emPOWERUP Podcast

In this episode of the emPOWERUP Podcast from GrayMatter , host Jeremy Boren speaks with Mickey Shaposhnik, co-CEO of smart manufacturing platform Next Plus , about the “Human Internet of Things” and how manufacturers can find real ROI from workflow optimization systems. Next Plus, a GrayMatter partner, helps manufacturers reduce training and engineering time, decrease friction across operations a...

GrayMatter Cyber Practice Director Scott Christensen aka "Scott," joins Brand Manager Jeremy Boren on the emPOWERUP Podcast for a chat about how industrial companies can quickly expand their OT cybersecurity capabilities by partnering with a managed services provider. Having trouble filling a cybersecurity role? So are hundreds of other companies in the U.S. It's a good time to look...

Ampcus Inc. VP of Technology Programs Barbara Wilson joins the emPOWERUP Podcast to discuss how water and wastewater utilities — and other public agencies — can adopt more agile budget practices through sole source providers and cooperatives. Utilities need to move quickly to modernize technology and strengthen cybersecurity, but budgeting procedures move at their own pace. Barbara shares lessons...

GrayMatter's emPOWERUP Podcast hosts BlastWave CEO Tom Sego to discuss how a new partnership between GrayMatter and BlastWave enables industrial organizations to better protect their physical plant systems from cybersecurity threats. Sego said research shows malicious actors are, unfortunately, shifting their focus to manufacturing. "In 2022 manufacturing surpassed financial services to be the mos...

Del-Co Water Company's service area contains three of Ohio's five fastest-growing counties. That includes its namesake Delaware County, which led all of Ohio's 88 counties with a population increase of 27 percent between 2010 and 2022 to about 222,000 people. A rapidly growing customer base requires Del-Co, a GrayMatter customer, to invest in new technology and train agile teams to meet rising pot...

GrayMatter emPOWERUP Podcast Host Jeremy Boren talks with Larry Saidman, Nordson Corp.'s Chief Technologist, R&D, about Nordson's work with GrayMatter to deploy an Advanced Industry Analytics solution designed to enhance customer service.  The analytics solution gives Nordson customers that use adhesive-dispensing machines more data about how the machines are performing and whether preven...

Cybersecurity is a team sport. GrayMatter customer Zekelman Industries builds a culture of security by earning buy-in from company leaders and plant-floor operators. It's important for everyone to understand not only why cybersecurity precautions are in place, but how they enable employees to perform their jobs better and protect the steel manufacturer's physical, revenue-generating assets. GrayMa...

GrayMatter's emPOWERUP Podcast hosts Steve Pavlosky, GE Digital's Principle Product Manager of Proficy Historian.  Proficy Historian "collects industrial time-series and A&E data at very high speed, stores it efficiently and securely, distributes it, and allows for fast retrieval and analysis — driving greater business value." emPOWERUP Podcast Host Jeremy Boren of GrayMatter talks with S...

GrayMatter CMO Kerry McQuone hosts an executive women's panel on GrayMatter's emPOWERUP Podcast with two successful leaders in industrial technology, Amy Sausen of Kimberly-Clark, and Laura Harshberger of PPG. GrayMatter works with both companies on industrial intelligence projects that require technical know-how to transform operations, and an open-minded, healthy workplace culture that empowers...

When a water pump failure shuts down production at a shale oil and gas site, workers might spend hours searching for and repairing the problem — a delay that can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. Remote drill sites are often tucked into hillsides that interrupt radio signals or are too far from populated areas to access cell phone communications. Those challenges have led many to believe i...

GrayMatter emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talks with GE Digital's Richard Kenedi, General Manager - Manufacturing and Digital Plant, about GE Digital's latest updates to Proficy Historian, iFIX and Ops Hub, along with how GE Digital is investing in R&D and learning from customers.  The interview was recorded for GrayMatter's Transform.virtual Spring event in April 2021. Learn more at...

GrayMatter VP and Co-Founder Carson Drake joins host Jeremy Boren to walk industrial pros through how they can leverage "the wisdom of the fleet" by creating data Historians in the Cloud.  Carson focuses on bringing value to clients by enabling Continuous Improvement with predictive analytics (aka Advanced Industrial Analytics). Advanced Industrial Analytics allows companies to make valuable...

The expanding SolarWinds cybersecurity incursion is grabbing headlines and focusing attention on so-called supply-chain attacks .  Supply-chain attacks can infect industrial companies with malware either digitally, as in the case of SolarWinds via an update, or through a tainted piece of hardware, such as a USB flash drive. emPOWERUP Podcast hosts GrayMatter Cyber Practice Director Scott Chri...

Carnegie Mellon University cybersecurity researcher Palvi Aggarwal talks with GrayMatter emPOWERUP Podcast Host Jeremy Boren about how researchers at CMU are studying the behavior of cyber attackers and how deception technology can help companies prevent sensitive data from being compromised. For more about deceptionGUARD, GrayMatter's deception technology solution, visit graymattersystems.com .

GrayMatter Cyber Practice Director Scott Christensen previews GrayMatter's Transform Cyber Summit set for Nov. 5 and shares some insights into, deception technology, deceptionGUARD and the latest industrial cybersecurity threats. For more, visit graymattersystems.com.

GrayMatter introduces deceptionGUARD , a new offering for industrial cybersecurity. deceptionGUARD deceives attackers and harvests intelligence, empowering operators to be proactive and to control their industrial cyber strategy. emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talks with GrayMatter Cybersecurity Practice Lead Scott Christensen about deception technology and how industrial organizations can le...

Erik Udstuen, CEO of TwinThread , a partner of GrayMatter, joins emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren to talk about how Advanced Industrial Analytics can help companies reduce energy consumption, improve product quality and lessen equipment downtime.  Many companies are already collecting the data they need. The next step is applying it to artificial intelligence in the cloud to find performan...

GrayMatter talks with Rick Bullotta, founder of IoT companies Lighthammer and ThingWorx, about how IoT has evolved during his career and how a new project he's working on with GrayMatter partner Erik Udstuen of TwinThread is solving downtime, quality and energy consumption problems at major manufacturing companies. 

In the first episode of Season 2 of GrayMatter's emPOWERUP Podcast, GrayMatter Brand Manager Jeremy Boren talks with cybersecurity experts Scott Christensen and Tom Walker , both of GrayMatter.  Scott and Tom discuss how a cyber risk assessment can help companies in manufacturing, and other OT-reliant industries, determine their level of security. GrayMatter's assessment examines the people,...

GrayMatter Senior APM Consultant Ken Latino and his brother Bob Latino, CEO of The Reliability Center, talk about getting started with a reliability strategy that includes Root Cause Analysis and Asset Performance Management.  The Latinos also discuss the Fifth Edition of their co-authored book: Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results. Additional Resources: For more...

GrayMatter Cybersecurity and Smart Building Consultant Tom Walker and emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren discuss Walker's work to build Penn State University's secure Building Automation Network. The network has allowed the university to make smart, cost-effective decisions about everything from building lighting to class scheduling. For more about GrayMatter's work with Penn State, check out our...

Bell, a Textron Company, is an industry-leading manufacturer of commercial and military helicopters including the V-22 Osprey, AH-1 Cobra and SuperCobra; and the Huey. emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talked with Bell IT/OT Architects Craig Carpenelli and Steve Henson and GrayMatter Solutions Architect Salman Ijazi during Transform 2019, GrayMatter's annual Industrial Intelligence Conference. C...

Harvard Business School Professor Suraj Srinivasan studied the value that publicly traded, non-technology firms derive from "going digital," or adopting a digital transformation strategy. Professor Srinivasan used a novel approach to identify companies embarking on a new digital venture —he captured mentions of keywords such as big data, artificial intelligence, digital transformation and other te...

emPOWERUP Podcast host Jeremy Boren talks with GrayMatter's Cyber Security Lead Scott Christensen about why municipalities can be particularly vulnerable to a ransomware attack. Baltimore is one of the latest cities contending with a Robinhood ransomware attack. It has crippled numerous systems, including the city's ability to process home sales. Scott delves into how cities (and companies) can le...

GrayMatter co-founder Carson Drake dives into the evolution of Industry 4.0 and the company he co-founded in the early 1990s; and Illinois Technology Association CEO Julia Kanouse discusses how Chicago is growing as a tech industry leader.