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ORGANIZER;CN=John Chrystal:MAILTO:JChrystal@msn.com
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LOCATION:ZOOM Meeting\r\nTIME: US and Canada Eastern Time\r\nYou must register on The FENG website by NOON - Tuesday, December 22nd to receive the zoom instructions.  They will be sent later that day.\r\nIf you miss the deadline or do not receive the link (check your SPAM FOLDER), please write to:\r\nJohn Chrystal\r\nInternational SIG Chair\r\nJChrystal@msn.com\r\nCell: 203-240-2686
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Changing the Economics of Automation\r\nSpeakers: Amar Hanspal, CEO and Co-Founder, Bright Machines and Pat O'Malley, CFO, Bright Machines\r\nPresentation:  \r\nFor decades companies have been tackling automation in manufacturing with inflexible, expensive machines that take months to install and configure. Bright Machines is taking a software first, machine agnostic approach – favoring inexpensive and easily reconfigurable hardware to vastly simplify automation. Amar will discuss how his team is building the next generation of automation by bringing flexibility, scalability and  resilience to factories to improve yield and quality. The only way to reshore manufacturing is to make automation cost-effective, and until recently, that hasn’t been feasible. He’ll also describe that with today’s automation, we can drive high prices out of the process because deployment, configuration, reconfiguration, and management of lines are simplified with modern technology, making the cost of reshoring a reality. \r\nSpeakers' bios:\r\nAmar Hanspal\r\nAmar is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bright Machines, where he leads a team focused on changing the resiliency, flexibility and economics of manufacturing through intelligent, software-based automation. He is a senior business leader with 30+ years of experience driving business and technology transformation. Before joining Bright Machines, Amar was co-CEO and chief product officer at Autodesk, where he oversaw the company’s move to the cloud and the development of its innovative manufacturing and construction applications. In addition to sitting on Bright Machines' board, he sits on the boards of Aspentech and BeyondTrust and advises early-stage companies.\r\nPat O'Malley:\r\nPat is a seasoned finance and business executive with over three decades of experience.  Most recently, as SVP and CFO at Avaya, he led the financial transformation of the company as it sought to restructure its financial position and transition to a publicly-traded company. Prior to this he had a 30-year career with Seagate Technology, where he served in a variety of roles, including as CFO from 2008 to 2015. Pat served on the E2open Inc. board in the role of Audit Committee Chair. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame.\r\nAbout Bright Machines \r\nAt Bright Machines, we believe there is a better way to manufacture products. We leverage technology advances in computer vision, machine learning, cloud computing, and adaptive robotics to fundamentally change the flexibility, scalability, resilience, and economics of the manufacturing industry. Today we’re focused on the backend of production – assembly, testing, and inspection – but our ambition is to apply our software-defined approach to a platform to automate the entire production line. Partnering with industry leaders, we’re excited to help accelerate the development of intelligent factories.\r\n
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