Rodney Reddic
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Rodney Reddic, Executive Director, Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Rodney Reddic, Executive Director, Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Jay Vitha, Vice President of Business Development, MetOx International, Inc.
SOUTHWEST Session: Join this panel discussion to hear from the Fusion Development Lead for Tokamak Energy’s U.S. subsidiary, Tokamak Energy Inc., Dr. Andrew Shone, in addition to Jay Vitha, Vice President of Business Development at MetOX International, Inc. and Executive Director Rodney Reddic of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) as they share their views on the opportunities and challenges Nuclear Fusion will need to address from a technology as well as workforce perspective.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: John Carpenter, Founder, Owner, President, Excellerant
SOUTHWEST Session: Manufacturers from fabricators to assembly shops are all challenged with workforce woes, the need to boost productivity and the endless quest for quality. Knowing automation is the answer is one thing, but actually finding real success with technology investments can feel challenging and risky. How do you know what will truly bring value to the organization? How do you determine the return? And now with the hype of Artificial Intelligence (AI) seemingly on every product, how do manufacturing leaders determine the right places to invest limited time and capital budgets? In this session, we will delve into the ever-evolving landscape of automation & AI in the factory and take a look at technologies that are having a real impact today across the shop floor. Then we will stare into the crystal ball to look forward at technologies that are on the near horizon that manufacturing leaders should be keeping an eye on. Covering important topics like human-robot collaboration, automated equipment tending, data-driven insights, cobot welding, predictive maintenance, robot guided vision, bin picking, collaborative automation, quality inspections, and much more, attendees should leave this session ready to make value-creating technology investments in their business. Join us as we explore how AI is reshaping the factory floor — one algorithm at a time.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Tim Gicewicz, Sr. Solutions Architect, TDK SensEI (USA)
SOUTHWEST Session: Driven by the rise of Edge AI, industrial machine health monitoring is undergoing a transformative shift—enabling smarter, faster, and more autonomous decision-making at the edge. In this session, we’ll explore how edge computing and artificial intelligence are converging to deliver real-time insights directly at the source of data generation, minimizing latency and enhancing responsiveness. We'll examine traditional Condition-based Monitoring (CbM) methods and their limitations in dynamic industrial environments, then dive into how predictive and prescriptive maintenance strategies—utilizing Edge AI—are anticipating failures, optimizing performance, and reducing costly downtime. This evolution is reshaping the future of industrial reliability, operational efficiency, and long-term asset sustainability.
Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Jordan Dugosh, Account Executive – TOLA/LATAM, Dispel
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Speaker at SOUTHWEST: Kenny Vuong, Account Executive, Integris