Davis|Kuelthau is a proud sponsor of BizTimes Media’s Next Generation Manufacturing Summit taking place on Thursday, October 4, 2018.
This forum will provide an interactive panel discussion with CEOs from southeastern Wisconsin companies who will share their best operation strategies and provide insightful solutions on how they compete in a global marketplace, and strive to be world-class manufacturers in the 21st century. Attendees will learn from industry leaders who are creating processes that not only attract talent but drive innovation in their business.
The panelists for this discussion include Aaron Jagdfeld, President & CEO of Generac, Keith Coursin, President of Desert Aire, Paul Woelbing, President of Carma Laboratories, Inc., Rich Simonson, COO of Carma Laboratories, Inc. and Frank Carroll, President & CEO of Broan-NuTone. The panel will be moderated by Arthur Thomas, manufacturing reporter for BizTimes Milwaukee.
The summit will conclude with attendees having the opportunity to select and participate in four out of 12 roundtable discussions covering company culture, veterans in the work place, Foxconn supply chain, leadership and more.
Davis|Kuelthau will offer the following roundtable discussions during the summit:
- Best Practices for Building Expansions. Interested in expanding your current facility or acquiring more real estate elsewhere? Join Kevin Johnson, Director of FVM at Hunzinger Construction Company, and Michael Van Someren, associate attorney on Davis|Kuelthau’s Real Estate legal team, for best practices on building expansions and acquisitions. The discussion will focus on contract considerations and the benefits of leveraging owner’s representative services so that your management team can stay focused on managing high-level business needs during the construction process.
- Navigating Employment Laws Unique to Hiring Veterans. Between 200,000 – 250,000 veterans leave the military each year, others remain active but are on temporary leave. In both scenarios, many are seeking employment in skilled, good-paying civilian jobs. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, of the 370,000 unemployed veterans in 2017, 59% were between the ages of 25 – 54. Join Laurie Meyer of Davis|Kuelthau’s Labor & Employment Team for a how-to on complying with various employment considerations unique to veterans, including the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Know how to avoid inadvertent discrimination, glean resources for translating military resumes, and know who is covered by USERRA and what re-employment rights include. Laurie is active in the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce, and offers first-hand perspective as a former in-house HR leader and member of a military family.
This event will take place at Generac Power Systems-Corporate Headquarters on S45W29290 Highway 59 in Waukesha on Thursday, October 4, from 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
For more information, please visit the BizTimes Website.