Award Winners 2024
The following persons, teams and organizations have been selected by the KT Excellence Awards Selection Committee to receive an award:
Individual Award Winners
Program Leader of the Year Winners
Fujimoto Hiroyuki – Corning Japan K.K.
Humam Alwan – Stellantis
Juan Ortega Mendoza – Adient, Region 3
Lenn Liwanag – Suncor (Teck Resources)
Richard Craig – Nissan Motor Manufacturing
Rob Barker – HCLSoftware
Weidong Huang – Cisco Technology Services (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
Yasukawa Daisuke – Hitachi Academy Co., Ltd.
Facilitator of the Year Winners
Andrea Wight – ExxonMobil
Harvey Manley – Convatec
Seema Patil – HCLSoftware
Coach of the Year Winners
Adi Naik – Akamai
Avinash Srinivasamurthy – HCLSoftware
Bob Mallman – Adient Eldon
Hemant Naik – HCLSoftware
Rajeshwari Patil – Akamai
Rational Management Executive of the Year Winners
Cara Herzog – Southwire Company
Davide Gabrieli – Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
Joe Panepinto – TD Bank
Manuel Uribe Figueroa – Adient
Ozaki Yusuke – Mitsui Copper Foil (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MCF)
Roberto Mastri – Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
Team Award Winners
Situation Appraisal Excellence Winners
Adient Derramadero
Royal Philips
Problem Solving Excellence Winners
ACG Packaging Materials
Adient Puebla
Adient Ramos Arizpe
Bombardier
Dominion Energy
Robert Bosch
Decision Making Excellence Winners
Adient Aguascalientes
Reynolds American
Combined KT Technologies Excellence Winners
Adient Matamoros
Convatec
LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH
Nelson Brothers
Organization Award Winners
Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations Winners
Adient Lerma
Corning Incorporated
Mitsui Copper Foil (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MCF)
Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations Winners
Cisco Technology Services (Dalian) Co., Ltd
HCLSoftware Customer Assistance Center
HCLSoftware Digital Solutions
Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence Winners
Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd. UK – Sunderland Plant
Teijin Limited
Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence Winners
Adient México Automotriz
Bombardier
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems
Royal Philips
Télémécanique Sensors, part of YAGEO Group
Thyssenkrupp Components Technology de México
Recipients of Formal Selection Committee Nominations
For the 12 KT Excellence Awards of 2024, the following persons, teams and organizations were shortlisted by the KT Excellence Awards Selection Committee.
Individual Award Nominations
Program Leader of the Year Nominations
Fujimoto Hiroyuki – Corning Japan K.K.
Humam Alwan – Stellantis
Jan Herman – Philips Healthcare
Juan Ortega Mendoza – Adient, Region 3
Lenn Liwanag – Suncor
Richard Craig – Nissan Motor Manufacturing
Rob Barker – HCLSoftware
Weidong Huang – Cisco Technology Services (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
Yasukawa Daisuke – Hitachi Academy Co., Ltd.
Facilitator of the Year Nominations
Andrea Wight – ExxonMobil
Hadassah Eley – Biogen
Harvey Manley – Convatec
Seema Patil – HCLSoftware
Tiberiu Boeti – Nokia
Coach of the Year Nominations
Adi Naik – Akamai
Avinash Srinivasamurthy – HCLSoftware
Bob Mallman – Adient Eldon
Edwin Choi – Bridgewater Interiors
Hemant Naik – HCLSoftware
Jefferson Faria – Adient South America
Juan Ortega Mendoza – Adient, Region 3
Lenn Liwanag – Suncor
Mike Brown – Adient Riverside
Rajeshwari Patil – Akamai
Wesley Lum – HCLSoftware
Rational Management Executive of the Year Nominations
Cara Herzog – Southwire Company
Davide Gabrieli – Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
Didier Baron – Télémécanique Sensors, part of YAGEO Group
Grégory Poux – Télémécanique Sensors, part of YAGEO Group
Joe Panepinto – TD Bank
Manuel Uribe Figueroa – Adient
Ozaki Yusuke – Mitsui Copper Foil (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MCF)
Roberto Mastri – Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
S. R. Shivshankar – ACG World
Team Award Nominations
Situation Appraisal Excellence Nominations
Adient Derramadero
Royal Philips
Siemens AG
Problem Solving Excellence Nominations
ACG Packaging Materials
Adient
Adient Aguascalientes
Adient Lerma
Adient Puebla
Adient Ramos Arizpe
Bombardier
Dominion Energy
Robert Bosch
Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR)
Tolmar
Decision Making Excellence Nominations
Adient Aguascalientes
Adient Derramadero
Adient Lerma
Adient Puebla
Avanzar Interior Technologies — Guanajuato
Reynolds American
Siemens AG
Combined KT Technologies Excellence Nominations
Adient Derramadero
Adient Matamoros
Adient México Automotriz
Adient Ramos Arizpe
Convatec
HCLSoftware
LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH
Nelson Brothers
Organization Award Nominations
Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations Nominations
Adient Lerma
Corning Incorporated
Hamburger Rieger GmbH
Mitsui Copper Foil (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MCF)
Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations Nominations
Cisco Technology Services (Dalian) Co., Ltd
Flextronics Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd.
HCLSoftware Customer Assistance Center
HCLSoftware Digital Solutions
Royal Philips
Tetra Pak Packaging Solutions S.p.A.
Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence Nominations
Nissan Motor Manufacturing Ltd. UK – Sunderland Plant
Teijin Limited
Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence Nominations
Adient
Adient México Automotriz
Adient México Automotriz S RL CV Planta Aguascalientes
FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
HCLSoftware
JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems
Royal Philips
Télémécanique Sensors, part of YAGEO Group
Thyssenkrupp Components Technology de México
We aim for accuracy but reserve the right to correct any errors in the nomination list as needed.