Destiny of Manufacturing Podcast by Longevity Industries

Destiny of Manufacturing EP 0221 Jeff Aznavorian -Clips and Clamps

President Clips and Clamps

Leader Precision Metalforming Association

Thought leader in manufacturing 

Greg Paulsen - Xometry
Greg heads application engineering at Xometry, an on-demand manufacturing leader. Greg handles special-case projects that require attention to material selection, design-for-manufacturing, and technical engineering resources. Greg has a vital role in vetting new tech and materials to add to Xometry's manufacturing portfolio. His background is in product development using rapid prototyping, focusi... Read more

Longevity Industries - Destiny of Manufacturing - EP 0220 Troy Roberts Qualtek PMA Chairman 2019

Troy Roberts Qualtek Manufacturing Inc. August 2019
Troy Roberts assumed the role of Qualtek Manufacturing Inc.’s CEO effective December 1, 2016. Qualtek Manufacturing Inc. (www.qualtekmfg.com) manufactures high quality tooling and stamped metal parts with a variety of metal finishes available, all in their Colorado Spri... Read more

Jeff Fredline has over 40 years experience in the Metal Stamping Press Industry.  He has extensive experience in metal stamping on both the machinery and production sides.  Currently he works for MECO Corporation in Greeneville TN as the Sales Engineer for the Contract Manufacturing Group.  He continues involvement with the machinery and stamping industries as a consultant and trainer for the Precision Metal Forming Association.... Read more

Mark L. Michalski, SME President 2019, C.O.S. - global operations, MKS Instruments. shop-floor management visualization. Director of operations at Bel Fuse. VP of operations at Acumentrics Corp., senior tech management, Zoll Medical and BBN Advanced Computers. Michalski ME from Northeastern and Lowell Universities. Michalski served SME's Boston 33. Chair, Manufacturing Enterprise Council and Member Council. chair of the One ... Read more

Bill provides insight into implementing a robotic strategy in your plant, workforce development challenges and our future or Destiny of Manufacturing

Bill Adler- President Stripmatic Products, Inc. (Since 1992)

PMA National Chairman 1993

Miami University BSBA 1979

Mazzella Wire Rope & Sling   plant mgr            1980-81

frequent commentator on steel tariff issues

 John Halwick - Josh schleenbaker from

Drone Services

Our mission is to increase sa... Read more

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 Fabricating

Destiny of Manufacturing - Ep 0213 - Rose of Sharon DeVos 

Founder & CEO of IIoT Automating Solutions

Rose of Sharon DeVos has been in the manufacturing industry since 2000 and has implemented sophisticated software solutions. Modern manufacturing is no longer only about have the right equipment, people and processes to make a product. It’s about collecting the right data and using it to optimize and automate t... Read more

Allison Grealis is founder and president of Women in Manufacturing (WiM), a national trade association focused on supporting, promoting and inspiring women in the manufacturing sector. She is also the vice president of association services of the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA), a full-service trade association representing the metalforming industry. 

Since joining PMA in 2001, Grealis has held a variety... Read more

Vice President, Operational Excellence, Transport Solutions NA/EMEA

Ingersoll Rand

Griselda Abousleman was appointed Ingersoll Rand’s vice president, operational excellence for Transport Solutions NA/EMEA in May 2018. Ingersoll Rand’s family of brands includes Club Car®, Ingersoll Rand®, Thermo King® and Trane®.

In her current role, she leads the operational excellence and... Read more

David C. Klotz, President, Precision Metalforming Association.  

An active PMA member for 25 years, Klotz is already well known within the association.   He comes to PMA after serving as president and as

Executive vice president of sales and marketing for Tebis America

Senior manager of Plex (formerly Plex Systems, Inc.) Automotive & Industrial Mid-Market eight years

manager at Dallas Industries, ... Read more

Ed Neff, President of SMAC Moving Coil Actuators of SMAC Corporation. Mr. Neff serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Systems, Machines, Automation Components Corporation (SMAC). He served as an Independent Director of Biocept, Inc. from 2006 - 2017. He served as a Director at SMC Corporation. Mr. Neff has received over 25 United States patents relating to robotics and precise automation. 

Sarah Boisvert has more than 30 years of experience in the design, development and commercialization of high-technology products utilizing digital fabrication including laser machining and 3D printing. Her graduate work in market segmentation at Johns Hopkins University led to her expertise in productization of high tech devices. Ms. Boisvert is a co-founder of the commercial division of Potomac Photonics Inc. o... Read more

Dr. Stephen Catt is the Deputy Director of Education and Workforce Development at the ARM Institute (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing). ARM's mission is to be the leading catalyst of robotics innovation and expertise, accelerating growth in U.S.-based manufacturing and high value careers. This nationwide initiative seeks to enhance existing education and training by identifying and promoting best practices in preparing an... Read more

Destiny of Manufacturing - EP 0206 Robert Johnson - Dart Container

Robert is an IT Project Manager for Dart Container Corporation in Mason MI. More than 10 years of IT Project Management cumulative business management theory, technical evaluation, projects implementation and practical knowledge applied to local and international enterprise organizations, planning and execution assignments in accordance to Project Manageme... Read more

Roberta Nelson Shea - Universal Robots

Roberta is the Global Technical Compliance Officer at Universal Robots responsible for product compliance and reducing barriers to global acceptance and deployment. Within this scope, she is an active public speaker to help companies embrace UR robots as “smart robots” that enable collaborative robot system applications, while participating in standards development and providing t... Read more

Ryan Bruce is Director of Virtual Reality – IC.IDO at ESI North America.  With experience starting from the Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State, where he created industrial grade Military VR training simulations, to leading the North American Expansion of Stuttgart based start-up IC.IDO; Ryan has spent more than a decade solving high-value business problems. Now a member of ESI Group, an innovator in Virtual Proto... Read more

Eric Kam is the Smart Factory Solution Strategist and Immersive Experience Community Manager for ESI Group. He supports their Immersive Experience (Virtual Reality) solution IC.IDO and its application to Product Development Engineering Integration, Virtual Build, and Virtual Maintenance . He is an v... Read more