Rupal Nanavati
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Rupal Nanavati, Digital & IoT Transformation Leader, Sutherland
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Rupal Nanavati, Digital & IoT Transformation Leader, Sutherland
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Elise Jones, Head of Corporate Marketing, Tulip Interfaces
SOUTHEAST Session:
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Tyler Boykin, Vice President, Orases
SOUTHEAST Session: Most manufacturers begin their AI journey with high expectations, yet research shows that 95 percent of GenAI projects fail to create real business value. A common trap is the shiny object syndrome, where leaders and empowered employees chase trendy tools that look impressive but do little to address core operational challenges. This is why only 5 percent of enterprise-built AI tools ever make it into production. The companies that succeed take a different path. They delve into the business itself, uncovering where AI can make the most significant difference. Predictive maintenance that prevents costly downtime, quality control that reduces waste, and supply chain optimization that improves resilience are just a few areas where measurable impact becomes possible. What often separates success from failure is expertise. Internal teams, no matter how skilled, can be limited by organizational bias, resource gaps, and familiar ways of thinking. That is why internal builds succeed only a third of the time. Third-party AI experts, on the other hand, bring fresh perspectives that identify blind spots, challenge assumptions, and apply proven frameworks that raise the success rate to nearly 70 percent. With the proper guidance, AI stops being an expensive experiment and becomes a powerful, revenue-generating asset. For manufacturers, this shift marks the difference between falling behind and building a sustainable competitive edge.
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Mark Goodman, Director of North American Commercial Sales, Amatrol
SOUTHEAST Session: America is facing a challenge that threatens our economic future: a widening skills gap between the jobs available in industry and the preparation of our workforce. In this engaging talk, this Presentation will explore why this gap exists—and how we can close it. Drawing from years of experience and insights the presenter will highlights the historical shifts that shaped America’s workforce, the rapid pace of technological change, and the mismatch between traditional education pathways and modern industry needs. The talk will emphasize that this is not just a labor issue, it’s an innovation issue, a productivity issue, and ultimately, a national competitiveness issue. With a practical, solutions-driven approach, Mark Goodman outlines strategies for building stronger partnerships between educators, employers, and policymakers. He shares success stories from companies and training programs that have embraced hands-on learning, technical certifications, and competency-based education to develop a highly skilled workforce.
Speaker at SOUTHEAST: Will Healy III, Global Industry Manager - Fabricated Metals, Teradyne Robots / UR
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor:
SOUTHEAST Exhibitor: Allied Machine & Engineering Corporation is a leading manufacturer of replaceable-tip drilling systems in Dover, Ohio.Allied provides precision holemaking technologies with the highest level of performance for end users worldwide. Our precision engineering and expert application support make us the first and best choice for answers to complex metal-cutting challenges.Allied devotes our advanced engineering and manufacturing capabilities to creating the widest selection of value-added tooling available to metal-cutting industries around the world. Our tooling solutions deliver the lowest cost-per-hole in many varieties of drilling, reaming, boring, and threading applications.