Tenille Houston

Tenille Houston

Tenille brings experience from a wide-ranging client set to include automotive giants like Toyota, Nissan, and Audi, Information Technology through Northrop Grumman Global Procurement and Commercial, State and Local divisions (CSL), and most recently Internet of...
Raj Batra

Raj Batra

Raj Batra is President of Digital Industries (DI) for Siemens USA, where he oversees all development, marketing, sales, R&D, vertical industry, and manufacturing aspects for DI in the United States. Batra is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Siemens...
Dr. Susan Smyth

Dr. Susan Smyth

Susan M. Smyth, PhD, FSME, NAE, recently retired as the chief scientist for global manufacturing at General Motors and the director of GM R&D Manufacturing Systems Research Labs. In this capacity, she directed the creation of GM’s global manufacturing R&D...
Nigel Francis

Nigel Francis

Nigel Francis is the CEO and Executive Director at Detroit-based LIFT, the national manufacturing innovation institute where manufacturing technology and talent matter. Prior to joining LIFT, Nigel served as Vice President and Officer, Advanced Engineering &...
Dane Parker

Dane Parker

Dane Parker currently serves as Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) and Vice President, Sustainable Workplaces, at General Motors. As CSO he leads the company’s sustainability strategy, including the alignment of efforts toward our goal of a zero-emissions future. His...
Joshua Brugeman

Joshua Brugeman

Joshua leads NSF International’s sustainability consulting team that helps clients in a variety of sectors (food, apparel, consumer products, agriculture, dietary supplements, retail, and B2B) analyze, design and implement sustainability programs. These...
Ed Knapp

Ed Knapp

Ed Knapp is the corporate CTO for American Tower.  He is responsible for leading the company’s global innovation program, technology investments and strategy. Prior to joining American Tower in 2017, as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm, Ed Knapp was...
Edgar Faler

Edgar Faler

Edgar Faler is the Managing Director, Financial Analytics and Industry Strategy at the Center for Automotive Research (CAR).  Edgar joined CAR in January of 2020, and has more than 25 years of experience as an automotive analyst. Most recently, he was a member of the...