Peter Palmér, LPPDE and Juha Tammi, Lean Association of Finland

Peter and Juha represent the two organization who organize these virtual events and will moderate the Virtual Summit.

Anders Hugnell, Implement.

Anders has 25+ experience within the area of LPPD, with focus mainly on lean and innovation. He is a trusted adviser to top executives in both strategic and operational issues. He has a huge network of executives and academics across the globe. One of the lean pioneers in Europe alongside with 20+ years of running international changeand transformation programs. Anders is an energetic and inspiring communicator.

Nikolaj Koors Hoff, Implement.

Management Consultant since more than 6 years. Nikolaj is part of the Strategic
Innovation and Execution team at Implement, and focus on Agile development
organisations. Nikolaj has given assistance on client projects in regards to classical
consulting tasks, workshops, and training, mainly within the area of project management and innovation. Tasks related to analysis, material preparation, delivery and facilitation. Weekly capacity and pipeline reporting.

Göran Gustafsson, Chalmers University of Technology

Dr. Göran Gustafsson has worked with research, product development, and engineering education in academia as well as in industry in Sweden and abroad. His current research interests are Lean Product Development in general, and the capture, generalization, presentation, and reuse of data and other knowledge for product development purposes in particular.

Geoff Neiley, Rapiscan Systems, AS&E

Geoff has been in the mechanical engineering field for 25 years, starting at NESLAB Instruments designing water chilling systems. After he spent 15 years working for BTU International where he began to see the reap the values of concurrent engineering. 3 years after joining AS&E in 2011, the leadership team introduced the concept of Lean Product Development. Geoff joined the leadership team reading many Lean PD books, inviting Lead PD practitioners to AS&E, and attending LPPDE for several consecutive years. AS&E has roundly embraced the concurrent engineering aspects of Lean PD focusing greatly of Set-Base Innovation and cross-functional collaboration with our supply chain and manufacturing team. Today he is still learning and experimenting with lean processes and enjoys the pride felt in the team by enabling cross-functional to achieve challenging, rewarding goals.

Norbert Majerus, Norbert Majerus consulting

Beginning in 2005, Norbert implemented a principles-based lean product development process at the three global innovation centers of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. For more than a decade he was Goodyear’s lean champion in research and development. Norbert has worked most of the disciplines in the Goodyear innovation centers in Luxembourg and Akron. In 2016, his first book Lean-Driven Innovation was published. Also in 2016 the Goodyear R&D organization applied for and received the AME Excellence Award. Norbert has spoken at many conferences in the United States and other countries. Since retiring from Goodyear in 2017, he continues to share his extensive lean expertise.