The must-attend configuration events of 2018

Biography

Henrik Reif is co-founder and CEO of Configit A/S. With more than 25 years’ experience in IT development and research, Henrik Reif holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Aarhus and is a Professor of Computer Science.

Biography

Mr. Wagenführer has been at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen for 26 years, the past 7 of which he has been globally responsible in IT for all sales and service applications as Head of Application Development, Sales and Service.

Prior to this he played a key role in various major projects including the introduction of SAP in assembly, and management of IT teams in the area of spare parts and service management.

Mr. Wagenführer holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Biography

Louis is currently serving as Principal, IQMS. Previous positions include Director Product Management at Ingram Cloud, Vice President Marketing at iBASEt, Plex Systems, Senior Analyst at AMR Research (now Gartner), marketing and business development at SaaS start-ups.
Mr. Columbus’ academic background includes an MBA from Pepperdine University and Strategic Marketing Management and Digital Marketing Programs at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Louis also teaches MBA courses in international business, global strategies, strategic planning and market research. Mr. Columbus currently is a member of the faculty at Webster University and has taught at University of California, Irvine & Marymount University.

Biography

Fred Wilkinson has a MBA from Virginia Polytechnic University focused on Knowledge Based Systems. Fred started in Finance for a local government for several years prior to earning a MBA and starting his 20-year career in IT at Ford Motor Company in the Product Definition and Order to Delivery spaces.

Erin Jasso has led global business process alignment and the development and implementation of global software applications in the product definition space, as well as in the order editing and configuration space in her career at Ford Motor Company.

Biography

As Senior Vice President, Centre of Excellence at Configit, Shahid Ayub’s focus is on driving business value through collaboration and industry best practices in a global market, and positioning Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) within manufacturing industry.

Shahid has been at Configit for 10 years, and has more than twenty years’ experience working with complex software solutions within the manufacturing industry, with an emphasis on product configuration and CPQ/CRM solutions for large, complex enterprises. Shahid holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark.

Biography

Joseph Anderson is the Vice President of Services at the Institute for Process Excellence. He holds executive-level authority for the IpX global services organization which is responsible for leading IpX clients through business and digital transformation. Joseph has more than twenty years of experience within the automotive, aerospace, marine and defense industries in various executive positions.

Biography

Henrik is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Configit A/S. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington and is an Associate Professor of Computer Science. An author of more than 25 international articles, Henrik is responsible for the overall technology vision for Configit.

Biography

Susanne joined AGCO Corporation in 2012, initially as a project manager for Manufacturing Automation. In her current role as Director, Global Advanced Manufacturing Technology she represents the business in regards to the Enterprise PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) implementation at all global sites. This is an enabler for AGCO’s Design Anywhere Build Anywhere platform strategy, because it allows the global collaboration between the plants. Expanding on this she also governs projects in the areas of digital plant and process simulation.

Susanne is therefore one of the drivers behind the global strategy for Manufacturing 4.0 (Smart Factory), and manages a team that investigates the potential applications for new production tools, such as Additive Manufacturing, Collaborative Robots, AGV’s and Wearable Technologies.

Susanne holds a degree in Production Engineering from her native Germany, and came to the United States in 1993 as part of the Space Shuttle manufacturing team.

In April of 2017 she received the prestigious STEP Ahead Award from the Manufacturing Institute for her achievements as a female in the manufacturing industry, and a few weeks later she was voted on the national BoD for Women in Manufacturing. Later that year she also received the Front Line Leadership Award from the Georgia Manufacturing Alliance.

Biography

CLM is in the forefront of thought at Greenheck corporations where Dave Loomans leads a team that has created eCAPS, a 100% cloud and micro-services based application for product selection, configuration, and pricing. Configit Model and Runtime are key components of this implementation.

Dave chairs the (SAP) ASUG’s Configure, Price, and Quote special interest group alongside Configit president Scott Perdue. His past configuration experience includes SAP implementation project manager, Configuration Work Group (CWG) president and CWG board member.

Biography

CLM is in the forefront of thought at Greenheck corporations where Dave Loomans leads a team that has created eCAPS, a 100% cloud and micro-services based application for product selection, configuration, and pricing. Configit Model and Runtime are key components of this implementation.

Dave chairs the (SAP) ASUG’s Configure, Price, and Quote special interest group alongside Configit president Scott Perdue. His past configuration experience includes SAP implementation project manager, Configuration Work Group (CWG) president and CWG board member.

Biography

As Senior Vice President, Centre of Excellence at Configit, Shahid Ayub’s focus is on driving business value through collaboration and industry best practices in a global market, and positioning Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) within manufacturing industry.

Shahid has been at Configit for 10 years, and has more than twenty years’ experience working with complex software solutions within the manufacturing industry, with an emphasis on product configuration and CPQ/CRM solutions for large, complex enterprises. Shahid holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark.

Biography

Louis is currently serving as Principal, IQMS. Previous positions include Director Product Management at Ingram Cloud, Vice President Marketing at iBASEt, Plex Systems, Senior Analyst at AMR Research (now Gartner), marketing and business development at SaaS start-ups.
Mr. Columbus’ academic background includes an MBA from Pepperdine University and Strategic Marketing Management and Digital Marketing Programs at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Louis also teaches MBA courses in international business, global strategies, strategic planning and market research. Mr. Columbus currently is a member of the faculty at Webster University and has taught at University of California, Irvine & Marymount University.

Biography

Scott is President of Configit Inc. and oversees operations in the United States. With more than 10 years of experience managing configuration projects and more than 20 years of experience working with Information Technology in the manufacturing industry, he guides Configit’s clients through the Configuration Lifecycle while leading the strategic growth of Configit’s U.S. based development, delivery, and sales teams.