.Speaker Group: Smart Manufacturing for Aerospace & Defense 2023 Speakers

Sung Kim

Sung is an experienced technology architect and a published computer scientist with more than 20 years of experience. During his tenure at iBASEt, he played a key role in enhancing Solumina’s technology and exploring architecture experiments for future product directions. As the CTO, Sung leads iBASEt’s long-term technology vision and is responsible for the overall… Read more »

Jan de Nijs

Passionate about manufacturing and mechanical engineering, as well as the business side of the technical fields (value added metrics for key business decisions, lean six sigma, earned value management). Diverse abilities include mentoring, leading and contributing to business objectives and long range plans. Recognized as subject matter expert in high precision manufacturing and related metrology… Read more »

Bharath Rao

Bharath Rao is a Senior Reserach Lead with Spirit AeroSystems leading the R&T Future Factory research programs related autonomous manufacturing solutions. Over the last decade, Bharath has focused on research and development of robotics and AI technologies to address longstanding aero industry challenges related to high-mix/low-volume production scenarios. Bharath is currently leading the development of… Read more »

Josef Kriegmair

Josef Kriegmair MTU Aero Engines

Josef Kriegmair works as Representative Production Turbine Blade / Structure Castings at MTU Aero Engines AG Center Production.   Since 2010, his main task has been the development and implementation of digital process chains and manufacturing intelligence systems for turbine blades and structure castings. Prior to that, he was in production engineering with a focus… Read more »