Roeland Vertriest

Chief Transformation Officer DuPont

Roeland Vertriest is the Chief Transformation Officer and Vice President, Operational Excellence for DuPont. He has global responsibility for the DuPont Centers of Excellence in Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturing, Asset Reliability and Operational Analytics. Earlier in his career Roeland was the SVP Strategic Services at Liberty Mutual, a global leader in the insurance industry. Roeland began his career at McKinsey & Company where he took on roles of increasing responsibility in the Operations Practice for Belgium and Greater China office before leading the Sub-Saharan Africa Operations Practice. Roeland is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for water sanitation and adult education. He holds a master’s degree in bio-engineering from Ghent University and a master’s degree in general management from the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School.

Conference Day 1: May 14, 2024

8:10 AM Keynote Panel: Enterprise Transformation in Energy: Writing a Roadmap for 2024

The energy sector is facing an unprecedented transformation: decarbonizing operations and increasing sustainability amid a rising demand for energy. Operators must act now to make sure they don’t fall behind in an increasingly environmentally conscious world, while making sure operations remain uncompromised. On this panel, industry leaders will discuss their top strategies for navigating such a paradigm shift, including:

  • Addressing the sustainability agenda and what it means for transformation
  • How to get executive buy in for transformation and sustainability projects
  • What does successful transformation look like?
  • Identifying your company’s distinctive capabilities and how to leverage them to accelerate transformation
  • Centering low carbon initiatives in your transformation plans

9:20 AM DuPont’s Transformation Journey: Towards Industry 4.0 leadership

  • Overview of DuPont’s transformation from 2020 to the present: How DuPont has secured and maintained its place as a global innovation leader
  • How DuPont drives rapid improvement across a 100-site plant network by optimizing its digital transformation strategy
  • Key considerations when laying out your transformation roadmap to ensure measurable success
  • Connecting Operational Excellence and Digital Transformation through the Integration of Industry 4.0 Technologies including digital twins and Intelligent Predictive Maintenance tools to drive process improvement
  • Lessons learned from the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies: successes and challenges
  • The future of digital transformation at DuPont

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Roeland.

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