Speakers

Amy Africa has been in the forefront of web usability studies, web design improvement, and successful e-commerce for over 15 years. Amy has been widely published in industry magazines and e-zines...

Vanita Baumgartner began her career in the food industry as a QA inspector for Con Agra in 1984; today she is the Director of Food Operations for...

Stephanie Borowski is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Second Chance Partners for Education (SCP). She...

Joe Brown, WMEP senior manufacturing specialist, has extensive experience in operations management, strategic planning and strategic deployment, international supply chain...

A great grandniece of Thomas Edison, Sarah Miller Caldicott has been engaged in creativity and innovation throughout her life.  Inspired by a family lineage of inventors dating back five...

Jane is Chief Operating Officer of QTI Human Resources.  She has extensive human resources experience, in additional to private law firm...

Rick Danning is the Chief Financial Officer of MetalTek International, headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin -- a position he’s held for...

John Deininger is the Quality Assurance Manager at Didion Milling, Inc. in Cambria where the company manufactures products for food and industrial applications, as well as ethanol.  He has...

Pat is a trainer and consultant on Continuous Improvement, Team Building/Problem Solving and Supervisor / Management Development

As a businessman and as a national speaker and trainer for 30...

A 1979 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Tom started his professional business career in 1980 at Engineered Products, an...

Phil Florek is presently a Senior Business Counselor for the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Small Business Development Center Network.  He also serves as an Executive in Residence for the...

Glenn Goldschmidt is a Registered Sanitarian and a Supervisor in the technical work unit with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection-Division of Food Safety.  ...

Bob Hoganson is the President of Quick Cable Corporation headquartered in Franksville, Wisconsin. Quick Cable is a manufacturer of connectors, cable and accessory products used in the rapidly...

As President and Chief Executive Officer of Generac Power Systems, Aaron Jagdfeld is responsible for overseeing the sales, marketing,...

Rick has been a lender for over thirty years exclusively working for middle market companies with banks that have focused on lending to business.  He has worked with all kinds of companies...

Ananth Krishnamurthy is the Director of the Center for Quick Response Manufacturing and serves as an Associate...

Mark Lezotte is the director of Skyline Technologies' Online Marketing practice.  Mark's primary focus is...

Bob is a Senior Manager in the Human Capital practice for Deloitte Consulting LLP and has spent much of his career consulting to a wide range of Midwest and multinational ...

In January 2008, Jennifer McNelly joined The Manufacturing Institute, the non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of the National...

Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Matt Moroney was raised on a small family farm outside of Masonville, Iowa where he fished and was a trapper. He graduated from...

Reggie Newson is Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. As Secretary, he leads the state agency charged with...

Born and raised in Superior, Wisconsin, Secretary Dave Ross graduated from Superior Senior High School in 1970 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Arts from the University...

Jay Schauer is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Allen Edmonds Shoe Corporation, a U.S. manufacturer and retailer...

Matt is Managing Director of QTI Consulting.  He has been involved in compensation and human resources management...

Charles Stevens is an attorney and partner in the Employment Group of Michael Best & Friedrich in its Milwaukee office.  With over 25 years of experience in Employee Benefits ...

Tim Sullivan is former president and CEO of Bucyrus International, Inc., is special consultant for business and workforce development for the state of Wisconsin.

Tim is credited with...

David Vetta is President & CEO of First Business Bank.  Dave has over 30...

David Volz is the Government Affairs Director for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). As the state’s lead economic...

John Zabkowicz is E-Commerce manager for InPro Corporation, a...