers and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Tribby has been with the Gates Corporation for over 21 years and most recently returned back to North America in January 2009 after serving eleven years in Europe in key management roles across Gates European Divisions. During her tenure in Europe she served as Vice President of Gates Industrial Power Transmission operations, headquartered in Erembodegem, Belgium. She also served as Gates Global Business Director for the Automotive Original Equipment division located in Aachen, Germany where she was responsible for managing the strategic business relationship with General Motors . Prior to that she served as European Sales and Marketing Director for Gates Fluid Power operations in St. Neots, United Kingdom. Preceding her overseas assignments, she held positions in Marketing, Product Management and Field Sales management.

She is actively involved in numerous North America industry associations and is also a former Chair of the Manufacturer Council for the European Power Transmission Distributors Association (EPTDA). Tribby has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from National University in San Diego, CA.
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Terry Stone

Director, Supply Chain Management and Warehouse Operations

Airbus North America

Terry is the Director, Supply Chain Management and Warehouse Operations for Airbus North America Customer Services. He manages the purchasing, planning, inventory, services and warehouse organizations. As a part of the Airbus Customer Services team, Terry’s group is responsible for ensuring that the 40 + Airbus customers operating over 1500 aircraft in the Americas region receive the materials and services necessary to support the airlines on- time service performance and maintenance requirements.

Terry has over 25 years in Aircraft manufacturing Customer Service experience. Prior to joining Airbus, Terry held various customer service, production, engineering and marketing roles at Douglas Aircraft Company, Fokker Aircraft and Fairchild-Dornier.


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Steve A. Melnyk, Ph.D

Professor of Operations & Supply Chain Management

Michigan State University, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Steven A. Melnyk: Steven A. Melnyk, CPIM, is Professor of Operations Management at Michigan State University. He is the lead author of 13 book focusing on Operations and the supply chain. His current research interests include supply chain management/supply chain design/supply redesign, process management and control, metrics/system measurement, transformation management, and Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing (ERM). Dr. Melnyk is an active researcher whose articles have appeared in numerous international and national journals. He also is a member of the editorial advisor board for the Produciotn and Inventory Management Journal, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, and the International Journal of Production Research.

In addition to having consulted with over 60 companies, in 1999, Dr. Melnyk was recognized as a Faculty Pioneer by ASPEN Institute for his leading edge work on integrating environmental concerns into business practice. Dr. Melnyk is recognized for his ability to interface with both academic researchers and practitioners. Because of his ability to cross the chasm between theory and practice, Dr. Melnyk has been asked to speak as a keynote speaker at several American, Canadian, and European practitioner conferences.

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Roy J. Steele

President

RoShar Associates, LLC

Roy is President of RoShar Associates, LLC, a company focused on “Education, Training and Consulting Services for Product Service and Support Professionals”. We believe end-users of products and support services continue to set the expectations and performance metrics that manufacturers and service providers must exceed to assure brand differentiation and customer loyalty.

He is an experienced executive in the product service and support profession with over 25 years of direct management of end-user product service, manufacturers, suppliers and field service providers. This practitioner-based experiential knowledge is directly applied to executive level strategic business planning sessions, education and training materials, workshop curriculums and client business improvement engagements.

Roy’s broad product lifecycle management background includes field service operations, service parts management, service training, service documentation, field engineering, forward/reverse logistics, depot repair, new product launch, quality control/assurance manufacturing, engineering, marketing and sales support. His experience was gained during his career with Xerox Corporation, Recognition Equipment, Digital Telecommunications Systems, Management Metrics Services and Patton Consultants. He is coauthor of the Service Parts Handbook, Second Edition.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Science and Industrial Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a CFSM (Certified Field Service Manager) and member of AFSMI (Association for Services Management International) and was inducted into their President’s Club in 2007. Roy is on the Board of Directors of NASM (National Association of Service Managers) and member of the Education and Certification Committee. He is a member of the RLA (Reverse Logistics Association) and serves as Chairman of the Service Parts Industry Focus Committee.


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Robert Scarlett

Director of Logistics

Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.

Robert (Bob) Scarlett is the Director of Logistics for Buckman Laboratories Inc, a specialty chemicals company. Bob for over 25 years has held director level positions responsible for global supply chain, LeanSigma and operations for companies such as Johnson Controls, Timex Corporation and Solectron. Industries Bob has restructured logistics departments and negotiated carriers in the industries of automotive, military, high tech, consumer and now chemical.

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Kristina Raymond

Manager of Materials and Supply Chain Management for Military Aftermarket Services

Pratt & Whitney

Kristina Raymond is the Global Material and Supply Chain Manager for Military Aftermarket Services, Pratt &Whitney – driving the material acquisition process for P&W’s $250M Military Aftermarket Service Business, part of P&W’s portfolio of over $4B aftermarket business. She leads the team providing a framework and pipeline for new material, repairs and serviceable assets. This global team establishes, negotiates and controls supply and logistics for all aftermarket components and accessories on PW F100, J52, F119 and F135 engines. Prior to this Kris managed Customer Accounts for Military Spares. She has over 15 years experience in a range of roles in the aerospace industries.
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Jan Case

Director GRS America

Rolls Royce

Jan Case currently serves as Director, Global Repair Services. She is accountable for leading the GRS team and developing and delivering repair capabilities to support Services and other Rolls-Royce programs. Jan has 28 years of experience in cost reduction efforts, contract negotiation, logistics, and the "total care" service environment dominating our aftermarket today. Jan has worked in the aviation industry for over 20 years. Jan has a Bachelors degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in Business Management and a Purchasing Certification from IUPUI. She and her team are also accountable for the Aftermarket Supply Chain, Management of the UPS Warehouse and Logistics, GRS Quality and Program Management. Additionally, Jan leads specific efforts to support Rolls - Royce in evolving additional aftermarket services capabilities.

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Susana Andino

Director, Worldwide Distribution for Parts Logistics & Services, Aircraft Service

Bombardier Aerospace

Susana began her 17-year career in Aerospace after at American Airlines after studies at Evangel University in Government/ International Relations. At American Airlines Cargo several opportunities provided a beneficial and diverse tour of duty, which included Sales, Pricing, Revenue Management, Security, Safety, Training and Project Management for Latin America and the Caribbean. The corporate oversight included compliance for TSA, EPA, OSHA, DOT, FAA, CBP, FDA, IATA, and ICAO regulations in Miami, FL. Finally, working at AA’s Cargo HDQ in Fort Worth with system/ operational responsibilities for Domestic and International Cargo sites as Regulatory Compliance Manager.

Susana joined Bombardier /Learjet in 2005 as Quality Assurance Manager concentrating her efforts on Hazardous Materials and Export Compliance. Her responsibilities expanded by 2007 to include regulatory oversight for Airworthiness and Supplier Compliance within Parts Logistics worldwide. In July 2007, she took the role of Senior Manager for Distribution Operations in Chicago – leading the distribution center of all spare parts for Bombardier / Learjet type certificate aircraft worldwide. As of October 2008, was appointed Director Worldwide Distribution for Bombardier’s Parts Logistics with responsibility of distribution network from Chicago and includes, Frankfurt, Sydney, Dubai, Tokyo, Singapore, Sao Paulo, and Beijing.

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Mel Drummond

Global Service Operations Leader

Eaton Aerospace

Mel Drummond is the Global Service Operations, and formerly the Division General Manager for Aerospace Engineered Sensors. He previously worked 27 years for Honeywell in multiple management positions. His assignments included OEM Operational Director, Product Lines Manager, Director of Global Sales and Marketing for Product Support, and New Business Development Manager. Drummond holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications from Arizona State University, and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

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Jim Mueller

Manager, Technical Support

John Deere Construction & Forestry Division

Jim is currently the President of NASM (National Association of Service Managers).

Jim has been with John Deere Construction and Forestry Division for 35 years. On a worldwide basis, Jim is responsible for providing Customer Support requirements and deliverables for new and current products. He also manages the Hitachi / John Deere relationship and the Dealer Technical Assistance for excavators and mining equipment.

He graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa with a BA degree in Business Administration and also holds a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the University of Wisconsin.

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Brian Nelson

Director, Global Transformation Projects

Husky Injection Molding Systems

Brian joined Husky Injection Molding Ltd in 1999 following the company’s IPO leading the Materials Management and Logistics function for this global capital equipment manufacturer. His prior work experience includes Magna Corp and Honda of Canada Mfg both in the automotive industry where he worked in several progressive management roles in Quality, Logistics, Vehicle Testing and Operations. Today he is focused on leading the Transformation Initiatives team which was formed after Husky was acquired by a private equity group in December 2007.  The mandate of this team is to drive transformational projects which reduce overall fixed cost substantially.

Brian brings over 20 years of experience in the global manufacturing realm with particular expertise in establishing new international start-up operations.  Recently Brian led the outsourcing of all of Husky’s North American aftermarket parts business to a third party logistics provider.
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Sam Campagna

Manager of Transportation & Logistics

United Technologies Corporation

Samuel Campagna is UTC’s Global Logistics Manager. In this role he chairs UTC’s Global Logistics Council, a high-impact cross-divisional team responsible for formulating strategies that define UTC’s logistics’ footprint across the world. He is the primary interface between division stakeholders and suppliers and the scope of spend is close to $ 2 billion annual.

Sam has had a 25 year career with United Technologies.  Prior to his current assignment, he was the Aerospace Commodity Manager for distributed products and spent 16 years at Sikorsky Aircraft in planning, procurement, and commodity and inventory management.

He is a 2009 graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with an Executive Masters in International Logistics. He holds an MBA in Management and Organization from the University of New Haven and a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education from Southern Connecticut State University. In addition, he has completed certificates in Logistics Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Transportation and Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Understanding Supply Chain Networks from the W.P Carey School at Arizona State University.
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Terry Gill

GM, Inventory Planning and Supply Chain Management

Hamilton Sundstrand

Terry Gill is General Manager of Inventory Planning and Supply Chain Management for Hamilton Sundstrand Customer Service. In this role Terry has responsibilities for Inventory Planning and supplier follow-up of aftermarket parts used internally in HS Repair Centers World Wide, as well as aftermarket parts sold to the various airlines. In addition Terry has responsibilities for HS owned distribution operations in the States, and third party managed distribution in Asia and the Middle East.

Prior to joining Hamilton Sundstrand, Terry served as Senior Operations Manager for the Trane Company in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where he was responsible for overall distribution of aftermarket parts, including three distribution centers, Customer Service, Inventory Planning and Purchasing. Most of Terry’s career was in the power generation and shipbuilding industry with Fairbanks Morse Engine in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he served as VP, Materials and VP, Operations. Terry has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Industrial Management from Akron University in Ohio.

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Robert Wright

Director, Global Logistics

L-3 Communications

Bob Wright is the Director of Global Logistics at L3 Communications Security and Detections Division in St. Petersburg, Florida where he is responsible for the spare parts planning and distribution activities in support of the global install base.   He has been in the critical service spares support business discipline for more than 20 years.  Bob’s experience includes responsibility for international  parts logistics with Chrysler subsequent to the American Motors procurement;  VP global supply chain responsibility for service spares in support of the Danka photo imaging business,  Global Head of Logistics managing the planning and distribution for critical service spares for France Telecom and consulted with the UK’s Cable and Wireless on the creation of a service parts logistics support infrastructure for their Caribbean install base.   Bob earned his graduate from Trinity University and is a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.
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Dave Floyd

PBL Program Director

Defense Acquisition University

David S. Floyd, CPL is the Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Director at the Defense Acquisition University located at Fort Belvoir, VA, where he educates military, civilian and industry employees in PBL and directs the update of PBL courses for the Department of Defense.  Mr. Floyd has over 25 years combined logistics engineering experience supporting the acquisition and life cycle support of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard combatant ships and cutters.  He is a retired Navy Commander and served as a Surface Warfare Officer on Navy combatants. Mr. Floyd, CPL holds a B.S. Degree in Government and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and an M.S. Degree in Systems Engineering from George Mason University.  He has been a member of SOLE – The International Society of Logistics since 1988.  He is in his 8th year as the SOLE Greater Washington Area Chapter (GWAC) Chair.  He is the recipient of the 2006 Mo Grumbine Award for service to SOLE and the 2002 Configuration Management Field Award from SOLE. He lives in Alexandria, VA and is the proud father of a 24 year old daughter.
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Diane de Souza

Vice President Parts Logistics

Bombardier Aerospace

Diane De Souza was appointed in June 2008 Vice President, Parts Logistics for the Customer Services
and Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft Business Unit for Bombardier Aerospace, located in the Montreal.

Mrs. Diane De Souza has 23 years of experience with de Havilland and later with Bombardier Aerospace. She has held a variety of positions throughout the company including Customer Support, Fleet Management, Distribution
and Logistics Services.

In her previous positions, Mrs De Souza as Director of Worldwide Distribution for the Parts Logistics
improved the performance and reliability of our Chicago warehouse and network of international depots. In December 2007, Mrs. De Souza was promoted to General Manager, Material Logistics and Distribution.

Her present role as Vice-President for the Parts Logistics is to improve the service level and profitability of our Parts business. She is responsible for leading the Bombardier Aerospace Parts Logistics organization to support both our Commercial and Business Aircraft operators worldwide. Her focus and that of the entire Parts Logistics team remains our customers and the employees who support and deliver the services that keep our customers flying.

Diane’s biggest challenge is managing constant change. “There has been significant change at Bombardier during the past several years. Not only here at Bombardier, but the aerospace industry in general has undergone major shifts which resulted in significant challenges managing successfully on an operational level.”

 

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Brent Edmisten

Director, Strategic Sourcing and Integrated Supply Chain Strategies

Cessna Aircraft Company

Brent E. Edmisten is a Business Process Improvement and Supply Chain Management Leader with 20 years of industry leadership experience in Program Management, New Product Development, Strategic Sourcing, ISC Strategies, and Supply Chain Management.  He led the on-site assessment and final selection process in which Cessna Aircraft was awarded the 2003 Purchasing Medal of Excellence in Supply Chain Management.  Brent currently leads the Strategic Sourcing processes for Airframe, ISC Strategic Planning, and the Globalization of the Supply Base at Cessna Aircraft Company.  Brent is a graduate of Friends University with an Executive MBA.  Brent also is a Textron Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional.  He is also currently a member of the Research Strategies Committee for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, and a member of an Adolescent Girl’s Home Charity Committee.  Brent is a member of ISM, CSCMP, and APICS Professional Organizations.
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Paul Farsetta

Vice President, Spares & Business Development

Goodrich

Paul received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Lehigh University.

He joined Rohr Industries in 1977 and served in a variety of financial roles through the first 15 years of his career there.  In 1994, he became Rohr’s financial controller for it’s European subsidiaries.  He returned to San Diego in 1997 as the Controller of Aftermarket Services.

Following the merger with Goodrich, Paul was promoted to Director of Spares Business.  He is now the Vice President of Spares and New Business Development, and is responsible for global spare part operations, distribution and sales.  He also oversees the development of new aftermarket business opportunities and strategic relationships in the world wide Aerostructures MRO  network.

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Angie Hancock

Sr. Aftermarket Supply Chain Manager, Global Repair Services – Americas

Rolls Royce

Angie Hancock has been with Rolls-Royce Corporation for 25 years.  She began her career within the Purchasing Organization as a high school co-op student, continuing that work while obtaining her BS Degree in Organizational Leadership through Purdue University.  Angie’s key roles within Purchasing consisted of business/finance analyst, buyer for raw materials/fabrications, commodity specialist for fabrications/controls, eventually evolving within a leadership position as Purchasing Manager within the Controls Organization.
 
Angie’s most recent role as Aftermarket Supply Chain Manager within Global Repair Services has allowed her to further enhance and apply her purchasing skill sets and knowledge in the area of component repair and overhaul.  In this role, Angie leads a team of commodity and operational buyers/logistics to ensure customer satisfaction is achieved through strategic sourcing and driving world class supplier performance in the areas of quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness.
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Dale Puhrmann

Vice President Aftermarket Parts Operations

Blue Bird Corporation

Dale joined the Blue Bird Corporation immediately following the acquisition of Blue Bird by Cerberus Capital Management in December 2006 as Vice President, Parts and Service. His prior work experience includes Caterpillar, Inc.; John Deere, Link Manufacturing and a parallel career in the Navy Reserve where he gained extensive experience in Department of Defense Global Logistics and Sea Transportation. Today he is singularly focused on leading the Blue Bird Aftermarket Parts Operation as Blue Bird re-establishes itself as the Global Market Leader in the school bus industry.

Dale has broad-based experience in Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Aftermarket Parts Operations, Product and Business Development, eLearning, Technical Training, Service Engineering, and Technical Information Development in the international, multi-channel, capital goods distribution environment for leading Fortune 150 companies. 
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Stacey Bartnik

Assistant Vice President

CarStar

Stacy Bartnik provides leadership to the CARSTAR Franchise System field service team - - regional service managers, store integration, and store financial services. Her roles include developing and maintaining the field staff, tracking and reporting service results, and promoting the value proposition of the CARSTAR system, products and services through consulting and coaching. She also assists with other training and identifying further franchisee development opportunities.

Ms. Bartnik has worked in many segments of the collision industry, including Shop Estimator, General Manager, Insurance Adjuster, Trainer and Consultant. She is a recognized industry figure, often appearing at NACE as a speaker and presenter. She has been a speaker at WIN, contributing editor to ABRN, and was honored in 2004 by Akzo Nobel as one of the Most Influential Woman in the Collision Industry.

Ms. Bartnik is involved in several industry associations. She is the current Vice President of the National Auto body Council and has held this position in the past. She is the immediate Past Chair of the Collision Industry Conference, immediate past Director at Large of the Society of Collision Repair Specialists, and a member of The Automotive Service Association serving on its Collision Division sub-committee. Ms. Bartnik has also served as a judge for Skills USA and is on the State Farm Advisory Council.

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Kevin McNeill

Director of Spares

Dassault Falcon Jet Corp

Kevin McNeill is currently Director of Spare Parts in the Customer Service organization at Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., located in Teterboro, NJ.
Kevin is responsible for the strategic global positioning of spares which service Falcon’s fleet of nearly 1800 business jets. Prior to joining Dassault, Kevin was the Vice President of Supply Chain for Adam Aircraft, Inc, a very light jet (VLJ) design and manufacturing company. In the past, Kevin has held key supply chain management positions with Honeywell, Nordam and Hewlett-Packard, including international materials management assignments in Mexico and Europe.

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Darren Caldwell

Vice President Service Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management

Siemens

Darren Caldwell joined Siemens in May, 2004 as Direction, Operations for the Americas region within the Industrial
Service Division of the Siemens Energy sector. He took on a role as General Manager, North America in 2007 and
held it until June, 2009 when he was promoted to global position as Vice President, Service Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Management.

In this position, Darren drives strategic development of a supply chain in a 1Beur global service organization,
with oversight of more than 1 million manhours in internal and partner manufacturing capacity.
He prides himself on effectively assessing strategic & operational strengths and weaknesses and in
developing a vision and strategies to drive organizational improvement and long term success.

Darren has spent majority of his 20+ year career working in organizations serving the energy
industry including Burns & Roe, Public Service Electric & Gas (NJ), ABB & Alstom Power.

 

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Marc Blouin

Vice President of Global Supply Chain Manufacturing

DHL

Marc Blouin is responsible for leading DHL's Technology / Aerospace and Service Logistics operations across the Americas. He also serves as a member of the DHL Global SPL Board.

He has over 20 years in the Logistics industry; both as a buyer and provider of Supply Chain services for both Finished Goods and Service Logistics. Marc brings extensive experience and knowledge in helping companies expand, manage and increase the profitability of their global Supply Chain networks. Prior to his current role, Marc was based in England and served as the DHL President Technology Sector – EMEA.

 

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Fred Takavitz

Senior Vice President. Customer Development

DHL

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Senior Vice President, Customer Development
Technology, Aerospace and Service Logistics

Fred J. Takavitz serves as Senior Vice President of Customer Development for the Technology, Aerospace and Service Logistics business unit. Fred is responsible for growth, solution development, strategic development and delivering overall customer satisfaction.

Prior to this appointment, Fred was Global Sector Leader within DHL Global Customer Solutions responsible for a group of 21 global customers in the Technology (Hi-Tech) Sector, including Apple, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, Intel and others. Fred has more than 20 years of management experience with Exel and over 30 years of management experience in logistics and supply chain management.

 

Jason Howton

Director of Product Management

TAKE Supply Chain

 

Tim Conrad

Director of Global Supply Chain Excellence

Gates Corporation

Tim Conrad serves as Director of Global Supply Chain Excellence for Gates Corporation, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial and automotive products, systems and components, and a subsidiary of Tomkins PLC, a world-class global engineering and manufacturing group. Conrad oversees projects that link Gates Corporation’s Manufacturing Plants and Distribution Centers with key customers.

 

Conrad served previously from September 2004 – August 2007 as Lean Implementation Manager of Gates worldwide Power Transmission operations. Prior to that, Conrad spent nine years with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, located in Georgetown, Kentucky. At Toyota, Conrad held positions in Production Planning, Materials and Internal and External logistics.


Steve Guthrie

Vice President Business Development, Lead Logistics Solutions - NA

Kuehne + Nagel, Inc.

Steve Guthrie is responsible for new sales, business and client development for Kuehne + Nagel in the North American region for KN’s Supply Inventory Management, Lead Logistics, and Critical Logistics Services segments. Steve brings over 25 years experience in leading sales and marketing teams focused on selling value added services with a career focus on supply chain and logistics.

Steve has extensive experience growing and selling supply chain logistics solutions starting with over 17 years with Ryder System, Inc. where he led new business sales for the corporation from his position as Vice President of New Business. Steve spent 3 years at Cendian Corporation a start-up company based in Atlanta, Georgia as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. At Cendian Steve and his team grew the company from a standing start to over $750 Million dollars in revenue. Rounding out Steve’s experience are stints at IBM as a Partner, leading global sales engagements focused on selling Business Process Outsourcing Services to Fortune 500 companies for the Global Services division of IBM and at Flash Global Logistics as Senior Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing responsible for sales, marketing and client development.


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John Schneider

Senior Vice President, Aerospace and Government Markets

New Breed Logistics

John Schneider now serves as Sr. Vice President for New Breed Logistics’ Aerospace and Defense division, where he has been instrumental in structuring and leading this business segment. His work has included capturing and implementing Boeing 787 Production Support, Sikorsky Production Support, the C17 and Sikorsky spares 3PL programs, and most recently the Boeing San Antonio maintenance, modifications and upgrades support program for the C17, KC135, KC10, and C130.

Prior to joining New Breed, John Schneider served in various logistics and product support leadership positions, most recently with Honeywell Defense and Space. He is a Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt.