Destiny of Manufacturing Podcast by Longevity Industries

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0515 - Josh Cramer - America Makes

 Josh Cramer joined NCDMM in 2018 as the Education and Workforce Director for America Makes, providing overall program leadership responsibility for all America Makes’ Education and Workforce initiatives.

Previously, Mr. Cramer served as the Director of Educational Programs at the SME Education Foundation, monitoring, promoting, and evaluating all of its major program...

Destiny of Manufacturing- EP 0514 George Moran Flex N Gate
Third generation technician who started his first apprenticeship at 15. George started his industrial journey working in gas plants and steel mills before becoming a nuclear certified technician and welder. His first exposure to large presses came when he was contracted as a supervisor at a large forging plant. After this he moved into automotive and into automotive managem...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0512 - Brian Peshek - Hiab
Brian Peshek is the Operations Manager for Hiab's Multi-Assembly Unit in Streetsboro, Ohio. He began his career in manufacturing as a Journeyman Die Maker at Chrysler. Certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt by Kent State University , he has, from 2009-2021, held various Continuous Improvement roles mostly in automotive and transportation manufacturing. Having recei...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0513 - Kyle Riegel - Schunk Carbon Technology

Kyle Riegel is the Product Manager for the Current Transmission Division within Schunk Carbon Technology LLC.  He has spent his career involved with Electrical Carbon Products with an emphasis on the Wind Industry with several designs being used in the industry today.  In his career he has spent time as a design engineer, R & D engineer, and Field Enginee...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0511 - Matteo Dariol - Bosch Rexroth

Matteo Dariol is a lead innovation strategist for Bosch Rexroth, intrapreneur, technologist, AI and IIoT expert. Currently located in Bosch’s innovation and co-creation space, the Chicago Connectory, his activities revolve around the intersection between R&D and product development, with the goal of harnessing new technologies and explore new business models in th...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0510 - Erin bishop - Machine Inbound

ERIN (RAPACKI) BISHOP
Angel Investor, Serial Entrepreneur, CoFounder Spatial sim
Spatial Sim is simplifying safety certification and risk assessment for
behavioral machines (AI). Unlike field testing where dangerous or edge-case
scenarios are impossible to duplicate reliably, Spatial Sim enables robot code
updates to be verified and validated across thousands of proce...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0509 - Bob Iossi -

Bob has 40 years of experience in the Industrial & Commercial Machinery Automation and Robotics Business. He started with Caterpillar where he gained his machine knowledge and expanded his experience in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with Allen-Bradley/Reliance Electric, now Rockwell Automation for 25 years of starting as a Field Engineer, Applications Engineer, Systems Engineer...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0508 - Dewayne Lowe - Transition Energy Group

A little about me and my background.

My name is Dewayne Lowe and I am the owner and president of Transition Energy Group LLC located in Birchwood TN. I have a BS in mechanical engineering and an MS in engineering management both from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. I am a certified energy manager (CEM) from the Association of Energy Engineers. I h...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0507 - Rodney Grover - InStride

VP, Corporate Partnerships Global Industrial Market InStride

Joining InStride in 2019, Rodney is responsible for leadingdevelopment of InStride’s workforce education and skills strategies in the Manufacturing and Industrial vertical. Rodney supports InStride’s manufacturing partners’ leadership in their journey to build, grow and maintain askilled workforce through “an emo...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0506 - Devin Fidler - Rethinkery

Devin Fidler is the Founder of Rethinkery, a research and consulting center focused on developing and using group intelligence to explore the emerging issues and technologies that are changing the way we get things done. He has worked with senior leaders at dozens of large organizations to chart shifts and to leverage their potential.

Prior to founding Rethinkery, Devin h...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0505 - Bill Hickey Jr - Lapham-Hickey

​Bill Hickey is chairman of Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.  Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. is a steel service center founded in 1926.  This family owned and operated company has 11 locations with approximately 700 employees.  Lapham-Hickey is currently ranked as one of the top 50 service centers in the United States.

​Bill has been employed with Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. since...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0503 - Dean Phillips - LINK Systems

Dean Phillips - Sales Engineer LINK Systems, Provides a unique look at our Destiny of Manufacturing taking a look at our entire Smart Manufacturing Transformation.

An International Director for SME and an advisor to the Smart Mfg Advisory Committee

Advisor to the PMA Safety Committee and contributor to the PMA training and educational materials.

28 years in Forming and...

Dr Tom Kurfess from Oak Ridge National Lab and Georgia Tech discusses AI and the future of manufacturing technology

Longevity Industries presents Destiny of Manufacturing Podcast featuring Dr Tom Kurfess

Thomas R. Kurfess received his S.B., S.M. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from M.I.T. in 1986, 1987 and 1989, respectively. He also received an S.M. degree from M.I.T. in electrical engineering and computer science in...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0419 - Tim Fabian - Shape Technologies

Tim Fabian · Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at Shape Technologies

Tim Fabian is Vice-President of Marketing and Product Management for Shape Technologies, the world's leading supplier of waterjet technology and ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) manufacturing process solutions that includes industry leaders Flow Waterjet, KMT Waterjet, and H20Jet. Tim ...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0418 - Mont Handley - PitMoss
Mont Handley is the Founder/Inventor of PittMoss a ten-year-old startup and Plantennas, his latest venture designed to use robots and automation in growing facilities and greenhouses.  He has served as the Associate Director and Entrepreneur in Residence at Purdue University Northwest Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center for the past five years.  In the role...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0417 - Dave Bishop - Wila USA
David Bishop is the business development manager
over 40 years of experience in the manufacturing industry, having held positions in top positions at the world’s leading press brake machine and tooling manufacturers. His experience extends to operations, product management, marketing, and sales departments. David has played a critical role in introducing multiple tooling sys...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0416 - Dr Jason Jones - Hybrid Mfg Technologies

Previous Podcast with Jason Ep 109

Dr. Jason B. Jones is a pioneer in the combined use of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and CNC machining. He is the co-founder and CEO of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, which equips CNC machines with AM and laser processing capabilities. In 2015, Hybrid’s AMBITTM multi-task tools were recognized as
the best innovation in A...

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0415 - Eric Kam - ESI-Group
Eric Kam is an Industry Marketing Manager for ESI-Group. He shares responsibility for evangelizing engineering applications applied to product designs and process plans to evaluate, identify, and resolve potential issues that prevent OEMs from reaching their desired outcome - Safe, productive, and sustainable products for the automotive, aerospace, energy, and heavy industries...