If you work in manufacturing or CPG, you know the pressure: deliver great products on time, keep costs down and ensure every employee gets home safely. But with supply chains growing more complex and turnover rising on the factory floor, it’s a lot to juggle. That’s where practical, plug-and-play AI comes in.
Join SAS industry experts as they break down how ready-made AI is making a difference for manufacturers. You’ll hear real-world stories about boosting supply chain resilience, improving worker safety and getting ROI. Whether you’re just starting your AI journey or looking to scale, you’ll walk away with actionable ideas you can use right now.
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Sr. Product Marketing Manager, SAS
Glynn Newby has created, built and grown low- and high-tech products for over 20 years. He is a maker and loves exploring the intersection of advances in technology and the practice of manufacturing. Newby is the Manufacturing Industry Marketing Manager at SAS and acts as a sherpa to help manufacturers as they digitally transform for future productivity.
Advisory Pre-Sales Solutions Architect, SAS
Jessica Curtis has over 17 years of experience helping manufacturers and consumer goods companies improve decision-making through advanced forecasting, demand planning and supply chain optimization. At SAS, she helps clients solve complex business challenges using machine learning, AI and data-driven analytics, with a focus on improving analytical transparency and explainability. Before SAS, Curtis led forecasting and analytics teams in the retail industry, supporting both strategic and operational decisions across merchandising and supply chain. She holds a BA in mathematics and psychology from Wake Forest University and a master’s degree in applied statistics from Penn State.
Principal Business Development Specialist, SAS
Bobby Shkolnikov is an energetic and open leader who blends a process-driven background in management consulting with an entrepreneurial mindset to deliver practical, high-impact outcomes. His work focuses on applying AI and intelligent streaming technologies to solve operational and safety challenges at scale.
At SAS, Shkolnikov is the global commercial leader for worker safety, driving strategy, partnerships and go-to-market execution for AI-powered solutions across industrial environments. He specializes in translating advanced analytics, computer vision and real-time streaming into deployable solutions with measurable business value.