Much of the content for this course comes from a set of guest speakers. The following is a list of speakers from the Fall 2005 term, and an archive of past speakers is available below.
Fall 2005 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Don Rosenfield: Course Introduction | MIT |
2 | Steve Cook | Dell (Director, Nashville Operations) |
3 | Don Rosenfield: Marketing Lecture | MIT |
4 | Len Baxter | General Motors (Director, Advanced Vehicle Development Center) |
5 | Tom Hutton | Sikorsky (Senior VP, Operations) |
6 | Ben Goss | BAE Systems (LFM Alum) |
7 | Managing Director | Foxconn Austin |
8 | Mike Ryan | Leadership and Ethics Course |
9 | Rick Cohen | C&S Wholesale Grocers (CEO) |
Spring 2005 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Don Rosenfield | MIT (Director, LFM Fellows) |
2 | Rick Dauch | American Axle (VP) |
3 | Paul Winter | Pace Local # (Harley) (Pres) |
4 | Jan Klein | Internship |
5 | Chip Goodman | American Medical Concepts (Founder) |
6 | Ken Gieser | UMASS (Prof.) |
7 | General Peter Pace | USMC (Vice Chairman, JCS) |
8 | Jai Haku | Intel (VP) |
9 | Jeff Wilke | AMAZON® (VP) |
10 | Bill Anderson | Biogen Idec (VP, Finance, Business Planning) |
11 | Michael A. Fury | Dupont EKC (VP, R&D and Engineering) |
Fall 2004 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Don Rosenfield: Intro Lecture | MIT |
2 | George Conrades | Akamai (Chairman and CEO) |
3 | Tomi Lahcanski | Kodak |
4 | Stephen Cook | Dell |
5 | Len Baxter | GM (Director, Vehicle Development) |
6 | Tim Copes | Boeing (IDS VP, Quality and Mission Assurance) |
7 | John Boyd | UTC - Hamilton Sunstrand (VP, Operations) |
8 | Mary Puma | Axcelis (President and CEO) |
9 | Dick Hunter | Dell (VP, Manufacturing Operations) |
10 | Rick Cohen and Reuben Harris | C&S Wholesale Grocers (Chairman and CEO/Vice Chairman) |
11 | Bret Smith | S&S Cycle (President) |
12 | Jan Klien and Tom Kochan | MIT |
Spring 2004 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Vic Firth | Former BSO Procussionist and Business Owner |
2 | Penny Carver | Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) (Senior VP) |
3 | Chris Theodore | Ford (VP, Product Design) |
4 | Prof. Cooney | MIT Chemical Engineering Professor |
5 | Prof. George Stephanopoulos | MIT ChemE Prof, former CTO Mitsubishi Chemical |
6 | Mark Lundstrom | CEO, BioScale, Inc. (LFM Alum) |
7 | Brett Bissel (LFM alum) and Mike McNamara (COO) | Flextronics |
8 | Craig Belnap | Alcoa |
9 | Rod Copes | Harley Davidson (LFM Alum) |
10 | Prof. Raju | Executive Director MIT Pharmaceutical Mfg. Initiative |
11 | Bill Dalton | PA Consulting |
12 | Todd Jackson | Boston Scientific (VP, Operations) |
Fall 2003 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Don Rosenfield | LFM |
2 | Timothy J. Copes | Boeing |
3 | Steve Cook and Jennifer Felch | Dell |
4 | Gerry Ellson and Eric Stevens | GM |
5 | John Deutch | MIT |
6 | Buzz Hargrove | CAW |
7 | John Boyd | UTC (VP) |
8 | Gill Eapen | Decisions Options Inc. |
9 | Rick Cohen | C&S Groc. |
10 | Jim Champy | Perot Consulting |
11 | Jan Klein and Tom Kochan | MIT |
Spring 2003 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Benjamin Zander | Boston Philharmonic (Conductor) |
2 | Richard Locke | Global Markets |
3 | Greg Papadapolous | Sun Microsystems (CTO) |
4 | Greg Collins | Flextronics (VP, Northern China Ops.) |
5 | Clay Christensen | HBS Professor |
6 | Jeff Wilke | AMAZON.COM® (VP, Operations) |
7 | Brad Newman | Cap Gemeni Ernst & Young |
8 | Dick Hunter | Dell (VP, North America Operations) |
9 | Prof. Dan Roos | MIT Engineering Systems Division |
10 | Tom Deusterberg | Mfg. Alliance/MAPI (CEO) |
Fall 2002 Calendar
ses # | speakers | companies |
---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Ashok Nayak | Alcoa |
2 | Dick Hunter (VP), John Egan and Steve Cook | Dell |
3 | Tom Kochan | MIT Professor |
4 | John Boyd | Hamilton Sundstrand, UTC (VP) |
5 | Rick Cohen (CEO) and Reuben Harris (EVP) | C&S Wholesale Grocers |
6 | Tim Dinwiddie | Flextronics Asia (VP) |
7 | Doug Field | Segway (VP) |
8 | Jamie Bonini | Toyota, Former GM, Tritec Engine |
9 | John Casey | Electric Boat (VP) |
10 | Hollie Schmidt | Boston Cure Project (VP) |
11 | Ellie Goldratt | Author |