< Previous50A world leader in water treatment solutions, IDE specializes in the development, engineering, construction and operation of enhanced desalination and industrial water treatment plants. IDE leads the water industry with some of the world’s most advanced thermal and membrane desalination plants. IDE provide small to large cost-effective desalination solutions, such as IDE PROGREENTM, a modular, chemical-free reverse osmosis ‘plant in a box,’ and have an especially well-proven track record in large-scale membrane and thermal desalination, including some of the largest plants worldwide, (e.g. in China, India, US, Australia and Israel). IDE also has a proven experience in ground-breaking industrial water treatment plants that deliver a reliable, sustainable and economical solution for industry. Mark Lambert has extensive experience in the Water and Environmental industries and has a strong track record of success in the management of successful organizations. Mr. Lambert is responsible for all IDE activities in the Americas, EPC, BO, BOOT project delivery methods in the global Desalination market as well as Industrial Waste Water Treatment in select target markets including Oil and Gas, Power Generation and Mining.Mark LambertCEOIDE AmericasSPEAKER51conway.com/eventsworldforumforfdi.com@ConwayEvents@WorldForumforFDI#WorldForum2016Conway EventsAdnan Mansour began his career with GE in 1999 at GE Lighting in Cleveland, Ohio, in Engineering and Product Development. Soon after GE formed the water business in 2002, Adnan transitioned GE Water & Process Technologies in Trevose, Pennsylvania. There, he held multiple roles of increasing responsibility, including multiple Global roles in technology leadership spanning most of the product portfolio. As the business expanded, he also worked closely with Business Development on acquisitions. He moved into his current role as Global Portfolio Leader – Digital Solutions in May 2012, which includes controls & automation, sensing & analyzers, and RM&D, software & analytics for the Industrial Internet. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Michigan and BS from Queen’s University.Adnan MansourGlobal Portfolio Leader – Digital SolutionsGE Water & Process TechnologiesSPEAKER52Brook Taylor has over 10 years of experience in government affairs, communications and public policy. In 2011, he was appointed deputy director for communications by Governor Brown and helped establish California’s first economic development agency (GO-Biz) in over 10 years. He is an industry expert in economic development and has helped hundreds of companies relocate and expand in California. He was California’s lead spokesman and chief media strategist on such projects as the Tesla Gigafactory, Amazon, Samsung and his personal favorite Sriracha-pocalypse. He has served two California Governors previously as an advisor and Senior Policy Analyst to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and still plans to fulfill his dream of being a Rolling Stone rock journalist.Brook J. TaylorDeputy Director of CommunicationsCalifornia Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) MODERATOR53conway.com/eventsworldforumforfdi.com@ConwayEvents@WorldForumforFDI#WorldForum2016Conway EventsPANEL VIII The Human HubAs the global head of government affairs, Craig Hagen, is responsible for the management of all government relations and public affairs for Electronic Arts Inc. This includes EA’s interaction with federal and state governments on a wide range of policy issues including restrictions on game content and retail sales, game ratings, tax and economic incentives, labor standards, immigration, talent development and many other issues. Craig is the company’s principal liaison with numerous industry trade associations around the world and works closely with EA’s CEO, General Counsel and Vice President of Public Policy on the implementation of key public affairs objectives. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Entertainment Software Association of Canada and is on the Board of Directors of the Foreign Direct Investment Association.Craig joined Electronic Arts in 2003. He was formerly a Director of Human Resources for America Online, Inc., (AOL) where he led that function for all of South America within AOL’s interna-tional subdivision.He served two terms as the elected Commissioner of Labor for his home state of North Dakota. Craig received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and political science from Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota. Craig and his husband, Ben Arvizo, make their home in Orlando, Florida.Craig HagenSenior Director Global Government AffairsEASPEAKER54SPEAKER Joy TaylorCo-Founder and CEOTayganPoint Consulting GroupCo-founder and CEO of TayganPoint Consulting Group, Joy Taylor is an accomplished professional with over twenty years of cross-functional experience in Lean Sigma, team facilitation, program management, project leadership, and communications and change management. She has a proven ability to manage complex, global programs and initiatives, drive process and productivity improvement efforts and lead change in a fast-paced environment.Prior to founding TayganPoint Consulting Group, she was part of the Strategic Six Sigma Consulting Practice at IBM (formerly PWC), where she was responsible for developing and implementing large scale Six Sigma deployment and implementation plans for global clients. Prior, she served in various quality leadership roles at General Electric and as a Vice President at Sentient Enterprises Venture Capital.55conway.com/eventsworldforumforfdi.com@ConwayEvents@WorldForumforFDI#WorldForum2016Conway EventsTom Van Dessel is the Co-founder and CEO of BuzziSpace — a Belgium-based acoustical solutions and furniture designer/manufacturer with a U.S. HQ in High Point, North Carolina.He was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and lived in Belgium, Switzerland, England, Denmark and France while at school.He has undergraduate degrees in economics and international business from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.He had a 17-year career with Avery Dennison in both operational and commercial roles in England, Lux-emburg, the Netherlands, St. Louis, Pasadena, Cleveland before founding BuzziSpace.Tom Van DesselCEOBuzzi.SpaceSPEAKER56SPEAKER Joseph WhiteDirector Workplace Strategy, Design + ManagementHerman MillerJoseph White serves as Director of Workplace Strategy, Design and Management for Herman Miller. In this capacity he links Herman Miller’s point-of-view on work to the process of placemaking and the human dynamics that bring those places to life. From the start, Joseph’s career has focused on the interplay between human behavior and design. While earning a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from the University of Tennessee, his studies gravitated toward human-environment interactions, nonverbal communication, and color theory. He expanded his professional capabilities from this academic core with one fundamental belief — everything is connected. His keen sense of awareness, inquisitive ap-proach, and meticulous manner play into a design strategy reaching beyond aesthetics to make meaningful impact on a cognitive and emotional level.57conway.com/eventsworldforumforfdi.com@ConwayEvents@WorldForumforFDI#WorldForum2016Conway EventsAtul is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Neo Group, a firm he founded in 1999. Neo is recognized as a leading global services and sourcing data, analytics, monitoring and advisory firm. Prior to founding Neo, Atul was Senior Vice President of International at Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) where he led the international operations of the Fortune 25 Company. Atul and his seasoned team at Cardinal expanded profitable operations to Australia, New Zealand, Spain, UK, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and other global locations. More importantly, his in-depth international experience earned him the admiration and respect of global CEOs and investors.Atul is recognized globally as one of the leading experts on globalization, sourcing and governance. Consulting Magazine named Atul as one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants” and “Top 6 IT Powerbrokers.” Globalization Today recognized Atul as an Industry Most Influential Powerhouse 25. Near Shore Americas recognized him as one of the Power 50. Neo Group has also been recognized multiple times as one of World’s Best Advisors by IAOP.Atul is the author of three books: Globalization Wisdom, Outsourcing Wisdom and The Offshore Nation. Atul also writes ongoing columns for Outsourcing, Global Decisions, Pulse and Global Services.Media and Wall Street analysts at CNN, ABC, CNBC, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Economist, CIO, CFO, IAOP, SIG and other global organizations seek Atul’s expert opinion. Atul continues to be a vocal proponent of globalization and has taken on the critics, such as Lou Dobbs and his former “Exporting America” segment on CNN. He is also a frequent contributor to other magazines such as Fortune, CFO, WSJ and Business Finance.He serves on the Boards of US Department of Defense’s Defense Business Board (dbb.defense.gov), Nearshore Executive Alliance, Shared Assessments and IAOP. Atul is a Former Chair and current member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and also supports numerous economic development, youth development and corporate social responsible initiatives such as Echoing Green, GreenStart, World Education Foundation, One Girl and Foundations for the Future.Atul and his firms are redefining how corporations create competitive advantage and how nations and individuals can leverage this mega-trend to build better futures for all. Further details can be found at www.vashistha.com.Atul VashisthaChairmanNeo GroupMODERATORPANEL IX Cutting Through the Hype58Bruno Guicardi is president for North America and Europe at Ci&T. He co-founded the company at age 23 and since then has led the company through continuous waves of innovation and fast growth (35% CAGR) — currently employing over 2,000 staff across operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company delivers transformative projects for the new digital world by leveraging the latest mobile, cloud and predictive analytics technologies. He is a regular speaker at technology events and is an evangelist for Lean principles in the IT industry. He graduated from the University of Campinas with a degree in computer engineering.Bruno GuicardiPresident North AmericaCI&TSPEAKER59conway.com/eventsworldforumforfdi.com@ConwayEvents@WorldForumforFDI#WorldForum2016Conway EventsSPEAKER Christopher Nigel SandersExecutive Vice President & Head of Corporate Planning KostalChristopher joined Leopold Kostal GmbH Co & KG in 1980 as a planning engineer and was appointed Head of Corporate Planning and Subsidiary Coordination in 1995.Corporate Planning is a group-wide strategic responsibility developing and deploying strategies in line with the group’s successful development and Subsidiary Coordination is the selection of new locations for the company’s activities worldwide. Chris has overall responsibility for the coordination of market intelligence, technical developments and Kostal’s strategic position as well as the development of gap analysis allowing the generation of new strategic plans, their modification, tactical actions and implementation.He has overseen the planning and expansion of plants in Spain, the Czech Republic, Brazil, China and Japan, Ukraine and most recently India. It is anticipated two new plants will be needed per annum.Although resident in Germany, Chris’ role requires him to spend half his time travelling the globe.Next >