(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- WESTEC, the premiere manufacturing biennial event for the Western United States, has announced that renowned innovation expert and business leader Tom Kelley will deliver the keynote on March 27, 2012.

Kelley is the general manager of IDEO, the design and development firm that helps organizations innovate, build business, and grow. He is also one of the world’s most respected experts on how businesses can be more creative in their products and services, and in their thinking and processes.

Kelley will present a talk on “Growing Manufacturing through Innovation,” which will include his unique perspective on nurturing a culture of creativity. He will also offer attendees an inside look at his imaginative and energized company to reveal the strategies that turn out hit after hit for leading organizations around the world.

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