07:00 AM – 08:00 AM Breakfast, Registration, and Expo Session
08:00 AM – 08:05 AM Host Welcome Message: Virinder K. Moudgil, President and CEO of Lawrence Technological University (LTU)
08:05 AM – 08:30 AM Keynote Speaker: Mark Champine, Head of Quality, NAFTA, FCA US LLC
08:30 AM – 09:10 AM Craig Hysong, President, Shainin – The Red X® Company
“Resilient Engineering – Focusing on What Must Go Right Rather Than All That Can Go Wrong”
09:10 AM – 09:50 AM Matthew Trent, Manager of Powertrain Six Sigma, Ford Motor Company
“The Importance of Transfer Function Physics in Determination of Root Cause”
09:50 AM – 10:10 AM Networking, Coffee Break, and Expo Session
10:10 AM – 10:50 AM Desmond Mahadeo, Project Manager for Plato North America
“A Modern Approach: Integrating Functional Safety & Quality Risk Management”
10:50 AM – 11:30 AM Judson Estes, Head of Global Reactive Instruction and Practice, FCA US LLC
“Creating a Prediction from the Data of the Past”
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch and Expo Session
12:30 PM – 12:40 PM Main Sponsor Message, Ken Coll, Chair, ASQ Automotive Division
12:40 PM – 01:20 PM Shiva Bhardwaj, Founder and CEO, Ansik, Inc.; Steve Doemer, Vehicle Emissions Laboratory Engineer, Hyundai Kia America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI)
“Improving Automotive Development Cycles and Powertrain Reliability by Using Real Driving Emission and Performance Data”
01:20 PM – 02:00 PM Keith M. Hodgson, Sr. Reliability/Test Engineer, Ford Motor Company
“Introduction to SAE J3168 Reliability Physics Analysis of Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Equipment and Modules”
02:00 PM – 02:20 PM Networking, Coffee Break, and Expo Session
02:20 PM – 04:00 PM Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator: Jim McLeish, Principle Consulting Engineer, ANSYS - DfR Solutions
Scott A. Gray, Director, Quality Products and Services, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIGA)
Rhonda Brender, Engineering Manager and Corporate FMEA, Nexteer Automotive
John Opie, Retiree, FCA US LLC
Richard Harpster, Consultant, Harpco Systems Inc.
Edward Myzienski, Sr Technical Specialist - Reliability, FCA US LLC
Bill Haughey, Founder and President, ReliaTrain
Mary Rowzee, Reliability Risk Reduction, LLC.
Carl S. Carlson, Carlson Reliability Consulting, GM Retiree
04:00 PM – 05:00 PM Networking and Expo Session
Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
HBM Prenscia
PLATO Solutions by Software
APTIVE Connected Services
Ennosys
HARPCO Systems, Inc.
Oakland University, Systems and Industrial Engineering Department
IPC--Association Connecting Electronics Industries
IEOM Society International
GLOBAL MRV
Shainin- The Red X Company
ANSYS DFR Solutions
Quality, Reliability and Analytics Services, LLC
GYRS 2019 Location
Architecture Auditorium and Gallery (A200 and A210)
Lawrence Technological University
21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48075
View Map (Building #3):
Parking is free. You can park in parking lot A or G.
GYRS 2019 Conference Chair
Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Ph.D.
Powertrain Quality Reliability Engineer
FCA US LLC
415-654-3557