2023 Summit Speakers

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Kevin Carr
Chief Executive Officer
FloridaMakes

Zoraida Velasco
Executive Vice President
FloridaMakes

Craig Stepiens
Executive Director Strategic Transformation
NextEra Energy


Luis Gonzalez-Mendez
Executive Director Process and Engineering
Trividia Health, Inc.

Alen Sherwin
Enterprise Strategic IT Manager Global Supply Chain Operations 
Lockheed Martin Corporation


Robert Linder 
Senior Operations Manager 
GE Vernova


Mark Madore
Director of Client Operations
FloridaMakes


Matthew Testa
Senior Operations Plant Manager 
CAE Healthcare


Andrew Kossowski
Owner & President
Veterans Metals



Michael Suarez
General Manager for Repair & Manufacturing Factories 
Mitsubishi Power Americas


Jeffrey Kondel
Owner
Roots Education Co.


Ernie Friend
Executive Director
FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center) 


Cecilia Larsson
Program Manager and Professor 
Seminole State College

Rod Jaeger
President & CEO
D.C. Jaeger Corporation


Shirley Dobbins
Engineering Technology Department Chair 
Hillsborough Community College 



Suzy Teele
Chief Strategy Officer 
ARM Institute

Joe Veranese
Vice President & CIO 
NCDMM 


John Christensen
Principal Investigator, NSF Engine Development Grant: Advancing Additive Manufacturing Technologies 
ASTRO America



Kevin Kerrigan
Vice President of Business Development 
LIFT


Darren Hohensee
Director of Business Development 
Veryable


Megan Taylor
HR Director
Octex



Fernando Mendoza
Business Advisor
FloridaMakes


Jeff Willinger
Digital Experience Director
Withum


Deveren Werne
Consultant and Partner
TSVMap



Phil Reinke
Founder
The Continuous Improvement Institute 


Ruth Buchanan
Vice President Business Development
GrowFL


Greg Britton
State Director
Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network



Mason Alford
Director
 Office of Small Business Innovation, FloridaCommerce


Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira
Agere Professor in Computer Science
University of Central Florida


Tiffaney Barnes
Senior Director for the Advanced Manufacturing Training programs
Valencia College



Brian Baluta
Director, State, and local government relations
Lockheed Martin