Keynote Speakers – 2024 IEOM Washington D.C. Conference
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Conference Welcome and Opening: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 9:30 – 10:00 am
Conference Chair Remarks
Devdas Shetty Ph.D, PE
Dean
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of the District of Columbia
Washington, DC, USA
Dean Shetty joined University of the District of Columbia in 2012, having previously served as Dean of Engineering at Lawrence Technological University and Dean of Research at the University of Hartford.
While with the University of Hartford, Dr. Shetty was first Chair of the Vernon D. Roosa Endowed Professorship. In addition, he was the Director of the Engineering Applications Center, through which he established partnerships with more than 50 Connecticut industries. During 2008 and 2009, Dr. Shetty served as Dean of the College of Engineering for Lawrence Technological University in Michigan. During that time, he initiated several new academic programs, established partnerships and contributed to curricular innovation. Prior to coming to Hartford, Dr. Shetty held academic positions at the Albert Nerkin School of Engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.
Dr. Shetty is the author of three books and more than 200 scientific articles and six patents. His books on Mechatronics and Product Design are widely used as a textbooks in many universities around the world. Dr. Shetty’s research work has been cited for original contribution to the understanding of engineering surface measurement, for significant intellectual achievements in mechatronics and for contributions to product design. He is especially well-known for his contributions in establishing partnerships between the University and industries. He is the recipient of academic and research grants from organizations like National Science Foundation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, US Army, Air force etc.
Dr. Shetty had been leading research efforts in a U.S. Army research project on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In partnership with Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, he invented the patented mechatronics process for supporting patients. Dr. Shetty has chaired several international conferences and presented keynote lectures. Major honors received by Prof. Shetty include James Frances Bent award for Creativity, the Edward S. Roth National Award for Manufacturing from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineer Faculty Award, and Society of Manufacturing Engineers Honor award. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
UDC VC Welcome Message
Opening Keynote I: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 10:00 – 10:40 am
Sr. VP of Lockheed Martin
Keynote II: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 10:40 – 11:20 am
Javad Mokhbery
CEO
FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology, Inc.
Irvine, California, United States
11:20 – 11:40 Networking Break
Keynote III: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 11:40 – 12:20 pm
Airbus Executive
Keynote IV: Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 12:20 – 1:00 pm
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Keynote V: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 10:00 – 10:40 am
Jonathan Conradt
Principle AI Researcher – Amazon
Reston, Virginia
United States
Jonathan Conradt is a lecturer for Amazon’s Machine Learning University. (He is not representing Amazon and his presentation and comments are his own.) He creates and teaches curriculum on machine learning and artificial intelligence. He was a director at eBay where he was responsible for machine learning systems for Internet marketing. At Google, he was an engineering product manager for the Chrome web browser, and responsible for the Mac and Linux releases. At Microsoft he was a product manager for a television over IP product. He has eight patents related to ML and marketing, and was one of the creators of the popular management tool StrengthsFinder. Jonathan has volunteered and deployed to support hurricane recovery with the American Red Cross and is currently the treasurer for the Washington D.C. chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC).
Keynote VI: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 10:40 – 11:20 am
Dr. Christopher Cox, P.E.
Faculty, Construction Management
College of Engineering and Technology
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
Christopher Cox, Ph.D., P.E., is currently with the Construction Management in the College of Engineering and Technology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee North Carolina, USA. Prior to joining the faculty of the Kimmel School Dr. Cox spent 38 years in the energy industry. During his career he held a variety of roles in engineering, corporate planning and strategy, mergers and acquisitions, production operations, and project management. He has lived in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait), North Africa (Egypt and Tunisia), Australia, and several US locations (Alaska, Illinois, and Texas). In addition to these residential locations, he worked in many other countries. Dr. Cox has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University, M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston, an MBA from Alaska Pacific University, and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.
11:20 – 11:40 am Networking Break
Keynote VII: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 11:40 am – 12:20 pm
Keynote VIII: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 12:20 – 1:00 pm
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Keynote IX: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 10:00 – 10:40 am
Robert J. Wenier
Global Head of Cloud and Infrastructure
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Rob is the Global Head of Cloud and Infrastructure for AstraZeneca and serves as a member of its IT Leadership Team. He has both strategic and budgetary oversight governing AstraZeneca’s global hosting and transport estate, including four hyperscalers and 8 datacenters: enabling the technology needs of more than 250k users, at 152 sites, across 147 countries – including 28 pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities (with 5 under construction). He brings over 25 years of experience designing, deploying, and managing web-scale, mission critical systems. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Rob served as Northrop Grumman’s Chief Technologist for Cloud and Chief Cloud Architect, leading the company’s extensive adoption of cloud and cloud native technologies.
Rob began his career serving with the Judge Advocate Corps of the US Marine Corps and has held several varied and progressive technical and managerial leadership roles. For the past 14 years in particular, Rob has worked extensively with cloud services and technologies, spearheading the planning and execution of large-scale cloud adoption and migration efforts across a host of Fortune 500, multinational corporations. Rob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Technologies and Information Systems from the University of Mary Washington, and a Master’s of Business Administration from George Mason University.
Keynote X: Thursday, June 6, 20242, 10:40 – 11:20 am
11:20 – 11:40 Networking Break
Keynote XI: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 11:40 – 12:20 pm
Keynote XII: Thursday, June 6, 2024, 12:20 – 1:00 pm