TECHNICAL SYMPOSIA
Wednesday, October 21, 8:00 am – 8:50 am
TRACK: Business Practices
The State of HS&E, Dr. Laura Rhodes, Associate Professor/Consultant, SMI
Career Technical Education - What Are the Options?, Al Mangels, President, Lee Spring Company; John
Dellalana, President, Rowley Spring and Stamping; Mike Betts, Chairman & CEO, Betts Company; John Bagnuolo,
COO, MW Industries
TRACK: Materials & Testing
Update: Stainless Steel, Shawn Chaney, Production Manager, Fort Wayne Metals Research Corp.
TRACK: Technology
Additive Manufacturing (Rapid Prototyping) - Today And in The Future, Todd Grimm, President, T.A.
Grimm & Associates, Inc.
TRACK: Manufacturing
How to Have It All: Quality, Cost, and Performance, Paul Menig, CEO, Tech-I-M
TRACK: Business Environment
Steel Industry Overview, John Anton, Director, Steel Service, HIS
Wednesday, October 21, 9:00 am – 9:50 am
TRACK: Business Practices
Improve Employee Wellness, Sarah Szul, Wellness Consultant, Kapnick Insurance Group
TRACK: Culture, Leadership & Motivation
How to Hire the Best, Mark Lee, Owner, Management Solutions, LLC
TRACK: Materials & Testing
Update: Coating, Gary Orosz, Applications Process Manager, PPG Industries, Inc.; Dr. Anthony Chasser,
Senior Research Scientist, PPG Industries, Inc.
TRACK: Technology
Software Integration to Manufacturing, Richard Dignall, Design Services Manager, Institute of Spring
Technology
TRACK: Business Environment
Terms and Conditions of Sales - Pitfalls, Gary Carboy, Shareholder, Cowles & Thompson, PC
Thursday, October 22, 8:00 am – 8:50 am
TRACK: Technology
Update: Residual Stress, Dan Sebastian, SMI Technical Consultant, SMI
TRACK: Manufacturing
Machine Set-Up: Coil & Grind, Martin Dorn, CEO, G + M Dorn Drahttechnologie; Carl Atwater, President,
A.I. Technology, Inc.
TRACK: Culture, Leadership & Motivation
Become a Better Leader, David Wheatley, Owner/Principal, Humanergy
TRACK: Technology
Software Integration to Manufacturing, Richard Dignall, Design Services Manager, Institute of Spring
Technology
TRACK: Manufacturing
How to Have It All: Quality, Cost, and Performance, Paul Menig, CEO, Tech-I-M
TRACK: Business Environment
Economic Update, Tim Quinlan, Economist, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Thursday, October 22, 9:00 am – 9:50 am
TRACK: Technology
The Effects of Shot Peening Highly Loaded Compression Springs, Dave Breuer, Director of Sales, North
America, Metal Improvement Company, Curtiss-Wright
TRACK: Manufacturing
Repeatability and Reliability…it's All in the Setup, Wade Keats, President/CEO, Keats Manufacturing
TRACK: Materials & Testing
Metrology: Load Vector Analysis, Larry Sheiman, Managing Partner, DtechXion Ltd (SAS Testers)
TRACK: Technology
Additive Manufacturing (Rapid Prototyping) - Today And in The Future, Todd Grimm, President, T.A.
Grimm & Associates, Inc.
TRACK: Business Environment
Steel Industry Overview, John Anton, Director, Steel Service, HIS