Conrad Leiva

Conrad Leiva is VP of Ecosystem and Workforce Development at CESMII – the Smart Manufacturing Institute (www.cesmii.org/). In his role, Conrad is accelerating Smart Manufacturing adoption and education programs through a national ecosystem of regional centers, technology partners, and education institutions. A recognized industry authority, he engages manufacturing business leaders, educators and practitioners across all dimensions of industry to develop and share knowledge on both the How and Why to leverage information technology in manufacturing. Conrad has over 30 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing, over 20 of those years in manufacturing systems development and implementation, over 10 years working on Smart Manufacturing practices with industry leaders at MESA International (www.mesa.org) and holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.