Shane Turcott Author Tim interviews Shane about his new book, “Decoding Mechanical Failure”, how physical evidence from a failed part can suggest specific kinds of failures, and situations where the data might point in one direction but the physical evidence point in a different direction. Shane Turcott is a metallurgical engineer and a Canadian Professional Engineer specializing in […]

Doug Lehr Business Leader Tim interviews Doug about new product development, risk mitigation or avoidance vs. the cost of an uncertain future event, and successful FMEAs. Doug Lehr is the Founder and Principal of Integris Technology Services LLC. He has over 41 years of experience in the development of downhole tools for oil and gas wells and has […]

Bob Latino Author Tim interviews Bob about EasyRCA, Reliability and Safety. Robert Latino is the CEO of Reliability Center, which is a 46 year old reliability consulting firm specializing in improving equipment, process, and human reliability. Bob is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer and practitioner of best practices in the field of reliability engineering with […]

Tim interviews Ray about professional development, which is the focus of The Manufacturing Academy.

John Ayers Author Tim interviews John about project risk management, which is the topic of John’s new book by the same title. John Ayers is a consultant and the author of “Project Risk Management: How to Avoid Failure,” which is part of the CERM Academy Series on Enterprise Risk Management. John earned a BS in Mechanical […]

Tom Moriarty Author Tim interviews Tom, they discuss the topic of productive leadership with respect to organizational reliability. Tom Moriarty is president of Alidade Maintenance Engineering and Reliability, Inc. (Alidade MER). Founded in 2004, its mission is to help others lead full and satisfying lives through physical asset management and productive leadership principles. Tom became a […]

Bob Latino Consultant Tim interviews Bob Latino, they discuss the difference between safety and reliability, zero metrics, and RCA. Robert Latino is the CEO of Reliability Center, which is a 46 year old reliability consulting firm specializing in improving equipment, process, and human reliability. Bob is an internationally recognized author, trainer, software developer and practitioner of […]

Andrew Russell Scholar Tim interviews Andrew Russell, a bit of the history of science and technology, and the upcoming Maintainers III conference. Andrew Russell is Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Utica and Albany New York. He is a historian of technology who has published a number of books […]

Jim McLinn, Consultant Tim interviews Jim McLinn, a consultant, about his background and the upcoming Reliability, Maintenance & Managing Risk Conference. Jim McLinn is a reliability consultant at Rel-Tech in Phoenix. Jim has MS in Solid State Physics from the University of Minnesota and has worked in the semiconductor and biomedical industries. He has broad experience working […]

DTK Mike Konrad Business Leader Tim Rodgers interviews Mike about circuit board cleaning systems. Mike Konrad is an industry expert on the removal of contamination from circuit assemblies. He’s been part of the electronic assembly cleaning industry for the past 33 years. Mike designed several automated cleaning and cleanliness testing machines, he’s published scores of […]