2022 Post-Conference: Session Descriptions, Files and Audio Library

Seth Mattison, Founder and CEO, FutureSight Labs

As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, leaders prepare to face an unrelenting and continuously shifting landscape of change and transformation. Of course, change has always been a reality for the modern-day leader but today it knows no boundaries, no borders, and no breaks. The impact of this can be felt as individuals fatigue under the weight of extreme ambiguity. Seth Mattison will help prepare leadership teams to meet the decade ahead with confidence, clarity and conviction.

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Bernard Baumohl, Chief Global Economist at the Economic Outlook Group

The pandemic has permanently changed the global economic landscape. That means we now have to think differently about how to run our businesses. This economic outlook-focused session will answer such questions as: What are the key changes in the U.S. and international economy? And how will they impact the electronic components industry? What is the outlook for consumer and business spending, inflation, inflation, jobs, housing and energy prices?

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Jason Dorsey, President, The Center for Generational Kinetics

In this entertaining, inspiring presentation, acclaimed researcher Jason Dorsey separates myth from truth about each generation. You’ll learn the unexpected impact of hidden trends, a new way to think about technology, and specific actions to transform the generational divide into a breakthrough opportunity for growth.

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Crystal Kadakia, Management Consultant, Kadakia Consulting

In this talk, you will move beyond the status quo to embracing what’s possible for you in the digital age, while honoring what’s valuable from your past success. From 10+ years of future of work research, Crystal will share a new perspective shift that will allow you to empower your performance in today’s digital context, rather than engage from a stressed, overwhelmed, digitally-defused state.

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Michael Knight, President of the Exponential Technology Group and SVP of Corporate Business Development at TTI Inc.

The shift has hit the supply chain! For the past two years, the electronics industry has seen both challenges and growth unlike anything ever before experienced in our history. There are many factors at play, both helpful and hurtful, but the dominate force has been, and will be, the very exponential nature of technology. This is the game-changer that tears up supply chain play books and gives rise to an accelerating range of new applications, opportunities, and even industries for electronics.

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Presenter: Bryan Shirley, CEO, BCS Consulting Services

Moderator: Mike Budde Jr., Vice President, Budde Marketing Systems Inc.
Panelists: Mike Calabria, President & CEO, Abracon LLC; Adam Grigor, President, Tech-Trek Ltd.; Sue Lau, Director of Global Supply Chain Operations, Avnet; John O’Brien, CPMR, Vice President, Coakley, Boyd & Abbett

Presenters: Adam Glazer, Partner, Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer LLC; Adam Maxwell, Litigation Attorney, Schoenberg Finkel Beederman Bell Glazer LLC

Presenters: Chris Aarons, Lecturer, Marketing, The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business; Alex Gabbi, Lecturer, Marketing, The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

Presenter: Carla Mahrt, President, JJM Search

Moderator: Scott Lindberg, Director of Sales & Marketing, Quell Corporation
Panelists: Bob Gourdeau, Vice President, Sales, Kyocera AVX; Bruce Kellar, Senior Vice President Sales, Sager Electronics; Mike Swenson, CPMR, President, Mel Foster Co.

Moderator: Cesare Giammarco, Consultant, Cesare Giammarco Sales Management Consulting LLC
Panelists: Dave Foster, Director of Sales, Ohmite Manufacturing; Amy Rooney, Director, Global Accounts, RFMW Ltd.; John Sintic, Vice President of Sales North America, Laird Performance Materials; Tom Wichert, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, TDK Lambda Americas

Moderator: Walter Tobin, CEO, Electronics Representatives Association
Panelists: Tobi Cornell, CPMR,VP Distribution – Outside Sales DFW, Kruvand Associates Inc.; John Guetens,North American Sales Manager, E-T-A Circuit Breakers; Alex Iuorio, Senior Vice President Supplier Development, Avnet Inc. Jim Ricciardelli, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Digi-Key Electronics

Moderator: Graham Kilshaw, CEO, Lectrix
Panelists: Ellen Albright, Director, Marketing & Communications, E-T-A Circuit Breakers; Zach DeVillers, CPMR, CSP, Director of Sales and Marketing, Brainard-Nielsen Marketing; Maryellen Stack, Director of Marketing Communications, Sager Electronics

Presenters: Alan Ahern, President, Crowley Associates; Byron Holloway, Sales Manager / Senior FAE, Fralia Co. & Associates

Moderator: Chris Beeson, Group Senior Vice President-Electronics, RS Components
Panelists: Frank Flynn, President, Sager Electronics; Dan Kilstofte, President & CEO, Harper & Two; George Lee, President, American Bright Optoelectronics Corp.

Presenter: Dennis Reed, Senior Research Analyst, Edgewater Research Company

Presenter: Dan McQuiston, Visiting Professor of Marketing, Purdue University

Virtual Selling is Here to Stay – Presentation Slides

Moderator: John Hutson, CPMR, President, MacInnis Group
Panelists: Robert Derringer, Director, Global Channel, Crouzet North America; Greg Thompson, CPMR, Managing Partner, South Atlantic Component Sales Inc.; Gary Zullo, Director of Sales, Passive, Electromechanical and Interconnect, Arrow Electronics Inc.

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Co-Directors: Lori Bruno, Vice President and Distribution Sales Manager, Luscombe Engineering of San Francisco; John Simari, Consultant, Simari Consulting LLC