# 2026 Expert Smart Factories Summit Speakers Included:

### [Scott Tankersley](/content/speaker/scott-tankersley/index.html)
Manufacturing Digital Transformation – Smart Factory Project Leader  
American Honda Motor Company Inc

### Deepak Sachdeva
Chief Information Officer  
United States Air Force

### [Opeyemi Odusami](/content/speaker/opeyemi-odusami/index.html)
Former Associate Director, Global Supply Chain Product Lead - Rare Disease Franchise  
Sanofi

### Andy Mears
Production Operations Sr. Manager, Intelligent Factory Integration  
Lockheed Martin

### [Josh Dotson](/content/speaker/josh-dotson/index.html)
Industry 4.0 Leader  
Koch

### [Jason Hamp](/content/speaker/jason-hamp/index.html)
AI Technologist, North America Manufacturing Vertical  
Lenovo

### Sanjeev Kapoor
Senior Data & AI Program & Product Leader  
Ford Motor Company

### [Leo Rajapakse](/content/speaker/leo-rajapakse/index.html)
Global Head of Platform Infrastructure, Digital & Advanced Technologies  
Bimbo Bakeries USA

### [Buckley Brinkman](/content/speaker/buckley-brinkman/index.html)
Executive Director / CEO  
Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity

### [Billy Ingram](/content/speaker/billy-ingram/index.html)
Director of Lean Product and Process Development  
Interface

### [Sina Volkmann](/content/speaker/sina-volkmann/index.html)
CEO & Co-Founder  
findIQ

### [Aaron Brown](/content/speaker/aaron-brown/index.html)
CEO  
Rapta, Inc.

### Blake Gilson
Industrial Cyber Security Manager  
ExxonMobil

### Bill Nazario
OT Cyber Security Expert  
Orange Busines

### Samuel Parra
NA Manufacturing Integration Leader  
BASF

### [Noorddin Taj](/content/speaker/noorddin-taj/index.html)
Digital Strategy, Innovation and Architecture  
BP

### [Josh Ross](/content/speaker/josh-ross/index.html)
Co-Founder & CEO  
Ironloop

### [David Ting](/content/speaker/david-ting-2/index.html)
Chief Technology Officer  
Bespin Global

### [Suraj Sriram](/content/speaker/suraj-sriram/index.html)
Sr. Manager - Digital Manufacturing MES  
Kimberly-Clark

### [Aravind Rajendra Kumar](/content/speaker/aravind-rajendra-kumar/index.html)
Director, Global Product Line Management  
Belden Inc.

### [Jonathan Wu](/content/speaker/jonathan-wu/index.html)
Chief Technology Officer of Smart Manufacturing  
Lenovo

### [Pablo Lluch](/content/speaker/pablo-lluch/index.html)
IIoT Business Expert  
Orange Business

### [Pete Kneski](/content/speaker/pete-kneski/index.html)
Solution Consultant Practice Leader  
Belden Inc.