Christopher Mattingly is responsible for logistics and packaging across North America for Stellantis, including global inbound and vehicle logistics planning and operations to and from the region, packaging and network management. He has around 35 years’ experience at the company, including Chrysler, DaimlerChrysler and FCA, where he has held leading positions across supply chain management, including logistics, procurement, supplier quality and production control. Recent roles include director of component capacity and production scheduling, and director of interregional flows and customers before taking on his current role in the new global Stellantis supply chain team in July 2021. Mattingly has a degree in operations management from Wayne State University and a master’s in business administration from Central Michigan University.

Kelly Bysouth is Chief Supply Chain Officer for International Automotive Components (IAC) Group. In this role, she has global responsibility and operational control for all aspects of the company’s procurement and supply chain activities. Bysouth has more than 25 years of automotive procurement and supply chain experience. Previously, she served as Vice President of Global Procurement and Supply Chain for Adient, a position she held since 2016. Among her many accomplishments, she is credited with building the first centralized Supply Chain function within the organization and delivering benchmark year-over-year cost savings.

Greg Toornman is the Global VP of Materials, Logistics, and Demand Planning at AGCO, a global manufacturer of agricultural equipment. He has worked at AGCO since 2004 in the Aftermarket, Purchasing, Sales and Operations Planning, Materials Management and Logistics areas. He now leads the transformation of AGCO’s global end-to-end Sales and Operations Planning. He has previously led successful global transformation initiatives while being based in Brasil and Switzerland, and prior to that worked in heavy truck, automotive, and high-end electronics. He received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Marketing and Operations Management from Western Michigan University and has studied further at Emory and Stanford Universities in Strategies in Leadership and Supply Chain.

Paul Biegen has more than 25 years of global logistics and procurement experience. He is currently responsible for the global freight and packaging spend across the global production network of Joyson Safety Systems, a tier-1 manufacturer of safety technology and components with annual revenue of $5 billion, where he has been responsible for significantly reducing costs and improving logistics performance. He previously worked in supply chain roles at major companies including Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services, TTI Logistics Consulting and Vector SCM. Paul Biegen holds a Masters in Business Administration from Oakland University and a Dual Bachelors in Business Administration and German Language Studies from Michigan State University.

Greg joined seat supplier, Adient in February 2019 after spending over 14 years at International Automotive Components as the Global Logistics Manager. His current role as Director of Logistics – Americas encompasses the sourcing and operations of logistics at Adient. Greg studied Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University and is a licensed US customs broker.

Dr. Gusikhin is a Technical Leader at Ford Global Data Insight & Analytics. For over 20 years he has been working at Ford in different functional areas focusing on Production & Inventory Control, Supply Chain Risk, and IoT and Connected Vehicles Analytics. Dr. Gusikhin is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Control of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). He is a recipient of the 2014 INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research for the project “Identifying Risks and Mitigating Disruptions in the Automotive Supply Chain.

Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Maxim Serov manages the overall regional end-to-end supply chain in North America, responsible for material planning, freight and logistics, customs and trade, and supply chain operations including lean logistics and SCM information systems. Maxim leads Benteler’s 400 strong supply chain organisation, responsible for a €70m+ annual spend, €125m inventory and manages over 450 suppliers.   Maxim has extensive experience in the automotive supply chain, and prior to moving to North America in 2018, he held international supply chain management roles with Benteler as well as with Robert Bosch and PSA. He has successfully overseen new project and new plant launches across Europe, holding positions in Russia, Poland and Germany. He has a PhD in Economics.

Mike Valentine began working in supply chain roles over 25 years ago and has mainly been in the Automotive sector. Prior to syncreon, Mike held numerous roles working at Deloitte as a Manager and for General Motors as a Director of Process Engineering. From 2009 - 2015, he was formerly the VP of Sales for the global supply chain and logistics company UTi Worldwide working as a logistics provider in Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics.  
Mike Valentine has been with syncreon, a DP World company, for more than seven years, serving in diverse senior leadership roles such as the head of Corporate Strategy, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), and now an SVP leading Solutions Engineering & Automation. As CHRO, Mike led the global people aspects of a logistics provider with union and non-union employees serving customers in labour markets brimming with low unemployment and escalating wage rates.  
Now leading Solutions Engineering & Automation, Mike oversees the function that is responsible for the design and implementation of contract logistics solutions for customers, as well as driving the pace of automation and technological change. 

Kacie Freeberg is the Senior Director of the Industrial Value Stream Team at ORBIS Corporation. She joined ORBIS in 2014, bringing in over 8 years of experience in Food & Beverage Manufacturing at various locations. Kacie is responsible for all marketing, new product development, and pricing for reusable packaging that services the Automotive and Heavy Truck markets. This includes all standard proprietary products and custom solutions.  Kacie holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology, Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, and Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering. She received her Master Black Belt from Arizona State University in 2016, Black Belt from ASQ in 2012, and Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI in 2014.

Raman Mehta is SVP and CIO of Johnson Electric, a multi-national supplier serving the automotive, industrial and medical industries, and is responsible for the digital transformation and acceleration of the company’s industry 4.0 journey. Prior to joining Johnson Electric earlier this year, Raman spent 4 years at Visteon as VP and CIO and leader of global IT, including design, development and implementation of global platforms and processes to increase performance. Prior to Visteon, Ramen held CIO roles at manufacturing service provider Fabrinet and automotive supplier EWIE Company, and was a director at Oracle for more than 13 years. Mehta has an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical and electronics from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India.

Ken Mortson has been a logistician in the automotive industry for 25 years. As a member of Agillence since 2010, he currently leads the Supply Chain Services team based in Southfield, MI USA. He is responsible for client success by deploying the right people and lean processes alongside Agillence best-in-class technology to ensure optimized material flow. Ken previously held logistics engineering roles at Ryder, SynQuest, and Delphi where he was involved with projects around the globe to drive significant improvements in various supply chains. He holds a BBA in Marketing - Distribution & Materials Management from Eastern Michigan University.

Richard is the EVP of Carter Logistics, specializing in supporting customer's supply chain with continuous improvement initiatives resulting in cost-savings and route optimization. He has been in the transportation industry for 40 years with leadership roles in operations, finance, and sales.
During the last 11 years with the Carter Family of Companies, he has been instrumental in increasing US sales three-fold and developing the new service offerings: last-mile logistics, in-plant logistics, and Intra-Mexico consolidations.
Richard's strong finance and operational background has blended with Carter's continued drive for Supply Chain improvement for Carter's customers.

Matt Pohlman took over as CEO of AIAG in summer 2022, responsible for the association’s membership, activities, standardisation and collaboration work across the automotive value chain. AIAG has more than 4,000 member companies, and works closely with industry, government and partners to drive standards and quality across engineering, manufacturing and logistics, as well to support skills development, recruitment and supplier diversity. Pohlman has nearly 40 years’ experience in roles across supply chain management, including supplier quality, production, sales and marketing, mainly across major tier-1 suppliers such as Delphi, Federal Mogul and ZF. He was most recently vice-president of supply chain operations at aftermarket parts supplier First Brand Groups.

Amy Broglin-Peterson has extensive experience leading end-to-end global supply chain, logistics, transportation and purchasing strategy development, reengineering and deployment projects. She is a member of the adjunct faculty at the Broad College of Business, in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University, which has one of the top programs in the US for logistics and supply chain. She is also a principal consultant at Win*x Global Advisory, working across companies in manufacturing, automotive, electric vehicle, packaging and more. She has more than 20 years' experience in supply chain and purchasing roles including at Ford, American Axle, Bosch and major 3PLs.