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Session 13: The Impact of Changing International Trade on Mature U.S. Industries
This session will address the question: “What does the increasingly global economic environment mean for regional growth and the automotive and transportation industries?”
Presentations
Patrick Casey slides (PDF, 519 K)
Steve Cochrane slides (PDF 373 K)
Michael Robinet slides (PDF 962 K)
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Speakers
Steve G. Cochrane
Managing Director
Economy.com
Steven Cochrane is a Managing Director at Economy.com. Dr. Cochrane is responsible for the firm's regional forecasts and analysis and is a frequent speaker at Economy.com conferences and other trade association conferences. Dr. Cochrane holds the Ph.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Robinet
Vice President
CSM Worldwide
Michael Robinet has been Vice President, Global Vehicle Forecasts for CSM Worldwide since summer of 2002. His responsibilities include global sales, capacity and production forecasting, future product program intelligence, platform and component commonization trends, OEM strategies, country-level market analysis as well as supplier and OEM facility rationalization issues. He has been with CSM since 1996 when he joined as Director of Forecast Services.
Mr. Robinet has over 16 years of experience in automotive forecasting, strategic analysis and finance. He has been widely quoted on a variety of topics surrounding global light vehicle production issues by major print, radio and television media worldwide.
Michael has an honors undergraduate degree in macro and developmental economics and an MBA, both from the University of Windsor, Canada. Prior to joining CSM Worldwide, he worked at various automotive research companies and was schooled in finance at a major Tier 1 supplier.
He is an active on various committees of the APMA of Canada and is a member of the Detroit section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, Automotive Press Association and the Society of Automotive Analysts.
Patrick Casey
Director of Business Forecasting
TTX Company
Patrick Casey is director of business forecasting and planning for TTX Company. Pat started his transportation career with Chessie System Railroads in 1983. He worked for Chessie and its successor, CSX, for 17 years in forecasting, market research and marketing. Pat joined TTX in his current position in May of 2000.
A native of Baltimore, Pat holds a bachelors degree in economics from Towson University and a masters degree in economics from the University of Delaware. He is a member of the National Association for Business Economic, the Chicago Association for Business Economics, the Intermodal Association of North America, the Intermodal Association of Chicago and the Midwest Foreign Commerce Club. Pat lives with his wife and three children in Lombard, Illinois.
