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The 2023 KT Excellence Awards Winners & Nominees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Our 2023 Award Winners:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Individual Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Program Leader of the Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Manuel Uribe Figueroa \u2013 Adient
Anthony Corrente \u2013 IBM Australia Ltd
Karine I Hinton, ExxonMobil \u2013 Imperial Oil
Toru Mori \u2013 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Ahmad Maaz Khan \u2013 Cisco Systems Belgium
Rob K Barker \u2013 HCL Technologies
Noor Saleha Binti Selamat \u2013 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Jin Amanokura \u2013 Resonac Corporation
Yasutoshi Kojima \u2013 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Wang Qing, Guo \u2013 Lam Research China
Takeshi Terasaki \u2013 Hitachi High-Tech Corporation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator of the Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Juan Ortega Mendoza \u2013 Adient
Jon Dowell \u2013 Suncor Energy Services Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach of the Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

David Gillespie \u2013 Bravura Solutions Limited
Seema Patil \u2013 HCL Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rational Management Executive of the Year<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jim Ball \u2013 Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Kris Lockburner \u2013 Johnson & Johnson
Tony Cusato \u2013 IBM USA
Saiki Wakana \u2013 Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
Shuhei Okazaki \u2013 Astellas Pharma Inc.
Torrance Ford \u2013 Shaw Industries, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Problem Solving Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Adient Aguascalientes Plant
Adient Puebla Plant
ExxonMobil Product Solutions Company
NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Durag GmbH
Hamburger Rieger GmbH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decision Making Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Adient Lerma Plant
Adient Americas
Adient Matamoros Plant
Siemens AG<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situation Appraisal Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Flextronics Plastics S.a. De C.v.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
IBM Australia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined KT Technologies Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Adient Tlaxcala
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Nokia
Leipa Georg Leinfelder GmbH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Flextronics Plastics S.A. DE C.V
Siemens AG
Takeda Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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

Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ASML
Cisco Systems
Organon Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd
Shaw Industries, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Adient Lerma Plant
ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil
Rio Tinto
Fieldpiece Corporation
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Honda
DBS
Philips Healthcare<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Recipients of Formal Selection Committee Nominations<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual Award Nominations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Program Leader of the Year Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Noor Saleha Binti Selamat \u2013 Tenaga Nasional Berhad
Manuel Uribe Figueroa \u2013 Adient
Anthony Corrente \u2013 IBM Australia Ltd
Karine I Hinton \u2013 ExxonMobil \u2013 Imperial Oil
Toru Mori \u2013 Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Chris O\u2019Connor \u2013 Nissan North America
Sohaib Abid \u2013 Cisco Systems Inc.
Ahmad Maaz Khan \u2013 Cisco Systems Belgium
Rob K Barker \u2013 HCL Technologies
Jin Amanokura \u2013 Resonac Corporation
Daisuke Yasukawa \u2013 Hitachi Academy Co., Ltd.
Yasutoshi Kojima \u2013 Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Wang Qing, Guo \u2013 Lam Research China
Takeshi Terasaki \u2013 Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
Jeanette Tamraz \u2013 Fujifilm Irvine Scientific<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facilitator of the Year Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Juan Ortega Mendoza \u2013 Adient
Jon Dowell \u2013 Suncor Energy Services Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach of the Year Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

David Gillespie \u2013 Bravura Solutions Limited
Seema Patil \u2013 HCL Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rational Management Executive of the Year Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Jim Ball \u2013 Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Kris Lockburner \u2013 Johnson & Johnson
Tony Cusato \u2013 IBM USA
Saiki Wakana \u2013 Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
Shuhei Okazaki \u2013 Astellas Pharma Inc.
Torrance Ford \u2013 Shaw Industries, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Award Nominations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Problem Solving Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decision Making Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Situation Appraisal Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Adient
Flextronics Plastics S.a. De C.v.
Bristol Myers Squibb
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Nissan North America
IBM Australia
Philips Healthcare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined KT Technologies Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

TNB Integrated Learning Solution \u2013 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization Award Nominations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Manufacturing Operations Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Flextronics Plastics S.A. DE C.V
Siemens AG
Takeda Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excellence in the Utilization of KT Process in Service Operations Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human Resource Capability Development Program Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ASML
Cisco Systems
Organon Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd
Shaw Industries, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical Thinking Cultural Excellence Nominations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Winners and nominees from previous years:<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2022 Award Winners & Nominees<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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