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Speakers American Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit December 12, 2013 Ronald Reagan International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 1 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Speakers 2 Speakers The Honorable Norman R. Augustine Industries Association, and Chairman of the Defense Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Science Board. He is a former President of the Lockheed Martin Corporation American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Norman Augustine was raised and the Boy Scouts of America. He is a former in Colorado and attended member of the Board of Directors of ConocoPhillips, Princeton University where Black & Decker, Proctor & Gamble and Lockheed he graduated with a BSE in Martin, and was a member of the Board of Trustees Aeronautical Engineering, of Colonial Williamsburg. He is a Regent of the magna cum laude, and an University System of Maryland (12 institutions), MSE. He was elected to Phi Trustee Emeritus of Johns Hopkins and a former Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and member of the Board of Trustees of Princeton and Sigma Xi. MIT. He has been a member of the Advisory Boards under the Departments of Homeland Security, In 1958 he joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in Energy, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and California where he worked as a Research Engineer, Health and Human Services, as well as NASA, Program Manager and Chief Engineer. Beginning Congress and the White House. He was a member in 1965, he served in the Office of the Secretary of of the Hart/Rudman Commission on National Defense as Assistant Director of Defense Research Security, and served for 16 years on the President’s and Engineering. He joined LTV Missiles and Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Space Company in 1970, serving as Vice President, under both Republican and Democratic presidents. Advanced Programs and Marketing. In 1973 he He is a member of the American Philosophical returned to the government as Assistant Secretary Society, the National Academy of Sciences and the of the Army and in 1975 became Under Secretary Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Fellow of the of the Army, and later Acting Secretary of the Army. National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Joining Martin Marietta Corporation in 1977 as Vice Explorers Club. President of Technical Operations, he was elected as CEO in 1987 and chairman in 1988, having Mr. Augustine has been presented the National Medal previously been President and COO. He served as of Technology by the President of the United States president of Lockheed Martin Corporation upon the and received the Joint Chiefs of Staff Distinguished formation of that company in 1995, and became Public Service Award. He has five times received the CEO later that year. He retired as chairman and Department of Defense’s highest civilian decoration, CEO of Lockheed Martin in 1997, at which time he the Distinguished Service Medal. He is co-author of became a Lecturer with the Rank of Professor on The Defense Revolution and Shakespeare In Charge the faculty of Princeton University where he served and author of Augustine’s Laws and Augustine’s until 1999. Travels. He holds 30 honorary degrees and was selected by Who’s Who in America and the Library of Mr. Augustine was Chairman and Principal Officer of Congress as one of “Fifty Great Americans” on the the American Red Cross for nine years, Chairman of occasion of Who’s Who’s fiftieth anniversary. He has the Council of the National Academy of Engineering, traveled in 111 countries and stood on both the North President and Chairman of the Association of the and South Poles of the earth. United States Army, Chairman of the Aerospace 3 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Speakers Dr. Suzanne Berger instrumental in driving Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Professor of business growth through Political Science, and Co-Chair, Production in the next-generation product Innovation Economy Project architecture and platforms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineering best practices, Suzanne Berger is Raphael global technology roadmaps, Dorman-Helen Starbuck R&D and technical standards. Professor of Political Science He leads the company’s at the Massachusetts global R&D and industrial Institute of Technology. standards development teams in Asia, Europe and She co-chairs the MIT the Americas. Production in the Innovation Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, Sujeet led Economy Commission, a R&D in control systems and information sciences twenty-member faculty for 12 years at Rockwell Scientific Company in group studying innovation and manufacturing in Thousand Oaks, California. There he delivered industrial countries. (Http://web.mit.edu/pie/) innovative technology solutions to the company’s The reports of the PIE Commission have just been commercial and defense businesses for applications published in Making in America: From Innovation such as advanced avionics, industrial automation and to Market (MIT Press, 2013) and Production in the semiconductor production. Previously, he served as Innovation Economy (MIT Press, 2013). Professor the chief operating officer for a successful start-up Berger is also author of How We Compete: What company. Companies Around the World Are Doing To Make A strategic leader and engineer with a unique It in Today’s Global Economy and other books and perspective on technology, innovation and customer articles in political economy. She served as Head needs, Sujeet serves on a number of government, of the Department of Political Science and Director industry and higher education advisory boards. They of the MIT International Science and Technology include the National Institute for Standards and Initiatives. She is a member of the American Technology (NIST), National Electrical Manufacturers Academy of Arts and Sciences and has received the Association (NEMA), FIRST Robotics, Wisconsin Légion d’Honneur. Technology Council, University of Wisconsin Dr. Sujeet Chand Foundation, and Robert W. Baird Venture Partners. Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer He has also represented the United States as the Rockwell Automation head of a delegation to Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, a worldwide consortium on manufacturing Sujeet Chand, senior vice president and chief technology. technology officer at Rockwell Automation is responsible for leading the company’s global In 1993, Sujeet was named Rockwell Engineer of technology strategy and technical innovation, with the Year, the highest recognition for engineering a focus on making a difference for customers accomplishment within the company, and in 1997, by helping them achieve greater productivity he was recognized with a Chairman’s Team Award and sustainability. Sujeet’s leadership has been 4 for the development of a successful product line He was a co-founder of the New England Clean for the company. He currently holds 15 patents, Energy Council. He has authored more than 20 has published more than 75 technical papers in scientific articles in the field of advanced materials. research journals and conferences, and has received While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a number of distinguished honors for his engineering (MIT), he was the founder and President of the practices and technology leadership. MIT Energy Club and a founding Director of the Sujeet earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in MIT Energy Conference. For his work in building a electrical and computer engineering and a master’s strong multidisciplinary energy community at MIT, degree in electrical engineering from the University he was awarded the Karl Taylor Compton Prize, of Florida. MIT’s highest student award. He holds a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Materials Science The Honorable David T. Danielson and Engineering from the University of California, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Renewable Energy Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of U.S. Department of Energy Technology. Dr. David Danielson leads the Mr. Peter W. Davidson Office of Energy Efficiency Executive Director and Renewable Energy Loan Program Office (EERE) within the U.S. U.S. Department of Energy Department of Energy (DOE). As Assistant Secretary, he Peter W. Davidson was oversees a broad energy appointed by the Obama portfolio that is intended to Administration to serve as the hasten the transition to a Executive Director of the Loan clean energy economy. Program Office (LPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy. Previously, he was the first Program Director hired by In this position, Mr. Davidson DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy leads the Department’s (ARPA-E). At ARPA-E, he developed and led R&D multi-billion dollar federal programs with a budget of more than $100 million loan program for traditional and alternative energy, that focused on high-risk, high-reward, disruptive financing a wide range of fossil, nuclear, solar, wind, clean energy technologies. geothermal, efficiency and biomass energy projects. Prior to joining ARPA-E, he was a clean energy He also heads the federal loan program for U.S. venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners, a advanced automotive manufacturing technology Boston-based venture capital fund. He co-founded projects. As Executive Director, Mr. Davidson the firm’s clean energy investment practice and provides leadership and strategic direction to the helped build and grow startups in various clean Department’s Loan Programs and articulates the energy technology