Gerardo de la Torre is an experienced automotive supply chain executive with extensive experience leading Nissan’s regional and global supply chain and manufacturing operations. He is currently responsible for leading supply chain improvements, innovation and digitalisation across supply chain management functions in North America, including the carmaker’s digital action plan. De la Torre recently led Nissan Americas Semiconductor Supply Crisis Management Strategy enabling incremental production volume during the severe global supply crisis, receiving the 2021 Global Nissan President Special Award in recognition of his leadership and his teams’ contribution. Since joining Nissan in 1989 he has successfully implemented global innovations, improvements and strategies across new model launches in Mexico, Brazil and USA, dealer and manufacturing order-to-delivery and vehicle allocation in the Americas markets, and global sales planning and car flow management in Japan. In 2015 Gerardo also received the Global Nissan-Renault Alliance SCM Innovation award in Paris.

In her current role, Becca has global responsibility for Ford's IT landscape across inbound material and vehicle logistics, covering the scope of yard management, transport management, freight payment and logistics visibility systems. Her team is focused on cloud modernisation and building data centric, shared architecture across supply chain and manufacturing systems. She has more than eight years of experience across a variety of material logistics, packaging, vehicle logistics, product and IT management. After starting her career at Ford, she spent two years in consulting at Deloitte before joining Rivian, where she led logistics IT and system integration and logistics product management across transport and yard management as the company launched their first vehicle. Becca Adam has a Bachelors of Science in Operations Management from The Ohio State University.

Since October 2021, Skotti has been responsible for Accuride’s global activities in the areas of procurement and strategic sourcing, logistics and distribution, supplier quality and development. She is a member of the Company’s Executive Committee and reports to the Board and President/CEO.
At Accuride, Fietsam has navigated a global supply chain freight shortage, unprecedented fluctuations in raw material and significant cost increase diversions.
Fietsam began her supply chain career at Chrysler where she worked in Finance, Purchasing, Supplier Quality and IT. She progressed onto BorgWarner as a strategy manager for the Global Supply Management team. She was responsible for setting the sourcing strategy for 61 plants across the globe. She was then first appointed to be a Plant Manager at a new site near Sao Paulo, Brazil and then to lead a larger plant ($110M) in Guadalajara, Mexico with customer base including Ford, Nissan, VW, and GM.
Immediately prior to joining Accuride, Fietsam served as Senior Operations and then Product Manager in IT Supply Chain at Amazon. She was responsible for developing mechanisms that decreased customer delivery time by automating supply chain process for procuring and delivering IT equipment over $1.2 billion spent annually across 3200 sites globally.

Since 2023, Eric Elliot has been responsible for Nissan’s suppler cyber security programme for the North America region, focused on identifying and addressing risks across the carmaker’s supply chain partners and taking proactive measures to protect logistics, production and distribution operations. He has a unique background in supply chain management, having previously worked for ten years in Nissan’s information systems department, including as IS manager for supply chain. He therefore has an in-depth understanding of the digitalisation, IT and security protocols required across the automotive supply chain. Eric Elliot has been with Nissan since 2014, having previously worked in IS, IT and project management across a range of industries and companies, including healthcare and lab testing.

Scott Mabry is responsible for coordinating cross-border vehicle logistics flows across the Volkswagen Group in North America, working with sales and logistics teams in the US, Mexico and Canada, and with logistics teams in Europe. As part of a new regional alignment in vehicle logistics, he is also responsible for leading on an integrated control tower for North America, developing visibility and data analytics to help optimise logistics and inventory. Scott Mabry has been working across digital supply chain and logistics roles for more than 25 years, including with Volkswagen Group since 2004, in IT processes for supply chain and logistics operations, logistics planning and strategy for parts and vehicles.

David Eyes has long been an influential figure in supply chain management and digitalization markets. With more than 25 years of expertise in supply chain business development, David has helped hundreds of businesses leverage integration and automation for greater success. In addition to his position at TrueCommerce, he also serves on the advisory boards for the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association (GAMA), acting as Chairman of the GAMA Supply Chain Committee. When he isn’t helping business owners, David uses his knowledge and passion to support supply chain education in younger generations, regularly visiting and speaking at schools, colleges and universities about opportunities in the field. 

Walker and his team are the go-to experts for rail shipment optimization and rail supply chain digitalization. With more than a decade of experience at Railinc, the rail industry’s data steward, Walker leverages a keen understanding of rail data and operations.
In his current role, Walker helps shippers implement supply chain visibility and management solutions that close inbound and outbound visibility gaps, monitor cycle times, and identify impactful rail trends. Walker’s expertise includes rail event visibility, fleet monitoring, and supply chain digitalization.
In 2024, Walker was recognized as a Railway Age “Fast Tracker”, an award recognizing outstanding individuals under 40 who have made a substantial impact on the rail supply chain. In his free time, Matt is a panelist for America's Greatest Golf Courses Rankings with Golf Digest. Matt plays and scores courses based on layout variety and shot options—helping to determine America's greatest golf courses.

Rick started his career with Ford Motor Company as an engineer, was the Executive Vice President of a major Tier 1, NYSE-listed, automotive supplier for 14 years, and is now President and CEO of GAMA (Georgia Automotive Manufacturers Association), as well as a Director of SAMA (Southern Automotive Manufacturers Alliance).
Rick is also currently a Partner at Clements Bernard Walker PLLC – a law firm specializing in Intellectual Property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related matters), and Trade Association Law. He is a Registered Patent Attorney. His specialties include various automotive and industrial technologies, as well as cybersecurity, trade associations, and corporate governance.
He is the author of numerous published articles on innovation, quality, and profitability. In addition, Rick has been named the “Automotive Leader of the Year” by the State of Georgia and is a recipient of the prestigious International Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF).
He holds both undergraduate and graduate engineering degrees from the University of Detroit, a law degree from the University of Detroit, and completed The Executive Program at the University of Michigan, School of Business Administration.