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Destiny of Manufacturing - EP- 0201- Erin Riffle - PMA   Erin is the workforce development and Metalform EDU Lead st the Precision Metalforming Association. Previously working with the PMA educational foundation as development associate. Erin has a Masters degree in non profit administration and a passion for education and training.  

Longevity Industries presentation of Destiny of Manufacturing podcast featuring Dr Chris Saldana of Georgia Tech Dr. Christopher Saldana is an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He previously held the Harold and Inge Marcus Career Assistant Professorship at the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State. Dr. Sal...

Longevity Industries presents Destiny of Manufacturing Podcast featuring Dr Tom Kurfess   Thomas R. Kurfess received his S.B., S.M. and Ph. D. degrees in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer science in 1988. Following graduation, he joined Carnegie MellonUniversity where he rose t...

Jan Egbers is a Supplier Quality Engineer for Watts Water Technologies. He has a diverse background in engineering functions from process engineering to project engineering and construction project management. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt through the DuPont program. One of his projects for certification involved taking a polymer landfill waste stream and converting it to a value adding r...

Cary J. Rosenberg, CMfgE, a SME endowment life member of the SME who is a Senior Manager Global Supplier Quality & Sourcing, for Watts Water Technologies Inc., North Andover MA. The company designs and manufactures valves and related products in commercial, residential, industrial and municipal applications. Cary is responsible for a large supply chain of more than 12,000 suppliers, with an active...

Dr Lonnie Love   Energy & Transportation Science Division 2015   For his extensive contributions to large-scale and high-speed advanced manufacturing and 3-D printing; for blending additive manufacturing with fluid-powered systems to develop lightweight, high-dexterity, and low-cost prosthetics; and for his tireless mentoring of students at all levels in science, technology, engineering, and mathe...

Amy Elliott graduated with a PhD from the Virginia Tech DREAMS Lab (Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing) in March of 2014, where her studies focused on inkjet-based 3D printing (Additive Manufacturing). She was project lead for the world's first 3D printing vending machine, the DreamVendor, which debuted in the Spring of 2012. Amy has several patents pending related to 3D pr...

Industrial Innovations Inc. Colin Hunter Mechanical Engineer Graduated in 2014 from GVSU – Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Biomedical Engineering Titles: Mechanical Engineer (current), Cost and Concept Engineer, Mechanical Designer, Mechanical Project Engineer, Applications Engineer Industries Served: Machine Design (Assembly, welding, robotics, material handling) Automotive (tier 2...

Troy Turnbull is CEO of Industrial Innovations. Troy is also the Chair elect for the Precision Metalforming Association.

Will Healy III is the marketing director for Balluff and is a specialist in sensors and the internet of things

Dave Bird has 24 years of experience with Balluff, Inc. Industry Manager for Fabricated Metals, National Sales Manager, Key Account Manager in Metals Fabrication Dave specializes in Best Practices in sensor driven Error Proofing pertaining to processes within Progressive Stamping and Transfer Stamping, as well as Best Practices in Automatic and Semi-Automated welding functions including clamping,...

Omar S. Nashashibi is a Founding Partner with The Franklin Partnership, a bipartisan lobbying firm based in Washington, D.C. The Precision Metalforming Association retained Omar's firm to be the voice of the industry in Washington in 2002. Omar has twenty years of experience working with policymakers, politicians, and the media. He lobbies the White House, members of Congress and government agenci...

Paul Nathanson is a partner in the Policy Resolution Group (PRG) at Bracewell with more than 25 years of experience in strategic communications. He leads PRGís strategic communications practice and focuses on reputation management, message development, crisis communications, public policy analysis, media relations and strategic counseling services for a range of U.S. and international clients. Pau...

Kurt Zipperer is the Director of Sales for Jagemann Stamping Company, providing deep draw, progressive and fineblank metal stamping manufacture to a global customer base. After spending decades in the metal forming industry, Kurt knows what truly drives the application of stamping technologies. Itís the direct contact with customers, clear understanding, and in turn providing best solutions.

Ralph Hardt - President Jagemann Precision, Past CEO of Precision Metalforming Association. Ralph Hardt began his business career by achieving his BA in Business Administration/Finance and a minor in Manufacturing Systems from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He also became a CPA.  During his twelve-year career at Ernst & Young, Sr Mgr for performance improvement. In 1993 Ralph joined Oberg...

Peter Coates has worked in the machine tool sector since 1979, working with companies based in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia. With extensive experience in both in both mechanical and electrical / electronic systems, Peter has master-minded the integration of a wide variety of electromechanical innovations into production environments including machine tools, robots and other automation platfor...

Dr. Jason B. Jones is a pioneer in the combined use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and CNC machining. He is the co-founder and CEO of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, which equips CNC machines with AM and laser processing capabilities. In 2015, Hybrid's AMBITTM multi-task tools were recognized as the best innovation in AM with the inauguration of the International Additive Manufacturing Award (I...

Alissa Wild is the Sr. Technical Manager for the Factory Floor Solutions Team at Stratasys. Her background spans the manufacturing industries including consumer products, electronics and aerospace. She has held roles in materials R&D, manufacturing, and product development. Alissa has a BS in Materials Engineering and a MS in Technology Management.

Scott Sevcik is the Vice President, Manufacturing Solutions Business Unit for Stratasys. In this role, he leads the team responsible for defining and developing the Stratasys 3D printing product offering for manufacturing industries. Sevcik's team works closely with industry partners to develop additive solutions for tooling across industries and production part applications for aerospace, defense...

P atrick Rainsberry - Business Development Manager   Patrick Rainsberry is a mechanical engineer. He has an undergrad degree from UC Berkeley and a Masters from UCLA, also has an MBA from the University of La Verne. He has been working in the CAD industry for 15 years as well as some time spent as a design engineer. My responsibilities here at Autodesk are to grow the community of partners that ar...

Diego Tamburini currently works as the Senior Design & Manufacturing Industry Strategist for Autodesk, where he focuses on identifying the trends and needs of the industry to help define the vision and strategy for Autodesk in manufacturing. He is also acts an evangelist of Autodesk's thought leadership in the industry by delivering talks, writing, and engaging with the media and industry analysts...

Bill discusses his look at the metalforming and some of the steps we must take to address our future challenges in manufacturing. Also discussing the current and future technologies in the metalforming industry. Bill also discusses some of the changes we need to change in manufacturing. William E. Gaskin is president emeritus of the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA),the trade association re...

Roy discusses his outlook and some of the steps we must take to address workforce development. Also discussing the current and future technologies in the metalforming industry.   Roy W. Hardy is the President of the Precision Metalforming Association in Independence, Ohio. PMA is a 501 (c)(6) trade association representing the $137-billion metalforming industry in North America. He has held this p...

Dave Arndt is the President and CEO of Pentaflex. If that weren't enough to keep him busy, he's also the CEO of the PMA. His insight has led to Pentaflex worldwide reputation as a leader in forming and fabrication. Dave gives us his insight into what will be the Destiny and the future of manufacturing. Graduated from GMI and and an MBA from University of Michigan. Worked in management positions at...

Bob Jones, the VP of Operations at Pentaflex provides his insight into executing the 5 year plan at Pentaflex. Bob provides an inside look at technology, the industry and what the workers of tomorrow need to know in order to compete.   More than 20 years manufacturing leadership experience in automotive and Truck industry. Graduated from US Military Academy and an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan Univers...