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Business Program

Embrace Technology | Technology in the Supply Chain | Productivity and Social Media | Strategizing for Mobility

You’re invited to join BSA industry leaders as they celebrate 46 years of growing together as an industry and association!

Embrace Technology to Drive Your Business Process Transformation

Sunday, April 29, 9:45 am - 11:15 am
Daniel Burrus, Founder and CEO of Burrus Research, Technology Forecaster, Business Strategist and Author

Daniel Burrus takes the concept of looking into the future and transforms it into a new paradigm for running highly successful businesses that use new tools of innovation for driving business process transformation designed to dramatically increase agility, speed and cost savings for accelerating growth both now and in the future.

His company monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients better understand how technological, social and business forces are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities.

Click here to learn more about Daniel Burrus. Click below to watch a video about Daniel Burrus.

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Andy Andrews

Facing the Forces of Change: Wholesale Distribution Trends and Imperatives

Monday, April 30th, 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Guy Blissett, Wholesale Distribution Lead, IBM Corporation

As global lead for Wholesale Distribution at IBM, Guy researches critical issues, challenges, and opportunities in wholesale distribution, and brings focus to IBM's activities in the industry.  

In November 2010, Guy published Facing the Forces of Change®:  Decisive Actions for an Uncertain Economy, published by NAW Institute for Distribution Excellence, where Guy is a fellow. The book summarizes trends and issues in wholesale distribution such as information technology, services, analytics, and prioritizes imperatives for companies to consider.

Click here to learn more about Guy Blissett. Click on the image above to listen to a webinar presented by Guy Blissett.

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Productivity and Social Media: The Good News and the Bad News

Monday, April 30th, 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Matthew Bookspan, Chief Shark @ Blacktip IT Services

Matthew Bookspan started Blacktip IT Services to help small businesses implement and use technology to move their operations forward. Blacktip IT Services are a Mac-based Managed Service Provider (MSP) and managed consulting firm dedicated to supporting small business by providing onsite, remote and help desk support; system administration; network administration; project management; tactical IT management; and CIO-level technical direction. Mr. Bookspan was particularly well received at the BSA’s 2011 Winter Meeting and is familiar with many of our industry companies.

Click here to learn more about Matthew Bookspan.

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Strategic Vision: Mobility and Beyond

Monday, April 30th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Brian Eccles, Associate Partner with IBM Global Business Services

Brian Eccles has held a number of positions in consulting, solution development, project delivery, and account management.  Prior to joining IBM Brian was a member of P&G, PepsiCo, and PricewaterhouseCoopers where roles included product development, engineering and operations, and management consulting.  He has lived and worked overseas in Japan, China, Europe, and elsewhere.

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BSA Update

Sunday, April 29, 8:15 am - 8:30 am

Bill Stevens, President and CEO of Motion Industries and BSA Past President will provide us an update on the bearing industry's growth from the distributor perspective including data from BSA's Annual Distributor Report Survey.

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ABMA Update

Sunday, April 29, 8:30 am- 9:15 am

 

Pete Eich, President at NTN Bearing Corporation of America, Executive Officer for NTN Corporation, Osaka, Japan and incoming chair of ABMA, will present an update on growth in the bearing industry from the perspective of the American Bearing Manufacturers Association.

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