John is being celebrated for his instrumental role at CESMII where he has been leading the effort to improve manufacturing and energy productivity for US manufacturers through innovation in smart manufacturing education, technologies, and cultivating robust collaboration among industry, academia, and government stakeholders.

John Dyck

CEO

The Manufacturing Leadership Council announced that John Dyck, CEO at CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute, has been recognized as a finalist in the 2024 Manufacturing Leadership Awards for his outstanding achievement in Digital Transformation Leadership.

John is being celebrated for his instrumental role at CESMII where he has been leading the effort to improve manufacturing and energy productivity for US manufacturers through innovation in smart manufacturing education, technologies, and cultivating robust collaboration among industry, academia, and government stakeholders.

John will be recognized along with all other award finalists at the Manufacturing Leadership Awards Gala, which will take place on June 5, 2024, at the JW Marriott in Marco Island, Florida. Winners in all project and individual categories will be announced at that time, along with the Manufacturers of the Year and Manufacturing Leader of the Year. The gala is the closing event for Rethink: Accelerating Digital Transformation in Manufacturing. Details about the awards are available here.

Nominations for the 2025 Manufacturing Leadership Awards will open in September 2024.

About Manufacturing Leadership Council

Founded in 2008 and now a division of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s mission is to help manufacturing companies transition to the digital model of manufacturing by focusing on the technological, organizational and leadership dimensions of change. With more than 2,500 senior-level members from many of the world’s leading manufacturing companies, the MLC focuses on the intersection of advanced digital technologies and the business, identifying growth and improvement opportunities in the operation, organization and leadership of manufacturing enterprises as they pursue their journeys to Manufacturing 4.0.

About CESMII

CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute – has a total investment of $140M from Department of Energy funding and public/private partnership contributions, with a mandate to create a more competitive manufacturing environment here in the US. CESMII is one of 16 Manufacturing USA institutes on this mission to increase manufacturing productivity, global competitiveness, and reinvestment by increasing energy productivity, improving economic performance and raising workforce capacity. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) is the program and administrative home of CESMII. For more information about CESMII, its history and Smart Manufacturing, visit cesmii.org