Von Hatley
Von Hatley
Von has spent the last year developing Durable Goods Manufacturing clusters throughout Louisiana. While manufacturing has long been a mainstay of Louisiana’s economy, it is one of the traditional clusters on which the State is focused for cluster development. Von’s activities have included cluster activities in the automotive industry, shipbuilding and aerospace, among others.
Von’s credentials and experience include:
Lifelong resident of LA. Lived in Lake Charles, New Iberia, Lafayette and New Orleans.
For the past 10 years, Von has been a consultant in the field of Operations and Manufacturing for large multinational corporations in the Automotive, Aerospace/Defense, High Technology sectors.
In the 1980’s Von served as an Operations Manager fro Intralox Inc. located in Harahan. LA. One of the largest manufacturing organizations in the state.
Certified Production and Inventory Manager with the American Production and Inventory Control Society – Past Board Member of the New Orleans Chapter
As a consultant, Von specialized in the field of Business Process Re-engineering, Change Management and Systems Implementation
Past member of American Society of Safety Engineers, named “Who’s Who in the Safety Profession”
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, Marquis Who’s Who
Certified Production and Inventory Manager with the American Production and Inventory Control Society – Past Board Member of the New Orleans Chapter
Current Board Member – Manufacturing extension Partnership of Louisiana (MePol)
Co-Author of the Louisiana Courthouse Directory that highlights how to research records and identifies primary economic resources for each parish
Undergraduate degree in Production Management from UL Lafayette
Honors MBA from Loyola University
Wife Rachael, college instructor at Southeast College of Technology
Daughter Caitlin, 16, attends Dominican
Panel # 1: Economic Development
Louisiana’s new cluster based economic strategy is unique. The strategy is lead by directors, all experts in their field, who know what is going on and how to facilitate growth in the industry. Each will provide a state of their industry with a focus on the opportunities and challenges specific to their industry.