Manufacturing Tomorrow The Ohio State University

Rosemary Coates is founder and executive director of the Reshoring Institute (https://reshoringinstitute.org), a nonprofit focused on expanding U.S. manufacturing supply chains.

As management consultant for 25 years and president of Blue Silk Consulting, she has helped over 80 global supply chain clients and works as an expert witness on legal cases involving global supply chains. She is an Amazon.com best-selling author with five supply chain books, including The Reshoring Guidebook and the Legal Blacksmith – How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes.

Rosemary serves on the board of directors at the University of San Diego Supply Chain Management Institute and teaches Global Supply Chain Strategy at UC Berkeley. She earned an MBA from the University of San Diego and a bachelor’s degree in business logistics from Arizona State University.

Joe Lyden is president of Caster Connection, an Ohio-based manufacturer of casters and wheels with clients that include John Deere, Honda and BMW. The company’s mission is to develop innovative and optimal material handling solutions in order to deliver enhanced ergonomics, safety, and efficiency to their clients.

Joe has worked at Columbus Caster for almost 12 years. Before becoming president, he served in the roles of sales director and national and regional sales manager. He received a bachelor of business administration in marketing at the University of Toledo and also attended Ohio University.

Dan Newman, principal analyst of Futurum Research and CEO of Broadsuite Media Group, works with the world’s largest technology brands to explore digital transformation and help enterprises leverage disruptive innovations to gain a market advantage.

A five-time best-selling author, including his most recent Human/Machine:The Future of Our Partnership with Machines; and Building Dragons: Digital Transformation in the Experience Economy. Daniel is also a Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post contributor. A special thanks to the Ohio State’s Center for Operational Excellence for arranging this interview.

Brad Henry is founder and CEO of EduTechnologic, a company that specializes in augmented reality, cognitive services and wearable solutions for industry. He works to integrate advanced technologies for training, on-the-job support and usability.

Brad has more than 25 years’ experience in educational technologies and e-learning environments. Prior to founding Edutechnologic, he was director of Learning Technology at the Ohio Department of Higher Education eStudent Services, where he also served as an educational instructional designer and software engineer.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Education, Adult and Continuing Education at The Ohio State University, he completed his master’s in Career and Workforce Development and is now a PhD candidate in Educational/Instructional Technology.

Jim Vinoski, Forbes contributor and manufacturing expert, has covered the challenges and opportunities that manufacturers face, highlighting topics as diverse as the role of digital technologies in prosthetics production, generative design, mass personalization and Fiestaware.

Jim leads teams for plant and corporate manufacturing and supply chain initiatives. He has been a site leader for Midwest Grain Products, a large distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and spent more than 15 years in plant system engineering and corporate leadership roles at General Mills.

Phil Winkelmann serves as continuous improvement manager at Plastic Packaging Technologies. After a rigorous lean journey, the Columbus, OH-based facility now has the distinction of being named a 2019 IndustryWeek best plant finalist.

The flexible packaging manufacturer produces innovative packaging solutions for customers in food, snack and beverage, health and medical, lawn and garden, pet care and specialty consumer products. The company’s roll stock supplies include stand-up pouches, 3-sided seal packages and single-web quad bags.

Prior to Plastic Packaging Technologies, Phil worked as a continuous improvement leader at a number of manufacturing and logistics companies, including project manager at Cardinal Health and Senior Honeywell Operating System Specialist. He earned a master’s in business administration as well as a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.