Conference Information
7 out of 10 of your manufacturing peers are looking to use mobile and wireless solutions to streamline operations -- and those that do reported saving an average of 42 minutes per employee each day. View this on-demand webinar and hear the complete results of a recent research study that investigated key trends in manufacturing, from critical applications to advances in technology.
You also hear from PPG, a diversified manufacturer that supplies products and services around the world. PPG, a Fortune 500 corporation, is a manufacturer of protective and decorative coatings, sealants, adhesives, metal pretreatment products, glass products, and industrial and specialty chemicals.
Rob Brooks, process control manager for PPG Industries, shares how the company is putting mobility to work at their Lake Charles, Louisiana facility. Brooks discusses the benefits PPG sees in the wireless and mobility arena, along with their vision for the future. Current applications include operator rounds along with real time operating data via PDAs. Future objectives include unified communications and viewing of standard procedures.
View this on-demand event and learn how mobile technology is changing the game for manufacturers and delivering efficiencies across operations.
Speakers
Adrienne Selko
eMedia Editor
IndustryWeek
Adrienne Selko manages the editorial content of IndustryWeek's award-winning Web site. Before joining the staff in 2004, Selko was managing editor of corporate publications at a large regional financial institution. She was also an editor for the U.S. based publication of a medical manufacturing company. Prior to that she ran a public relations and marketing company that published a best-selling healthcare book. Selko received a bachelor's of business administration from the University of Michigan.
Rob Brooks
Process Control Manager
PPG Industries
Rob Brooks is a chemical engineering graduate from University of Mississippi and an ISA Certified Automation Professional. A 29 year veteran with PPG Industries, Brooks has held a variety of positions in Technical, Maintenance, Operations, Engineering and Process Control Departments. He has twenty years of experience in the process control arena specifically and is currently Process Control Supervisor of PPG's Lake Charles facility with oversight responsibility at other PPG North America chemical facilities.
Scott Drobner
Director, Business and Market Intelligence
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions
Scott Drobner leads business and market intelligence for Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS). The Business and Market Intelligence team provides fact-based insights into key markets, customer needs, competitors, industries, and core technologies to support key business decisions, product development and market planning.
Drobner joined Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola in 2007) in 2004 from research and consulting firm InfoTech where he served as program director for its Enterprise Mobility Practice. His background also includes market research management positions at AMI Partners and Jupiter Research.
Drobner holds a bachelor's from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master's in business administration from Dowling College.
June Ruby
Director, Manufacturing Solutions Group
Motorola
As director, manufacturing solutions group for Motorola's Enterprise Mobility Solutions, June Ruby works with key manufacturing customers to explore how wireless and mobile technology can enhance the operational efficiency of their businesses. Ruby also represents Motorola at industry forums and acts as an internal advocate of manufacturing's needs for Motorola's next generation Enterprise Mobility solutions.
She spent most of her career in IT manufacturing roles including almost 16 years developing and supporting logistics, production and process applications. She has held a diverse background having held positions ranging from the shop floor to corporate as well as from the wet end of a paper machine to the clean room of a semiconductor lab. Ruby also has experience deploying applications in existing facilities, multi-plant implementations and had played an integral role on three green field start-up teams, as well as performed process improvement and business case consulting for many of Motorola's strategic customers across a broad range of industries. She holds a bachelor's from Louisiana State University.