Thank you for attending Manufacturing Matters! Links to presentations provided by speakers for distribution are below and are also available on the conference mobile app.
Or you can also use the following link to go to the online version of the conference app: [email protected]!2018 Online App or click on the following link to access the mobile version: MM!2018 Mobile App.
Pre-Conference Sessions
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
8:30 am – 3:30 pm
Marketing Specialist Workshop
Speaker: Katie Felten, Strategy House
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Leading for High Performance
Speaker: Christine McMahon
Conference Sessions
Thursday, March 1, 2018
8:00 – 8:30AM
Opening Remarks
Speakers: Tim Wiora, Executive Director; WMEP, Governor Scott Walker
8:30 – 9:30AM
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Fitzgerald, Vice-President Product; Rethink Robotics
10:20 – 11:25AM
9:40 – 10:05AM
Strategic Briefing: The Internet of Things
Speakers: Kelly Armstrong, WEDC and Dave Vasco, Rockwell Automation
Presentation: WEDC Rockwell Automation Internet of Things Implications for Your Company
Growth & Innovation: Positioning Your Company for Growth
Speakers: Ken Turzinski, President, Tyri America; Rod Drummond, President, Unlimited Services; Scott Lucas, President, Racine Metal Fab
Productivity: Automation for Everyone
Speakers: Tom Price, President, Price Engineering
C-Suite Essentials: Creative {but sound} Tips & Best Practices for: Transitions, Financing, Growth & Improved Cash Flows
Speakers: Gordon Guthrie, Div Manager Treasury Mgmt – Wells Fargo; John Wooten, Tax Exempt Lending Division Manager – Wells Fargo; Chris McGraw, Senior Wealth Planning Strategist – Wells Fargo; Doug Banzuly, Business Banking Division Manager – Wells Fargo; Zachary Mayer, Partner, Wipfli
Workforce Engagement: Improving Retention with Effective Employee Onboarding
Speakers: Tom O’Rourke, President & CEO, Connolly Clarke, LLC
Presentation: Improving Retention with Effective Employee Onboarding
Technology: 3D Printing and the Manufacturing Revolution
Speakers: Joe Jones, President, Big Systems
Presentations: 3D Printing and the MFG Revolution
Industry Focus: From Rust Belt to Brain Belt: Driving Wisconsin’s Digital Renaissance
Speakers: Kimberely Miller, Manpower CORE Recruiting Manager
Presentation: From Rust Belt to Brain Belt The MidWest’s Digital Renaissance (1-19-2018)
12:35 – 1:40AM
Growth & Innovation: Strategic, Not Accidental, Exporting
Speakers: Glaselyn Miller, Director Global Sales & Distribution, Lucigen Corp
Presentations: Exporting Strategic Not Accidental LucigenExportStory2017
Productivity: Getting Ahead of Sustainability Requirements
Speakers: Joe Quinn, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Government Relations, Wal-Mart; Jessica Giner, Director of Implementation, The Sustainability Consortium (TSCI); Wally Barger, Vice-President of Operations, Mueller Sports Medicine, Inc.
C-Suite Essentials: Increasing Company Value
Speakers: Larry Burnett, Shareholder, Reinhart Law; Tyler Carlson, Vice-President, Taureau Group; Ben Holbrook, Managering Director, Mason Wells
Workforce Engagement: Transforming Workers into Leaders and Problem Solvers
Speakers: Jeff Uitenbroek, Continuous Improvement Manager, Alliance Laundry Systems; Jerry Thiltgen, WMEP
Presentations: Transforming Workers Into Leaders and Problem Solvers, and TWI presentation MM 2018v2
Technology: Considerations for Developing Your Digital Road Map
Speakers: Dawn Meier, Marketing Practice Director, UW E-Business Consortium; Melissa Thorson, Vice President Marketing, Inpro
Industry Focus: State of the State & Manufacturing
Speakers: Mark Hogan, Secretary/CEO of WEDC, BJ Dernbach, Assistant Deputy Secretary of DWD
Presentations: State of the State Developing WI Talent Pipeline
2:10 – 3:15pm
Growth & Innovation: Fast Tracking Sales Growth
Speakers: Christine McMahon, Founder, Christine McMahon & Associates, LLC
Presentations: WMEP Fast Tracking Sales Growth 3.1.2018.ppt
Productivity: Transformational Productivity: Growing the States GDP, One Manufacturer at a Time
Speakers: Enno Siemsen, Proctor & Gamble Bascom Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison; Randy Bertram, WMEP Sustainability Director
Presentations: Manufacturing Matters 2018 Transformational Productivity
C-Suite Essentials: Are you ready for Foxconn?
Speakers: Jela Trask, Key Business Liaison, Business and Investment Attraction Director, WEDC; Alan Yeung, Director of US Strategic Initiatives, Foxconn; Buckley Brinkman, Executive Director, WCMP
Workforce Engagement: Creative Ways for Recruiting and Reaching out to Youth
Speakers: Ron Roehl, CEO, CNC Solutions; Dean Popek, CFO, Racine Metal-Fab Ltd.; John Peterson, President, Schuette Metals
Technology: Cyber Risk in Manufacturing: Be Proactive and be Prepared
Speakers: Bob Cedergren, Partner, Wipfli
Presentations: Manufacturing Matters_Managing Cybersecurity Risk_2018
Industry Focus: Boom or Bust? Will the New Tax Code Reignite Manufacturing in Wisconsin?
Speakers: Dr. Richard Marcus, Professer, UW-Milwaukee
