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iObeya
iObeya is a French enterprise SaaS company that digitizes the Obeya - the Lean 'big room' where teams manage strategy and operations visually. Its Digital Obeya Platform recreates the paper-on-the-wall experience of physical war rooms as connected virtual boards, letting multisite and hybrid teams run Lean rituals, Agile ceremonies, KPI reviews and problem-solving in real time. Founded in 2011 out of work with PSA (now Stellantis), iObeya is used by large industrial and regulated organizations such as Airbus, Thales, Sanofi and Schneider Electric to align leadership and frontline teams and accelerate decision-making.
Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf is the Chief Executive Officer of Walters & Wolf, one of the leading glass and glazing contractors in North America. Based in Fremont, California, he leads a 650-person employee-owned company that designs, engineers, fabricates, and installs architectural glazing, curtain wall systems, and door openings for clients including Google, Apple, Adobe, and Kaiser. Wolf rose through the company over 15 years as Vice President before taking the helm as CEO around 2022. Under his and prior leadership, Walters & Wolf has become widely recognized for its deep commitment to lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System, maintaining a library of over 6,000 improvement videos and earning recognition from lean manufacturing expert Paul Akers as 'the best lean company I know.'