Leaders in Manufacturing webinar will ease your fears about changes in the industry

The rate at which manufacturing technology is changing may seem spooky, but join us for a Halloween webinar and put your fears to rest. Register now for our Leaders in Manufacturing webinar, taking place October 31 at 12PM ET, and hear from multiple experts who are successfully leading companies through this fast-moving industry. These manufacturing veterans will discuss topics such as the biggest changes in the industry, how to build a successful workforce for the present and future, and advice they’ve received as they’ve navigated their careers.

Speaker Highlights

 

Jim King
President/CEO/COO
Okuma America Corporation

Jim King currently serves as the president, CEO, and COO of Okuma America Corporation, having been named President and COO April 1, 2011 and adding the CEO title in August 2024. Jim also serves as a senior officer of Okuma Japan. He originally joined the Okuma organization in January 2010 as the senior vice president of sales. Before joining Okuma America, Jim previously served as director of channel management for Siemens Industry, based in Alpharetta, Georgia; vice president – sales and marketing for Nematron based in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and director – business development for Source Alliance.com in Raleigh, North Carolina. During his career, he managed national sales, channel, marketing, and service groups, as well as directed sales planning. He began his career in 1980 as a sales representative for Rockwell Automation where he held positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing, and product development. Jim earned an Applied Engineering Sciences degree from Michigan State University.

 

Larry Robbins
President/CEO, Commercial Division
SMW Autoblok US

Larry Robbins joined SMW Autoblok US in 2007 as national sales manager before being appointed president in 2019. Now as president and CEO for SMW Autoblok US' commercial division, Robbins is responsible for all strategic sales and marketing initiatives as well as overseeing SMW Autoblok’s North America sales team and customer base including machine tool dealers, OEMs, and various projects internationally. Robbins has more than 35 years of machine tool manufacturing experience and prior to working for SMW Autoblok, he owned a successful manufacturers’ rep company for 13 years. Robbins' expertise in the machining industry began early when he worked side by side with his father who owned a prosperous distributorship in New Jersey.

 

Larry Wilfong
Executive Vice President - Sales
Iscar Metals, Inc.

Larry Wilfong is the executive vice president - sales of Iscar Metals, Inc. based in Arlington, Texas. He has responsibility for the U.S. Sales Team with goals deeply rooted in providing Iscar customers with a high level of technological solutions and a focus on the best overall customer experience.

Before being named EVP in January 2023, Larry served as the VP of sales for the East Zone and was responsible for the Sales Team East of the Mississippi River. The Iscar regional managers in this area reported directly to Larry to drive sales growth, sales team development, as well as constantly developing channel and end user relationships.

Larry lives in West Virginia, and he began his career with Iscar as an independent agent in January 1991.  He became a direct Iscar employee in September 1994. Throughout his career his appointments included product manager, regional manager, and division manager.

Before his work at Iscar, Larry played a lead role in a manufacturing company based in Fairmont, West Virginia.  He had responsibility for managing employees, part processing, and overall success of manufacturing customer products from raw material.

Larry enjoys time with his family, shooting sports, home improvement projects, working on cars, and playing and singing Bluegrass/Old-Time Gospel music.

Can’t attend the day of the event? No problem. Each registered attendee will also receive a link to the recording. This content will be sent approximately 5 business days after the event.