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

Angela Accurso

Angela serves as the Director of Workforce Programs after joining MxD in March 2022. Angela leads the execution of MxD Learn’s workforce portfolio to drive success and impact. She comes to MxD with extensive experience in program management and grant administration. Previously, Angela spent five years at YWCA Metropolitan Chicago where she implemented enterprise-wide projects… Read more »

Lauren Lerman

Lauren Lerman is the Director of Workforce Collaborations at MxD. Prior to joining MxD in 2022, Lauren was Director of Projects at Dragonfly Collective, where she scaled nonprofit organizations and social impact efforts in Memphis, TN and the Mid-South region. Previously, Lauren was Chief of Staff and Operations Director at Illumis (acquired by COMPLY), a… Read more »

Nikos Pantelelis

Nikos has received his MSc and PhD in mechanical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. He has been working on intelligent monitoring and process control in composites manufacturing since 2001. He worked for 20 years as a researcher before founding Synthesites in 2009 which is now the leader in intelligent process monitoring… Read more »

Tony Del Sesto

Tony Del Sesto is the VP, Projects and Engineering (Interim) for MxD, where innovative manufacturers forge their futures. Tony serves as a technical consultant to MxD members and subject matter expert for MxD project, factory, and engineering teams. Tony’s focus is how to demystify Industry 4.0 technologies and turn them into practical manufacturing applications for… Read more »

Bruno Machado

Senior experience with over 20 years in Industrial Environments especially in Automotive, managing Business Units as well as Marketing & Sales, Procurement, Programs and Engineering Teams, implementing business strategies, to ensure companies profitability and sustainability. Graduated in Polymer Engineering from the University of Minho and completed an Executive MBA at Porto Business School, in 2009…. Read more »

Crystal Taton

Crystal is a Technical Fellow and Certified Architect at Raytheon, in the Industry 4.0 portion of the Operations Excellence organization. Crystal and her team are responsible for creating lean, connected Smart Factories and support the planning, development and execution of these technologies as well as their long term sustainment across Raytheon nationwide. These projects include… Read more »

Warren B. Smith

Warren B. Smith is a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer at General Dynamics Mission Systems, and the Principal Investigator for the company’s Digital Ecosystem investments.  In this role, he is leading a cross-functional team building the Digital Thread of design-to-manufacturing information across Manufacturing, Engineering, and IT.  For the past three decades, he has developed innovative techniques… Read more »