German Industry 4.0 Pioneer and DMDII Executive Director Join Manufacturing Leadership Council's Board of Governors
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan's Manufacturing Leadership Council, the global business network for senior industrial executives, today announced the election of Industry 4.0 pioneer Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke, Chairman of the German SmartFactory Technology Initiative, and Dr. Dean Bartles, Executive Director of the U.S. Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), to the Manufacturing Leadership Council's Board of Governors.
In a unanimous vote, the Board of Governors, which steers the Manufacturing Leadership Council, approved the nomination earlier this month. With these appointments, the Board of Governors now includes 19 members from organizations such as Ford Motor Company, Lockheed Martin, UCLA, MIT, Campbell Soup, Lexmark International, Tata Motors in India, Dell Computer, Cisco Systems and the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing in the U.K.
"We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke and Dr. Dean Bartles to the Board of Governors," said David R. Brousell, Global Vice President of Research and Editorial Director of the Manufacturing Leadership Council. "Their expert insights and deep understanding of digital innovation, the emerging industrial Internet of Things, and the challenges that accompany the vision of Manufacturing 4.0 for the future of our industry will be a great asset to the Board in its continued research and exploration of the critical issues facing manufacturing companies worldwide."
"Industry 4.0 has developed as an internationally acknowledged vision for future production," said Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke, Founding Chairman of the SmartFactory Technology Initiative in Germany and Scientific Director of Innovative Factory Systems at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern. "But we will only be successful bringing this vision into reality when the leading nations in factory automation cooperate internationally. We need a common understanding of the challenges our industries face and discuss actions to be competitive on the world market. I am most happy to join the Board of Governors of the Manufacturing Leadership Council and actively participate in developing our journey towards Manufacturing 4.0."
"The Manufacturing Leadership Council represents a significant group of thought leaders in manufacturing organizations across the globe," said Dr. Dean Bartles, Executive Director of the U.S. Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), Chief Manufacturing Officer at UI Labs, and 2014 winner of the Manufacturing Leadership Council's Manufacturing Leader of the Year Award. "The annual Summit is one of my favourite events each year that I always look forward to attending and I never travel without at least the most recent copy of the Manufacturing Leadership Journal in my briefcase. I am honoured to join the elite group of executives that make up the Manufacturing Leadership Council's Board of Governors and look forward to the collaborative interactions that lie ahead."
Dr. Dean Bartles is a distinguished and highly accomplished U.S. manufacturing industry professional, a Board member at multiple U.S. industry associations, and a long-serving member of the Manufacturing Leadership Council. Formerly a Vice President with General Dynamics, he is now Chief Manufacturing Officer at UI Labs and Executive Director of the U.S. Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII), part of the U.S. government's network of manufacturing innovation institutes across the country. He holds a BS degree in business administration from Shepherd University, an MBA, Shippensburg University; a Master's degree in international business from Tampa College; a Doctorate in business administration from Nova Southeastern University; and a PhD in technology management, from Indiana State University.
Prof. Dr. Detlef Zühlke founded the pioneering SmartFactory Technology Initiative in Germany in 2005, working alongside a consortium of industrial and academic partners to explore digitally rich new plant floor technologies for the factories of the future, known in Germany as Industry 4.0. A former Vice President with German airline Lufthansa, he is now both Chairman of the SmartFactory consortium and Scientific Director of Innovative Factory Systems at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He holds a Master's degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences and a PhD in robot programming from RWTH Aachen University, and is Doctor Honoris Causa at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania.
About The Manufacturing Leadership Council
The Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC), part of Frost and Sullivan, is the world's foremost member-driven, global business leadership network dedicated to senior executives in the manufacturing industry. The Council's vision is to enable manufacturers to realize a better future by focusing on the intersection of critical business and technology issues that will drive growth for themselves, their organizations, and the industry at large. The MLC produces an extensive portfolio of leadership networking, information and professional development products, programs, and services including the Manufacturing Leadership Community Website, an online global business network with over 7,400 members around the world; the Manufacturing Leadership Council, an invitation-only executive organization of over 200 members; the annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit; the annual Manufacturing Leadership Awards celebrating industry achievement and innovation; the thought-leading industry publication, the Manufacturing Leadership Journal; plus extensive social media communities reaching more than 30,000 industry professionals. To inquire about MLC membership, please visit www.frost.com/mlc.
The Manufacturing Leadership Board of Governors
The Manufacturing Leadership Board of Governors comprises senior executives and industry experts at leading manufacturing, academic and research organizations around the world including Ford Motor Company, Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems, Campbell Soup Company, Lexmark International, Dell Computer, Tata Motors in India, Doosan Infracore in South Korea, Virtex Enterprises, S&S Hinge, MIT, UCLA, University of Cincinatti, the University of Cambridge's Insitute for Manufacturing, and Frost & Sullivan.
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