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The 2023 KT Excellence Awards Ceremony

Our 2023 Award Winners:

Individual Awards

Program Leader of the Year

Manuel Uribe Figueroa – Adient
Anthony Corrente – IBM Australia Ltd
Karine I Hinton, ExxonMobil – Imperial Oil
Toru Mori – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Ahmad Maaz Khan – Cisco Systems Belgium
Rob K Barker – HCL Technologies
Noor Saleha Binti Selamat – Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Jin Amanokura – Resonac Corporation
Yasutoshi Kojima – Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Wang Qing, Guo – Lam Research China
Takeshi Terasaki – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

Facilitator of the Year

Juan Ortega Mendoza – Adient
Jon Dowell – Suncor Energy Services Inc.

Coach of the Year

David Gillespie – Bravura Solutions Limited
Seema Patil – HCL Technologies

Rational Management Executive of the Year

Jim Ball – Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Kris Lockburner – Johnson & Johnson
Tony Cusato – IBM USA
Saiki Wakana – Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
Shuhei Okazaki – Astellas Pharma Inc.
Torrance Ford – Shaw Industries, Inc.

 

Team Awards

Problem Solving Excellence

Adient Aguascalientes Plant
Adient Puebla Plant
ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Durag GmbH
Hamburger Rieger GmbH

Decision Making Excellence

Adient Lerma Plant
Adient Americas
Adient Matamoros Plant
Siemens AG

Situation Appraisal Excellence

Flextronics Plastics S.a. De C.v.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
IBM Australia

Combined KT Technologies Excellence

Adient Tlaxcala
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Nokia
Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH

 

Organization Awards

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations

Flextronics Plastics S.A. DE C.V
Siemens AG
Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations

Nissan North America
Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A
Lam Research Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence

ASML
Cisco Systems
Organon Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd
Shaw Industries, Inc.

Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence

Adient Lerma Plant
ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil
Rio Tinto
Fieldpiece Corporation
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Honda
DBS
Philips Healthcare

Recipients of Formal Selection Committee Nominations

For the 12 KT Excellence Awards of 2023, the following persons, teams, and organizations have been bestowed with formal nominations by the KTEA Selection Committee:

Individual Award Nominations

Program Leader of the Year Nominations

Noor Saleha Binti Selamat – Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Manuel Uribe Figueroa – Adient
Anthony Corrente – IBM Australia Ltd
Karine I Hinton – ExxonMobil – Imperial Oil
Toru Mori – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Chris O’Connor – Nissan North America
Sohaib Abid – Cisco Systems Inc.
Ahmad Maaz Khan – Cisco Systems Belgium
Rob K Barker – HCL Technologies
Jin Amanokura – Resonac Corporation
Daisuke Yasukawa – Hitachi Academy Co., Ltd.
Yasutoshi Kojima – Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Wang Qing, Guo – Lam Research China
Takeshi Terasaki – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Jeanette Tamraz – Fujifilm Irvine Scientific

Facilitator of the Year Nominations

Juan Ortega Mendoza – Adient
Jon Dowell – Suncor Energy Services Inc.

Coach of the Year Nominations

David Gillespie – Bravura Solutions Limited
Seema Patil – HCL Technologies

Rational Management Executive of the Year Nominations

Jim Ball – Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Kris Lockburner – Johnson & Johnson
Tony Cusato – IBM USA
Saiki Wakana – Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
Shuhei Okazaki – Astellas Pharma Inc.
Torrance Ford – Shaw Industries, Inc.

 

Team Award Nominations

Problem Solving Excellence Nominations

Adient Aguascalientes Plant
Adient Ramos W and A Plant
Adient Puebla Plant (2)
Adient Lexington
Adient Derramadero
Adient Matamoros Plant
Bristol Myers Squibb
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Siemens Healthineers Ottawa
ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd
DuluxGroup
Durag GmbH
Hamburger Rieger GmbH

Decision Making Excellence Nominations

Adient Lerma Plant (2)
Adient Aguascalientes Plant
Adient Ramos W and A
Adient
Adient Matamoros Plant
Adient Technotrim Saltillo
Bridgewater Interiors Detroit
Microsoft
Siemens AG

Situation Appraisal Excellence Nominations

Adient
Flextronics Plastics S.a. De C.v.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Nissan North America
IBM Australia
Philips Healthcare

Combined KT Technologies Excellence Nominations

TNB Integrated Learning Solution – ILSAS
Bridgewater Interiors Detroit
Adient Tlaxcala
Adient Matamoros Plant
Adient Puebla Plant
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Nokia
Adient Lerma Plant
Hamburger Rieger GmbH
Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH

 

Organization Award Nominations

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations Nominations

Flextronics Plastics S.A. DE C.V
Siemens AG
Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations Nominations

Nissan North America
Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A
Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
Space Telescope Science Institute
Lam Research Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Philips Healthcare

Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence Nominations

ASML
Cisco Systems
Organon Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd
Shaw Industries, Inc.

Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence Nominations

Adient Lerma Plant
Adient
ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil
Rio Tinto
Bristol Myers Squibb
Tek Experts Global
Fieldpiece Corporation
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Honda
DBS
Teijin Limited
OpenText
Philips Healthcare

Winners and nominees from previous years: