Nov 12 - Program Excellence Best Practices Seminar
Paradise Resort & Spa, San Diego CA
Note: Speakers/Panelists for the Program Excellence Seminar are selected during the annual Program Excellence Award evalution process; names of those whose efforts qualify them for participation in the conference will be announced the week of September 3, 2008.
8:30 a.m.
Welcome
Carole Rickard Hedden, Project Leader - AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence ADD President, The Write Stuff
8:35 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
John Chino, VP Programs, Quality & Engineering, Northrop Grumman, and Chair, 2008 AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence
9:00 a.m.
Innovation
Extraordinary behaviors that stimulate or promote innovation create value to the program team, the business and the customer. In this session, program leaders will share innovative design and application processes that improved business performance. All have been tested and developed to the level where the customer has committed to production or use of the solution or technology.
Moderator: Jack Grucza, VP Performance Excellence, BAE Systems
Speakers:
Dan Crowley, VP/GM F-35 STOVL First Flight, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Steve Debonnaire, Tornado ATTAC, BAE Systems
Ian Mogey, FV430 Bulldog Conversion & Urgent Operation Requirements Program, BAE Systems
Debra Rub-Zenko, VP Weapons Programs, Boeing IDS
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Opportunity Management: Lessons Learned
Risk/Issues/Opportunity Management is among the most important of program leadership responsibilities - from initiation of proposal work through delivery and sustainment of the program's work effort. And while risk addresses the threat side of the equation, capitalizing and capturing opportunities throughout the life cycle is just as important to the customer and to the business success of the program.
Moderator: Jesse Stewart, Professor of Program Management, Defense Acquisition University
Speakers:
Mike McClary, Program Manager, TMOS (TSAT Mission Operations System), Lockheed Martin Information Systems/Global Services
Joe Papapietro, Director of Programs-Ground Systems Division, Iraqi Light Armored Vehicle Production, BAE Systems Land & Armaments
Richard Tolliver, Program Manager, Subsystem-Theater High Altitude Area Defense Systems, Honeywell Defense & Space
11:45 a.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Transferring Lessons Learned: Supply Chain Management
When looking at the complex programs of today, alignment and full transparency across the supply chain is critical to performance. From tools to procurement and relationship-building throughout the chain, supply chain management and integration has emerged as the number one issue for the A&D industry. These program leaders discuss the key areas of pain in the supply chain and the tactics that allowed them to solve some of the problems.
Moderator: Patrick J. Finneran Jr., VP Program Management, Boeing IDS
Speakers:
Donald D. DeGryse, VP, GPS IIR/M, Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Nick Bucci, Program Director, AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense, Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems
Jim McClendon and Scott Muse, Program Director-Min Air Launch Decoy and Jammer (MALD-J), Raytheon Missile Systems
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Transferring Lessons Learned: Transforming Customer Satisfaction to Confidence
It's no longer enough to satisfy customers. Creating customer confidence is the goal as program leaders and teams work to deliver value in terms of performance, cost, quality and schedule. These programs have worked to deliver, and where it makes sense to exceed the requirements.
Moderator: Nick Kuzemka, VP Program Management, Lockheed Martin Corp.
Speakers:
James Culmo, VP, E2D Advanced Hawkeye, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
Christopher Flynn, Program Manager, F199 PW100 Engine, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines
Mike Wright, Program Manager, KC-10 Modifications and Updates, Boeing Support Systems
Steve Bohan, Program Manager, Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems (AFATDS), Raytheon Network Centric Systems
3:45 p.m.
Conference Summary
Jim Schultz, Director Program Management, Bell Helicopter Textron
Keynote Speaker
World Events and Impact on Aerospace/Defense/Security Sectors
One of the U.S.'s top leaders in the areas of defense and security has been analyzing the impact of everything from the economy to the presidential elections on the work we do.
Moderator: Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and Leader-Global and US A&D, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Speaker: Tom Ridge, Senior Advisor, Deloitte LLP (former Secretary of Homeland Security)
9:00 a.m.
Review/Analysis: Top A&D Programs
Here' s where the dollars are. AVIATION WEEK will review the most current dollar figures across commercial, defense and space sectors. And a leading national financial analyst will analyze the numbers.
Moderator: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Steve Grundman, CRA International
10 a.m.
Emerging Programs: BAMS UAV
Northrop Grumman provides insight into unmanned aircraft systems and the latest effort, the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System.
Moderator: Mike Adami-Sampson, VP Strategy, Dassault Systems Enovia
Speaker: Carl O. Johnson, VP-Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System, Northrop Grumman
10:45 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Emerging Programs: Joint Cargo Aircraft
International alliances are the business method for development programs and fielding new technologies. This review will provide insight into how one of the U.S.'s largest players is establishing new norms and timetables through the Joint Cargo Aircraft.
Moderator: Tom Captain, Vice Chairman and Leader-Global and US A&D, Deloitte Consulting LLP
James Burkhardt, VP, Joint Cargo Aircraft, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems
12:00 p.m.
sponsored by
Program Excellence Awards Luncheon Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Annual Awards Luncheon honors program leaders excelling in leading system-of-system and sub-system programs with unique, innovative solutions to challenges. Finalists to be honored during luncheon, and winners announced.
Emcees: Anthony L. Velocci, Editor in Chief, Aviation Week & Space Technology
Carole Rickard Hedden, Project Leader - AVIATION WEEK Program Excellence ADD President, The Write Stuff
2:00 p.m.
Leading Complex Programs: Lessons Learned
Program complexity is a reality that affects customers, major companies and the entire supply chain. In this session we'll look at the most significant pain points in program performance and the implications for the entire global industry. Two well-known leaders of complex programs will analyze the technological, transition of design to production, visibility through a multi-tiered supply chain and financial perspectives when program complexity reaches boundaries previously unknown and unplanned.
Moderator: Tom Kilkenny, GM Global A&D, IBM
Charles T. "Tom" Burbage, EVP and GM-F35 Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Fellow, College of Complex Program Management
Howard Chambers, former GM Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems and on special assignment to Boeing 787 Program
Breakfast - Sponsored by CSC
CSC will host this breakfast event for all conference attendees
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
9:15 a.m.
Reading the Tea Leaves: Election Impact for A&D Industry
A week after the 2008 Presidential Election, AVIATION WEEK hosts a cross fire discussion among leaders about what the change of administration could mean to commercial, space and defense sectors of the industry.
Moderator: Dave Howells, A&D Practice Director, CSC
Jerry W. Cox, Managing Director, Forerunner Foundation
10:00 a.m.
Complex Programs: The Supply Chain's Response
While OEMs and large-scale integrators take on the challenges of leading complex programs, members of the supply chain are responsible for helping define new products and technologies and then responding with the velocity, skill and capacity required to meet challenging program performance goals. In this session, four supply chain leaders will discuss shifting their programs into production, assuring supply chain visibility, constraints in terms of materials and skills, and the impact of schedule slippage on suppliers.
Moderator: Ralph W. Carpenter, IBM A&D Supply Chain Management - Global Subject Matter Expert
Don Morrow, VP Advanced Programs, GE Aviation/Systems
