Vice President of Electrified Propulsion Planning
Stellantis
Lisa Lortie is the Vice President of Electrified Propulsion Planning at Stellantis. She is responsible for leading a team of Planners that propose, develop and monitor Stellantis’ global electrified propulsion plan. Lisa is also responsible to ensure strategies are consistent with corporate objectives and leads cross functionally with engineering, finance and extended teams to evolve existing programs and develop new programs. She is tasked with developing plans that achieve targets including market coverage, value creation and corporate profitability while considering all of the constraints and optimizing expenses and synergies.
She earned both a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Windsor. Lortie was named one of the Top 100 Leading Women in Automotive in North America by Automotive News and is featured in a Chapter of SAE’s book, “The Road Forward,” released in May 2021. She is a member of several organizations supporting women in STEM including the Society of Women Engineers, Ontario Network of Women in Engineering, See It Be It STEM It, and also volunteers in the Engineers of Tomorrow organization, promoting STEM in the classroom as part of the Engineer in Residence program.
Lortie is also actively involved with Diversity and Inclusion efforts at Stellantis including holding a Board Member position on the Women of Stellantis Business Resource Group. Additionally, Lortie also serves on the Dean of Engineering’s Advisory Board at the University of Windsor.
Industry Vice President Global Sales & Marketing
Rockwell Automation
Cory Garlick is Vice President leading our North America industry teams that serve our customers, improving the quality of life by making them and the world more productive and sustainable. Our Industry teams are focused on accelerating profitable top-line growth by delivering high-value business outcomes for our customers.
Cory joined Rockwell Automation in 2001 and has held multiple leadership roles across the company.Most recently, he served as Director of Intelligent Devices Business Segment after leading our Global Enterprise Account Program and serving as the Global Enterprise Manager for Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Cory holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Management from Ohio University and earned an Executive MBA from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western University.
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