The Engineering Entrepreneur Podcast

This week we have guest David Hirschfield, a veteran software developer and AI expert, to discuss his career and insights on technology evolution.

David shares his journey from studying physics to excelling in sales and eventually founding a successful software company, which he sold in 2000.

He explains the rise and fall of IEF, a tool for enterprise software development in the late 80s ...

Mitchell Eaton is the Director of Product at Prototek. Prototek bought out his original company, which was an open marketplace manufacturing platform.

We discussed his history of starting his company, the buyout and how Prototek operates. Then we discussed how AI is involved in all of this.

Number one tip:

Don’t be afraid to try something new.

Emma Schermer Tamir is the CEO and co-founder of Marketing by Emma, a top-rated e-commerce and Amazon copywriting firm that has worked with many of the top 100 Amazon best-sellers and DTC brands

We discussed the importance of copywriting, content marketing, and keyword research.

Number one tip:

Find what makes you different and find that group that is under...

Wael is the Chief Technology and Product Officer at Imprint, a fast-growing FinTech company that partners with leading brands to launch co-branded credit cards.

If you ever wondered about the details on credit cards and why companies like Walmart and Amazon create their own card, then you need to listen to this podcast.

Number one tip:

Act like an owner with your work

Greg is a Civil Engineer based in Canada. Following in his family's footsteps of entrepreneurship, heventured away from a traditional engineering careerto working in a hybrid capacity as both anengineer and entrepreneur. 

He has found his footing by living with a foot in each world! Now he owns a coffee business and does civil engineering consulting.

Number one tip:

Talk to people. He doesn’t mean networking events, just talk to...

Leo Jiang is a staff engineer with Amplitude. Amplitude is a digital analytics product that allows you to see how your customers drop off on your website.

Number one tip:

For people who want to get into software engineering, go make your own website and use amplitude to see how users are using your website.

Contact info:

www.amplitude.com

Clint is a mechanical engineer and recently wrote a book called “The Global Engineer: How to Use the Essence of Engineering to be an Engineer of International Ability”

Our conversation was about how to work effectively with engineers from different countries. 

For example, Australian automotive engineers tend to work on a shoe string budget. 

Number one tip: To realize how we got to now. Meaning, technology evolves based on pre...

Jonathan is a Biologist by Education and a process and mechanical engineer by training and is a second generation inventor of a revolutionary waste to energy process that can convert all carbon-based waste, simultaneously in a wet and mixed stream into clean burning, carbon-neutral fuels, biochar, and organic fertilizers with no waste...

Engineer to Financial Planner – Ryan Sullivan– ep 148

Starting his career as a mechanical engineer, Ryan built an engineering department from the ground up. In just five years, he built the department into a formidable team of 11 professionals, generating an annual revenue exceeding...

Investing with Real Estate Syndicates – Dr. Allen Lomax– ep 147 

Dr. Allen, a seasoned leader with a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems Psychology. He has over three decades of experience. He underwent a transformative shift after years of working with horses and realizing the power of quiet mindfulness for personal and organizational growth. With expertise in college student development and psychology, he found fulfillment in aca...

How to be a Great Leader – Darby Vannier – Ep 146

Darby Vannier has over 20 years of experience as a seasoned leader adept at building and growing organizations. As a president & CEO of an indispensable leadership group, he excels as an executive coach, consultant,  and speaker.

Number one tip:

As you start to lead people, don't underestimate the impact you're having. Because you may be having the impact that you have no ide...

Francis is an Engineering Leadership Coach who helps CTOs and VPs of Engineering at scaling tech startups nurture amazing work cultures and high-performance teams that build products and services that delight their customers. 

Number one tip: 

If you are a staff engineer or have technical position: remember whenever are acting with someone they are a human too, you will have more empathy. 

Contact info: 

Fra...

Dan Simpkins is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the two founding partners of Dwellwell Analytics, Inc. The company has developed an IoT SaaS product that helps protect residential real estate assets by identifying maintenance issues before they become costly and disruptive 

Dan’s company Hillcrest created the original 3D mouse for smart TV’s. He went from there to his new company Dwellwell which makes diagnostic sensors for...

Tom founded Lift and Shift Foundation and most recently Project Biotech that aim to improve the lives of others. He's also a graduate student and a former army veteran with a personal story of resilience.

The Lift and Shift foundation is a non-profit who help veterans shift from military to civilian life through science and technology. 

Project Biotech is a business th...

Jessie is the co-founder and CEO of KittyCAD.

KittyCAD is a new CAD software that will have both your normal graphical interface but also the ability to code directly. 

This solves a common problem in CAD of both slow workflow and having to fix failed features, like fillets. I have been there many times! 

Make sure to check out this episode. I can wait for Jessie and her team to finish the product.

Do what you l...

Greg’s background is in medicine, but he has been passionate about wine since his first sip of a vintage wine in Napa at age 16. He received his Master of Science in Medical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

I’m not a wine guy, but the history of why wine is bottled in glass and the size of the bottle is interesting. We discuss all...

David is the Editorial Director of Digital Media at Industrial Media, a publishing company that owns some of the most recognized websites in the manufacturing industry. These include Industrial Equipment News, Manufacturing Business Technology, Manufacturing.net, and Food Manufacturing.  

David has an interesting job, and we talk about how he got started, how he finds out...

Particle41 – Ben Johnson – Ep 139

Ben is the CEO & Founder of Particle41, a development firm providing businesses with integral support on application development, data science, and DevOps projects. 

I learned some new things in this episode. Devops is platform engineering. For example, his team created a training program on the Oculus headset. The training program was for safety trainin...

Pam Hurley is founder and president of Hurley Write, Inc. She helps corporations fix the writing problems that are costing them time & money.

Everyone must write papers in high school and college (write 10 pages on subject X) but in the real world this is not how it works.

In the business world, the importance of writing is clear communication. For example, I write SOP’s (standard operat...