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