IMPAC 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016
University of Chicago, Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL
2016 Keynote Speaker: Thomas McDermott, Chief Program Officer at UI LABS
In his role as Chief Program Officer, Tom McDermott works across the UI LABS organization, with a focus on DMDII, to oversee program planning and operations. He is responsible for optimizing execution for overall impact for UI LABS, partners, and other stakeholders.
Prior to joining UI LABS , Tom was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey & Company’s Operations Practice, where he led numerous strategy and operations projects across multiple industries with extensive experience in manufacturing, service operations, and logistics topics. Tom joined McKinsey from the US Navy, where he served as a submarine officer; he was responsible for directing both ship and nuclear power plant operations. He also served as a Naval ROTC assistant professor at Boston University and MIT, where he taught engineering and weapons systems courses to future naval officers. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
Adam McElhinney,Head of Data Science at Uptake Technologies
Adam McElhinney is currently the Head of Data Science at Uptake Technologies, where he leads a team of 45 Data Scientists building cutting-edge industrial data analytics tools. Formerly, he was the Head of Business Analytics and the Head of Marketing Analytics at Enova Financial where he helped grow the company from a small startup to a publicly traded online lending leader that currently employs more than 1,000 associates in the Chicagoland area.
He has previously worked as a management consultant as well as an analyst designing simulations for the Department of Defense. Adam is serving his seventh year on the Board of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association. Formerly Adam was also the Director of the Mentorship Program for the HFS Chicago Scholars.
Adam holds a Masters in Statistics from University of Illinois-Chicago and has undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Economics and Political Science from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Veena Mendiratta, Applied Researcher at Nokia Bell Labs
Veena Mendiratta is an applied researcher at Nokia Bell Labs (formerly AT&T, Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent), based in Naperville, Illinois, where her work is focused on telecom data analytics and on architecting next generation programmable communication networks for high performance and reliability.
She has led projects on customer experience analytics using data mining and social network analysis techniques, and the development of analytics-based algorithms and visual analytics for anomaly detection in telecommunications networks. She holds a PhD in Operations Research from Northwestern University.
Venkat Vasan, Director NA - Extended Supply Chain and IoT CoE. SAP North America
Seasoned Professional with 25+ years’ experience in Manufacturing and Manufacturing Processes, helping customers leverage technology and solutions to drive Lean, Sustainable, Adaptive and Optimized Operations throughout their Value Chain - driving higher Margins, Profitability and Growth for their Enterprise.
Specific Industry vertical domain expertise includes Consumer Goods, Food and Beverage, Life Sciences and Specialty Chemicals.
Derek Nelson, Senior Manager, Data Science Center of Excellence, Accenture
Derek Nelson is a Senior Manager in the Data Science Center of Excellence in Accenture. Derek was a partner at OPS Rules, a consulting firm specializing in operational analytics prior to OPS Rules being acquired by Accenture. His expertise lies in the creation and implementation of analytics solutions for operations and supply chain planning.
He is the co-author of Managerial Analytics and an adjunct professor in the Masters of Engineering Management program at Northwestern.
Andy Minteer, Director, IoT Analytics and Machine Learning at Navistar Inc
At Navistar, Andy Leads team focused on developing Internet of Things analytics and insights in support of emerging telematics business area, with a focus on applied Machine Learning techniques using Spark, Python, R, and SAS. Andy has held several leadership positions at Navistar.
Andy holds an MBA in Finance from Indianan University (Kelly School of Business) and BA from Indianan University, Bloomington.
Nitin Maheshwari, Vice President – Americas, Ramco Systems
Nitin Maheshwari heads the Aviation business in Americas, spearheading customer acquisitions, new product development to address current industry needs. He has successfully established best practices in material management at Airlines, OEMs and Aftermarket support and recently launched “Integrated Material Services” at Ramco. Prior to Ramco, Nitin worked as General Manager at AAR Corp, #1 MRO in North America, where he ran Expendable Parts group to provide 3PL/4PL services to internal MRO and Consignment program with a large airline. He has also worked with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) Strategy & United Airlines in several strategy and supply chain roles. He is an expert in optimization and leveraging technology to solve business problems in aviation and other transportation industry.
Holds an MBA from Kellogg School Management and a MS. in Operations Research from University of Cincinnati. He is also has a Bachelor of Technology for Indian Institute of technology. Nitin is passionate about infusing technology to help create value for organizations.