Brandon Ellis , elliTek, Inc. AddedSeptember 16, 2021 AT 5:27 PM Featured Interview -- Brandon Ellis Brandon Ellis is the Founder and President of elliTek. What kinds of trends and challenges are you seeing in industrial automation right now? Well, we’ve got this labor shortage going on. If you’re not experiencing labor shortage out there ... Read More
John Weber , Software Toolbox Inc. AddedAugust 17, 2021 AT 5:05 PM Featured Interview -- John Weber John Weber is president and founder of Software Toolbox, Matthews, North Carolina. What’s the best advice you could give your younger self just getting started? Be flexible. You’re going to get into a job, and it might not be what you think. But the universe ... Read More
Josh Riley , Enterprise Automation AddedAugust 4, 2021 AT 4:15 PM Featured Interview -- Josh Riley and Luke Stephenson Josh Riley is principal and Luke Stephenson is business manager for Enterprise Automation, Irvine, California. This bonus episode is sponsored by Aveva. Below is a partial transcript of the conversation. If you could go back in time and sit down with your younger self what advice would you give him? Luke Stephenson: Start networking and interacting with people a lot earlier. I was fortunate ... Read More
David Musto , Thermo Systems LLC AddedJuly 22, 2021 AT 5:03 PM Featured Interview -- David Musto David Musto is president, CEO and co-founder of Thermo Systems LLC Q: Let's start by talking a little bit more about your global company. What international markets does Thermo operate in? A: We started the company in New Jersey 23 years ago, and we’ve since expanded coast to coast. ... Read More
Bryan Powrozek CPA, CGMA, MBA AddedJune 14, 2021 AT 7:39 AM Featured interview - Bryan Powrozek Bryan Powrozek is a manager with Clayton & McKervey, a global tax and accounting firm in Southfield, Michigan. This is a partial transcript of his interview on Talking Industrial Automation podcast. Why don’t you start by sharing some information about your background? My undergrad education is in mechanical engineering. I spent 12 years in the auto industry doing ... Read More
Barry Anderson , Latsa Learning Services Pty Ltd AddedMay 17, 2021 AT 10:33 AM Featured interview - Barry Anderson Barry Anderson is a director at LATSA Learning Services, an Australian-based company that provides a suite of management consulting and certified, customized project and process management training services. The following is a partial transcript of the full interview. Why did you chose a career in automation or did the career chose you? It’s actually a little bit of both. I started with a fairly large industrial electrical company ... Read More
Pat Miller P. E. , Engineered Energy Solutions, Inc. AddedApril 15, 2021 AT 7:59 AM Featured interview - Pat Miller Pat Miller is owner and chair of Engineered Energy Solutions in Warren, New Jersey. Why did you choose a career in control system integration? I pretty much stumbled into it. I graduated from college, and the first job I had was working with ... Read More
Kirk Byles , FreeWave Technologies AddedMarch 16, 2021 AT 12:04 PM Featured interview - Kirk Byles Kirk Byles is CEO of FreeWave Technologies. How do you describe to lay people what you do? Well, what I do is lead from a remote office in the mountains. But what FreeWave does is ... Read More
James Mansfield , Matrix Technologies, Inc. AddedFebruary 17, 2021 AT 5:11 AM Featured interview - Jim Mansfield Jim Mansfield is a senior manager, manufacturing systems and solutions, at Matrix Technologies Inc. How do you describe to laypeople what you do? Today it’s a lot different than when I first started. I would say within the last 15 years, my ... Read More
Steve Pavlosky , GE Digital AddedJanuary 20, 2021 AT 8:20 AM Featured interview - Steve Pavlosky Steve Pavlosky is principal product manager of historian and data at the edge technology for GE Digital. What are some of the changes that you’ve seen related to industrial data management over the years? There has obviously been a tremendous amount of technology change since I started in the mid-80s. I ... Read More