A&D Programs - Strategic Performance, Innovation
and Sourcing Conference, Phoenix AZ, Oct. 24-26
Confirmed Speakers
Craig Blue, Dir Office of Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies, Oak
Ridge Natl. Laboratory
Michael Bruno, Dep. Man. Editor-Defense, Aviation Week
Charles T. “Tom” Burbage, EVP/GM F-35 Program Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Byron Callan, Director, Capital Alpha Partners
Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and Global A&D Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
Jerry Davieau, Program Manager ADMIRE/MB-SAR, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Tom Dolan, President, Hi-Rel Products
Maureen Dougherty, VP/Prog Mgr Next Generation Tanker, Boeing Military Aircraft
Phil Dunford, COO, Boeing Military Aircraft
Bob Fecteau, CIO, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
Doug Fronius, Chief Engineer, Air and Land Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Greg Hamilton, President, Aviation Week
Vivek Kamath, VP Supply Chain Operations, Raytheon
Tom Kilkenny, GM, IBM Global Aerospace & Defense Industry
Lisa Kohl, Sector VP Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Kenneth J. Krieg, Founder, Stamford Global and Former U.S. Undersec Def-AT&L
Roger Krone, President, Boeing Network and Space Systems
George Kuntz, VP Supply Chain, Cardinal Technology
Lt. Gen (USAF-R) Daniel “Fig” Leaf, VP Full Spectrum Initiatives, Northrop Grumman
Zachary Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Mike Madsen, President, Honeywell Defense & Space
Philip McAlister, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems,
NASA Headquarters
Doug McCrosson, Chief Operating Officer, CPI Aero, Inc.
Mike Owens, VP, ISC, Americas, Honeywell Aerospace
Mark N. Sirangelo, Corp VP, Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems
Allan Swan, VP Supply Chain Planning & Control, Rolls-Royce N.A.
Katie Taplett, Publisher, Aviation Week Defense Space & Security
Don Theriault, President, Industrial Tool, Die & Engineering, Inc.
Jeff Wilcox, VP Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Day 1/October 24/Monday
8:30 a.m. - Welcome
Katie Taplett, Publisher, Aviation Week Defense, Space & Security
8:45 a.m.
Global Supply Chain Optimization: A Case Study
2011 presented a number of natural and political crises that dealt a blow to global supply chains - from semiconductors to flat glass. In this case study from outside the aerospace and defense
industry, we’ll hear about integration, mitigating risk and moving past a North America-centric
model. Just as important, the case study will provide lessons learned -- how to leap past some of
the problems and issues to a higher level of integration and performance.
Moderator:
Tom Kilkenny, GM, IBM Global Aerospace & Defense Industry
Speaker
George Kuntz, VP Supply Chain, Cardinal Technology
Speakers:
10:00a.m.
Leaders Identify Top Supply Chain Issues of 2012
Supply chain may be one of the top career growth areas in aerospace and defense, but it also is a
label applied to better than 80% of any program’s problems and a shared services entity
responsible for assuring strategic fit and alliance of the far-flung chain. And the issues just keep
coming. They range from getting the performance metrics right to assessing whether just-in-time
supply strategies may have been taken just a bit too far. This panel of top tier leaders will discuss
issues and challenges, and lessons they are learning to improve performance across the A&D
sector.
Moderator: Ralph Carpenter, Oracle
Speakers:
Lisa Kohl, Sector VP Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Vivek Kamath, VP Supply Chain Operations, Raytheon
Allan Swan, VP Supply Chain Planning & Control, Rolls-Royce N.A.
Mike Owens, VP, ISC, Americas, Honeywell Aerospace
11:30 a.m. - Luncheon Sponsored by Arizona Commerce Authority
1:00 p.m.
Suppliers Look at Driving Improved Quality, Performance
While the top tier companies consistently look at how to gauge supplier quality and how to
assure a transparent system to identify potential problems and risk, tier 2 and 3 suppliers have a
fairly good sense of what is working from their perspective -- and what is not. Leaders from
second and third-tier companies offer their own guidance as to how best to drive improvement
throughout the supply chain.
Speakers:
Doug McCrosson, Chief Operating Officer, CPI Aero, Inc.
Tom Dolan, President, Hi-Rel Products
Don Theriault, President, Industrial Tool, Die & Engineering, Inc.
2:00 - Break
2:15 p.m.
Lessons Learned: Global, Complex Teams and Supplier Relationships
The leadership processes required to steer and guide performance in 2012 is vastly different than
what was required just five years ago. Cutting cost while assuring quality and safety, simplifying
the complex, and learning to interpret broad-scale events and their impact on execution. The
supply chain leader of today must have a new set of competencies designed to assure the virtual
team leans forward, delivering strategic quality to the overall performance of a company and its
discrete program teams. Here are just a few of the hard-learned lessons of the past 18 months
from the people who have lived them.
Moderator: Harold “Skip” Burns, Dir Program Leadership global Talent Development and
Learning, Raytheon co.
Speakers
William Marcley, Program manager, DDG 1000 Class Destroyer Integration, Raytheon
Brad Mulder, Program Manager, Global Hawk Production, Northrop Grumman
4:00 p.m. - Program Management Roundtable
Hosted by Michael Bruno and Chuck Mills, VP Program Mgt/Lockheed Martin Corp.
4:00 p.m. - Supply Chain Roundtable
Hosted by Michael Mecham and Lisa Kohl, Sector VP Supply Chain/Northrop Grumman
Aerospace Systems
Day 2/October 25/Tuesday
8:30 a.m. - Welcome
Greg Hamilton, President, Aviation Week
Mike Madsen, President, Honeywell Defense and Space
8:45 a.m.
Customers Define 2012 Priorities, Strategies: Defense Acquisition
If there’s one area of interest for defense industry leaders, it’s how the Defense Dept. will tact in
the gale of change demanded by the coming budgetary cycle. The careful balance of supporting
a strong military while assuring the research and technology needed to secure the nation’s
economic and defense stature will be no easy duty. The Defense Dept.’s leader in acquisition,
technology and logistics will discuss the plan and priorities for the coming months.
ASH CARTER PENDING
9:15 a.m
Investing in the Future: The Space Approach to R&D
While the general public and industry clamor for a well-articulated mission for NASA, the
agency is moving forward on creating the next vehicle to get us to the International Space Station
and beyond. Our speaker will provide insight into the internal and external competitions already
under way, and where NASA will be placing emphasis during the coming 18 months.
Speaker: John Olson, Director-DIO, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA
9:45 a.m. - BREAK
10:00 a.m.
Top Issues: Who Will Work these Challenges?
Each year Aviation Week conducts a study of the aerospace and defense industry’s
demographics. In this session, we’ll hear the top-line results from the 2011 study and leaders
who are using this data to attract and keep the leaders of tomorrow.
Moderator: Carole Rickard Hedden, Aviation Week Special Projects Editor
Speakers:
Ed Hoffman, Director Academy of Program/Project Engineering Leadership, NASA
10:30 a.m.
The Defense and Space Question: Can A&D Afford Not to Lead?
During times of economic distress, tpolitical leaders become increasingly weary of war and
impatient with the time required to bring new technologies into the fore. During the 2011
Aviation Week Executive Summit, industry leaders indicated the need to demonstrate a 10X
change in affordability, reduce the time to bring technologies to market, and assure a healthy
future based on “building things.” Join us for an open exchange of ideas led by some of the
industry’s top space, defense and research leaders.
Moderator: Tony Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week
Speakers:
INVITED Marion Blakey
Craig Blue, Dir DOE Office of Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies
Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dan Korte, President, Rolls-Royce Defense
12:15 p.m. - Lunch
1:15 p.m.
Program Volatility and Issues
Two of the industry’s top experts take a close look at what is projected for the defense and space
sectors in the coming 18 months in terms of milestones, challenges, the real meaning of
affordability and -- most important -- risk and opportunity for the near-term.
Moderator:
Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and Global A&D Leader, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
Speakers:
The Honorable Kenneth J. Krieg, Former Undersec Def, AT&L and founder, Samford Global
Byron Callan, Director, Capital Alpha Partners
2:15 p.m. - Break
2:30 p.m.
Systems Engineering: Program Performance Imperative
Systems engineering is the overarching term for everything to how electro-mechanical systems
integrate to how the entire supply chain engages around requirements decomposition through
specifications. What is common across these definitions is the need to improve systems
engineering to achieve major gains in program performance and affordability. In this session,
speakers will examine
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Metrics and indicators around the system design value chain, from the smallest supplier
through the customer’s definition of requirements
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Modeling to validate the system and its metrics
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Best and worst practices in systems engineering
Moderator: Tom Kilkenny, GM, IBM Global Aerospace & Defense Industry
Speakers:
Jeff Wilcox, VP Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Ronald J. Morey, Program Manager, Rockwell Collins KC-135 GATM
David Bloodgood, Program Manager, space Tracking & Surveillance Systems, Northrop
Grumman
3:45 p.m. - Adjourn
4:00 p.m. - Aviation Week Executive Roundtable
Hosts – Tony Velocci and Gene Fraser, Sector VP, Northrop Grumman Aero Systems
7:00 p.m. - Program Excellence Awards Dinner
Day 3/October 26/Wednesday
8:30 a.m. Welcome
Michael Bruno, Dep Man Editor-Defense, Aviation Week
Charles A. “Chuck” Mills, VP Program Management, Lockheed Martin Corp.
8:45 a.m.
Investing in the Future: DoD Sets Strategy for Research & Engineering Initiatives
As part of the process to ensure investment in capabilities for the future, the Defense Dept. has
established a set of Priority Steering Committees and rapid-response initiatives. This session will
provide an update on the priority steering committees and high value, high demand initiatives
that represent opportunity for the future.
Moderator: Mike Adami-Sampson, VP Product Strategy/A&D Solutions, Dassault Systemes
Speaker: Zachary Lemnios, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
9:15 a.m.
Top Issues Facing the Top Programs -- Preserving Industry Rotorwing Capability
In the midst of budget cuts, it’s becoming apparent that the industry and government will have to
work closely to maintain capability in some critical areas. From ground vehicles to rotorwing
aircraft, teams are moving forward initiatives to maintain strength in technologies and produceability.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Brig Gen (R ) Stephen Mundt, Chairman, Vertical Lift Industry Consortium and VP Business
Development, EADS N.A.
Phil Dunford, Chief Operating Officer, Boeing Military Aircraft
10:00 a.m.
Top Issues Facing the Top Programs - Remotely Piloted Vehicles
Over the past decade, UAVs have dominated the discussion about new programs. Now, as
funding challenges and highly volatile security environments continue to be a trademark of
operations, the programs have gained increasing importance. Several of the industry leaders in
what are now being called RPVs will share the challenges and issues being faced in the 18
months.
Speakers:
Tom Clancy, VP Advanced Concepts, Aurora Flight Sciences Inc.
Doug Fronius, Chief Engineer, Air & Land Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
10:45 a.m. - Break
11:00 a.m.
Top Issues Facing the Top Programs - Tanker Update
After years of waiting, the United States has a tanker program. Success on the program is
imperative, not just to the prime contractor but to the industry as a whole. Program leaders will
provide an overview on requirements control and systems integration as the U.S.A.F. KC-X.
Moderator:
Speaker: Maureen Dougherty, VP/Prog Mgr Next Generation Tanker, Boeing Military Aircraft
11:30 a.m.
Top Issues Facing the Top Programs - The Data Dilemma
Assuring the integrity, security and usability of data has become a broad-sweeping requirement
for the nation’s defense and space programs. And it represents one of the most difficult
acquisition issues facing the industry - what should be given away, how do we truly secure our
systems and infrastructure, and most importantly how do we mine the mountains of data to
assure swift and sure decision-making?
Moderator: Jason Kinder, Director Product Management, Deltek
Speakers:
Bob Fecteau, CIO, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
12:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Top Issues Facing the Top Programs – How We’ll Get to Space
From commercial satellites to defense to space exploration, getting to and beyond low earth orbit
efficiently, at scale and at affordable cost is an absolute requirement. We’ll hear from three
different organizations who are working the effort.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Philip McAlister, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems,
NASA Headquarters
Roger Krone, President, Boeing Network & Space Systems
Mark N. Sirangelo, Corp. VP, Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems
2:30 p.m.
Lessons Learned in Program Leadership
Whether it’s a sub-system or major platform, programs are finding ways to wipe action items off
the offending and never-ending risk chart. In this session, we’ll hear from masters on how they
are resolving the thorniest of issues and if they were to begin again today, what they might do
differently.
Charles T. “Tom” Burbage, EVP/GM F-35 Program Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Chuck Dabundo, Program Manager, P-8 Poseidon, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Jerry Davieau, Program Manager ADMIR/MB-SAR, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Lee Flake, EQ-36 Radar, Lockheed Martin
Becky Shuey, Program Manager, A-10 Annual Suites, Lockheed Martin
Gustavos Urzua, VP C-17 GSP, Boeing
3:30 p.m. - Close
Advisory Board
Charles T. “Tom” Burbage, EVP/GM F-35 Program Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Co.
Michael Cosentino, VP Strategy Development, EADS N.A.
Phil Dunford, COO, Boeing Military Aircraft
Michael Fortson, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co.
Gene Fraser, Sector VP Engineering/Chief Engineer, Northrop Grumman Aerospace
Bill Gostic, VP Advanced Programs, Pratt & Whitney
Vivek Kamath, VP Supply Chain Operations, Raytheon Co.
Tom Kilkenny, GM, IBM Global Aerospace & Defense Industry
Lisa Kohl, Sector VP, Supply Chain, Northrop Grumman Aerospace
Dan Korte, President, Rolls-Royce Defense
Nan Mattai, SVP Engineering and Technology, Rockwell Collins
Allan Swan, VP Supply Chain Planning & Control, Rolls-Royce N.A.
Jeff Wilcox, VP Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Program Excellence Evaluation Team
Jack Gleason, VP Business Systems, Honeywell Aerospace
Michael Bruno, Deputy Managing Editor-Military, Aviation Week
Harold “Skip” Burns, Corporate Director Program Leadership, Raytheon Company
Nanette Bouchard, VP Program Management, Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Jake Gatch, VP Business Management Systems, BAE Systems
Ed Hoffman, Director of the Academy for Program/Project Engineering Leadership,
Ron Hornish, VP Program Management, Rockwell Collins
Charles Mills, VP Program Management, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Lewis Peach, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Aaron Shenhar, Professor of Supply Chain and Project Management Rutgers Business School
Jesse Stewart, Professor of Program Management, Defense Acquisition University
Tony Velocci, Editor-in-Chief, Aviation Week
Nick Yorio, Corporate Director-Programs, Northrop Grumman