This special Voices AMplified podcast features host John Barnes, CEO and founder of Barnes Global Advisors Group and Metal Powder Works, speaking with Dawne Hickton.

Dawne Hickton is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Cumberland Additive, Inc, an innovative 3-D printing technology company serving the space, defense and aerospace markets. She is the Former President of the Critical Mission Solution business of Jacobs (NYSE:J) and was the Vice Chair and CEO of Pittsburgh-based RTI International Metals (NYSE:RTI) before that. Hickton is notable for being one of the few women business leaders to manage a large publicly traded firm. She has a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh where she was also an assistant professor.

on Santavy, Partner and CRO at SimWell Consulting & Technologies, joins Contributing Lead Editor Amy Bryson for a discussion about how to gain confidence in making big decisions through simulation, optimization and Digital Twin technology that generate big results.

For this Voices AMplified podcast, host John Barnes, CEO and founder of The Barnes Global Advisors and Metal Powder Works, talks with Melanie Lang.

Lang holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MS in Systems Architecture & Engineering from the University of Southern California and is a co-founder and the CEO of FormAlloy. Melanie is motivated by developing disruptive technology to deliver high-value metal components with superior performance. She currently serves on SME's AM Technical Community Leadership Committee, the Association of Manufacturing Technology (AMT), CMTC Board, America Makes Board, and is a Women in 3D-Printing Ambassador.

Tacit knowledge in manufacturing includes the skills and expertise workers gain through experience, observation and practice. In this episode, Contributing Lead Editor Amy Bryson is joined by two subject matter experts who share their practical guidance for manufacturers to leverage intelligence for optimal operations: Chris Brown, vice president of sales at CADDi, an AI-enabled platform designed to revolutionize how manufacturing drawings are managed and accessed; and Cathy Ma, vice president of Integrated Product Solutions at The Association for Manufacturing Technology.

Dominique Pouliquen, CEO and co-founder of Cintoo, joins Contributing Lead Editor of Smart Manufacturing magazine Amy Bryson for a discussion about cloud-compatible technologies and solutions manufacturers should use for managing, and using, the 3D data coming from the digitization of the real world.

In this episode, Chris Mahar, Managing Editor for SME Media, and Graham Locke, Director of Business Development at Visual Components, discuss the importance of simulation for manufacturers of all sizes and the impact it can have on shop operations.

While some large manufacturers are starting to reap the benefits of Industry 4.0 tools, others are just starting their "smart" journeys. In this podcast, Steve Plumb talks and Kip Hanson discuss SME's new Smart Shop Essentials publication, which is designed to help small and midsize manufacturers better understand and implement emerging technologies.

The additive manufacturing industry topped $20 billion last year and is forecast to soar to about $100 billion in coming years. In this podcast, industry expert Terry Wohlers and SME Media Editor-in-Chief Steve Plumb discuss the latest applications, opportunities and challenges.

In this episode, Amy Bryson, contributing lead editor for Smart Manufacturing, talks with Nick Christie, vice president of East Coast Operations at TekVisions, about how manufacturers of all sizes can use industrial touchscreens to automate their operations. They discuss the benefits, challenges and considerations of smart technology deployment to achieve immediate ROI without breaking the bank.

Anthony Offredi, director of customer advisory for Quickbase, and Gary Mintchell, founder of the Manufacturing Connection, join Smart Manufacturing contributing lead editor Amy Bryson for a discussion about how user-friendly, scalable software solutions are changing the game for manufacturers to connect disparate systems and unlock insights from data.