September 2–4, 2026 · University of Manchester
Innovation Summit 2026
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September 2–4, 2026 | University of Manchester
TOC Innovation Summit
A global gathering for people applying the Theory of Constraints in real organizations — across industries, environments, and levels of maturity.
meet the speakers
Summit Speakers
The TOC Innovation Summit brings together practitioners, thought leaders, and bold implementers from around the world. These are the people challenging assumptions, testing limits, and using TOC to deliver real-world results across industries.
Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag
Keynote Speaker,
Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag, author of Goldratt’s Rules of Flow and co-author with Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt of his life philosophy book The Choice. Efrat holds a PhD. in Organizational Psychology and specializes in training, developing and building training materials to enable personal and organizational growth. Efrat is also the CEO of Goldratt1 Ltd., managing the copyrights, publication and distribution of Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt's books around the world.
Ian Larsen
Head of Operations, WiseTech Glocal
Ian joined WiseTech Global in mid-2018, initially as GM Global Software Operations managing the software engineering and product development functions, later taking responsibility for delivery and productivity across the group. Prior to joining WiseTech Ian has worked for both large and small industrials across mining, utilities and manufacturing in a 35 year career delivering technology solutions . Ian holds a Bachelor of Management Studies, Majoring in Computer Science, from the University of Waikato (NZ)
Sanjeev Gupta
Turnaround CEO, Realization Technologies, Inc.
Sanjeev Gupta is currently assisting an 11,000 people MRO organization transform their operations and reduce project timelines by 40%. Before that he was the CEO of Vulcan Mozambique, Africa’s largest coal mine. Within the first 90 days, he led them from $12M monthly loss to $60M monthly profit, with improvements in mining, coal processing, and logistics.

Sanjeev’s journey in turnarounds began early in his career at Xerox, a Fortune 100 company, where, as a junior manager, he turned around its worst-performing factory and made it the best-performing one. This initial success led him to found Thru-Put Technologies, where his team provided software based on the Theory of Constraints for factories. He worked with companies ranging from $5 million to $5 billion, improving throughput by 20% to 50% and reducing lead times by over 50%.

He later founded Realization Technologies, offering similar software and consulting services for project-based organizations. There, he achieved comparable throughput improvements, with lead time reductions varying between 25% to 75%. His clients included organizations such as ABB, BHP Billiton, Boeing, L & T, Medtronic, Siemens, and the U.S. Armed Forces (Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy). Sanjeev is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Virginia Tech, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Many more speakers to come!

Humberto Baptista
Founding Partner
Vectis Solutions Ltda
Guido Bacharach
Co-Founder
Netzwerk Digitale Nachweise
Georgijs Buklovskis
SIA B4B Solutions
Partner Goldratt Implementation Group
Simon Copsey
Engineering & Delivery Leader
Hyperoptic
Peter Cronin
Head Instructor - Black Belt in Thinking
CEO- Viago
Carl Gavin
Director of Executive Education and Professor of Project Management
University of Liverpool
Ian Gillott
COO
Goldratt UK
Steve Holt
Technical Fellow
Boeing
Derek Hudson
Founder Unconstrained &
Creator of Essential Dynamics
Salih Jahic
Business Owner
ILMA LLC
Andrew Kay
Founder
TOC3
Kent Kettell
Executive Management Consultant (Principal)
ProTech Communications Inc.
Val King
CEO
Whitehat Virtual Technologies
Robert Lee
Owner
The Lesix Agency
Marcin Ludyga
Healthcare System Manager
Burn Treatment Center in Siemianowice Slaskie
Philip Marris
CEO
Marris Consulting
Alfredo Mycue
Co-Founder
ReEngine Consulting
Rob Newbold
CEO and Founder
ProChain Solutions
René Nibbelke
Strategy & Business Development Director
Goldratt UK
Duncan Patrick
Executive Vice President
Montera
Nideesh Poduval
Partner
Holistic Consulting
Debi Roberts MA Ed
CEO
The OLLIE Foundation
Justin Roff-Marsh
Author & Founder of
Ballistix
Jack Round
CFO
Fremont Family YMCA
Mike Round
Consulting Actuary & Statistician
Rational Systems, Inc
Pauline Ross
Associate Lecturer - Western Sydney University
Chair TOCICO Bridge to Academia Committee
Rami Saajoranta
Strategy and Business Development
Fingrid
Eli Schragenheim
CEO
Elyakim Management Systems
Rakesh Sinha
Founder and CEO
Reflexive Supply Chain Solutions
Sue Simmonite
Global Project Management
& Control Director
Phil Snelgrove
Technical Business Director
Goldratt UK
Timothy Stacey
Head of Operational Excellence
Jack Warchalowski
CEO
Montera
Andy Watt
Managing Director
Goldratt UK
Rex Williams
Innovation Integrator
Boeing
Simon White
Senior Program Manager
WiseTech Global
Richard Zultner
Stevens Institute of Technology