Majid Mortazavi
Senior Expert in AI & Industrial IoT
Majid Mortazavi is a data scientist with expertise in machine learning, data engineering, automation, and advanced analytics. Passionate about turning complex data into practical business outcomes, he works closely with cross-functional teams to define the right problems, uncover hidden insights, and develop scalable, data-driven solutions. His experience spans the full analytics lifecycle, from data wrangling and exploratory analysis through to model development, deployment, and production, helping organisations make better, evidence-based decisions.
AI & Smart Factory Digital Platform Leader
Harman brings a background in software engineering, with a strong focus on AI systems, LLMs, and observability in production environments. His work explores the challenges of deploying and managing intelligent systems at scale — particularly the gap between development workflows and operational reliability.
He has been actively engaged in topics such as AI-driven systems, DevOps, and platform engineering, with a focus on improving system transparency, incident response, and alignment between engineering and operations teams.
Senior Manager - Supply Chain & Network Operations
Sven brings over 10 years of experience in strategy and operations consulting across automotive, supplier, and industrial goods sectors to the DMS Summit.
With a focus on production strategy, operational excellence, and manufacturing network optimisation, he supports organisations in improving efficiency and performance across global operations — delivering measurable impact across complex manufacturing environments. He has delivered projects internationally across Europe, China, Brazil, and Mexico.
Shashank Sharma
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Shashank Sharma is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at HiveMQ. With over a decade of experience spanning product marketing, engineering, and software development at firms such as Docker, MathWorks, and BMW, he specializes in making complex technology easy to understand. Shashank holds an M.Sc in Computational Sciences from the Technical University of Munich.
Linda Farczadi
Director Analytics & AI
Linda Farczadi is Director of Analytics & AI in Procurement at Nestlé, where she leads a global analytics and AI mandate across a CHF 60bn procurement base, overseeing a CHF 5M portfolio and a 10+ person cross-functional team spanning four hubs. Her work was named a finalist for AI Pioneer at the World Procurement Awards 2026. A decision scientist by training, Linda holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and brings over a decade of experience across academic, government, startup, and industry settings, with deep expertise in game theory and large-scale decision problems. She is driven by work where rigorous thinking meets execution – bringing depth to the operational decisions that matter most.
Stefan Hoppe
President
Stefan Hoppe is President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation, a global standards organisation that drives secure, interoperable data exchange across industrial and energy ecosystems. He has led the expansion of OPC UA — the open communication and information modelling standard — into IoT and Industry 4.0 environments, supporting seamless connectivity from asset-level devices to cloud and enterprise systems.
Stefan combines deep expertise in industrial automation and data interoperability with a strong focus on enabling digital transformation, data-driven operations, and scalable, secure industrial architectures.
Peter Sorowka
Co-CEO
Peter Sorowka is an expert in Industrial IoT and the technical architecture of data-driven industrial production. In 2015, he founded Cybus – the Industrial IoT company specializing in secure and governance-strong IIoT edge and smart factory solutions. As Co-CEO and co-founder of Cybus, he has been advising and supporting the industry for more than 10 years in its transition to decentralized, secure smart factories and data-driven smart services. Industry 4.0 environments, supporting seamless connectivity from asset-level devices to cloud and enterprise systems.
Stefan combines deep expertise in industrial automation and data interoperability with a strong focus on enabling digital transformation, data-driven operations, and scalable, secure industrial architectures.
Martijn Verbrugghen
Consultancy Manager
Martijn Verbrugghen, is Consultancy Manager at AG Solution, leading a team of digital transformation consultants and business analysts. He is business process focused before technology, with broad experience across different production environments. From batch and continuous processes in chemicals, food & beverage, to other industries. His background combines process consultancy and digital transformation with strong roots in MES.
He has shaped the in-house created methodology for defining processes and supporting value adding digital transformation, bringing business roles from all echelons together with build/integrator teams around a common understanding of the targeted future. He thrives as the bridge between different profiles and perspectives, both on the customer side and within project teams.
Paula Gonzalez
Digital Program Manager
Paula Gonzalez, is a strategy and digital transformation professional focused on industrial and regulated environments, with experience bridging operations, technology, and business value. She specializes in turning industrial complexity and digital capabilities into scalable, execution-ready solutions that improve operational performance and decision-making. Her work spans industrial transformation, governance, and AI initiatives. She is particularly focused in how organizations move from isolated digital initiatives to integrated, value-driven transformation.
Dr. Steffen Klarmann
Advanced Industrial Director
Victor Sánchez Chumillas
Global Enterprise Architecture Manufacturing
Victor is Lead Enterprise Architect for Supply Chain & Manufacturing at JDE Peet’s, where he drives the architectural strategy enabling the digitization of JDE’s supply chain, bridging IT and OT toward Industry 4.0. A former Principal Architect (Technical Associate Partner) with IBM, he has led large-scale digital transformations for global organizations, with deep expertise in enterprise architecture, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud), and AI-driven decision-making. Victor is also an experienced public speaker and TEDx presenter, having spoken on Human Machine Teaming and Authenticity in the workplace.
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