A TRIP TO INDIA & OTHER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
2005 - 2006
Fall Conference
- Dr. Rado Gazo, (Professor, Purdue University)
- Thomas Klier, (Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
- Venu Srinivasan, (Company CEO, TVS Motor)
Full Partners:
Ford Motor Company
Saint-Gobain Containers
Kimberly-Clark
American Axle & Manufacturing
Rolls-Royce
Event Sponsors:
Philip Morris USA
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Rolls-Royce
Saint-Gobain Containers
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
USC Marshall
2006 - 2007
Summer Devos Award Recipients
- David Hummels, (Professor of Economics)
- Karthik Kannan, (Assistant Professor of Management)
Fall Conference
- Jane Brock-Wilson, (Managing Director, Berkshire Partners)
- Ananth Iyer, (Director, DCMME and GSCMI)
- Colin Roche, Bobby Ronsse, (Co-Founders, Pacific Writing Instruments)
- John Sofia, (Vice President - Engineering & Development, American Axle & Manufacturing)
- William Strauss, (Senior Economists, Economic Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
- Roy Vasher, (Previous Project General Manager, Toyota Motor Engineering)
Partners and Event Sponsors:
- American Axle & Manufacturing
- General Motors
- Ford Motor Company
- Cummins Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Delphi
- Fairfield
- Kimberly-Clark
- Philip-Morris USA
- Rolls-Royce
- Saint-Gobain Containers
- USC Marshall
- Roger Williams
Event Sponsors
- Discovery Park
- EATON
- IBM
2007 - 2008
Fall Conference
- Scott Singer, (Director - UTC Global Supply Management, United Technologies Corporation)
- V. Kovaichelvan, (Vice President -HRD & TQC, TVS Motor Company)
- Doug Sabel, (Director, Procurement Operations & University Contracting Group)
Partners and Event Sponsors
Partners
- American Axle & Manufacturing
- Caterpillar
- Cummins
- Delphi
- Ford
- General Motors
- Lew S. Rayl, Roger Stewart, Roger Willis
- Saint-Gobain Containers
- IBM
- EATON
Event Sponsors
- EATON
- IBM
- APICS
- AMCS
- CIBER
- General Motors
- OFS Brands
- Delphi
- Ford
2008 - 2009
Fall Conference
- Dr. Ananth Iyer, (Director - DCMME, GSCMI, Susan Bulkeley Buttler Chair in Operations Management)
- Dr. Arnab Bisi, (Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management)
- Dr. Yu Hu, (Assistant Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management
- Don Foley, Jr., (Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics, Senior Project Manager, Indiana Economic Development Corporation)
- Tim Fiore, (Senior Vice President - Supply Management, Terex Corporation)
- Tom Kent, (Director External Manufacturing, Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
- Scott Brown, (Partner-in-Charge, Manufacturing and Distribution Services Group, Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP)
Partners and Event Sponsors Partners:
AlliedSignal
American Axle & Manufacturing
Andersen Consulting
Caterpillar
Crowe Chizek and Company
Deloitte & Touche
Eastman Kodak – Year 9 of 10-year pledge
Eli Lilly and Company
Ernst & Young
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Ingersoll-Rand – Year 4 of 5-year pledge
Owens-Brockway – Year 2 of 5-year pledge
TRW
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO)
Event Sponsors:
Eaton
IBM
Kimberly-Clark
Unilever
2009 - 2010
Fall Conference
- Dr. Ananth Iyer, (Director - DCMME, GSCMI, Susan Bulkeley Buttler Chair in Operations Management)
- Richard Cosier, (Dean – Krannert School of Management, Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Iowa, M.B.A., Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, B.S., Packaging Technology, Michigan State University)
- Manohar Kalwani, (Ph.D., Management Science, Columbia University, 1975, M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1970, B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1969)
- Vinayak Deshpande, (Professor, Purdue University)
- Zhulei Tang, (Professor, Purdue University)
- Scott Brown, (Partner, Katz, Sapper & Miller Certified Public Accountants)
- Jeb Conrad, (President, Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance)
- Rich Meyer, (Business Growth Services Leader, Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center, Purdue University - Technical Assistance Program)
- Pam Norman, (Executive Director, Indiana INTERNnet)
Partners:
Caterpillar, Inc.
Delphi
American Axle & Manufacturing
Greater Kokomo
Walmart
Duke Energy
Cummins Inc.
Katz, Sapper & Miller
Saint-Gobain Containers
Sears
Event Sponsors:
Purdue Ciber
Chevron
Conexus Indiana
Indiana InternNet
EATON
John Deere
Unilever
2010 - 2011
Fall Conference
- Matthew H. Caddell, (Director of Programs, Aero-Engine Controls)
- Richard J. Sepeta, (Plant Manager & Operations Director, Delphi Electronics)
- Steve Blanco, (Vice President of Manufacturing for Electrical Sector, Eaton)
- Jeb Conrad, (President, Greater Kokomo Economic Development, Alliance)
- Laura Sheets, (Business Relations Manager, Duke Energy)
- Tom Easterday, (Executive Vice President, SIA)
Partners and Event Sponsors:
Partners:
American Axle & Manufacturing
Arcelor Mittal
General Motors
Greater Kokomo
Duke energy
Walmart
Verallia
Boeing
Caterpillar
Delphi
Sears
Event Sponsors:
American Axle & Manufacturing
Chevron
Purdue CIBER
Eaton
Greater Kokomo
Walmart
Duke Energy
Saint-Gobain Containers
Unilever
2011 - 2012
Fall Conference
- Gerald Lynch
- Manohar Kalwani
- Dr. Ananth Iyer
- Dr. J. George Shanthikumar
- Patricia Polastri
- Mark Burton
- Matthus (Matt) W. Joshua
- Ruchard Sussman
- James L. (JB) Brown
- Scott McConnell
Partners
- American Axle & Manufacturing
- Arcelor Mittal
- General Motors
- Greater Kokomo
- Duke Energy
- Walmart
- Verallia
- Boeing
- Caterpillar
- Delphi
- Sears
Event Sponsors:
- American Axle & Manufacturing
- ArcelorMittal
- Boeing
- Caterpillar
- GM
- Genpact
- John Deere
- Verallia
