Since summer 2023, Paulina Chmielarz is responsible for driving technology and process transformation across JLR’s Industrial Operations (IO) department, which includes manufacturing, supply chain and procurement. In the new role, which reports directly to executive director of IO Barbara Bergmeier, Chmielarz leads a workstream focused on accelerating technological, connectivity and automation across processes, from cloud systems to business process automation to product lifecycle management. She most recently was Manufacturing Business Office Director at JLR, where she has played leading roles in industrial strategy, systems and planning, make/buy decisions, and in-plant logistics operations. She has been instrumental in JLR’s digital manufacturing strategy, including the implementation this year of a cloud-based ERP, with the rollout of SAP S/4Hana across all UK operations. She has been with JLR since 2016, during which time she has played key roles in Jaguar Land Rover’s global production and logistics processes, systems and engineering. She was essential in developing JLR’s material and logistics flows for its plant in Nitra, Slovakia, and later held roles in defining business processes and manufacturing systems. She has previously worked in a variety of industries including machining, medical equipment, electronics and automotive, including for a tier-1 suppliers and Chinese OEM Qoros. She graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, in 2008 with a double Master’s Degree in mechanical engineering.

Alexandre Lerma Martin is an industrial engineer, master in production management and master in business administration from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He completed his last university course and his thesis in the Technische Universität München. He has developed his professional career mainly at SEAT S.A where he has worked for 13 years. He started as a logistics innovation project manager, production and logistic planning manager, fast lane process manager for production, supply chain customer order process manager for sales. He is also the co-author of several data science papers. He currently holds the position of Customer Driven Supply Chain manager, as the responsible for the supply chain digitalization and the design of the customer order process for new models.

Dr Gisela Linge is currently leading the transformation to a more digital and resilient supply chain at Autoliv, a world leading tier-1 supplier in automotive safety systems. She is responsible for driving digitalisation, aligning standards and logistics processes globally as well as driving the Scope 2 and 3 emission reduction activities and targets across the entire supply chain. Prior to joining Autoliv in 2023, she gained extensive experience during 15 years in top international companies such as McKinsey, Deloitte, Webasto and BMW. Dr Linge has led large cross-functional projects and has a passion for strategies and transformations, and as an experienced automotive SCM leader, she continues to combine strategic expertise with operational excellence to drive digital transformations.

Simon Dudley is today responsible for implementing business excellence across JLR in achieving its wider Reimagine strategy. He joined JLR in 2013 in the powertrain operations team where he led the implementation of a digital system for the new engine plant and managed various transformation projects and quality performance. These roles gave him a broad insight into how the JLR business works and where the focus needs to be to implement business excellence. Simon Dudley began his career as a mechanical engineer at BAE Systems in the UK, where he held a number of positions over 25 years in the military aircraft business, including as a structural and dynamic test control systems engineer leading the fatigue test programme on Eurofighter Typhoon before taking up various project and programme management positions. Having completed an apprenticeship, he graduated with a 1st class BEng (Hons) in mechanical engineering and later went on to achieve a distinction in a global MBA from Manchester Business School in 2015. Simon enjoys working on business issues that require strong cross functional teams to solve complex problems and help his team in the development of Business Excellence for JLR. He lives in Warwick, is married with two children and outside of work pursues his passion of 38 years as a canoeist and is the Group Scout Leader for the local Scout Group.

In her current role as Vice President Supply Chain Automotive, Birgit leads on the supply chain and production, life cycle management, customer service and transfer and conversion management. She started her career as an international graduate within Siemens & Infineon in Corporate Purchasing, before moving onto positions in procurement, logistics and supply chain. Birgit has a strong focus on operational excellence, process and project management with a key focus on the digitalization of supply chain and manufacturing. As well as her broad leadership experience in supply chain integration, she has an acute focus on people management, communication and organizational transformation.

Ronald Kleijwegt has served as Vinturas’ CEO since May 2021. Previously Ronald served as GVP Sales and MD for EMEA at Blume Global, a Silicon Valey based IT Solution company. Before that he had several senior executive positions at Jusda SCM (a division of Hon Hai/Foxconn corporation), Hewlett Packard, Hon Hai-Foxconn and Compaq Computer Corporation.
Ronald relocated to the USA 1996-1999. Besides EMEA and USA, he also has extensive working experience in Latin America and Asia, including China. Ronald graduated in Logistics Management at HES/NEA in The Netherlands, while he also concluded additional business education at Harvard Business School, a.o.

For the past 25 years, Mike has been helping companies navigate through their digital transformation journeys. With a focus on wireless technologies, Mike has had a front row seat to the IoT revolution, having been part of the digital transformation journey for companies like UPS, The United States Postal Service, Progressive Insurance, Lyft and the City of New York.
Mike is currently the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Cognosos, Inc. where he leads the sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Cognosos has developed a solution for OEMs & LSPs to better manage vehicles from point of production to point of transportation. Cognosos illuminates the ‘black hole’ in your yard to improve performance against your operational KPIs. It is done in a way that leverages machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to provide a highly accurate solution that leverages an ultra-lightweight, highly-accurate solution that delivers value on day one. Prior to joining Cognosos, Mike was the President of IoT Products and Services for Digi International. He is a graduate of Kenyon College with a Bachelor of Arts and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in marketing and finance from the University of Chicago.