Our speakers

As a program vice president, Simon ELLIS is responsible for providing research, analysis, and guidance on key business and IT issues for manufacturers. He currently leads the Supply Chain Strategies practices at IDC Manufacturing Insights, one of IDC’s industry research companies that address the current market gap by providing fact-based research and analysis on best practices and the use of information technology to assist clients in improving their capabilities in critical process areas.

Within the Supply Chain practice, Mr. ELLIS is directly responsible for the research in the Supply Chain Planning Strategies practice while also managing the Supply Chain Execution Strategies practice. These supply chain practices specialize in advising clients on supply chain network design, S&OP, global sourcing (Profitable Proximity and Low-Cost Sourcing), transportation, logistics, and more. He also supports IDC Retail Insights IT Strategies practices.

Eric GREEN brings 27 years of manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise software experience to Dassault Systèmes in his current role as VP User Experience, Advocacy, and Brand Marketing. Under his leadership at Apriso Corporation, marketing, industry, and solution development significantly contributed to Apriso’s 34% growth and market leadership in manufacturing operations software.

Prior to Apriso, Eric held management positions in Sales and Marketing to support triple-digit growth at i2 Technologies Inc., a recognized leader of supply chain management software. Eric previously held supply chain program management positions at PepsiCo, and operations management positions at General Motors supplier JCT.