2020 SPESA Virtual Executive Conference Attendee List
Name | Title | Company |
Mike Fralix | Chief Executive Officer | [TC]2 |
Arturo Rodriguez | Consultant | [TC]2 |
Gamze Soylemez | Export | A KIM |
John Eason | Chief Executive Officer | Advanced Distribution Technologies, Inc. |
Natasha Spackey | Senior Director of Business Development | Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) |
Arnie Kravitz | Chief Technical Officer | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) |
Marianna Schabanow | Textile Engineer | AeroTechDesigns |
David Handal | General Manager | Agencia J.E.Handal S.A. de C.V. |
Albert Paley | Consultant | Albert Paley Consulting Services LLC |
Reyadh Alkazemi | Manager | Alkazemi Fabrics Co. |
Jill Coleman | Vice President Business Development | Alvanon/Motif.org |
Mark Hatton | Managing Director - Threads Americas | American & Efird |
Katie Koscher | Program Manager | American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) |
Corinne Suder | Senior Director, Education & Corporate Marketing | American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) |
Len Egan | Consultant | Americas 21st, Inc. |
Kat Anderson | Member Services Coordinator | Apparel Industry Board, Inc. |
Deepak Mohindra | President | Apparel Resources (P) Ltd |
Nitish Varshney | Senior Technical Correspondent | Apparel Resources (P) Ltd |
Algy Fonts | Advertising | Atlanta Attachment Company |
Steven Beck | President | Beck's Classic Manufacturing Inc. |
Jeff Bloom | Vice President | Beck's Classic Manufacturing Inc. |
Giuseppe Cianci | Chief Operating Officer | bierrebi International |
Eric Spackey | Chief Executive Officer | Bluewater Defense, Inc. |
Rick Frye | Director of Sales, IPD/ISM | Brother International Corp. |
Pete Holland | Vice President | Brother International Corp. |
Rick Horwitch | Vice President, Global Supply Chain Strategy | Bureau Veritas |
Dorothy Crouch | Managing Editor | California Apparel News |
Bob Kirke | Executive Director | Canadian Apparel Federation |
Lovely Indac | Mining Engineering Student | Caraga State University |
Juan Vasquez | Engineer | CCC |
Hendrik Monsma | President | CCTS |
Shubham Singh | Garment Technologist | CFAI Jordan |
Mihaela Coapsi | Vice President Manufacturing Systems | CGS |
Kate Young | Technical Lead Textile Automation | Combat Capabilities Development Command-Soldier Center |
Eric Schlossman | Vice President | Consew |
Ron Roach | President | Contempora Fabrics, inc. |
Daniella Ambrogi | Consultant | Daniella Ambrogi |
Mariano Amezcua | President | DAP America, Inc. |
Nina McCormack | Chief Financial Officer | DAP America, Inc. |
Pam Peale | VP of Global Sales & US PLM Operations | DeSL |
Penny Drahos | Owner/Lead Designer | Drahos Dimensional Design |
Dietrich Eickhoff | Chief Executive Officer | Duerkopp Adler AG |
Julie Becker | School Director | Eastern Michigan University |
Chris Godek | Vice President | Efka of America, Inc. |
Yoram Burg | Vice President Sales | Embodee |
Devin Steele | Publisher | eTextileCommunications.com |
Tapio Martti | Managing Director - America | ETON Systems Inc. |
Sebastian Bruder | Managing Director | Expert International GmbH |
Carol Bartley | Professor | Fashion Institute of Technology |
Linda Cohen | Assistant Professor | Fashion Institute of Technology |
Rolando Bohlemann | President | Ferd. Schmetz Needle Corp. |
Emily Walzer | Editor Textile Insight magazine | Formula4Media |
Betsy Cook | Patternmaker | Garmenta Apparel |
Laura-Ann Donna | Vice President Finance | Gehring Tricot Corporation |
Aimee Heuschkel | Director of Marketing | Gerber Technology |
Leonard Marano | Chief Commercial Officer | Gerber Technology |
John Brogan | President | Global Partners |
Jeff Streader | Managing Director | Go Global Retail |
Edward Gribbin | Chief Executive Officer | Gribbin Strategic LLC |
Philip Champagne | President | Groz-Beckert USA, Inc. |
Nora Ambriz | Government Relations | Grupo Kaltex |
Charles Zimmerman | President | GTN Inc. |
Elizabeth White | Product Developer & Trainer | Guide and Teach |
Reza Zobdeh | Chief Executive Officer | Gulfars |
Michael Abbott | Global Director of Innovation | Hanes Brands |
Frank Henderson | Chief Executive Officer | Henderson Sewing Machine Co. |
Alonso Ramos | Technician | Henderson Sewing Machine Co. |
Jordan Speer | Research Manager, Global Supply Chain | IDC |
Jennifer Rubens | Director of Possibilities | illumiNITE |
Mackey McDonald | Software Engineer | Informatica |
Juan C. Yepes | Supply Chain Manager | INSCRA SAS |
Leigh Puddester | President | Instrumar |
Matthijs Crietee | Chief Executive Officer | International Apparel Federation |
Kazuhiko Fujimaki | Publisher | J.S.N. International, Inc. |
Laura Bryan | Systems Management | John H Daniel Co. |
Joe Eller | Vice President | JUKI America, Inc. |
Dorothy Fullam | HR Manager | JUKI America, Inc. |
Roger Tutterow | Professor of Economics, Henssler Financial Endowed Chair | Kennesaw State University |
Jaime Zuluaga | Partner | Linea Directa |
Alfredo Rodriguez | Director | Macoca S.A. de C.V. |
Rene Rodriguez | Chief Executive Officer | Macoca S.A. de C.V. |
Julio Ledesma | Manufactura Five Star S.A. de C.V. | |
Conie Liu | Assistant Sales Manager | Messe Frankfurt (Shanghai) Co Ltd, Beijing Branch |
Sarah Hatcher | Sales Manager | Messe Frankfurt, Inc. |
Kristy Meade | Group Show Director | Messe Frankfurt, Inc. |
Ali Rosenberger | Senior Marketing & Conference Manager | Messe Frankfurt, Inc. |
John Stern | President | Methods Workshop LLC |
Michael Rabin | Country Manager - America | Morgan Tecnica America Inc. |
Mimi Manalac-Goldstein | Project Manager | Nike |
Kristin Thoney-Barletta | Professor | North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles |
Andre West | Director of Zeiss Textiles Extension | North Carolina State University Wilson College of Textiles |
Hyejune Park | Assistant Professor | Oklahoma State University |
Diane Vittorio | Technical Design Department Manager | Outerstuff LTD |
Melvyn Blore | Chief Executive Officer | Pegasus Corporation of America |
Bert Feinberg | Vice President | Phillocraft/Frontier Distributors |
Costas Dagres | National Sales Executive | Pritchard Paper Products |
Jake Pritchard | Executive | Pritchard Paper Products |
Russell Pritchard | Chief Executive Officer | Pritchard Paper Products |
Yvette Pritchard | Director | Pritchard Paper Products |
Rick Ludolph | President | Productive Solutions LLC |
Todd Essig | Custodian | RAE/Quad- R |
Joe Torres | Owner | RJTORRES MFG SRL |
Reuben Glass | Director | Rori Group |
Samuel Simpson | President | Samuel F Simpson LLC |
NIcole Bivens Collinson | President, International Trade & Government Relations | Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. |
Robert Sarratt | President | Sarratt Acquisition Management Inc. |
Allison Amonoo-Thomas | Chief Creative-Executive Officer | Seamlessunion INC |
Dan Berzack | President | Sewn Products Equipment Company |
Sarah Krasley | Chief Executive Officer | Shimmy Technologies, Inc. |
Juan Aparicio | Head Advanced Manufacturing Automation | Siemens Technology |
Michael Daniels | Senior Product Support | SourceAmerica |
Tony Soeka | Senior Account Representative NPA Products Support | SourceAmerica |
Lonny Schwartz | President | Superior Sewing Machine & Supply LLC |
Sophie Alamachere | Principal 3D Virtual Transformation | Target |
Hanna Frahm | Lead Product Cost Engineer | Target |
Kirsten MacNeill | Principal, Apparel Innovation | Target |
Todd Ellis | Principal | TDE Consulting LLC |
Xochil Scheer | Chief Executive Officer/Pattern Maker | The Chicago Pattern Maker |
Harold Feit | President | The Feit Company |
Benton Gardner | Vice President | The Gardner Group, Inc. |
Dave Gardner | President | The Gardner Group, Inc. |
Mariama Adu Lette Sy | Fashion Designer | Tivaouane Couture And Textiles |
Savannah Crawford | Chief Collaborator | Tukatech |
Ram Sareen | Chief Executive Officer/Founder | Tukatech |
Chris Walia | Chief Operating Officer | Tukatech |
Kim-Bang Nguyen | Director | U.S. Department of Commerce |
Lloyd Wood | Deputy Assistant Secretary | U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration |
Natalie Hanson | International Trade Analyst | U.S. International Trade Commission |
Laura Rodriguez | International Trade Analyst | U.S. International Trade Commission |
Barbara Tysinger | Manager, Fiber Application and Analytical Studies | Unifi Manufacturing |
Martin Gopman | Business Owner | Universal Sewing Machine Co., Inc. |
David Samuels | President | Universal Sewing Supply |
Sheng Lu | Professor | University of Delaware |
Neysa Njo | Student | UNSW |
Greg Gimble | Creative Director | Va Bien International |
Albert Irvine | Managing Partner | Wake Financial Group |
Cary Sherburne | Senior Editor | WhatTheyThink |
Kumie Yagi | Senior Marketing Specialist | YKK USA Inc. |
Will Krol-Sinclair | ||
Marie D'Avignon | Vice President of Operations | SPESA |
Maggie McDonald | Vice President of Communications | SPESA |
Michael McDonald | President | SPESA |