Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

This week Charli has new friend of the pod, Jill Davis on to talk! Jill is a Subject Matter Expert for Environment One Corporation (E/One) to articulate the benefits of utilizing E/One’s pressure sewer systems to municipalities, engineers, and developers facing the massive challenges of replacing failed septic systems with collection systems and rehabilitating existing infrastructure. Jill has 27...

This week Charli had Friend of the Pod, Chad Pilbeam back on! The founder and creator of Beer Logic Conferences and Events, Chad Pilbeam has built a reputation on being interesting, relevant, and exclusive.  He’s a marketer, public speaker, emcee, professional beer drinker, and radio show host who has worked in and with associations, corporations, and non-profits.  As an entrepreneur, he has learn...

Charli would like to introduce Sylvia Flegg, Global Marketing Manager for Triangle Fluid Controls Ltd., an accomplished marketing professional driving the success of Durlon Sealing Solutions. With a strategic flair, she crafts, executes, and evaluates annual marketing plans in alignment with company objectives. Her expertise shines through in creating engaging digital content, overseeing website d...

This week Charli is talking to Greg Case. Greg is the Chief Product Officer at Taco Comfort Solutions. He has worked with the pump industry for over 30 years! Greg is a member of US TAG to TC 115 as well as the International Pump Standardization Committee and the Hydraulic Institute where he is the Section Chairman for Systems. If you'd like to connect with Greg, his LinkedIn can be found her...

Charli is chatting with Noah Graff this week and that is quite serendipitous for new listeners.  Noah is the host of Swarfcast, a podcast that helps professionals in precision machining excel in their careers. For more than 10 years, he has been a used machine tool dealer, or "treasure hunter" as he calls it, buying and selling used equipment all over the world. He is also a blogger and...

Charlie is back from holiday and kicking off Reliable Plant week with Bennett Fitch!   Bennett Fitch is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for Noria Corporation. His years of experience at Noria includes director of development for Lubrication Program Development (LPD) services and LubePM, the lubrication program management platform. Additionally, he serves as a senior technical consultant and is an...

This week Charli brings Jessica Scanlan on for a chat about mining. Jess is a rock loving geologist turned social media marketer. Her degree is in Geological Engineering from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana, with an emphasis in mining and a minor in geophysics. While living in Butte she discovered a passion for the mining industry, its rough history, and its bright future. During her time working a...

This week Charli has a fun talk with Dave Warnick   As a consultant and interim/fractional CHRO, Dave is committed to adding value as a business partner with strong financial acumen to company leaders and their global teams formulating and executing the People Strategy. This includes expertise in talent management and pipelines, compensation alignment, organization culture development and deliveri...

Charli had the Beer Logic man himself on this week, Chad Pilbeam. The founder and creator of Beer Logic Conferences and Events, Chad Pilbeam has built a reputation on being interesting, relevant, and exclusive.  He’s a marketer, public speaker, emcee, professional beer drinker, and radio show host who has worked in and with associations, corporations, and non-profits.  As an entrepreneur he has le...

This week Charli has Benjamin Moss on for an enthusiastic conversation! Benjamin is a self-proclaimed water nerd. Currently he leads the Garver’s water operations in Georgia and manages a variety of water projects for his clients. His civil engineering career started with travels across the country where he has visited every major city in the United States and most of the others ones too! He then...

Charli has Shae Eichele on this week. Shae is the marketing coordinator for The HEH Group. During her time with The HEH Group, she has helped grow their social media following by over 500% and run multiple successful digital campaigns. Most notably during IMTS this past year. Her team shot, edited, and produced 17 different videos for their OEMs, one of the only companies to create this volume of...

Charli talks  has author Steve Richmond on this week to talk Working Smart   Steve Richmond is the Founder of Projetech Inc, the most experienced provider of Maximo as a Service (MaaS) in the world. He was educated at the University of Cincinnati and embarked on a career in the mechanical contracting business.  Steve has over 30 years of expertise in the field. From being a small consultant-based...

Charli talks with David about the Inland Marine Expo that is taking place in Nashville, TN May 31-June 2nd. You can get more information here: https://inlandmarineexpo.com/ David Brewer is regional manager, Atlantic Region, for SEPCO. Before this role, he served four years in the U.S. Navy and received three Letters of Commendation. He began his career in the fluid sealing industry with many manuf...

This week Charli has Cameron Rapoport on to talk Emerging Leaders Cameron Rapoport has been with The Detection Group since 2021, and with Watts Water Technologies since 2017. Cameron is a member of the Boston Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Chapter, where he participates in the Engineering and Emerging Professionals committees, and leads training on water damage risk mitigation bes...

JIm Aubrey is Charli's guest this week!  Jim Aubrey, P.E., is the Vice President of Sales for Hydro, Inc., the world’s largest aftermarket pump service provider.  Jim has spent 12 years in the aftermarket pump repair industry serving in a variety of capacities including: Engineering, Operations and Sales leadership.  He holds a BSME from the University of Florida and an MBA from the Universit...

This week Charli has Empowering Women alum Cheryl Merchant, CEO at Taco, on to talk about her journey in the pump industry. Cheryl has 40 years of leadership and management experience in manufacturing. She has held leadership positions with industry giants like GM, Mazda, Ford, and Lear Corporation and led teams in the U.S., Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe and Asia. Cheryl spent 19 years as t...

This week, Bronson Pate is on with Charli to have a chat about his story. Bronson is the Global Fugitive Emissions Director, MagDrive Technologies, he has experience in the environmental field focused on air quality compliance inthe refining, petrochemical, and natural gas processing industries in the United States, China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia. He has experience in fugitive emission source Le...

This week Charli has  Brad Hitselberger  on to talk IFS  Brad Hitselberger graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He has been working in some capacity with pumps for 6 years in various roles. He started out working in the wastewater side focusing on collection systems and pumps for a leading manu...

We are back at The Water Tower for #DemoDay2023  and Charli is talking to a whole slew of folks from the industry! Austin Collins , CEO of 5Strands Affordable Testing Jeff Saye of Siemans Motion Control Group Contact:  jeffrey.saye@siemans.com Matt Christian , a  Field Services Engineer for the Southeast & Karen Siu , National Director for iHydrant Mike McLeod, Owner at Harry Warren of Georgia...

 This week is a twofer as Charli talks to Mike Franco and Gillian Harding-Moore of PSG Biotech Mike Franco is the Director of Global Biopharma Sales at PSG Biotech, part of PSG, a Dover Company. He began his career at PSG in 2017, serving as sales manager for the Americas. His career has spanned several companies, starting as a research assistant for the Center for Space Physics at Boston Universi...

This week Charli got to sit down and talk to Tomas Dobrovolskis. After completing his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago, Tomas began his career at Yeomans Chicago Corporation/Grundfos as a Project Engineer.  After 6 years in the pump industry Tomas went on to work in the industrial fan industry as a New Product Development Manager.  In 2015, the opportunity came u...

On this episode, Charli talks to a good friend and colleague, Holly Montrose. Holly Montrose is the Vice President - HVACR Channel Sales, Drive Products Division at ABB, Inc.; a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. Holly joined ABB in April 2021 as the West Regional Sales Manager for HVAC Drive...

Charli gets to talk to Kelly Page this in an episode that is truly out of this world! Or at least slightly above it...    Kelly Page, President of Barrios Technology, began her career with the company in 2006. She supported multiple organizations in the International Space Station (ISS) Program in technical, leadership, and management roles, being recognized with the prestigious Silver Snoopy awar...

Charli got to have an enlightening conversation with Tim Albers this week.  Timothy Albers is the Standards and Lean Product for Nidec Motor Corporation’s US Motors division.  His current responsibilities include standards development, complexity reduction, industry thought leadership and new product development support.  He is currently Chair of the NEMA Motor Generator Technical Committee.  He i...

Charli got to talk to Aaron Schultz this week in an incredibly relatable conversation about adapting in the workplace.  AW Schultz is a recognized thought leader on maintenance work management, an entrepreneur, an Amazon best-selling author, a sought-after strategist, and a consultant with global engagements. With over 25 years of experience in maintenance and reliability, he is routinely called u...