Committee Members
Adam BACKHAUT
Paint Manufacturing
LUCID MOTORS
Scott BARNETT
Director – Application Engineering, Robotics and Automation
3M
Scott currently leads the 3M global abrasives application engineering team that is focused on engineering of robotic abrasive processes in collaboration with system integrators and end using customers.
He has been with 3M for 41 years within various abrasives related businesses and has held a variety of roles including new product development, technology development, business leadership, acquisition integration, and for the past ten years, application engineering.
Scott has a Bachelors of Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Minnesota and is a certified Black Belt in both Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma methodologies.
Scott enjoys playing golf, often with his wife Lisa, when weather or travel allows and his new passion is spending time with his two young grandchildren, Julie and Bradlee.
Nadia BENHAMIDA
Senior Polymers and Coatings Engineer
HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER
Nadia BenHamida is the Senior Coatings Material Engineer at Hyundai, with responsibility for North and South American manufacturing plants. Her primary role is quality auditing to ensure production quality, evaluation of new colors for future vehicles and coating development that improves quality and customer perception of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. At Rhetech, she formulated and developed new plastic materials for interior and exterior automotive application. And previously at EAG she developed dry erase coatings widely used today in homes, offices, schools, appliances and other products.
Nadia Benhamida is a global citizen; she received a Chemical engineering degree from North Africa, M.S. Applied Chemistry Engineering degree from Europe and a M.S. degree in Polymers and Coatings Engineering from USA. She enjoys yoga, hiking and traveling. Her philosophy is: “Together we achieve more”.
In the dawn of the 4th industrial revolution the auto industry is being challenged more than ever before; Nadia believes that the response and contribution need to be global involving all stakeholders from public and private sectors to academia and civil society.
Steve COATS
Vice President – Automotive Sales & Marketing
SAMES-KREMLIN
Vernon COMEAUX
Manufacturing Engineering - Paint Operations Senior Manager
FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES
Carl DOEKSEN
Global Robotics / Automation Director
3M
• Carl Doeksen is the Global Robotics & Automation Director at 3M Headquarters in St. Paul, MN where he leads teams to accelerate full robotic, and fixed automation, solutions for 3M’s industrial customers around the world. Prior to joining 3M, Carl spent 4 years at Honeywell’s Sensors & Signal Processing Laboratory.
• Carl has a BS in Finance from the University of Minnesota, an MBA from the University of Minnesota, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) as well as a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (DMAIC and DFSS). He has held multiple International Leadership positions for 3M (UK, DE, CN) and has spent most of his career in international operations.
• He’s active in the Robotics Industry, serving on the Board of Directors of the Robotics Industry Association (RIA/A3) as well as the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) Marcom and Suppliers Committees.
• Carl and his wife Kelly have two young daughters and they currently live in Austin
Rich EVERLY
Vice President Paint
BMW SPARTANBURG
Cassiano FABRIS
CEO
WENKER
Greg FREZELL
Technical Director Americas
NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS
David GEORGE
Surface treatment technical manager
HENKEL
Yuko GIDCUMB
Engineering Material Development Leader
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA
Richard GIFFIN
President & CEO
GIFFIN
Chris HALL
Strategy and Standards, Paint Group Leader
Honda
Tim HAYES
International President
SURCAR
Jeffrey JONES
Vice President Automotive OEM coatings
BASF
Jon KARR
Vice President Paintshop Automation
FANUC
Matthew MAINI
Senior Staff Engineer
HONDA MANAFACTURING OF ALABAMA
Matt Maini - 25 Years Automotive Experience which include 18 years of Paint Experience
Current Position:
Senior Staff Engineer / Technical Advisor for Honda Manufacturing of Alabama Paint Department Line 2
Responsibilities include establishing long term technical direction and developing technical team for long term stability.
Previous Positions:
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
Paint Line 2 Department Manager
Paint Line Construction Project Leader
Paint Engineering and Maintenance Manager
Xavier MAURY
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Director America
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Patrick MCKERNAN
Chief Engineer VOME - Global Paint Engineering
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Mike NELSON
Paint Process Manager
ABB
Ryan ODEGAARD
Director, Global Paint Vehicle Systems Engineering
GENERAL MOTORS
Jim PAKKALA
Director of sales and estimating
GALLAGHER-KAISER
Paul SIKORA
Vice President & General Manager
NALCO WATER
Sanghamitra SIRCAR
Global Product Manager Top Coats
AXALTA
April STEVENS MCNALLY
Chief Engineer VOME - Global Paint Engineering
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Joshua SUDBURY
Director of Sustainibility-NA
NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS
Dennis TALJAN
General Manager, Automotive OEM Services Automotive Coatings
PPG
Alexander WEITEN
Vice President
DÜRR SYSTEMS
Kenny WHITE
Director, Global Paint Vehicle Systems Engineering
GENERAL MOTORS