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Enabling the maritime manufacturing industry to build and maintain the Navy’s next generation of resilient maritime platforms by increasing capability, collaboration, and capacity will take a whole-of-nation effort. Join us for the webinar Revitalizing the Defense Maritime Industrial Base, taking place May 7 at 12PM ET, and learn how BlueForge Alliance, a nonprofit accelerating the revitalization of the defense industrial base through nontraditional methods, is partnering with the Navy to galvanize and uplift the maritime industrial base (MIB) through their three primary pillars of advanced manufacturing, supplier development, and workforce development.
Speaker Highlight

Tim Shinbara
Chief Strategy Officer
BlueForge Alliance
Tim Shinbara is Chief Strategy Officer for BlueForge Alliance, the Navy’s neutral partner for enabling the maritime industrial base. Tim is responsible for BFA’s Alliance network, Government Affairs, and enterprise strategy. Prior to BlueForge, he served the manufacturing technology sector for 12 years as VP, Chief Technology Officer for AMT and prior to AMT he supported several DOD programs of record as a manufacturing engineer at Northrop Grumman. Tim has served in multiple roles and levels advancing the state of U.S. manufacturing technology in both public and private sectors; including boards like the MTConnect Institute, county commissions, and as an ASME Congressional Fellow in the U.S. Senate for then-Senator Marco Rubio.
Can’t participate on the day of the event? No problem! Each registered attendee will also receive a link to the recording. This content will be sent approximately 5 business days after the event.
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