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CEO Industrial Engineer - Patricia K. Poppe - MSIE 1991 - Purdue
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The Future of PG&E With CEO Patti Poppe
Marisa Lagos &Scott Shafer
Dec 7
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 06: CEO of PG&E, Patti Poppe, speaks onstage during GE The Lean Mindset: The Pursuit Of Progress Event at Chelsea Industrial on September 06, 2023 in New York City.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and launched her career in 1990 as an associate-manufacturing engineer with General Motors in Warren, Michigan. Nine months later, General Motors sponsored her return to Purdue for a master’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Systems Engineering. When she returned, she was placed at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant, where she worked in engineering, production and planning.
Poppe was a member of the first Global Task Team for General Motors. This globally diverse team traveled around the world to learn about lean manufacturing techniques. When assigned to the vice president of Manufacturing at Detroit-Hamtramck as his technical assistant, Poppe organized and ran the general manager’s weekly staff meetings and frequently facilitated conversations between the assembly plant employees and the general manager. She was instrumental in developing the manufacturing performance metrics tracking data month-to-month and year-to-year and driving continuous improvement and innovation into the operation.
Transferred to the Lordstown Assembly Plant in Ohio, Poppe was quickly promoted to an executive position running the body shop. A few months later, she was named general assembly area manager, overseeing 2,500 hourly and 100 salaried employees rotating through three shift schedules. Widely recognized for her leadership, in 2001 she was awarded the Automotive Hall of Fame’s Young Leader in Excellence Award.
Industrial Engineer - Joe Forehand - CEO and Chairman - Accenture
Sander van 't Noordende is group chief executive of Accenture Management Consulting
Mr. van ‘t Noordende holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, with a specialty in finance and marketing. http://www.accenture.com/us-en/company/people/Pages/sander-vant-noordende.aspx
Lee Iacocca - CEO, Chrysler
Timothy D. Cook - Chief Executive Officer, Apple Inc. (Auburn University)
John Dasburg - Former CEO of Northwest Airlines and Burger King (University of Florida)
Michael Eskew - CEO, United Parcel Service (Purdue University)
Joe Hardy - Founder and CEO of 84 Lumber, (University of Pittsburgh)
Charles O. Holliday - CEO, DuPont (University of Tennessee)
Linda Hudson - President and CEO of BAE Systems Inc. (University of Florida)
Dick Kovacevich - CEO, Wells Fargo
William H. Swanson - President and CEO, Raytheon Co. (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)
