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Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0618 - Nate Stansberry - Rust Belt Recruiting Nate Stansberry discusses what companies need to do to attract the best and brightest talent. It's not always what you think. Focus on your people processes. Nate Stansberry is the Managing Director of Rust Belt Recruiting, a leading manufacturing recruiting agency. With over 20 years of experience within tale...

Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0617 - Jeff Aznavorian - Clips and Clamps Jeff Aznavorian joins the Destiny of Manufacturing to talk about workforce and technology. He is reinventing Clips and Clamps by changing the way they use technology and how they leverage the strength of their workforce.

Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0616 - Mark Michalski - Sizzle n stem Pt 2 Mark Michalski is a lifelong engineer with over 40 years building factories and manufacturing systems that include novel approaches to digital process visibility and analytical control. Manufacturing Expert in Residence - Eastern MA. FORGE. He has worked in numerous industries, such as; medical devices (Zoll Medi...

Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0615 - Mark Michalski - Sizzle n stem Pt 1 Mark Michalski is a lifelong engineer with over 40 years building factories and manufacturing systems that include novel approaches to digital process visibility and analytical control. Manufacturing Expert in Residence - Eastern MA. FORGE. He has worked in numerous industries, such as; medical devices (Zoll Medi...

Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0613 - Jennifer Betts - Magnar Metals Jennifer Betts joins the Destiny of Manufacturing podcast and provides her insight on metal technology, process improvements, recycling of materials and women in manufacturing.

Destiny of Manufacturing powered by PMA EP 0614 - David Klotz - PMA PMA Support www.pma.org  David C. Klotz, President, Precision Metalforming Association.   An active PMA member for 25 years, Klotz is already well known within the association.   He comes to PMA after serving as president and as Executive vice president of sales and marketing for Tebis America Senior manager of Plex (formerly Plex...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0612 - Brad Kuvin - PMA Brad Kuvin discusses relaunch of the Destiny of Manufacturing podcast in a new video format, bringing new opportunities and expanded content!

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0611 - Allison Grealis - WIM

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0610 - Jim Schlusemann - SME Jim Schlusemann, MSMIS, LSME, to be its 2023 president. SME presidents. Director of global business integration in Navistar's Engine Group. Schlusemann achieved the executive position of chief information officer for Navistar's engine business. In that role, he directed initiatives that expanded business operations worldwide. Schlusemann lat...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0609 - Connie King - PMA Connie King - PMA -  Workforce Development Director Prior to joining PMA in May of 2022 , King served as the director of professional development for Baldwin Wallace University, where she created and delivered original, competency-based learning programs for external organizations and university employees . Connie also previously worked for the...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0608 - Ralph Resnick - America Makes c 3 Consulting Advanced Manufacturing Agitator   National Center for Manufacturing & Machining ( NCDMM ) in Vice President, Chief Technology Officer More than 35 years of manufacturing experience. President and CEO Acting Director of the Institute, now known as America Makes. NCDMM President & CEO,  Inaugural NCDMM Fellow. Chief Tech...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0607 - Marc Farrell - Winland Food A graduate of Canisius College located in Buffalo NY. Marc has been working for 24 years in the manufacturing world. That includes time in the automotive and food industries. Currently working as a Plant Manager for Winland Foods.  

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0606 - Doug Johnson - Marion Mfg Doug talks about correcting Thinking Old and shifting their workers from avg 62 to 32 Douglas Johnson is the President and owner of Marion Manufacturing in Cheshire, where he manages the operations of a 76 year old manufacturing company. Doug recently finished a two year term as chairman of the Connecticut Community Foundation where he s...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0605 - Scott Donahy - Piranha Scott talks about User Friendliness of controls and the garanamals  of tooling  VP sales and marketing for Piranha Whitney Bertsch a Megafab company Scott  started in the industry with Piranha in 1993 (30 years in July).  He began on the operations side of the business in the factory.  He quickly learned that he was a process person and doo...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0604 - Mike Brattain - Systems X Mike Brattain is an Account Executive at Systems X where he helps leaders in the manufacturing industry understand how to best manage and secure their data.  He has spent his career developing winning business strategies with a common sense approach.  30% of Systems X's manufacturing customer base is part of the DoD supply chain, where h...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0603 - Brian Holmes - KBHC F. Brian Holmes, A.Sc. T . (Ret) , CMfgE , FSME   VP / GM at Columbia Plastics Ltd. He is a graduate of BCIT and has spent his career in custom manufacturing serving industries such as electronics, aerospace, agriculture and medical devices . six - sigma black belt and lean manufacturing methodology implementation. CMfgE New technologies inclu...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0602 - Will Healy - Universal Robots Will Healy III is enthusiastic about manufacturing, technology and workforce development. A Purdue University mechanical engineer who loves to share his passion for automation, Will is a global leader at Universal Robots and with the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Partnership (AMIP) in Cincinnati. He speaks from personal experience...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0601 - Bob Willig - SME Bob discusses all things manufacturing from workforce and training to smart and the future of manufacturing.  SME CEO Bob Willig, who has more than 30 years' experience in the manufacturing industry, has held multiple leadership positions for global divisions within major manufacturing companies, most recently at Stoneridge Inc. where he was pres...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0519 - Beth Weissenreider-Bennis - Weiss-Aug Elisabeth Weissenrieder-Bennis, EVP, Weiss-Aug Group, has led the strategic expansion of her family's business alongside her father and founder Dieter Weissenrieder for the past 15 + years, adding 3 new divisions and over 350 employees.  A current member of the Precision Metal Forming Board of Advisors and NJIT's NCE Board of...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0518 - Dean Phillips - Link Systems & Longevity Industries Dean covers Smart Technology including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, IIoT and all points in between.

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0517 - Matthew Welle - CST Precision Matt discusses workforce development and engagement and how iot is integrating into ISO certification. Technology in additive manufacturing is opening doors to new business. President of CST Precision with Extensive experience in complex business transactions, manufacturing and business process engineering, sales, estimating and sour...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0516 - Josh Perkins - Piedmont Hoist & Crane Josh Perkins received his undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Technology degree from Rochester Institute of Technology and his MBA from the School of Business at University of Buffalo. His career in Manufacturing started thirty-five years ago as the sole Manufacturing Engineer at Niagara Machine Tool alongside another recent...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0515 - Josh Cramer - America Makes     Josh Cramer joined NCDMM in 2018 as the Education and Workforce Director for America Makes, providing overall program leadership responsibility for all America Makes' Education and Workforce initiatives. Previously, Mr. Cramer served as the Director of Educational Programs at the SME Education Foundation, monitoring, promoting, and...

Destiny of Manufacturing- EP 0514 George Moran Flex N Gate Third generation technician who started his first apprenticeship at 15. George started his industrial journey working in gas plants and steel mills before becoming a nuclear certified technician and welder. His first exposure to large presses came when he was contracted as a supervisor at a large forging plant. After this he moved into aut...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0512 - Brian Peshek - Hiab Brian Peshek is the Operations Manager for Hiab's Multi-Assembly Unit in Streetsboro, Ohio. He began his career in manufacturing as a Journeyman Die Maker at Chrysler. Certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt by Kent State University , he has, from 2009-2021, held various Continuous Improvement roles mostly in automotive and transportat...