Are you interested in hiring Tom Dawes to speak at your event, conference, trade show, meeting, or convention?

As a keynote speaker, he knows how to command a stage where he can deliver a powerful presentation that will captivate your audience.

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Speaker Bio

Tom Dawes is a highly-sought keynote speaker and expert covering such topics as manufacturing and supply chain. He is a best-selling author, consultant, media pundit, and thought-leader who has spoken at many conferences around the world where he gives leaders the skills they need to deal with fast, big changes in society, the workplace, and education.

Tom Dawes is hired to speak at events and conferences where he can give expertise on important global business affairs. He is a serial entrepreneur with first-hand experience of scaling global manufacturing and technology businesses. Tom is passionate about Additive Manufacturing, digitalising SMEs and creating intelligent collaborative ecosystems to drive productivity and competitiveness.

He is a self-confessed ‘Recovering Manufacturer’; after studying for a PhD in Supply Chain Collaboration Technologies, Dawes faced a crossroads between entering the Technology or Manufacturing sectors. He chose Manufacturing, but after several successful years as an MD within the Aerospace treatments industry, the global downturn in this sector caused him to rethink.

His company Valuechain was founded to combat supply chain issues and improve the QCD performance of suppliers. From helping OEMs and SMEs reduce the bullwhip effect of the supply chain, to network management and collaboration, our software helps create supply chain intelligence and feeds into the innovative technologies leading industry 4.0.

Now armed with in-depth industry insight, Dawes formed Valuechain in 2010, a provider of Smart Manufacturing Software. Valuechain Technology provides smart manufacturing software to build world class supply chains and has established a global client base (from Primes such as Bentley Motors, to aerospace micro SMEs in Bangalore) that all have a common goal of integrating their businesses and supply chains to create integrated, innovative and intelligent value chains.

Previously, Dawes founded several aerospace manufacturing and technology businesses around the world and he understands first-hand about the challenges of running manufacturing SMEs and the importance of converting data into intelligence through smart technology. Combining his industrial experience (good and bad) with PhD research in supply chain collaboration and intelligence, Dawes has a clear vision of how companies will connect and collaborate in the future as integrated valuechains.

Background

After completing an Honours degree in manufacturing engineering at the University of Liverpool, he undertook a Government funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership to improve production planning and supply chain management at an aerospace precision machining SME whilst studying for a PhD in supply chain collaboration systems. Tom worked on projects with Airbus UK and Westland Helicopters to prototype proof of concept supply chain collaboration platforms.

Tom established an aerospace supply chain management company in 2003 and acquired an aerospace surface treatment company in 2005. After trebling the businesses in the first two years Tom established companies in Poland and India to offer surface treatments to the emerging aerospace supply chain in Eastern Europe and Asia.

Tom won UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and won the UK Chambers of Commerce Best New Business in 2007.

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Speaking Fees

Tom Dawes’s speaking fees can vary depending on the type of event you are producing and where it is located.

His speaking fee can also vary depending on whether you need them to deliver a live or virtual presentation.

Please note we do not work with organizations looking for speakers to speak for free, do podcasts or interviews, or do non-paid charity work.

Contact Tom Dawes

To inquire about his speaking fees and costs, contact Keynote Speakers Agency today to book Tom Dawes for a live or virtual event, meeting, special appearance, conference, or trade-show.

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