A co-founder of LineView Solutions, Ian’s ten-plus years in operation management with Coca-Cola led him to search for better solutions for operational efficiency resulting in LineView. Ian can review an entire operations facility and pinpoint areas for high value improvements. His success is founded on his ability to identify losses, and convert them into value-based costs, allowing businesses to achieve significant productivity and profit improvements.

A graduate of Loughborough University with a Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical and Materials, Ian also holds Kepner Tregoe certification in Situational Analysis, Problem Analysis and Project Management.

Ian is a true leader, coach, and mentor. He has a demonstrable track record of implementing lean methodologies and operational excellence techniques to save costs, increase efficiency and improve quality in challenging environments.

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Steve has over 30 years of experience in global supply chain management. As Former Vice President of Supply Chain at Coca-Cola European Partners, Steve has operated at all levels of the supply chain. His experience includes developing and sharing best practices for operational improvement across blue-chip beverage companies such as Diageo and the Coca-Cola system.

Steve is passionate about efficiency and operational improvements that deliver a meaningful return on investment for food and beverage brands. He is an expert in Supply Chain improvement as well as the digitisation of manufacturing.

Mr. Adams holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Keele University, HNC of Electrical Engineering from Ipswich College of Higher Education and an Honors Degree in Management of Technology from Open University.

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Andrew has successfully led both product development and customer implementation team in LineView for the past 3 years.

A proven technical leader, manufacturing consultant, and project manager with comprehensive experience in manufacturing and automation sectors, Andrew consults on OEE and Operational Excellence throughout LineView’s sites globally.

Andrew is a customer-centric individual, and systematic deadline hitter whose motivation is ensuring all customer requirements are satisfied.

Mr. Giles holds a BEng (Hons) from Birmingham City University.

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Chris is a trusted advisor and consultant to the world’s top FMCG, food, and beverage operations. Chris masterfully delivers knowledge and skills to accelerate change initiatives. Chris brings a unique approach to business leaders and operators, challenging them to think differently and act based on accurate data and facts.

Chris is a manufacturing and operations specialist with 30 years in global blue-chip organisations such as Coca-Cola European Partners and Britvic.

Mr. Spray holds a B.Eng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bradford is the founder of Mind Over Mountains.

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Samir is a chartered engineer and a manufacturing operations improvement expert with over ten years of site operations experience. He has consulted on operational excellence and continuous improvement to some of the biggest manufacturers in the world. Samir is an expert in data analysis and identifying loss in manufacturing environments. He skillfully translates data into opportunities for improvement.

Samir has a unique ability to analyse production facilities and pinpoint areas that will contribute to the most value-added improvements quickly. He can lead, coach, and motivate other team members to achieve the desired goals. He has excellent planning, communication, and time management skills. His skills in lean manufacturing, six sigma, and theory of constraint enables him to be very effective in process improvement and change management.

Mr. Shah jointly developed and implemented a unique Line Balance Optimisation (LBO) process to set up and optimise FMCG production lines increasing capacities of lines by as much as 10%. This process is now a requirement in leading beer and soft drink manufacturers globally.

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Kurt is an Executive Vice President with a demonstrated history of bringing industrial software to global markets. As VP of Field Operations at LineView, Kurt is responsible for North American market growth, customer success, and partner relationships.

Kurt is skilled in business process and planning, international business development, planning, and sales. With his proven track record of building alliances to deliver customer value, Kurt is dedicated to finding win-win solutions benefitting customers and partners alike.

Mr. Wyman obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) focused on Economics from University of Michigan.

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As Partnership Director, Simon facilitates partner connections and develops channels to support LineView delivery globally. Simon has extensive experience developing go-to-market, sales, and customer growth strategies. He has in-depth knowledge of FMCG, food, and beverage industry operations and global market.

Simon successfully combines rapid insights on operational issues, commercial strategic vision, leadership, decision-making and delivery. He is a consultative leader, coach, and facilitator with a proven ability to adapt quickly to get things done.

Simon holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Kingston Polytechnic.

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Jonathan is an experienced control and automation project manager and senior systems engineer. He has comprehensive experience in the management, development, installation and commissioning of large- and small-scale control system projects.

Jonathan has over a decade of successful projects within the brewing, automotive, food and aerospace sectors. A truly self-motivated and self-disciplined individual, he develops strong positive working relationships with clients and project teams.

Jonathan is an IET CEng Chartered Engineer and holds a BEng (Hons) in Engineering from the University of Central England.

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