Throughout the academic year, the Deming Center provides workshops, seminars, and lectures discussing different aspects of Operational Excellence. Speakers include leading practitioners and Deming Cup winners.
2020
- Juan Ramon Alaix
CEO, Zoetis
January 2020 - Alessandro Carlucci
Chairman of the Board, Business for Social Responsibility
January 2020 - Jia Chen
Product Leader, Blockchain for Healthcare & Life Sciences, Innovations & Solution Incubation, IBM
January 2020 - Hubert Joly
Executive Chairman
Best Buy
February 2020 - Daniel Ramot
Co-founder and CEO, Via
February 2020 - Ghassan Abou-Alfa
Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Faculty, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
April 2020 - Tim Knoll
COO, FreshDirect
April 2020 - Sam Palmisano
Chairman, Center for Global Enterprise
April 2020 - Bob Phillips
Director, Pricing Research, Amazon
May 2020 - Alberto Verme
Global Chairman, Institutional Clients Group, Citi, United Kingdom
June 2020
2019
- Juan Ramon Alaix
CEO, Zoetis
January 2019 - David McInerney
Co-Founder and CEO, FreshDirect
January 2019 - Kristin Peck
EVP and Group President, US Operations, Business Development & Strategy, Zoetis
February 2019 - Douglas Baker
Chairman and CEO, Ecolab
February 2019 - Terry Lundgren
Retired Chairman and CEO, Macy's, Inc.
April 2019 - E.B. Shouldice
Board Chair and President and John Hughes, Managing Director
July 2019 - Scott Henderson
Executive Officer in Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, NYPD
November 2019 - Terry Lundgren
Retired Chairman and CEO, Macy’s Inc.
November 2019 - Tim Steiner
OBE and CEO, Ocado
December 2019 - Melinda Roylett
General Manager UK and Ireland, Uber
December 2019
2018
- James Rhee
CEO, Ashley Stewart
January 2018 - Alessandro Delfino
Partner, McKinsey & Company
February 2018 - Grace Puma
Executive Vice President, Global Operations, PepsiCo
February 2018 - Jessica Flugge
Vice President, Global Quality, Marriott International
June 2018 - Tony Gascon
GM, MR Value Stream Operations, GE Healthcare
June 2018 - Luis Pagani
President and CEO, Grupo Arcor
December 2018 - Francisco Carrau
CEO, Bodegas Carrau
December 2018
2017
- David Cote
CEO, Honeywell
February 2017 - Philippe Cochet
Chief Productivity Officer, GE
February 2017 - Daniel Ramot
Co-Founder and CEO, Via
June 2017 - James Keyes
CEO, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets; Chairman, Wild Oats, LLC
August 2017 - Alessandro Carlucci
Chairman, Business for Social Responsibility; Former CEO, Natura Cosmeticos
August 2017 - Tim Steiner
CEO, Ocado
August 2017 - Matteo Del Vecchio
CEO, Carolee, LLC
August 2017 - Karen Gray
Vice President of Retail and Global Development, Eileen Fisher
August 2017 - Lynne Greene
Group President, Clinique, Origins, Ojon, Aveda & Darphin, The Estée Lauder Companies
August 2017 - Richard Jaffe
Investor & Consultant to Retailers
August 2017 - James Rhee
CEO, Ashley Stewart
September 2017 - Kristin Peck
EVP & President US Operations, Zoetis
November 2017 - Mauro Fenzi
CEO, Comau
December 2017
2016
- Alessandro Carlucci
Chairman, BSR & Former CEO, Natura Cosméticos
Spring 2016 - Toby Cosgrove
President and CEO, Cleveland Clinic
Spring 2016 - Keith Sherin
Vice Chairman, GE; Chairman and CEO, GE Capital
Spring 2016 - Kristin Peck
EVP and President, US Operations, Zoetis
Spring 2016 - Leila Velez
Founder and CEO, Beleza Natural
Summer 2016
2015
- Alessandro Carlucci
Chairman, BSR; Former CEO, Natura Cosméticos
Fall 2015 - Danielle DiFerdinando
Founder and Creative Director, Danielle Nicole
Summer 2015 - Christine Doherty
Deputy Inspector and Commanding Officer of NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau
Summer 2015 - Frederic Mazzella
Founder and CEO, BlaBla Car
Spring 2015 - Leila Velez
Founder and CEO, Beleza Natural
Summer 2015 - Alberto Verme
Chairman, Europe, Middle East and Africa Banking, Citigroup
Spring 2015 - Stef Wertheimer
Founder, ISCAR
Fall 2015
2014
- Scott Wharton
Managing Director and Global CPO, Citibank
Summer 2014 - Kristin Peck '99
EVP and Group President, Zoetis
Spring 2014
- Paolo Rocca
Chairman and CEO, Tenaris S.A.
Spring 2014
2013
- Terry Lundgren
Chairman and CEO, Macy's Inc.
Fall 2013
2012
- Rob Amen '73
Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School
Summer 2012 - Steve Blank
Serial Entrepreneur
Summer 2012 - Crystal Caligiuri
Senior Director Operations, Gilt Groupe
Spring 2012 - Tom Groos '80
Partner, Citylight Capital
Summer 2012 - Brent James
Chief Quality Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Fall 2012 - Sergio Marchionne
Chairman and CEO, Chrysler Group; CEO, Fiat
Fall 2012 - Stephen Murray
President and Chief Executive Officer, CCMP Capital
Fall 2012 - David Niles
President, SSA&Co
Spring 2012
2011
- Jeffrey Keefer
Consultant to Chair and CEO, DuPont
Summer 2011 - David Neeleman
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A.; Founder and Former CEO, JetBlue Airways
Summer 2011
Fall 2011 - Sam Palmisano
Chairman, IBM
Operations Management
Fall 2011 - Harry Silver '80
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Summer 2011