Description
Key Learnings
- Understand the industry trends and challenges influencing manufacturing
- Gain insights from industry leaders about the opportunities of digital transformation
- Learn about the critical aspects and best practices of implementing a digital factory
Speakers
- SHStephen HooperStephen Hooper is Vice President of Design & Manufacturing software development. Stephen has over 26 years of industry experience working for companies ranging from suppliers of industrial machinery to a software vendor of market leading solutions. Stephen started his career as a mechanical design engineer working in the UK and later relocating to the US to work for Autodesk. Experienced at every stage of the product development, marketing and sales process, from end user, through to software vendor, Stephen relishes the challenge of working in a fast moving, growth orientated environment, targeted at servicing the needs of high profile customers and partners.
- JKJeff KinderJeff Kinder is executive vice president of Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions at Autodesk. In this role, he leads strategy and execution across Autodesk's design and manufacturing portfolio. With a forward-looking focus on speed, data, cloud-based workflows, user experience, flexible business models, and customer outcomes, Kinder is helping to catalyze the digital transformation in manufacturing. Kinder previously served as chief digital officer for Autodesk and oversaw the company's digital platforms and customer experience. In this role, he was responsible for creating the connective tissue between the company's customers, products, and data. His responsibilities included building end-to-end digital platforms – from customer data and self-service to entitlements and licensing, to modern enterprise applications such as identity, order, and financial systems. In his role, Kinder led Autodesk's business model transformation from selling perpetual licenses and maintenance to growth through subscriptions and consumption. Prior to joining Autodesk in 2018, Kinder led large-scale, customer-focused digital transformations across a range of industries. Most recently, he was head of consumer products and global marketplaces at OpenTable. Before that, Kinder helped lead a digital transformation at JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, where he was president of Chase Offers and head of digital products including Chase.com and the Chase mobile app. Prior to that, Kinder was senior vice president at Yahoo responsible for products including the company's flagship home page, as well as Yahoo Finance, Sports, News, Entertainment, Shopping, Travel, Autos, and Small Business. Before joining Yahoo, Kinder spent more than 10 years in senior roles at Cendant Corporation, Adventureseek, and the Boston Consulting Group. Early in his career, Kinder served as an officer in the US Navy. Kinder is currently on the board of directors of Switchfly, Inc. He previously served on the boards of Carlson Wagonlit Travel as well as Yahoo7, an Australian joint venture between Yahoo and 7 Media Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
- SFStephanie FeradayWith over 25 years' experience driving high growth software businesses, as CEO of aPriori, Stephanie Feraday has overseen the growth of aPriori through the development and launch of aPriori's Manufacturing Insight Software platform. aPriori helps major, global manufacturers with topline growth, profitability and sustainability: by helping design engineers reduce manufacturability issues, accelerating time to revenue, and improving cash flows; by enabling sourcing professionals to conduct fact-based negotiations and collaborate with suppliers, reducing cost of goods by millions of dollars; by providing visibility into the carbon impact of their design and manufacturing choices enabling them to reduce the carbon footprint of their products before product launch; and by helping suppliers win more profitable business faster by enabling them to quote faster but quote more accurately. The intelligence engine at the core of aPriori's Insight Platform makes this possible by generating manufacturability, cost and sustainability insights in seconds across the product lifecycle from the product design phase to production. Prior to joining aPriori, Stephanie held executive-level positions at marquis startup and Fortune 500 technology companies including Netegrity, Hewlett-Packard, Symantec, Delrina and Virtusa. She earned a bachelor's degree in applied science from the University of Waterloo.