Carol Latham is the retired founder, president, and CEO of Thermagon, a Cleveland-based custom manufacturer of high performance heat-transfer materials for electronic components. Under her leadership, Thermagon changed the microchip industry an

Rita Hoffman, Converse All Steel Services

Apr 11th, 2022 12m 49s

Rita Hoffman is co-owner at Converse All Steel Services in Canfield, Ohio. The company was established by Roger and Rose Converse in 1986 as a steel warehousing and shot blasting facility. In 2014, Rita and her brother, Ross, took ownership of

Mark Fedor, Morgan Industries

Mar 21st, 2022 24m 19s

Mark Fedor, CEO of Morgan Industries, leads an Alliance Ohio-based manufacturer of material handling systems and production solutions. The company specializes in the construction of large-scale industrial overhead cranes and steel mill equipmen

Natan Linder, Tulip

Feb 21st, 2022 30m 43s

Natan Linder, our 100th guest, is CEO and co-founder of Tulip, a manufacturing software company that builds digital applications to bridge the human-automation gap for frontline operations. Tulip’s platforms are based on over a decade's worth o

Bob Willig, SME; John Dyck, CESMII

Jan 31st, 2022 31m 40s

Bob Willig, executive director and CEO of SME (also known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers), and John Dyck, CEO of CESMII – The Smart Manufacturing Institute, recently announced a partnership to accelerate smart manufacturing adoption.

Matt Fenneman, Engineered Profiles

Jan 10th, 2022 18m 18s

Matt Fenneman, VP of Sales & Marketing at Engineered Profiles, a Columbus-based manufacturer of custom plastic profile extrusion products. For more than 70 years, the company originally known as Crane Plastics has been a recognized leader in th

Todd Leebow, Majestic Steel

Dec 20th, 2021 25m 4s

Todd Leebow is president and CEO of Majestic Steel USA, a national steel service center headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Todd took the reins from his father in 2012 after working at the company for several years on supply chain management and

Nick Day, Roundtable Learning

Nov 22nd, 2021 22m 5s

Nick Day is Vice President of Client Solutions for Roundtable Learning, an e-learning company based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, that develops technology-enhanced training programs for a number of industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, bus

Zach Douglas, QleanAir Scandinavia

Oct 25th, 2021 20m 31s

Zach Douglas is a North American Product Manager at QleanAir Scandinavia. He is responsible for US product management, including moving the company’s supply chain from Europe to North America and scaling the company to meet rapid growth. Prior

Melissa Hadley, Koppers Inc.

Sep 27th, 2021 20m 57s

Melissa Hadley is business planning manager at Koppers Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA, manufacturer of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. Koppers serves a wide range of applications in a diverse global network of end-

Ken Fanger, On Technology Partners

Sep 6th, 2021 22m 38s

With more than 30-years’ experience in cybersecurity and information technology systems management and design, Ken Fanger, president of On Technology Partners, helps companies design, plan and implement cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and bus

Daniel Herrington, Voxel Innovations

Aug 9th, 2021 18m 24s

Daniel Herrington is founder and CEO of Voxel Innovations, an electrochemical machining company based out of Raleigh, NC. The company specializes in a pulsed electrochemical machine process (or PECM) that is touted as an efficient and accurate

Sebastian Elmgren, Ericsson

Jul 12th, 2021 16m

Sebastian Elmgren, portfolio manager of smart manufacturing at Ericsson, a 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) company founded in 1876 in Stockholm, Sweden, outlines the most common information and emerging communication technologies powered by 5G

Fran Brunelle, Accelerated Manufacturing Brokers

Jun 7th, 2021 24m 37s

As president and founder of Accelerated Manufacturing Brokers, Fran Brunelle specializes in the sale of small- and mid-sized manufacturing firms. With the goal of ensuring the continuity of U.S. manufacturing, Fran and her team help transition

Meredith Reffey, Honda

Apr 19th, 2021 34m 49s

During her 13-year tenure at Honda, Meredith Reffey, engineering manager at American Honda Motor Company, has worked in various North American manufacturing facility weld departments, creating specifications for weld equipment with a focus on f

Panel Discussion on Materials Week Webinar - Part 2

Apr 5th, 2021 29m 6s

This second in a two-part podcast features an expert panel from The Ohio State University reacting to Ned Hill’s Institute for Materials Research Materials Week webinar presentation on “Lies, Damn Lies and Consultants: What Manufacturing and Su

Ned Hill, Ohio Manufacturing Institute - Part 1

Mar 15th, 2021 32m 23s

During a recent Materials Week webinar Ned Hill, a faculty associate at the Ohio Manufacturing Institute, spoke about OMI research on digitally connected manufacturing enterprises and what is needed strategically and operationally to support th

Ted Rozier, Festo Didactic North America

Feb 8th, 2021 23m 12s

A self-professed Industry 4.0 champion and digital transformation leader, Ted Rozier serves as director of engineering at Festo Didactic North America. The company is a global leader in designing and implementing Industry 4.0 learning laborator

Greg Cebular, The Technology House

Jan 11th, 2021 22m 41s

Greg Cebular, vice president of sales at The Technology House, a contract manufacturer specializing in additive manufacturing, cast urethane molding, injection molding, and CNC machining. He is also VP of Sales at Sea Air Space Machining & Mold

Rebecca Dray, Society Profits; Buy Social USA

Dec 7th, 2020 18m 32s

Rebecca Dray, CEO of Society Profits and executive director of Buy Social USA, focuses her work on building networks of accredited social impact businesses selling goods and services to companies across the US. The goal is to develop a social p

Stephanie Gaffney, Youngstown Business Incubator

Nov 16th, 2020 17m 44s

Stephanie Gaffney is the director of Additive Manufacturing Programs at the Youngstown Business Incubator, an internationally recognized program focused on the development of software and additive manufacturing companies in Ohio’s Mahoning Vall

Greg Kimmel and John Clay, Battelle

Oct 26th, 2020 31m

Greg Kimmel, National Security Business Line Manager, and John Clay, Research Lead outline their leadership roles and the impact of the Critical Care Decontamination System™ (CCDS) developed and commercialized at Battelle, an international nonp

Mary'beth Ramey, Dupont Transportation & Industrial

Oct 5th, 2020 31m 32s

Mary’beth Ramey, control systems engineer for the Delrin area of DuPont Transportation & Industrial talks to us about her career path in engineering and the innovative products she has worked on at the Washington Works Site in in Parkersburg, W

Brandon Cornuke and Alec Simon, Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET)

Sep 14th, 2020 16m 37s

Brandon Cornuke, vice president, and Alec Simon, director of Startup Services at the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network (MAGNET) talk about this year’s MSPIRE pitch challenge, which has gone virtual this year.Brandon leads the organizati

Matt Garbarino, Cincinnati Incorporated

Aug 24th, 2020 22m 1s

Matt Garbarino, Director of Marketing Communication at Cincinnati Incorporated outlines his career at one of the oldest machine tool manufacturers in the U.S., producing press brakes, laser cutting systems, shears, PM presses, and additive equi