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Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

The Premier Cross-Industry Gathering of Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Leaders & Senior-Executives.

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The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards have been established to showcase globally the most outstanding achievements and real results, which organisations achieve through the successful implementation of Business & Digital Transformation, Operational Excellence & Innovation Excellence programs. 

Speakers

Todd VanHouten

Todd VanHouten

Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation, Cintas

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 08:45 - 09:15 am

Biography

Todd VanHouten is Senior Director of Strategy & Innovation at Cintas, overseeing Product, Technology, and Operational strategy along with large change initiatives. Todd has always been driven by a passion for innovation and views technology-done-right as the greatest enabler of innovation in our generation.

Cynthia Long

Cynthia Long

Change Leader Continuous Improvement, Intuit

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 10:30 - 12:00 pm

Biography

Cynthia Long is an award winning Continuous Improvement Leader and Strategist.  Over the last 20 years, her passion for Lean Six Sigma has led her to create, innovate, and be a Revolutionary Leader for Continuous Improvement.  She is based in San Diego.

As a leader in technology, Cynthia is driven to mentor other women so that they can find magnificent opportunities for awesome careers in tech.

Her expertise includes, being a Revolutionary Leader for Continuous Improvement, Business Transformation Strategist,  Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Public Speaker and a dedicated  Philanthropist and Mentor to women in tech.

  Her speaking engagements include:

  • Strategic Conversations- Mentoring and Beyond (Women in Technology)

  • Build to Fit - Paint to Match; Continuous Improvement in an ever changing landscape (ICMI Contact Center Expo 2022)

  • Data; Driving from the Customer Seat (Intuit)

  • Cost of Complexity (Intuit)

  • Surviving Domestic Violence (Compass Center For Women and Families )

William

William "Brou" Gautier

Director Spark Tank and Enterprise Performance Management, United States Air Force

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 10:05 - 10:35 am

Biography

Brou Gautier serves as the Director of Continuous Process Improvement and Innovation (CPI2) and lead strategist for USAF Operational Excellence supporting the Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force, Management and Deputy Chief Management Officer. In this capacity, MAJCOM/NAF commanders, CIOs, CTOs, Senior Executive Service members and government leaders rely on his counsel and leadership on lean policy and business strategies. 

Mr. Gautier is a Master Black Belt and private sector business owner with extensive experience in government and public sectors as both a leader and on-the-ground change agent. He developed tactics, techniques and procedures to improve command effectiveness, readiness & efficiency across a spectrum ranging from maximizing contract ROI and authoring enterprise IT architecture analysis to developing PMO governance support, business cases and root cause mitigation strategies for complex problems. He has presented leader and organization business transformation and deployment strategies for IQPC’s PEX LSS Summit, Shingo International, and multiple DoD CPI Symposia.

Mr. Gautier received a B.Sc. from the US Air Force Academy, a Master of Air Mobility degree from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Auburn University. 

Isabella Manning

Isabella Manning

Head of Organisational Change Management, Virgin Australia

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 10:30 - 12:00 pm

Biography

15 years partnering with organisations and leaders to architect and execute complex organizational change and transformation programs. Spent many years in Mining and Resources as well as Banking and Finance, with the most recent experience in aviation. Background as an Occupational Therapist. Ex Deloitte Consulting.

Ricardo Estok

Ricardo Estok

Global Operations Transformation, Goodyear

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 09:15 - 09:45 am

Biography

20+ years of experience in line functions and central roles, driving sustainable operations, supply chain and commercial excellence transformations.

Multicultural experience at global companies in the US, Asia and Latin America, including Goodyear, Johnson Controls, Abbott Labs, and Pepsi.

Holds a master’s of science in business from the University of Miami, Florida, and a bachelor’s of science in industrial engineering as well as master's black belt.

Ricardo has been a keynote/speaker at several universities and conferences and has published several articles in magazines and e-publications.

Currently leading Global Operations Transformation at Goodyear  driving for one- operating system and its key enablers for sustained value delivery.

Along with his wife Sandra, they partner with non-profit organizations supporting foster children aging in the system to find their way through technology and live Happily Ever Cyber!

Paul Moretti

Paul Moretti

Vice President Enterprise Transformation & Chapter Lead, Citizens Bank

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 15:15 - 15:50 pm

Biography

Paul Moretti is an Agile Transformation Executive Leader with expertise in agile solutions, design thinking, and passion for embedding good practices, shifting mindsets, perspectives, and cultural changes. He coached and mentored highly collaborative cross-functional teams and stakeholders in FinTech, Banking, IT, Insurance, Education, and Risk Management industries. He is recognized for sustainability, operationalizing frameworks, developing and managing stakeholders, and innovative leadership across multi-year agile culture transformations. Paul is a solution designer and architect of enterprise agile planning frameworks.

Thomas Ball

Thomas Ball

Architect Lead, Starbucks

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 09:15 - 09:45 am

Biography

Thomas Ball spent his early youth growing up among the radar sites and beautiful countryside of rural Germany as an USAF Airman after joining the AF at the earliest age possible. Transitioning through various technical programs, earning his BS in Electronics Systems from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and leaving the AF after serving on board a Communications Platform that performed redundant technical services to the US Pentagon and our National Command Authority, Thomas joined EDS, a pioneering technology leader, as Systems Engineer. Leaving EDS with a core group to launch a technology internet startup Thomas was pivotal in creating a foundational and pivotal technology platform that lead to new directions for correlating search and personal preferences in a new and challenging internet ecosystem. After consulting internationally, Thomas joined Starbucks as Infrastructure Architect. While at Starbucks Thomas has moved between the Data Platform, Foundational Infrastructure, and Cloud transformation space. Thomas very much enjoys sharing his foundational technology passion and experiences with others as well as listening to the questions and observations on how technical ecosystems can be more resiliently instantiated to provide higher levels of service and lower costs.

Ian Phillips

Ian Phillips

LM Fellow & Chief Data Architect, Lockheed Martin

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 10:05 - 10:35 am

Biography

 

Ian Phillips is the Chief Data Architect for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, TX. Ian is also a LM Fellow and INCOSE ESEP.
Ian first started working with data while developing applications using Public Domain INGRES in the mid-1980s. He first developed the concept of Information Lifecycles while working as the Chief Architect on a major project for NASA in 1998, and he continues to refine the Information Lifecycle concept to this day.
Dr. Marlene Kolodziej

Dr. Marlene Kolodziej

Senior Vice President, Service Delivery RICOH Digital Services, Ricoh USA Inc

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 16:45 - 17:15 pm

Biography

Dr. Marlene Kolodziej was appointed Senior Vice President, Service Delivery at Ricoh USA, Inc. on October 1, 2022. Under her direction, the organization executes on the company’s digital-first approach, providing customers with unmatched value in a variety of areas encompassing Ricoh’s managed, professional, and IT services.
Dr. Kolodziej joined Ricoh in 2019 as Vice President of Centralized Services, quickly impacting the business by building and unifying teams dedicated to service and supplies, device management, ITS support, eDiscovery, technical services, and quality management. She also successfully established a global support model for Ricoh spanning the U.S., Poland, Spain, Uruguay, Malaysia, and South Africa.
A recognized leader in the development and implementation of customer-focused transformative technology and support solutions, Dr. Kolodziej possesses more than three decades of experience encompassing end-user support, personal computing and technology, mobility, infrastructure, network, data center, programming/development, applications, and LEAN/agile transformation. With exposure to the chemical, publishing, finance, data retention and storage, and healthcare industries, she has successfully led global technology and business teams to implement innovative client support solutions that have increased standardization, strengthened organizations, and decreased maintenance costs.

Emily Bosh

Emily Bosh

Senior Program Manager, Boeing

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 11:35 - 12:05 pm

Biography

Emily is a compassionate leader and strategic visionary with well-rounded background in project/program management and senior leadership in various industries including academia, international business, US military, US federal service, and aerospace industry. She has noted accomplishments in analyzing organizational culture characteristics, transforming leadership styles, and implementing new business processes with over 16 years of experience leading to operational excellence in each industry. Emily is currently a senior program manager leading the strategic implementation of Lean in the aerospace industry.

Jordan Thurston

Jordan Thurston

SVP, Global Head of Regulatory Profile Management & Performance Analytics, Citi

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 15:30 - 17:00 pm

Biography

Dr. Jordan C. Thurston is a 2x TEDx Speaker, self-starter, and thought leader who shies away from the phrase “this is the way it’s always been done” and drives efficiencies in his job and everyday life through process improvement. Jordan has worked across the retail and financial industry, honing his craft of improving processes and organizations globally, bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Jordan currently works as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Regulatory Profile Management & Performance Analytics at Citi where he drives process improvement across his remit. In addition to his corporate role, he is the Founder & CEO of Evolve Like a Dragonfly LLC and The Neopte Foundation, a nonprofit that provides purpose and direction to youth from low-opportunity backgrounds to pursue higher education (university & trade school).
In 2021, Jordan created The Dragonfly Construct, a process improvement methodology that challenges the status quo of how strategy is developed and implemented within a corporation and streamlines efficiencies to derive a new format for strategic management and process improvement.

Matthew Marino

Matthew Marino

VP Digital Capabilities, Prudential

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 10:05 - 10:35 am

Biography

 

Matthew Marino currently serves as Vice President and Product Owner with the Customer and Digital Team at Prudential Financial. He has more than 20 years of experience developing and deploying customer centric solutions that deliver significant business value. A seasoned Six Sigma Black Belt and SAFe Certified Product Manager, Matthew is renowned for driving impactful business transformations through technology and process optimization.

His focus on incorporating evolving technologies to maximize value through Intelligent Automation leverages strong background in RPA, Process Mining, and he has continued to stay connected to advances in Artificial Intelligence with recent studies completed at both Harvard and MIT. With a relentless focus on enhancing operational efficiency and customer experiences, Matthew is a transformational leader poised to drive success.

 

Michael Dove

Michael Dove

Vice President Enterprise Process Excellence and Quality, PSCU

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 04:00 - 04:30 am

Biography

 

Michael Dove is a member of the PSCU Member Experience organization and leads the Enterprise Process Excellence & Quality team. This team consists of Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts & the Black Belt Process Engineering team, our Business Transformation Program Managers, Operational Business Intelligence, Operational Governance, Compliance & Quality as well as the Robotic Process Automation Center of Excellence.
PSCU is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO). For more than 40 years, PSCU has partnered with credit unions to help them grow and meet evolving member demands. Leveraging digital technology, PSCU now supports the success of more than 1,500 credit unions, representing more than 5.4 billion transactions annually.
Michael has been at PSCU since 2013, working 23 years with Bank of America prior to that. He is a Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Certified Scrum Master, certified ADKAR Change Manager & International Coaching Federation Associate Certified Coach. After more than four years in the role the enterprise leader for operational excellence at PSCU, Michael and his staff of Master Black Belts & Black Belts have trained over 700+ employees with 200+ of them gaining their certification in Yellow Belt, Lean Specialist or Green Belt, as well as have produced over $>1.2MM of financial value in improvement projects annually.
He is a regular speaker at OPEX Financial Services conferences, including this year’s most upcoming virtual conferences.
He is also very active in PSCU’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiative. He is the eastern regional leadership sponsor for PSCU’s Sankofa business resource group, which provides mentoring and access to people of color within the organization. He is also a member of the African American Credit Union coalition.
He received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix and Master’s degree in Adult Education from the University of South Florida.
Ashish Chopra

Ashish Chopra

Chief Information Officer, TDECU

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 11:35 - 12:05 pm

Biography

Ashish Chopra, is currently Head of Technology and Chief Information Officer for TDECU Bank. He is also a Wells Fargo veteran, where he served as SVP - Technology Chief Operating Officer (Office of Head of Technology) and Digital Product Leader for Cloud Blueprints. Chopra has more than 20 years of senior technology executive leadership experience solving complex business challenges by Modernizing Technolgy platforms, Leading strategic Merger & Acquisitions and Optimizing International Operations resulting in increased business value. He has a successful track record with major organizations including IBM Consulting, Target, New York Life Insurance and Sprint-Nextel. He holds a degree from Kit College of Engineering in India and completed leadership development training at Cornell University.

Anish Sharan

Anish Sharan

Head of Digital Transformation, CME Group

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 03:00 - 03:30 am

Biography

Anish Sharan is the Head of Digital Transformation at Pritzker Private Capital where he leads the development of digital capabilities that enhance customer experience, drive operational excellence, and deepen data utilization across PPC’s portfolio of companies. Pritzker Private Capital ("PPC"), a leader in family direct investing, partners with middle-market companies based in North America with leading positions in the manufactured products and services sectors.

He joins Pritzker Private Capital from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he was Director of Transformation and Execution, responsible for driving digitization, technology modernization, and enterprise transformation initiatives. Mr. Sharan brings 20+ years of global leadership experience across digital operations, e-commerce, and technology-focused roles at The Nielsen Company, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Motorola, and Toyota.

Mr. Sharan holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He is also an adjunct faculty at the Lakeforest Graduate School of Management.

 

Mir Ali

Mir Ali

Head of Digital Engineering, Kraft Heinz

Biography

 

Mir Ali is a seasoned professional with over 22 years of experience in leading technology teams across various industries, including consumer products, restaurants, financial services, travel & and transportation, automotive, and information technology. As a thought leader, Mir has demonstrated the ability to build and motivate organizations towards achieving a shared vision. His career is marked by strategic and technical leadership, along with the successful execution of multi-year transformation initiatives.
In September 2021, Mir joined Kraft Heinz as the Head of Digital Engineering. In this capacity, he collaborates with teams throughout the company to develop innovative digital solutions, enhance customer and consumer experiences across channels, and foster a culture of engineering excellence and innovation.

 

Kamal Mohanty

Kamal Mohanty

Director of Product, Digital Transformation, Citi

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 11:15 - 11:45 am

Biography

Kamal Mohanty is Director of Product, Digital Transformation at Citi, New York. 

An Indian American business executive with 20 plus years’ diverse cross functional leadership in building and scaling global digital products. With extensive background in product management, platform ecosystems, and inclusive leadership, Kamal drives change at scale and delivers excellence in value to clients. Successes include digital product leadership, transformation, client experience, building high performing global teams, cross-functional team leadership, general management, diversity, and inclusion. 

Kamal holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics engineering from National Institute of Science and Technology India and later completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

Howard Tiersky

Howard Tiersky

CEO and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 02:30 - 03:00 am

Biography

Howard is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Winning Digital Customers: The Antidote to Irrelevance which was recently listed by Forbes as “One of the ten most important business books of 2021.”

Howard was named by IDG as “One of The Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today,” and by Enterprise Management 360° as “One of the Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers That Will Change Your World.”
As an entrepreneur, Howard has launched two successful companies that help large brands transform to thrive in the digital age: FROM, The Digital Transformation Agency and Innovation Loft. Among his dozens of Fortune 1000 clients are Verizon, NBC, Universal Studios, JPMC, Morgan Stanley, the NBA, Visa, and digital leaders like Facebook, Spotify, and Amazon.
Prior to founding his own companies, Howard spent 18 years with Ernst & Young Consulting which then became part of Capgemini, one of the world’s leading global consulting firms, where he helped launch their digital practice.
Howard speaks regularly at major industry conferences and is proud to have been on the faculty of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts, his alma mater. He is a frequent contributor to CIO Magazine.
Thomas Bertels

Thomas Bertels

Founder and President, Purpose Works Consulting LLC.

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 08:30 - 10:00 am

Biography

Thomas Bertels is a management consultant and business transformation expert on a mission to make work more productive, valuable, meaningful, and impactful. He has more than 25 years’ experience helping companies across a range of industries, from start-ups to Fortune 500, transform how work gets done. Prior to founding Purpose Works, Thomas was a founding partner at OXYGY/Valeocon Consulting, a global consulting boutique. Earlier in his career, he led the process improvement and design practice at Aon Consulting/Rath&Strong and held various line management positions at ABB. Thomas has written several books and authored numerous articles on process redesign, strategy deployment, change management, organizational learning, metrics, and innovation. His latest book, Fixing Work, will be published in September 2023.

 

Prasanna Palakonda

Prasanna Palakonda

Senior Enterprise Architecture Leader - Digital Business Transformation Leader & Enterprise Strategy Leader, Molina Healthcare

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 04:30 - 05:00 am

Biography

Highly Focused and a Visionary Digital Transformation leader with 23 years of experience and a successful track record in leading Organizations to achieve significant business results in large, global and complex Fortune 500 organizations achieving strategic and tactical goals. An Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Leader with a big picture visionary thinking and providing thought leadership to craft transformation strategies, aligned with Business Vision and Organizational goals. Extensive experience with driving Business, technology and architecture choices by setting up standards for simplification, standardization, innovation and modernization. Proven ability in the areas of Digital Business Transformation, Customer Experience & Growth, Change Enablement, Operational Excellence, Business and IT Alignment Strategy,M&A and Enterprise Business Integrations across various Business and Industry domains such as Banking, Finance, Insurance, Pharmacy, HealthCare, Real Estate, IT Consulting, Government and Retail Industries.

As a Digital Transformations, Enterprise Architecture and Strategy Leader, I have led globally distributed cross functional teams in highly matrixed organizations with people, processes, technologies and cultural barriers in Cloud strategy, Application Rationalization, Modernization, API/Cloud Modernization roadmaps, COE & Enterprise Governance, establish EA practices to achieve desired Organization and Business goals.

Stan Howell

Stan Howell

Vice President - Strategy & Business Excellence, Bristol Myers Squibb

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 05:30 - 06:00 am

Biography

Stan Howell, Vice President, Strategy & Business Excellence at Bristol Myers Squibb, holds an excellent track record in strategically leading and transforming organizations to achieve manufacturing excellence. He has expertise in developing strategic deployment plans that enable high-performance workforces to achieve stellar business results while serving customers through right-first-time business processes. With a career that spans across manufacturing, supply chain, strategy realization, program management and operational excellence. Stan is a proven leader in driving bottom-line results and improving KPIs across numerous operation modalities including Small and Large Molecule, Vaccines, Medical Devices and Cell Therapies.

Brad Morrow

Brad Morrow

Principal Process Excellence Champion and Lead LEAN 6 Sigma Trainer, Helmerich & Payne

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 08:30 - 10:00 am

Biography

Brad Morrow is a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. He is a Principal Process Excellence Champion and Lead LEAN 6 Sigma Trainer at the Tulsa Based firm Helmerich & Payne. Brad invented and published the Lean tool TaaG analysis (Trends at a Glance). He is also the creator of the new contemporary art form Ignatian Rogue Art. Beyond this he is a professional magician (who performs under the stage name Zane Black). As a magician he invented the magic genre of Improv Magic. Brad is also a motivational speaker who speaks on topics such as how to turn dreams into reality and he is the creator of the empowerment podcast

Rachel Lockner

Rachel Lockner

Senior Vice President Operational Excellence, dentsu

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 10:30 - 12:00 pm

Biography

I have been leading operational excellence for over 20 years at financial services, insurance and media companies. I currently lead Operational Excellence for the media in the Americas at dentsu. Since joining, dentsu in November 2021, my team has driven change for our external clients by leading the transformation of our company’s largest external client and redesigning key processes for other global clients. Recently, my focus has been to improve the satisfaction of our largest global clients through leading operational excellence remediation programs. I have designed and implemented core operational excellence foundational trainings and the structure to drive a culture of continuous improvement globally. Prior to joining dentsu, I created and led the process excellence and automation team at Moody’s for shared services. In this role, I introduced and embedded a culture of process excellence in order to drive results that resulted in the reduction of 365 days of cycle 6500 hours of non – value add work within 18 months through process and automation efforts. The Moody’s process excellence program was a finalist for The BTOES Business Transformation and Operational Effectiveness organization award for program with best value creation and innovation.

Niloofer Darbary

Niloofer Darbary

Strategy and Business Transformation Leader,

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 08:30 - 10:00 am

Biography

Niloofer is an accomplished leader, with proven expertise driving strategic initiatives at the CXO level, with significant impact for global conglomerates. She has an innate understanding of diverse cultures, working across Asia, Europe, and Americas.

Since joining Fiserv in 2016, she has lead multiple business innovation and transformation initiatives, around go-to-market strategies, improving customer experiences, and cost optimization. Preceding Fiserv, she was the transformation lead at Hewlett Packard involved in the design and execution of mergers & acquisitions, organization transformation and global delivery. She has been a Diversity & Inclusion leader at Fiserv a topic she is passionate about.As an industry-leading expert, Niloofer has been a key speaker at prestigious conferences across Asia, Europe and Americas. She was also a judge for the largest-scale, cross-industry leadership level event Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence Industry Awards in 2021, and was nominated for the "Change Agent" award at the Women in Payments USA Symposium 2022.

She is also a founding member of a global taskforce focused on creating more awareness of a genetic mutation called G6PD Deficiency that affects approximately 400 million individuals from diverse ethnicities.

Fahrurazi Bin Baharum

Fahrurazi Bin Baharum

Head Organization Improvement, Senior Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Petronas

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 17:20 - 17:50 pm

Biography

 

Fahrurazi Baharum has more than 25 years of experience in business process reengineering, process improvement & optimization, and continuous improvement in Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sector. As a Head of Organization Improvement cum Senior Master Black Belt, under the Organization Transformation Unit, Change Management Department, Group Human Resource Management of PETRONAS, Fahrurazi has led Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Black Belt and Master Black Belt training, and has trained & coached more than 700 Lean Six Sigma Practitioners for the past 16 years. Fahrurazi attained his license and certification in Lean Six Sigma from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) & Six Sigma Academy US. As a passionate continuous improvement practitioner, Fahrurazi has led and facilitated numerous Business Transformation, Process Reengineering, Improvement & Optimization, and Lean Six Sigma initiatives across PETRONAS, with realized audited value creation of more than USD 10 Billion of Cost Savings & Cash Generation and contributed to more than 300,000 of man-hours savings.
Fahrurazi has been invited as the judge at various Innovation Competitions in Malaysia, and guest speaker & panelist at established international and domestic conference related to Manufacturing, Operational & Process Excellence and Continuous Improvement.

 

Patrick Tam

Patrick Tam

Vice President of Corporate Operational Excellence, ServiceNow

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 11:35 - 12:05 pm

Biography

Patrick Tam is the Vice President of Operational Excellence at ServiceNow. In this role, he is responsible for driving enterprise-wide operational performance. Prior to ServiceNow, Patrick held various executive roles at Cisco, including leading Corporate Transformation & Corporate Planning. Patrick is also a professor at San Jose State University, teaching operational excellence management to the next generation of leaders.

Kevin Inman

Kevin Inman

Senior Director SRE DevOPS, Fannie Mae

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 10:25 - 10:55 am

Biography

A seasoned Technology Executive with a proven track record in Silicon Valley, including Apple, eBay PayPal, Cisco, AppDynamics AWS, , I am highly adept at optimizing team performance and building world class organizations at scale.. Passionate about system design and architecture coupled with disruptive technologies to achieve remarkable results. Leveraging my expertise, I have successfully built and elevated world-class engineering teams, organizations and companies. My approach to work involves embracing the cutting edge of technology and assembling a team of exceptionally talented individuals to work smarter and more efficiently.

Erin Neumann

Erin Neumann

VP, Operations Excellence, United Rentals

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 13:30 - 15:00 pm

Biography

Erin Neumann serves as the Vice President of Operations Excellence at United Rentals, the North American equipment rental leader. In her current role, she supports a branch network of 1,500+ locations through continuous improvement and automation of critical maintenance and logistics processes. Ms. Neumann joined United Rentals as a Director of Operational Excellence in 2017 and led multiple customer service and operations efficiency initiatives across the organization. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Neumann specialized in Lean Manufacturing and Strategy in the Aerospace & Defense sector. She served both public and private sector clients as a Management consultant at Kearney in Washington, D.C. From 2007 through 2014, she held various roles at the former United Technologies subsidiaries Raytheon Technologies, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft. Ms. Neumann holds a Master’s in Business Administration from NYU Stern and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Loyola University Maryland.

Ken Fredman

Ken Fredman

VP, Head of Editorial, Design and Publishing, S&P Global

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 11:45 - 12:15 pm

Biography

Ken leads the Editorial, Design & Publishing (EDP) team created as part of S&P Global’s merger with IHS Markit. His team supports the creation of essential intelligence content, including articles, reports, presentations, infographics, cartography, videos, podcasts and dashboards on global markets with high-quality and consistent standards. The team uses its scale, with staff members located in 19 U.S. States and 10 countries, to provide 24/5 follow-the-sun operations for sector and regional-specific news, analysis, research, and economic insights.
Ken is a member of S&P Global’s Research Council and heads the firm’s Editorial Council to define style, develop editorial talent, share best practices, drive content innovation, and protect the franchise through governance and standards.
Prior to S&P Global, Ken directed digital marketing strategy for investment management businesses with BNY Mellon and J.P. Morgan.

Robert Cartia

Robert Cartia

VP- Business Process, ProMach

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Friday 10th May 2024 | 09:15 - 09:45 am

Biography

Rob is the VP- Business Process at ProMach. He is responsible for developing and driving ProMach’s best practice approaches and KPIs for customer service, operational improvements and excellence, and margin growth. Rob’s experience spans 11 industries within 8 companies to include Sony, PepsiCo, Allegheny Technologies Inc., GE, Johnson Controls Intl., Global Container Terminals, and REV Group. In addition, Rob serves as the Chairman of the Board for Parkview Community Federal Credit Union and Committee Member for the Aviation Maintenance Program at Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics.

Rob has an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and is a graduate of MIT’s Advance Certificate in Executive Leadership Program. Rob’s background is in Operations, Engineering, and Operational Excellence. In addition, Rob is a veteran of the United States Air Force. 

Rob has published breakthrough concepts through the American Society for Quality and is currently in the process of publishing his first book.

Monika Mangla

Monika Mangla

Managing Director, Deloitte

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 13:55 - 14:25 pm

Biography

Monika is a Managing Director with our Los Angeles practice focusing on driving finance transformation across various global energy clients leveraging digital technologies. She is a consulting boomerang joining Deloitte after spending more than a decade in the OG&C industry. Outside of work, Monika is passionate about volunteering and mentoring, in the area of sustainability, education, and women empowerment, and serves on the board of a Maryland based non-profit. She enjoys spending time with family, especially reading and traveling with her son for soccer in her free time.

Anoop Kumar

Anoop Kumar

Vice President & Head - Business Excellence, Infosys Limited

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Thursday 9th May 2024 | 08:45 - 09:15 am

Biography

Anoop is leading transformational changes towards making Infosys a Live Enterprise and driving business excellence in collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to amplify business outcomes, create sentient organization and enhance business agility. He has diversified experience in agile transformation, strategic quality management, change management, business value articulation, analytics, competency development, and service efficiency improvement by leveraging digital technologies. During his rich career, he has gained extensive experience in implementing quality models/ framework/methodologies e.g., CMMI, Agile, SAFe, DevOps, ITIL, ISO, MBNQA, Six Sigma/Lean to drive continuous improvement in product, process and service quality for internal stakeholders and external clients at global scale. He has been the Assessments Team Member (ATM) in several large scale, high maturity CMMI assessments for over a decade. His thought leadership is manifested through various publications, presentations, panel discussions, patents, blogs, and development of prediction models.

Mike Vierow

Mike Vierow

General Manager, Transformation, Virgin Australia

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Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 10:30 - 12:00 pm

Biography

Mike has spent his career working at the intersection of strategy and transformation in large scale organisations. Mike is currently the General Manager of   Transformation at Virgin Australia Group. In this role he is accountable for the performance of the enterprise-wide transformation, encompassing core operations,  the rewards and charter business units, as well as organisational change and program management. Prior to this role, Mike was an Associate (Junior) Partner at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Mike worked in partnership with C-suite leaders and Boards of large complex organisations in transformation and capability building at scale. Mike completed his MBA at UNSW. He has completed the AICD Company Directors Course, extensive technical training in complex project and program management, and is a graduate of the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, UK.

Marnie Morgan

Marnie Morgan

Sr. Director Enterprise Operations, Service Delivery RICOH Digital Services, RICOH USA

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Wednesday 8th May 2024 | 13:30 - 15:00 pm

Biography

Marnie is an innovative and solutions-driven Operations Executive, speaker and advisor with a visionary mindset. She is dedicated to developing top-producing teams and driving operational excellence in her current role as a Sr. Director of Enterprise Operations Service Delivery at Ricoh USA, Inc.
With over 20+ years of progressive experience executing operational strategy, driving continuous improvement, in Managed Services, outsourcing operations across Fortune 500 companies.
Marnie's expertise lies in creating a culture that encourages employee engagement and puts clients first in all that we do. Marnie has a proven track record in leading teams through Business process transformation, Contract Negotiations, Client relationship management, P&L Management, team Building and leadership. Highly adept at identifying and establishing new process enhancements, streamlining operational workflows, and leading remote and hybrid teams.
Marnie has earned five promotions throughout her career, showcasing her ability to drive and implement innovative client support solutions, build, and develop top-producing teams, and drive operational excellence.
Lynn University graduate holds an MBA with a HR concentration. A global advisor at How Women Lead, a national organization of top executive women—an ARMA Professional Member in the international community in information management.

Tami Beheler

Tami Beheler

Sr Director End-to-End Process Excellence, Eli Lilly and Company

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Thursday 9th May 2024 | 15:05 - 15:35 pm

Biography

 

A scientist by training, Tami has a Master's degree in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she studied the intricate inner-workings of living organisms. Now, as a self-proclaimed 'bio-organizational chemist', she applies that same systems-oriented thinking to help complex human organizations adapt and thrive.
Tami's 20+ years of experience designing changes to speed development of new medicines have tested and fine-tuned her ability to quickly make sense of complexity, strengthen the 'connective tissues' between organizational silos, and devise creative/unexpected strategies that make it easier for people to make sense of change and embrace new ways of working.
In her free time, you can find Tami out on the pickleball court or exploring creation.

 

Lincoln Kirsten

Lincoln Kirsten

Senior Director, Fujitsu Ltd

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Friday 10th May 2024 | 12:30 - 13:00 pm

Biography

Lincoln Kirsten, SAP Offerings Leader at Fujitsu, is a Senior Director in the Global Business Applications division, responsible for leading the SAP Business Process Intelligence (BPI) and ERP transformation initiatives for Fujitsu globally. He has over 25 years of experience in consulting and IT services, including Business Management, Portfolio Management, Pre-sales, and Delivery roles. In addition to leading teams in the Americas, Caribbean Region, Middle East, and Europe, Lincoln has assisted numerous companies in various sectors, such as Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Retail, A&D, Telecommunications, and Automotive. Lincoln is also designated by SAP as an official Intelligent Enterprise Ambassador, and his current work involves, among other things, developing frameworks and methodologies around Digital Operational Excellence to meet customer needs and drive business processes efficiently.

Chet Harter

Chet Harter

Vice President, SAP Signavio Market Impact at SAP

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Friday 10th May 2024 | 12:05 - 12:30 pm

Biography

Chet Harter is a member of the SAP Signavio Market Impact team and in his 20th year at SAP. A former operations and materials professional in the manufacturing industry, he focused on the management of operational business processes and continuous improvement programs. As a member of SAP’s Signavio Market Impact team, Chet is currently helping customers understand SAP's solutions for business process management and continuous process automation/improvement.

Erin Pelletier

Erin Pelletier

Director of Operational Excellence, Care New England Health System

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Thursday 9th May 2024 | 15:35 - 16:05 pm

Biography

Erin Pelletier is employed at Care England, the second largest health system in Rhode Island, as the Director of Operational Excellence. Here, she has led multiple transformation projects yielding savings over $100 million. As the organization continues to improve, she is installing an integrated approach to system-wide performance improvement activities designed to drive transformational change and maximize financial results.

Erin holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of New Haven, B.S. degree in Mathematics with a concentration in statistics, and is a certified Project Management Professional and Six Sigma Green belt.

Erin lives in scenic Connecticut with her husband and three children. She enjoys cooking and any activity outdoors such as hiking, passing the football, or lounging on the beach.

Brent Roberts

Brent Roberts

Director Process Excellence and Mining, Roboyo

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Thursday 9th May 2024 | 13:55 - 14:25 pm

Biography

Brent is a seasoned professional renowned for his expertise in driving transformative change across diverse industries. His journey began in industrial manufacturing and assembly, where he earned Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certifications, demonstrating his commitment to process optimization. With a background as a US Army Officer, Brent brings invaluable leadership skills and a results-driven perspective to every endeavor. Throughout his career, Brent has led large-scale transformations in various industries, achieving significant cost reductions, streamlining workflows, and implementing growth strategies. His leadership style emphasizes team building and collaboration, fostering high-performing teams that consistently deliver exceptional results. As the Director of Process Excellence and Mining at ROBOYO, Brent continues to leverage his extensive experience, military background, and innovative mindset to drive impactful and customized results for clients. With a relentless focus on innovation and efficiency, Brent remains dedicated to delivering sustainable solutions that drive lasting value for organizations.

Dr. Mathias Kirchmer

Dr. Mathias Kirchmer

Managing Director, Scheer Americas LLC / (part of Scheer Group)

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES18)

Wednesday 14th March 2018 | 13:15 - 13:45 pm

Biography

Dr. Kirchmer is an experienced practitioner and thought leader in the field of Business Process Management (BPM) and Digital Transformation. He is Managing Director of Scheer Americas, previously BPM-D. He co-founded BPM-D, a consulting company focusing on performance improvements and appropriate digitalization by establishing and applying the discipline of BPM. Before he was Managing Director and Global Lead of BPM at Accenture, and CEO of the Americas and Japan of IDS Scheer, known for its process modelling software and process consulting.

Dr. Kirchmer has led numerous transformation and process improvement initiatives in various industries at clients around the world. He has published 11 books and over 150 articles. At the University of Pennsylvania and at Widener University he has served as affiliated faculty for over 20 years. He received a research and teaching fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Jose Pires

Jose Pires

CEO, Global Excellence & Innovation, Innovation & Excellence

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Tuesday 7th May 2024 | 08:30 - 17:00 pm

Biography

Xiaochen Zhang

Xiaochen Zhang

Global Head - Innovation, Amazon, Amazon Web Services

Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES)

Friday 10th May 2024 | 10:25 - 10:55 am

Biography

Xiaochen is a Global Head of Innovation & Go-To-Market with AWS. In this role, he leads a team of both technical and operational staff in shaping AWS emerging technology and Web 3.0 related innovation offerings in the areas of digital assets, central bank digital currency, green finance and regulatory and supervisory technologies in supporting public sector financial institutions to achieve their missions in monetary policy, financial stability, economic growth, climate change and sustainable development.

Why Attend?

The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit & Industry Awards (BTOES) focuses on how organizations around the world are rethinking and adjusting the role of operational excellence to prepare for the future, transform their businesses, and gain a competitive advantage.

This event is the largest gathering of senior-level executives across the entire business transformation & operational excellence ecosystem. 

  • CEOs, COOs CSOs, CIOs, CAOs, CMOs, CFOs, CLOs, Chief Excellence Officers
  • Heads of / SVP & VP Global Operations, Global Operational Excellence Leader
  • Global Heads, Heads of, EVPs, SVPs, VPs, Directors of Business Excellence, Business Transformation, Innovation Excellence, Innovation Deployment Value Creation, Productivity, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, Process Excellence, OpEx, Process Engineering, Strategy Execution, Change Management, Customer Experience, Lean Enterprise, Capability Excellence, Process Optimization & Process Management.
  • VPs of Global Operational Excellence, Global Continuous Improvement, Process Analysis, Enterprise Risk Management, Global Production & Logistics, Lean & Six Sigma, Operational Excellence & Productivity, Business Process Management.
  • Business Process Management Champions, BPM Project Leaders. 
  • Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leaders / Champions / Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts
  • Directors of Operations, Process Re-Engineering, Productivity, BPM, Lean Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Business Reengineering, Performance Excellence, Operational Excellence, Process Analysis, Manufacturing Excellence, Productivity, Software Process Improvement
  • From across all industries, including Manufacturing, Hospitals, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Automotive & Transportation, Banking, Capital Markets & Insurance, Consumer Products & Retail, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Government, Armed Forces & Public Sector, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction, Technology, and Communications.
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Why is BTOES the “must attend” event for senior Excellence and Transformation Strategists?

  • Hear from the best selection of senior level Operational Excellence and Business Transformation leaders from the world’s biggest, most progressive companies 

  • Gain insights from the fastest growing innovative organisations on how they are achieving unprecedented levels of excellence

  • Benchmark against best-in-class organizations across all major industries 

  • Get to grips with the evolving role of Operational Excellence as part of a strategic tool kit for managing change

  • Uncover cutting edge solutions, forge winning partnerships and grow your network

  • More discussion sessions, networking opportunities and interactivity

 

What makes the event truly unique?

  • The ONLY event to meaningfully address strategic BT and OE challenges in the context of the bigger picture trends and global industry movements transforming the way we do business

  • The ONLY event to actually act on your feedback - More networking, more interaction, more case studies

  • The ONLY event to build its agenda through 6 months of painstaking primary research with select innovative industry leading practitioners, ensuring our content is weighted precisely to the most pressing industry challenges and future trends

  • Unrivalled levels of speaker content scrutiny to deliver the best content of any event in this space and put our foot down on NO SALES PITCHES

  • The event with the best spread of industry expertise, allowing you to learn from parallel sector expertise and benchmark with the best in class

  • The ONLY end-to-end Business Transformation & Operational Excellence cross industry event in the market bringing the whole ecosystem together to look at Cultural Transformation, Leadership, Prcoess Excellence, Innovation, Strategy, CX & Agile to achieve top line growth.

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Culture Transformation 

  • Mastering Change Management & Cultural Transformation 

  • The Recipe for Sustainable Organizational Productivity

  • Culture Transformation KPI and Metrics Development

  • The Neuroscience of Change and How to Make it Stick

  • Developing an Action-oriented Mindset and Positive Culture to Drive Transformation 

  • Approaching Operational Excellence Culture – The Systematic Way

  • The Underestimated Value of Empathy in Sustainable Business Change

  • Elevating Quality Culture & Quality Competencies for a Global Workforce

  • Using E2E Customer Value and E2E Process to Drive Culture Change

  • Supercharge Your Culture

  • Why is Sustaining the Effects of Operational Excellence Programs so Difficult?

Operational Excellence 

  • Excellence & Innovation Acceleration: Unleashing the Power of Great People and Organization

  • Deploying Toyota Kata to Enable CI Culture Development 

  • Standardized Work Implementation

  • Leveraging Vendors to Drive Global Scale

  • Enabling Supply Chain Excellence with Blockchain and the IoT

  • Accelerating Project Execution using the Scaled Agile Framework and Total Business Management

  • The Evolving role of Operational Excellence in Industry 4.0

  • The Approach to Human Manipulation: The Intersection of Psychology, Six Sigma and Change Management

 

Business Transformation 

  • The Secrets to Large-Scale Business Transformation Success

  • Enabling Value-driven Transformation with People, Process and Technology Aligned Behind Organisational Culture

  • Defining your Identity as part of a Value-creating Ecosystem

  • Identify and Prioritize Transformation Opportunities

  • Process Controls Digital Transformation

  • Aligning Business Transformation with the Future of Work

  • Managing Large-scale E2E Supply chain Transformation

  • Systems Thinking & Approach:  The Enterprise Operating System for the Concept to Cash Value Stream

  • Agile Transformation in a regulated environment

  • Enabling and Delivering Operational Excellence (OE) Through Management System (OEMS) and Operational Discipline (OD)  Deliverables

  • World Class Manufacturing Transformation

  • Managing Disruption to Industry Supply Chains

 

Innovation Excellence 

  • From the Disrupted to the Disrupter - Leveraging your Business Value to Become an Indispensable Agent of Change

  • The Importance of Enduring Technology Partnerships to Future Success

  • Design Thinking to Empower Industry 4.0 Leadership 

  • Sowing the Seeds of an Enduring Innovation Partnership Strategy

  • Innovating culture! - Is it possible to unlock the intrapreneurial spirit within a big traditional multinational corporation?

  • Harnessing IoT Innovation to Transform

  • Inspiring Innovation Enterprise Wide

  • Designing a Roadmap to Optimize Short-term and Long-term Innovation

 

Technology Excellence 

  • Applying Lean Six Sigma to Big Data Analytics

  • Introducing the Digital Workforce of the Future - RPA Change Management Program

  • Realising the Benefits of CMMI 2.0

  • Innovation and Digital in the Future Supply Chain 

  • API and Open Architecture Development

  • Exploring the role of Organizational Competencies in Information Technology Outsourcing

  • Enabling AI Project Initiatives with Agile Development

  • Digitalization: How to move from hype to Generation of Business Return

  • Digital Workforce Demand Management

 

Customer Excellence 

  • Bringing your Customer to the Center of Operational Transformation and Intelligent Automation Adoption

  • Connecting Customer Service to the Business Transformation Value Stream 

  • Managing Industry Change in line with ACES Mobility Trends

  • Building Data-Privacy Compliance into your Customer Experience Excellence Programs

  • Leveraging Customer Journeys to Create end-to-end Value

 

Leadership Excellence 

  • Introducing the Digital Workforce of the Future with an Automation Change Management Program

  • Leader as Coach – A Lean Approach to Creating a Coaching Culture

  • Lean Transformation of Training and Skills Development 

  • The Impact of Leadership Choices During Times of Transformation

  • From Change Sponsors to Agents of Change - Leading a Re-imagined People-first Transformation 

  • Assessment as an Accelerant to Operational Excellence

  • Developing Frameworks to Inspire and Support Continuous Improvement Champions, Attract and Retain Talent

 

Scaling Excellence and Agility

  • Cutting Through the Noise - How can you use AI to Drive Transformation and Operational Excellence now?

  • Operational Excellence, a Value-based Systems Approach at Scale

  • Reinvigorating the Lean Approach with a Scalable Pilot Approach

  • Best Practice from a Comprehensive Continuous Quality Improvement Program in times of rapid change

  • Creating a Symbiotic Relationship with Startups

  • Agile and Innovation Approaches

 

Strategy Execution Excellence

  • Transforming through analytics in a non technical world

  • Aligning an Organization Post Merger and Acquisition

  • How to Identify and Resolve “Points of Failure” in Business Processes

  • Delivering Exceptional Operations Results: Breaking Inertia Through the Combination of Processes, People, and Measurements (KPIs) 

  • Process Management and Agile: A Joint Design and Implementation Approach

  • Gaining Complete Visibility of your Processes with Data Mining

  • How Advanced Communications Skills Can Turbo Charge Change Management 

  • Portfolio Workflow Management with Kanban and SAFe

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More social functions and get-togethers, it all about making new industry friends, in the beautiful setting of the Orlando

  • Welcome Cocktail Party - May 8, 2024. 
  • Awards Gala Reception - May 9, 2024
  • Awards Gala Event - May 9, 2024
  • Awards After Party - May 9, 2024. 
  • Hot Full-Service Breakfasts - May 7-10, 2024.
  • Mid-Morning and Mid-Afternoon Themed Breaks - May 7-10, 2024
  • Sit Down Full Service Plated Lunches - May 7-10, 2024.
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BTOES  has been engineered to exceed expectations and create more engagement opportunties:

  • 80+ Speakers – All Practitioners - Industry Leaders, Thought Leaders, Disruptors, & Legends.
  • Over 80 Sessions
  • 3 in-depth Dedicated Tracks with unparalleled opportunities for knowledge sharing and networking. The People Summit, Process Summit, Technology Summit
  • 20+ hours of social networking
  • 16+ hours of session time dedicated to peer to peer exchange of ideas. 
  • 60+ Track Sessions.
  • 6+ Thought Leader Panel Discussions
  • 50+ Round-Table Discussions.
  • 20 Summit Interactive Workshops & Master Classes
  • 100+ Poster Board Presentations
  • 30+ Credible Solutions Providers in the Exhibit Hall, announced end of October.
  • 600+ Attendees. 
  • 35,000+ Social Media Community Members.
  • 1,000,000+ BTOES Insights Subscribers
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This event has been designed to provide create more meaningful conversations and commercial connections. 

  • Gala receptions, Award dinner, and Awards after party (bubbly anyone?).
  • More boardroom meetings, roundtable sessions, and interactive presentation formats.
  • More informal networking opportunities and breaks due to shorter presentation formats
  • More upscale food service, Hot Full Service Breakfasts, Delicious Mid-Morning and Mid-Afternoon Breaks, Sit Down Full Service Plated Lunches (Filet Mignon anyone).
  • Networking App - Best in class, easy to use, networking tool to arrange meetings, both prior, during and post-event. 
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Testimonials

The Business Transformation & Operational Excellence World Summit & Industry Awards is the industry's largest senior-level event that is driven by the huge industry demand for a large-scale, cross-industry, future-focused operational excellence event that is energizing, inspiring, and engaging.

This event is an entirely fresh experience that defines the ecosystem and is where the industry leaders gather to create the future. 

It brings together the best and brightest individuals & organizations from across key sectors to engage, network, benchmark and discuss the key challenges and future trends within Operational Excellence, Lean, Six Sigma and Agile and its application & impact on Business Transformation, Innovation Execution, Agility, Customer Experience, Value Creation, Strategy and the very important challenges surrounding Leadership & Cultural Transformation. 

I have found the summit to be among the best I've attended in my 30+ years. The speakers are professional; the presentations are informative and no sales attempts as I've seen in other settings. 

VP Performance Process Improvement , Universal Health Services

The Summit and Industry Awards was outstanding.  It was my pleasure both to participate and attend.  I compliment both Brian and you and, of course, Vijay, on what can only be classified as a first class event. The pleasure in meeting you was mine and I look forward to future interaction.

Strategic Planning & Continuous Process Improvement Director, US Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region

Thank you for such a great Conference. Over the years, I have attended 25+ conferences and I have never participated in one better. We appreciate you and your team's hard work!

Raytheon Six Sigma Institute, RAYTHEON

A tremendously informative and useful event. Unlike most summits that focus on presentations, this event informed, stimulated and provided insights that participants could use when they returned to their organization

 

Director, Army Distributed Learning, US Army

Great event. Very informative and eye opening to current issues

TNG Analyst, US Army

This summit is an excellent opportunity to interact with leaders across the spectrum of industries involved with Lean and Six Sigma and to re-energize our own deployments with new ideas and renewed passion for operational excellence

 

Operational Excellence Analyst, Newfield Exploration

The opportunity to network, hear practical implementation examples, see vendor updates and take away new ideas is just outstanding. Thank you!

Manager, SW Process Improvement, RIM

You guys run the best business improvement conferences with exceptional business leaders sharing best practices

Lean Six Sigma Corporate Deployment Leader, BMO Financial Group

Another great year! You have great people with Claire and Flora and others. I always enjoy your events

SVP, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

The 4th Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit and Industry Awards was outstanding.  It was my pleasure both to participate and attend.  I compliment both Claire and you and, of course, Vijay, on what can only be classified as a first class event. The pleasure in meeting you was mine and I look forward to future interaction with your organization.

Strategic Planning Officer and Continuous Process Improvement Director, US Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region

It was very nice to finally meet you at the conference in Orlando.  I really enjoyed everything. Congratulations on such wonderful work.

Co-ordination Officer, United Nations

Thanks for organizing another successful conference. There were quite a few opportunities for dialogue among experienced practitioners (MBB forum, Consultant panel, Deployment Leader benchmarking forum, etc). Well done.

Strategy Deployment Leader - Six Sigma MBB, Black & Veatch Corporation

I was very impressed with the representation at the conference and at the awards ceremony. Always striving for excellence!

Vice President, Operational Quality & Training, Wyndham Vacation Ownership

It was a great conference with some outstanding presentations.  I look forward to next year.

PE, MBB, Lean Six Sigma, Merck

As in prior years, the Annual Global Lean Six Sigma & Business Improvement Summit and Industry Awards Program did an excellent assembling a diverse group of business professionals that all share the same passion for Continuous Improvement. This was clearly evident during the presentations they gave during the track sessions as well as their active participation in the plenary sessions.

Productivity Director – NAIG, Praxair Inc.

I was impressed at the diversity of industries that were represented at the conference. From technology to steel, to pharmaceuticals, there were a wide variety of companies who are really interested in learning best practices and sharing them with others. 

Senior Manager, Consumer Care and Tech Support Strategy, Dell Inc.

The range of companies and industries that were represented resulted in superb exchange of ideas

Lead Master Black Belt, CR&D, DuPont

As a new deployment leader, I attended three conferences last year, and yours was by far the best! I found the sessions to be varied and informative, and they were supplemented by opportunities to mingle with other participants and industry specialists. I look forward to making your an annual event!

VP Service Quality, TD Canada Trust

Interesting perspectives provide an excellent basis for determining how we can benefit from Six Sigma. Great location and venue!

Director Head of Global Operations, World Bank

Excellent insights…excellent thoughts. The speakers shared inspirational stories and helpful lessons learned

Altas Program Improvement, Lockheed Martin

This was a great opportunity to see first hand how other companies approach building quality into the design process. I have taken away numerous new ideas that I will incorporate into our model

VP Six Sigma Business Excellence, Cigna Corporation

Leadership, Energetic, Engaging, Wonderful Presentations

Senior Vice President, Mckesson Corporation

The conference on Lean Six Sigma showed how to integrate these proven methodologies in Manufacturing and Service companies as well as how to enable both Lean and Six Sigma by removing complexity from your business.

VP, Master Black Belt, Quality & Productivity, Bank of America

The speakers were all excellent

Project Leader, United Space Alliance

The summit was outstanding -- great networking and process improvement sharing! 

Electrical Value Stream Leader Process Excellence, Northrop Grumman Corporation

The WCBF Global Six Sigma Summit and Awards Conference was our most successful marketing event for 2007. This was largely the result of the personal interest WCBF staff took in finding ways to optimize our visibility and facilitate contact with key prospects.

VP Marketing, Instantis

Very good! Excellent topics, pertinent to todays circumstances

Driector Quality & O p Ex, Harley Davidson

Excellent Balance of superb speakers, best vendors and relevant, practical topics. Must attend this event.

LSS Champion, Northrop Grumman

A Summit very well organized where the aim of the program is the content and the real research of best Practices.  It was a hard job as an Awards Judge due to the real top level of competitors and their great results.

Head of Quality, Ferrari Racing

Thank you for such a great Conference. Over the years, I have attended 25+ Six Sigma Conferences and I have never participated in one better. We appreciate you and your team's hard work!

Founder, Raytheon Six Sigma Institute, RAYTHEON

I have found the congresss to be among the best I've attended in my 30+ years. The speakers are professional; the presentations are informative and no sales attempts as I've seen in other settings.

VP Performance/Process Improvement , Universal Health Services

These congresss are simply the best, and there really are no others even close. I have attended almost every year. The speakers are top shelf, there is great opportunity to make new contacts, and the event organization is wonderful. 

VP, Quality , Saint Vincent Health System

You provide the most in-depth conferences that I have ever been to.

VP - IP Capture Quality, US Bank

Pre-summit workshops were very practical, tool-based, and I will certainly leverage.  The summit had powerful key note speakers, experienced practitioners sharing their learnings and best practices.  The awards ceremony event and dinner was very well done - pace was good, dinner was lovely, atmosphere was celebratory.  Evening drinks events where we could spend more time networking.  I was not able to stay for the post-summit workshops although I heard good things from 2 who did stay behind.  As a speaker I also found the experience to be very rewarding.  Your team was very organized from requesting the bio, updating the website, keeping me apprised via emails, etc.  Thank you for the experience.  I hope you will continue to reach out to us for other events.

 

Co-Head, Process Excellence - Retail Deployments, Lean Six Sigma Centre of Excellence and Governance , RBC Royal Bank

Overall the summit was excellent, and I especially enjoyed, and had some good new learnings from a couple of the keynote speakers (Al Switzler and Norman Bodek) Good mix of topics on the panel breakout discussions.

VP Operational Excellence, Intel

The congress was exceptional--it also was great to hear Jim Collins.

Global Consulting Enterprise Services, Ingersoll Rand

Thank you for all the hard work you did to make it a success.

Director of Lean Six Sigma, Department of Defense

I always enjoy networking with professionals leading in problem solving. This year's congress was a good sharing of lessons learned and fresh practical ideas.

Director of Continuous Improvement, United Airlines

I would like to compliment you again on pulling off quite the event! It was well planned, organized and very informative. I spoke to several experts in the Six Sigma field who were very pleased with the entire event.   

Marketing & Sales Director, National Republic Bank of Chicago

 

I have been attending WCBF conferences for 8 years, particularly those on Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare. These conferences are simply the best LSS conferences in healthcare, and there really are no others even close. I have attended almost every year. The speakers are top shelf, there is great opportunity to make new contacts, and the event organization is wonderful. Recently, I was asked by WCBF to chair the conference, so I was able to see deeper behind the scenes, and I know what great work is being done to produce these conferences. Given this exceptional product, I would highly recommend Vijay as the leader of this organization.  
 

 

Vice President, Quality, Saint Vincent Health System

Over the last 10 years I have attended and spoken at many WCBF conferences around Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare. I have found the conferences to be among the best I've attended in my 30+ years in Healthcare. The speakers are professional, the presentations are informative and not sales attempts as I've seen in other settings and the staff of WCBF has always been very receptive in solving any problems that were experienced. I recommend these conferences without hesitation to my colleagues in Healthcare. 

VP Performance/Process Improvement, Universal Health Services

Diverse, excellent agenda of topics delivered by actual practitioners of Lean Sigma. Good representation of multiple healthcare organization models.

MBB, Lean Kaizen Leader, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Your conference is a winner and I like being a part of it.

US Army Military District of Washington , US Army Military District of Washington

It was an honor for Avis Budget Group to win Best Organizational Achievement in Lean Enterprise Improvement from the WCBF in the first year of our Lean Six Sigma deployment.  The award process was thorough and it gave Avis Budget Group a tremendous platform to demonstrate the success our young Performance Excellence deployment has achieved.  The $40 million of verifiable hard-dollar savings ABG’s Performance Excellence team was able to achieve in its first year was a key deliverable of the company’s annual strategic plan.

Performance Excellence Deployment Leader, Avis Budget Group

It has been an honor to accept the award for Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Healthcare this year.  The WCBF award has allowed SSFHS to increase the credibility of its Lean Six Sigma Program within its own system and in the communities it serves.  The award shows our customers and competitors that we are committed to excel and progressing steadily as we improve the quality of care for our patients.

Regional CEO, Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc. – Northern Indiana Region

I was very pleased to accept the award of Best Project Achievement in Business Enabling Processes on Delphi’s behalf. It was especially gratifying to receive external validation from a diverse and global audience that included contingents from some of our key customers and competitors.

Global Director of Customer Satisfaction, Delphi Gas Engine Management Systems

We are extremely excited to have received this recognition from WCBF for Best Emerging Business Improvement. I believe this terrific award recognizes that customers can depend on our ability to live our mission statement every day with on time delivery, lowest industry turn times, customer service of exceptional value, service and products of the highest quality.  Also, I'd like to compliment WCBF for their excellent recognition program. 

President and Chief Executive Officer , PAS Technologies

Capital One has received multiple awards through our participation in the WCBF Global Six Sigma Award Program, including most recently the 2008 Platinum Award for Process Excellence Project and the Best Project Achievement in Innovation or Product Development. This prestigious external recognition is a great confirmation of the exceptional business results delivered by our associates. 

Sr. Vice President, Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Capital One Bank

It was an exceptional moment when we first learned BMO Financial Group was the recipient of three WCBF Global Six Sigma and Business Improvement Awards. Theses awards are truly attributable to all the hard work and dedication of our employees across North America. Lean Six Sigma has enabled BMO Product Operations to significantly improve our customer service and organizational cost management in today's challenging economic environment. We are determined to intensify our commitment to Lean Six Sigma business improvements as we continue to deliver great customer experiences.

Deployment Leader and Master Black Belt, BMO Financial Group