24th Annual
Trade Show and Conference

Save the Date: May 7, 2025

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3201 E. Houston St. | Expo Hall B
San Antonio, TX 78219
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Past Years

2023 Speakers

PANEL DISCUSSION

Generational Transitioning in Manufacturing

john-dini

John Dini
Founder & CEO
The ExitMap

Vanessa-Van-de-Putte

Vanessa Van de Putte
Founder & CEO
Dixie Flag & Banner Company

Jordan Vexler
COO
Monterrey Iron & Metal

Klaus-Weiswurm

Klaus Weiswurm
Chairman
ITM

Workforce Development Trends in Manufacturing: Emerging Innovations & Skill Needs

Tim Wilson
Founder & CEO
Director of Market & Product Development Tooling U – (SME)

Understanding the Buyer/Procurement Process

Michael-J-McIver

Michael McIver
VP of Manufacturing
PSI

leo-cardenas

Leo Cardenas Jr.
Sr. Specialist, Purchasing
SwRI

james-massey

James Massey
Manager Business Management
CPS Energy

art-raynes

Art Raynes
Sr. Account Manager
Cox Manufacturing

yvonne-torres

Yvonne Torres
Sr. Director Purchasing
SAWS

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Kendra Blacksher
Industrial Products
Sr. Analyst & Audit
Sr. Manager RSM US LLP

Liz Papagni
CEO & Strategist Extraordinaire
Marketing Initiative Worx

Nathan Goodwin
Director of Intake and Analytics
Bridgehead IT

Sandra Hawkins
Sr. Research Engineer
SWRI, TMAC

2022 Speakers

PANEL DISCUSSION

Navigating the Governmental Procurement Mazes to Grow Your Business

James Franks
President
Franks Manufacturing Company, Inc

Doug Carlberg
President / CEO
M2 Global

Bill Rafferty
South Central Director
Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center

Curtis Mohler
PTAC Regional Program Manager
UTSA Institute for Economic Development
Procurement Technical Assistance Center

Steve Wyatt
Executive Director
Southwest Trade Adjustment
Assistance Center

4 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Jim Lowery
ITM
Robotics & Automation

Raul Flores
CPS
Cost Saving Measures

Tim Stark
CPS
Cost Saving Measures

Gabe Draper
Factur
Increase Sales

Wes Bunch, CEO
Bridgehead IT
Cyber Security

andrew-evans

Andrew Evans CISSP
Bridgehead IT
Cyber Security

PEER GROUP PANEL

Panel Discussion on Getting Sound Advice to Grow Your Business

bob-buckley

Bob Buckley – Moderator
SAMA CEO and Operation Manager
Peer Group Moderator

Michael J. McIver
VP Manufacturing
Pressure Systems International Inc.

Eric Peter
President / CEO
Alamo Transformer Supply Company

Mike Postal
President, Executive
Connexa

CONFERENCE TALK

Mary Batch, Manager
Toyota Manufacturing
Attracting, hiring, and retaining employees

Katie Chain
HEB
Attracting, hiring, and retaining employees

2021 Speakers

Harry Moser

Founder & President: Reshoring Initiative
Topic: Buy American: Supply Chain Wake-Up Calls for Reshoring Now

Biography

Harry founded the Reshoring Initiative to bring five million manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. after working for high end machine tool supplier GF AgieCharmilles, starting as President in 1985 and retiring 12/31/10 as Chairman Emeritus. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine’s 2012 Quality Professional of the year and FAB Shop Magazine’s Manufacturing Person of the year.   Harry participated actively in President Obama’s 1/11/12 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won The Economist debate on outsourcing and offshoring, received the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014 and the Made in America 2019 Reshoring Award. He was recognized by Sue Helper, then Commerce Department Chief Economist, as the driving force in founding the reshoring trend and named to the Commerce Department Investment Advisory Council in August 2019.

Harry is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, NYT, Forbes, Financial Times, New Yorker, Washington Post and USA Today and seen on Fox Business, MarketWatch, PRI, NPR, Manufacturing Talk Radio and other national TV and radio programs.  He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967 and an MBA from U. of Chicago in 1981. 

Biography

Harry founded the Reshoring Initiative to bring five million manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. after working for high end machine tool supplier GF AgieCharmilles, starting as President in 1985 and retiring 12/31/10 as Chairman Emeritus. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine’s 2012 Quality Professional of the year and FAB Shop Magazine’s Manufacturing Person of the year.   Harry participated actively in President Obama’s 1/11/12 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won The Economist debate on outsourcing and offshoring, received the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014 and the Made in America 2019 Reshoring Award. He was recognized by Sue Helper, then Commerce Department Chief Economist, as the driving force in founding the reshoring trend and named to the Commerce Department Investment Advisory Council in August 2019.

Harry is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, NYT, Forbes, Financial Times, New Yorker, Washington Post and USA Today and seen on Fox Business, MarketWatch, PRI, NPR, Manufacturing Talk Radio and other national TV and radio programs.  He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967 and an MBA from U. of Chicago in 1981. 

James “Jay” Hawreluk

CEO & Executive Consultant: AcuMax Index
Topic: Topic – Developing Your Workforce
Book Author: Unraveling the Mystery of People

Biography

James “Jay” Hawreluk has a BBA in Business Management from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Detroit.  From his involvement in a youth organization, to his first full time position at a bank, as a business owner and involved in sales and consulting, people have always fascinated him.

Over the years, Jay has tried to figure people out and address the issue of why they do the things they do.  This culminated when he become a Senior Management Consultant in late 2000 and for over 10 years worked with all size organizations to provide recruiting, hiring, management, team building and strategic planning expertise.  During this time period, Jay also explored personal relationships on all levels and discovered many commonalities in business relationships and personal relationships – which can all impact stress, happiness and goal achievement.

Jay has years of hands on experience in dealing with the many complex issues that occur in today’s business environment.  After orchestrating the buyout of his company in the early 1990’s, Jay has continued to work with executives of small to Fortune 500 companies offering realistic and attainable solutions to the challenges of our dynamic business world.  The hallmark of Jay’s career has been his ability to consistently deliver new approaches that generate quality results to his clientele at the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

The information Jay has acquired over many years of working with companies is now available to all in his new book and presentation seminar- Unraveling the Mystery of People – which now enables all people to improve their relationships, job satisfaction and overall life enjoyment!  From this book the AcuMax Index® Survey has been developed which accurately assesses an individual’s natural wiring and tells us how they are best motivated, process thought, preferred work style, how risk decisions are made and one’s communication style.  The additional value is the AcuMax Index® scientifically informs us of the environment that a person can best flourish in and is the only assessment that not only measures, but reports on a person’s natural wiring!  The AcuMax Index® is a statistically valid, EEOC compliant assessment that enables any type of organization to improve quality of hiring, performance of their workforce and job satisfaction for all.  In addition, the AcuMax Index® can be used to help in all sorts of personal relationships – spouses, significant others, children, family and friends!  All of this clarity on people and relationships with a simple 5 minute Survey!

Jay’s educational and entertaining presentation style has led to speaking engagements with numerous business organizations, not-for-profit events, conferences and professional organizations!  Unraveling the Mystery of People live presentation is consistently rated as one of the best presentations audiences have seen on human interactions!

Justin Roff-Marsh

Founder: Ballistix
Topic: How to Create a Sales & Marketing Machine
Book Author: The Machine: A radical approach to the design of the sales function.

Biography


Justin Roff-Marsh is the founder of Ballistix and the developer of Sales Process Engineering. Ballistix builds highly efficient sales functions for organizations in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Sales Process Engineering is a radical approach to the design and management of sales functions. Roff-Marsh propagates his (generally controversial) ideas via his popular blog (www.salesprocessengineering.net) and via a busy international speaking schedule.

We were extremely pleased to have participated in the SAMA Trade Show. From my personal perspective, I was astounded at both the quantity and quality of the show’s attendees most of which were decision makers. We obtained, minimally, 10 very high-quality contacts with which we are currently engaged. Historically we participate in 10-12 trade shows every year, SAMA’s was the best, WE WILL BE BACK!!!

Randy Holford, Sales Manager, SupplyWorks

2021 Speakers

Harry Moser

Reshoring Initiative

James Hawreluk

AcuMax Index

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Justin Roff-Marsh

2019 Speakers

2019 Recap

WF Strong

Texas Historian

Jeannine Kunz

Vice President,
Tooling U-SME

Michael Addo-Yobo

Cyber Security,
BDO Global Accounting Company

2018 Speakers

2018 Recap

Andy Car

KFC Technologies

Matt Robinson

Southwest Research Institute

David Rojas

Automation Station, LLC

Russ Hughes

North America Customer Center, Desoutter Tools

Jason McLaurin

Jcore Systems

Sam Wegehaupt

Assembly Shop,
Toyota Motor

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