EnergyTech Podcast

In this episode of the Energy Tech Podcast, we welcome Jeff Hancher — U.S. Army veteran, Fortune 500 leader, executive coach, and USA Today bestselling author of Firm Feedback in a Fragile World. Jeff shares his powerful journey from growing up in poverty to building a 25-year Fortune 500 career and launching his own leadership company. We discuss why feedback is often avoided, how to overcome fea...

We’re live at ICC 2025 (Sacramento) with Zoe Ritling from OnLogic—maker of rugged industrial PCs, edge servers, and panel PCs built for harsh environments. We dig into right-sized edge hardware for Ignition + MQTT, fast build-to-order turnarounds, and how manufacturers, energy producers, and integrators are scaling computer vision and edge data reliably. Guest Zoe Ritling, Business Development Man...

Live from ICC 2025 in Sacramento: Pat Smith (Avadine) joins the Energy Tech Podcast to unpack real-world upstream production automation—and why Ignition can (and should) power rod-lift optimization without the black boxes. Pat will discuss Avadine's new IPOC platform for pump off control. Pat spent 16 years as an end-user/operator before becoming an integrator, bringing rare field credibility to S...

-- We’re in the OpSite Energy Control Room to welcome our newest team member, Daniel Netto — VP of Regulatory Compliance. Daniel brings 25+ years in control room operations with dozens of state & PHMSA audits under his belt, and a track record of successful outcomes. We dig into what truly wins audits: preparation, ownership, and data that proves your procedures. Guest Daniel Netto, VP Regulat...

Live from Ignition ICC 2025 in Sacramento, the Energy Tech Podcast sits down with Oliver Wang, Product Marketing Manager at Moxa. In this episode, we explore: Moxa’s role as a key Ignition partner. - How industrial compute and edge devices unlock stranded data - Real-world use cases in oil & gas, water, automotive, and manufacturing - Live demos on microgrids, EV charging, and energy storage o...

Join us at Inductive Automation's Ignition User Conference (ICC) 2025 in Sacramento, CA. September 16-18.

In this episode of the Energy Tech Podcast, hosts Jeff Perry and Mike Flores sit down with Paola Paz of Automated Dynamics (ADC) to explore the theme “Factory to the Field: The Next Generation of Industrial Automation.” Paola shares her journey from sales into applications engineering, where she has become a hands-on problem solver helping customers bridge the gap between legacy equipment and mode...

Ep. 028 – From Install to Optimization – A Pipeline Leak Detection Masterclass – Adrian Kane – Atmos International. Adrian Kane is Senior Vice President at Atmos International and started with Atmos in 2002 in their Manchester office. Before joining Atmos Adrian was an advance completion engineer with Schlumbeger. Adrian’s role has spanned many areas of the Atmos ecosystem over the years, and he b...

Ep. 026 – Scaling the Edge – From 10-200K Points w/ Joey Philippi - Waterbridge Joey Philippi is currently Director of Operational Technology at WaterBridge based in Houston Texas. He brings experience from previous roles at Berkana Resources, EN Engineering and Encana. Ryan Glover is currently the director of Remote Operations at WaterBridge based in Houston Texas. he brings experience from previ...

Lets discuss the different types of pipeline leak detection systems (LDS). Internal Leak detection, external leak detection. Adrian Kane is Senior Vice President at Atmos International and started with Atmos in 2002 in their Manchester office. Before joining Atmos Adrian was an advance completion engineer with Schlumbeger. Adrian’s role has spanned many areas of the Atmos ecosystem over the years,...

Ep. 025 - From Blackhole Data to Connected Operations - With Arlen Nipper - Cirruslink Arlen Nipper brings over 38 years of experience in the SCADA industry to today’s talk. Currently Arlen sits as President and CTO of Cirrus Link a company he co-founded in 2012. He was one of the early architects of pervasive computing and the Internet of Things and co-invented MQTT, a publish-subscribe network p...

Ep. 024 – The Control Room Reimagined – with Ryan Glover - Waterbridge Ryan Glover is currently the director of Remote Operations at WaterBridge based in Houston Texas. he brings experience from previous roles held at Apache Corp, Marathon Oil and Oxy. 00:30 Introductions 01:00 Ryan’s Career Journey 05:50 The Genesis of the Waterbridge control room 08:20 Field culture and resistance to remote oper...

Colton Lippencott is a member of the OpSite Energy Logistics Team. He has been managing water in oil field applications since 2017.   00:25 Introductions 00:40 Announcements and upcoming events – EnergyTech Podcast 03:15 Colton’s career journey 05:00 Biggest lessons learned in water management 06:30 The competitive controller mindset 08:30 Multigenerational control rooms 11:30 The biggest hurdles...

Ep. 021 - From Data Swamp to Data Lake: Digital Transformation with MQTT, Ignition and Snowflake. Arlen Nipper brings over 38 years of experience in the SCADA industry to today’s talk. Currently Arlen sits as President and CTO of Cirrus Link a company he co-founded in 2012. He was one of the early architects of pervasive computing and the Internet of Things and co-invented MQTT, a publish-subscrib...

Ep. 22 – PHMSA CRM - A Midstream Alarm Rationalization Journey – Adam Bodell 00:30 Introductions 01:45 From Plant Operator to SCADA Developer 3:30 Midstream Alarm Rationalization Effort 4:45 PHMSA CRM Light 06:00 What is needed to start an alarm rationalization? 7:15 Monitor and Assess 8:30 Quick Wins – First Pass 8:45 Post MOC Rationalization 12:15 Alarm Review Cadence 13:00 Java and SQL script r...

DJ Melancon is the Senior National Sales Leader at Tosibox. DJ has been helping companies build secure connections across their OT infrastructure for the last seven years. His focus is on oil, gas and wastewater applications. https://www.tosibox.com 00:30 Introductions 01:00 Studio Upgrades 02:12 ENTELEC 2025 Conference 05:00 Industry Trade show trends 06:30 Cybersecurity Stats 2024 – Ransomware a...

Arlen Nipper brings over 38 years of experience in the SCADA industry to today’s talk. Currently Arlen sits as President and CTO of Cirrus Link a company he co-founded in 2012. He was one of the early architects of pervasive computing and the Internet of Things and co-invented MQTT, a publish-subscribe network protocol that has become the dominant messaging standard in IoT. He has worked for Amoco...

From Legacy to Predictive: A Conversation with CNX COO Navneet Behl (Part II) 00:10 Digital Transformation – Looking in the Mirror 2:30 Keys to Success, What does winning look like? 5:15 Impacting operations 7:30 Ground up approaches 10:00 Creating lasting change 12:05 Lasting change in Remote Operations – Manage by Exception 17:00 Leveraging Cloud Data

From Legacy to Predictive: A Conversation with CNX COO Navneet Behl (Part I) 00:30 Intro 1:10 Welcome Navneet 1:30 Technology in Energy – A look back and a look forward 3:15 Data as a commodity 4:30 Data and the human race 9:50 Legacy Operations to Predictive Operations – The Challenge 14:30 Cultural Challenges 18:00 Scaling Remote Operations and the Challenges Tune in For Part II

Beyond the PHMSA Checklist – Why Alarm Redirection is a Symptom, not a Solution Join us today as we speak about taking your control room operations past compliance and into optimization. New Technologies are changing the way we approach control room technologies and PHMSA like always is late to the show. 01:00 Intro 01:40 Undaunted Courage 4:44 Traditional Alarm Management 7:45 PHMSA CRM: What It...

00:07 Intro 01:08 Opsite Control Room 02:34 The Traditional Approach to PHMSA Control Room Operations 3:45 The Past vs the Present – Where does new technology fit? 5:15 PHMSA – outdate approach 05:45 Costs 06:30 Staffing Costs 07:00 Regulatory SME Costs 07:55 Regulatory Pressure 8:45 Cybersecurity Threats 9:50 Staffing Challenges 13:00 Flexibility for Dynamic Private Midstream 14:30 The Smarter Ap...

AI Business Productivity Tools for the Energy Sector, Part II - Episode 012 Tech Podcast with Join us for Part II where we cover the struggles of AI implementation in the oil and gas and offer a step-by-step guide to get a project in AI off the ground. 00:43 AI in small margin industries 01:25 AI in Oil and Gas – less incentive? 03:15 – Data prep and contextualization for AI and ML 04:00 – The gen...

Stanley Schurdak - Regulatory Manager for CNX comes on the show to complete an MBA assignment. A interview with a manager on all things leadership.

Technology Solutions for Modern Data Centers – Ep. 013 1:20 Pennsylvania Weather 2:00 Master Dive Instructor – Todd 8:00 Diving into Challenges of legacy Data Centers 10:40 Data Center Growth – Power Challenges 11:35 Other Data Center Growth Challenges 12:20 Success Strategies 12:35 Operational Efficiencies for Legacy Technologies and Devices 13:45 Protocol conversions and contextualizing data 17:...

Expertise in Remote Operations, SCADA Integration and Deployment - Ep 009 Energy Tech Podcast Episode 009: Expertise in Remote Operations, SCADA Integration and Deployments for Energy (Verticals of OpSite and the Partnership – Part II) Join us as we explore the vertical markets that Opsite Operates in and how OpSite’s unique partnership positions it for competitive advantage in each vertical. 00:1...