Department of Defense keynote

Next week, I’ll provide the opening keynote for the US Department of Defense DoD Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition, being held in
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, hosted by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logisitcs and Material Readiness.) These are the folks who contribute and manage effective DoD maintenance operations; build and manage one of the most sophsiticated supply chains in the world; and who played a significant role in Iraq. In the face of great challenge, they’ve done a tremendous job — but it is always a challenge to continue to improve. They are being swept by new initiatives involving logistics and maintenance management — and hence are faced with a need for dramatic transformation. I’ll focus on the issues of change, innovation and mindset in a motivational keynote that will kick-off this conference, attended by 600+ representatives from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.