About
The 2nd Symposium "Operational Excellence Culture for The Millenial Workforce" will take place on November 8th and 9th at the Downtown Hilton, Knoxville. This event represents a gathering of all people engaged with Operational Excellence in East Tennessee and surrounding areas, where both industry and academia share best practices, developed for the challenges particular to this region.
Lunch and Parking are provided on site
Dr. Rupy Sawhney
CASRE Director
Keynote Speakers
Contact
525 John D. Tickle Engineering Building, 851 Neyland Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996
Tel: 865-974-3333
Clayton Homes
Paige Janey - Senior VP of Operations
Michael wade - Director of Lean, Alabama
Marty Mansfield - General Manager, Rutledge
Dr. Guilherme Tortorella
Associate Professor and Lean Specialist at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Doctor in Industrial Engineering (2012), graduated in Mechanical Engineering (2003) at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Has worked for 12 years in automotive industry with international experience in areas such as Continuous Improvement, Production and Quality Systems. Guilherme Tortorella is the research supervisor of the Productivity and Continuous Improvement Lab and is the author of many papers in deemed international journals. He is the committee coordinator of the Brazilian Lean Systems Conference, which currently is in its 9th edition and the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Lean Systems
Christopher Coyne
Coach Founder and President at Medeof8
Chris Coyne, Founder, and President of Modeof8™, has been a
leadership educator, coach, and practitioner for nearly two decades. His experience crosses organizational cultures, from corporate and military training environments to the university classroom. He founded Modeof8™, a leadership development and coaching enterprise based on a simple belief – that goal achievement of any significance requires support. Striving to create a responsive community of lifelong learners, Modeof8™ has rapidly become the initiative of choice for organizations wishing to inspire and energize their development
culture.
Burt A. Rosen
President & CEO at Knox Area Rescue Ministries
Burt holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Human Services and was recognized in Who's Who among American Colleges and Universities. Burt was a regional Vice President with Chuck Colson and Prison Fellowship Ministries, where he had served for 17 years, serving in Washington, DC as director for the Southeast Region, National Director of Programs and Human Resource Development, and Chief of Staff for the Division of Research and Development.