Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

A production from Empowering Pumps & Equipment as the voice of the pump and related equipment industries.

Episodes

May 5, 2025 12 mins

Charli is joined by Zeki Oral this week to talk about about his journey and his trademark Kansas accent. 



Join us at EPIC, November 5th and 6th at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX

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This week Charli is joined by not one but TWO industry pros with over 40 years experience each! The wealth of knowledge from Bob Jennings & Ken Babusiak in this episode is off the charts!



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Charli is joined this week by relative new comer to the industry, Jason Massey! Jason recently took over his uncles business that has been operating since the 1980's


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Fabian Alefeld joins Charli this to talk about additive manufacturing, where everything old is new again. 


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Charli has Jim Aubrey on for a brief chat about what is going on in his side of the industry.  Connect with Jim on LinkedIn and see what you can learn!


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Charli sits down with long time friend of the pod Greg Case to talk about the ongoing data center boom and what that means for us and you


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March 24, 2025 27 mins

Charli sits down with new friend of the pod and Veteran, Craig Coyle, to talk about leadership and his approach to it. 


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March 17, 2025 23 mins

This week Todd Bush joins Charli on the pod to talk Decarbonization and how industries are looking to turn a once written off by product into a commodity. 



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March 10, 2025 11 mins

This week it's your hostest with the mostest, Charli! She's flying solo to talk about uncertainty and how to go about handling it. The world is full of uncertainty these days and any way someone can cope is always a welcome insight. 


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Carlos D. Girão from Teadit joins Charli on the pod today. Carlos has literally traveled across the world with Teadit going from Brazil to India and back on his journey. 


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February 24, 2025 5 mins

Today you get Charli flying solo doing what she loves, talking to all of you. She sat down to give a quick talk about the upcoming month and Women's History Month. 


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February 17, 2025 16 mins

This week Charli has Nick Stidham on to talk about his experience in the pump world through SEPCO


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Jeff Pangborn jumps on with Charli this week! As a lifelong vet of the industry, Jeff lives and breathes the power tram and motor control world from grade school to adulthood. 


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Exciting week as Charli goes international with Julia and Franziska of Rethink Robotics!


Julia Astrid Riemenschneider, CEO of Rethink Robotics, started her professional career in the tourism industry, where she served six years in various sales, marketing, and product management roles. While working on her master’s degree in sales management, she switched to the world of automation and manufacturing. As a project manager at adv...

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January 27, 2025 24 mins

Tom Hill joins the podcast this week and we are beyond thrilled! Tom has graciously decided to join us and put his extrovert hat on. Coming from an engineering family, you could say it was in his blood to become one himself.
Tom has decades of experience to share with us on his fascinating journey, from working in so many areas of the vast engineering field. 


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January 20, 2025 19 mins

Barb Allen joins Charli this week on the Podcast. Barb is a Queen of Empowerment, from working in male dominated fields to branching out on her own entrepreneurial journey to starting her very own subscription box service. Barb is truly an inspiration.

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Vince joins Charli to talk all things pump industry this week as these two industry pros have a great New Year's chat.


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Welcome to 2025! Charli is kicking off a new year of The Empowering Industry Podcast with Inventor Natalia Galin!

Natalia Galin is an engineer and scientist with a strong foundation in mathematics and physics. She has been working as an Engineer at Galin Engine since September 2020, where she has been involved in improving the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines through a redesign that removes the main sources o...

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Charli is wrapping up 2024 with the incredible Elaine Hepley!

Elaine is the CEO and Founder of Solana Consulting Services LLC - which offers education, training, analysis and mitigation services for Varnish related issues. Elaine has also partnered up with Delta-Xero Distribution to help customers remove varnish, extend the life of the oil, decrease maintenance costs while also having a positive impact on our environment. ...

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November 18, 2024 26 mins

A special treat as Charli brings long time friend and former collegiate Professor Dr. Susan Fant on the podcast this week!

Dr. Susan Fant Cassity wrote The Stress Less Guide: Social Media Marketing Made Easy to help people take the stress out business topics like marketing, so they can reach their goals and then go back to doing what they love to do (instead of worrying about the clicks, likes, shares, and all the changes ...

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