Ford's Mathaisel to Deliver Auto-Tech 98 Keynote Speech
21 April 1998
Ford CIO Mathaisel to Deliver Keynote Address at Auto-Tech 98 Luncheon
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 21 -- Bernard F. Mathaisel,
executive director and chief information officer (CIO) for Ford Motor Co.
, will deliver the keynote address at the Automotive Industry Action
Group's (AIAG) keynote luncheon at Detroit's Cobo Center on Tuesday, Sept. 1,
1998, during AIAG's AUTO-TECH 98 Conference & Exposition.
In his keynote address to more than 1,200 auto industry professionals,
Mathaisel will relate the growing importance of, and dependency on,
information technology (IT) to the automotive industry. The title of his
speech is "Using electronic business to drive industry transformation."
With more than 20 years of high technology implementation experience, he
is considered an expert in the areas of strategic planning, selection,
acquisition, implementation and management of information technology and
communications systems.
Mathaisel joined Ford in 1997. As the highest level IT executive at Ford,
Mathaisel is responsible for information technology worldwide. The scope of
his work includes computer aided design, engineering, manufacturing and
product information systems. Prior to this, he was a partner at Ernst &
Young, LLP where he specialized in the strategic use and management of
information technologies across a wide range of industrial segments. He
previously served as chief information officer for the Walt Disney Company and
as senior partner for the former Temple, Barker & Sloan, a Lexington, Mass.-
based management consulting firm.
Mathaisel earned both a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
AUTO-TECH is the conference of choice for top vehicle manufacturers and
supplier executives and the exhibitors who want to reach them. Experts from
all sectors of the automotive industry -- including production and non-
production suppliers, computer hardware and software vendors, financial
institutions, quality registrars and others -- are represented at the
conference, which will take place September 1 to 3.
AUTO-TECH 98 will feature a 150+ booth exposition and more than 120
educational sessions on the latest developments related to industry issues and
cooperative efforts such as Year 2000, the Automotive Network eXchange(R)
service, electronic data interchange and electronic commerce, QS-9000, global
manufacturing, CAD/CAM data exchange, bar code labeling, regulatory issues,
procurement and many others.
Registration for the AIAG AUTO-TECH conference -- including admission to
all of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday educational sessions, keynote luncheon,
general session luncheon and exhibition -- costs $700 for employees of AIAG
member organizations and $900 for non-members. Individuals registering before
Aug. 1 will receive a $100 discount.
For tickets to the keynote luncheon or for AUTO-TECH 98 registration,
exhibition and conference information, interested parties should contact AIAG
at 248-358-3003.
Founded in 1982, AIAG is a not-for-profit trade association of more than
1,300 automotive and truck manufacturers and their suppliers. Originally
recognized for its efforts to standardize electronic data interchange (EDI)
and bar code standards to assist Tier One suppliers, AIAG's mission has
expanded to cover all levels of the automotive supply chain as well as to
include numerous programs and initiatives aimed at improving its members'
productivity and quality.
More information about AIAG and the annual AUTO-TECH Conference &
Exposition can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.aiag.org.
SOURCE Automotive Industry Action Group