Forming Our Future
Presentations
All 2019 Forming Our Future Photographs have been posted online:
View the Photo GalleryThursday, March 7, 2019
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON UPDATE
John Guzik
Founding Partner, The Franklin Partnership, LLP
Omar Nashashibi
Founding Partner, The Franklin Partnership, LLP
Paul Nathanson
Partner, Policy Resolution Group, Bracewell
Friday, March 8, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Track 1: Leadership Development
How to Prepare Your Business for A Successful Sale or Transition
Ben Axelrod
Managing Director, Investment Banking, CliftonLarsonAllen
Ty Young
BizOps, Chief Financial Officer, CliftonLarsonAllen
TRACK 2: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
ROBOTICS AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR SMALL TO MID-SIZE MANUFACTURERS
Jay Douglass
COO, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute
TRACK 3: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SALES
MATERIAL PRICING AND MARKET OVERVIEW
Bill Hickey
Chairman, Lapham-Hickey Steel
TRACK 4: EMERGING LEADERS
Filling the Gap in Workforce Development
Erin Riffle
Workforce Development & METALFORM EDU Lead, PMA
Stacey Schroeder
Director of Workforce Development, PMA
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Track 1: Leadership Development
BUILDING ENGAGED TEAMS THAT DRIVE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Alba Contreras Rodriguez
President, FONS (Focus on Solution), LLC
TRACK 2: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
THE FUTURE OF WORK IN THE MANUFACTURING 4.0 ERA
Lizabeth Stuck
Head of Engagement and Workforce, UI Labs
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
Track 1: Leadership Development
Mobility and Autonomous Vehicles
Daron Gifford
Partner, strategy and automotive industry consulting, Plante & Moran, PLLC
TRACK 2: TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
Connected Manufacturing Powers the Industrial Internet of Things
Mike Hart
Director Product Strategy, Manufacturing & Industrial IoT, Plex Systems
TRACK 3: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SALES
WHAT STAMPERS CAN DO TO DRIVE IMPROVEMENT & PROFITABILITY TO THE BOTTOM LINE
Laurie Harbour
Harbour Results
Scott Walton
Harbour Results
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
TRACK 4: EMERGING LEADERS
How to Create a Manufacturing Culture that Attracts and Retains Talent
Lisa Horn, CEPA
Consulting Manager, Manufacturing & Distribution, CliftonLarsonAllen