The Future of Mobility and Manufacturing with Game Changers, Presented by SAP
Tuesday at 7 AM Pacific /10 AM Eastern
March 29th 2016: Future of Cars: Birth of the Connected Supplier
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The buzz: We’re all connected. Collaboration is not new for automotive sector suppliers. But with digital, real-time computing radically changing how auto suppliers operate their companies and make products, top suppliers need to create connected content for the connected vehicle, in real-time collaboration with their value chain – customers, tier-suppliers, and tech partners. And as the automotive industry converges with tech – as Delphi, Bosch and other suppliers showed at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – will car experts drive the digitization or is a new crop of technocrats neede
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Rick Varner
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Rick Varner is a Sr. Executive Partner with Gartner Executive Programs a technology and leadership advisory firm. He leads and advises on complex business opportunities, operating improvements, and return-on-investment commitments. As a Gartner Sr. Executive Partner, Rick Varner provides objective-focused, confidential, and trusted leadership to Fortune 100 organizations within automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, medical device, and the pharmaceutical industries. He has held several executive strategy and transformation roles including CIO for Cooper Standard, an automotive parts supplier, and Division CIO for Delphi Automotive. Rick is a Professional Engineer, an active volunteer,
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Jeff Hojlo
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As Research Vice President, Future of Industry Ecosystems & Innovation Strategies at IDC, Jeff Hojlo leads one of the nine new Future Enterprise practices at IDC – the Future of Industry Ecosystems. This practice focuses on three areas that help create and optimize trusted industry ecosystems and next generation value chains in discrete and process manufacturing, construction, healthcare, retail, and other industries: shared data and insight, shared applications, and shared operations and expertise. Mr. Hojlo also manages a group focused on the research and analysis of the design, simulation, innovation, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) market, inclu
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William “Bill” Newman
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William "Bill" Newman serves as North America Executive Industry Advisor Chief at SAP, providing industry perspective, strategic business advice, and thought leadership to support SAP NA automotive and discrete industry customers and their coinnovation programs. Bill is also an author, professional speaker, writer and consultant with 30 years of experience in strategy and IT planning across multiple industry sectors. A Certified Management Consultant since 1995, he has led consulting practices at Booz Company, KPMG BearingPoint, and Grant Thornton, and led his own consulting firm, Newport Consulting Group, prior to SAP. The author of two books on enterprise performance, Bills writings have
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