Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

We are kicking off October Mondays with with Kevin Morrison from EBARA to get things moving as we learn how he quite literally came up in the industry.

EBARA Pumps Americas Corporation in Rock Hill, SC. With a deep-rooted connection to his hometown of Richburg, SC, Kevin leverages his extensive experience to oversee the Customer Service, After Market Service, Pump Application Engineers, Product Management, and Outside Sales Team departments. His primary objective is to drive growth by expanding the network of Distributors and OEM partners, while supporting existing customers and introducing innovative products. Under his leadership, he has strategically realigned the sales teams to target two key segments of the centrifugal pump market, resulting in a 6% sales growth over the last year and a projected overall sales increase of 12-15% this year. Outside of his professional life, Kevin enjoys woodworking, DIY home improvements, spending quality time with his family, and savoring all that life has to offer.

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Bonus Pod Time! And this one is long time friend, mentor, and former teacher of your very own podcast host Charli K Matthews, Brian Winters!

Brian graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Education for Secondary Mathematics.  While in college, he was a member of the University of Alabama Cross Country team.  He taught high school for nine years as well as coached track and field.  He left teaching in 1999 to go into IT and started his own company about seven years ago.   

In 2010, Brian started going to Uganda, where he fell in love with the people and the country.  He now travels there twice each year.   

Brian has been married to Shawn for 37 years (of marital bliss), and they have one son, Chase, who now is a police officer in Northport.   

He is an elder at Capstone Church, where he is considered the “Old People” of Capstone.When he is not in Uganda, he enjoys spending time at their cabin on the Tombigbee and smoking ribs or briskets.   

Ruthless Elimination of Hurry  - John Mark Comer

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World: Comer, John Mark, Ortberg, John: 9780525653097: Amazon.com: Books

The Anxious Generation – Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: Haidt, Jonathan: 9780593655030: Amazon.com: Books

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Charli has Kathy Nelson on this week to talk donuts and how she landed on engineering.

Kathy Nelson, PE is the Founder and Principal at KN Utility Telecom Consulting, a firm specializing in utilities telecommunications strategy. Ms. Nelson has over 31 years of experience in the utility telecommunications industry including a long career of 25 years at Great River Energy, serving on the board of directors for UTC for 10 years including as Chairwoman from 2017 – 2018, providing strategic direction and leading IEEE standards development at Ondas Networks, providing strategic telecommunications consulting for utilities at West Monroe Partners and most recently founding KN Utility Telecom Consulting. 

Ms. Nelson is a strong supporter of women in STEM, hosting a podcast “Ordinarily Extraordinary – conversations with women in STEM”. Ms. Nelson resides in Minnesota and is the mother to three adult children and a lively sheepadoodle dog.

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It's bonus time! Charli has Brian Henry on to talk about ASPE!

Brian Henry is the Sr. Director of Affiliate Relations & Education for the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. He has 35 years in the Municipal, Fire, HVAC, and Plumbing industry.

He is married to Christine (35 yrs), with three children, Ethan(30), Allie(28), Audrey(14). Along with spending family time at the beach with the family, umpiring baseball is a passion.

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Charli has Sean Cleary on this week, one of Empowering's Partners!

Sean Cleary finished college in 2008, not the best time to be entering the workforce.  He spent a few years teaching physical sciences at the college level, and found a passion for teaching all things STEM.  This enthusiasm has served him well in his work as E-marketing Specialist at Electro Static Technology, which is largely technical education for electric motor users, specifiers, and manufacturers.  Off the clock, his hobbies include collecting books, records, and shelves sturdy enough to hold them.

 

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Charli has long time friend of the pod, John Brennen, on this week to have a chat the advancement of Industry.

John Brennan is the Director of IIoT at A. W. Chesterton, the makers of the Chesterton Connect™ IIoT analytics platform optimized for rotary equipment. John has an extensive background in industrial sales and product marketing from several companies, the most prominent of which was MODICON, now Schneider Electric, where he spent many years selling PLC’s and automation equipment. After success in sales at MODICON, he was promoted to product manager to develop and launch the Quantum Automation Series PLC, the most successful PLC from MODICON.  John previously worked with the development team of the Chesterton Connect, was a sales engineer for variable speed drives, sold and serviced industrial flow meters, and spent many years in business development and product marketing in the software business with Cadence Design Systems and The MathWorks.    

 
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This week Charli has Humera Malik on the pod to talk about how AI is already making Industry better.

Humera Malik is CEO of Canvass AI, a leading provider of industrial AI software that puts industrial companies in control of their data to achieve operational excellence. The company is recognized by CB Insights as one of the top technology companies that is advancing manufacturing. Internationally, Ms. Malik is one of the leading voices in Artificial Intelligence and how it can help the industrial sector propel growth, accelerate sustainability, and augment human expertise. She sits on Canada’s AI Technology Advisory Council and is a recipient of the RBC Women of Influence Entrepreneur of the Year award, the Women of IoT/M2M award, and Special Jury Recognition for the Women in AI Awards North America 2023. She is frequently invited to speak at industry conferences and has been featured in publications such as Bloomberg and Forbes.

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Charli is joined by long time friend of the pod, Jeff Shiver this week to talk change.

Jeff Shiver, CMRP guides people and organizations to overcome their reliability and operational challenges. Working together in partnership, we move beyond the status quo in culture, business results, and most importantly, people. 

Jeff has over 25+ years of practitioner experience. Within Mars North America, he worked at four plant locations and held two corporate roles. Job functions included Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations management. Before Mars, he held contract engineering positions at Proctor and Gamble, and IBM.

Founding People and Processes, Inc. in 2006, Jeff is a trusted advisor for the maintenance and reliability community. Certified in maintenance and reliability best practices, he holds the SMRP Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Asset Reliability Practitioner Cat I, II, & III, Certified Reliability Leader (CRL), AFE’s Certified Professional Maintenance Manager (CPMM), ICML’s Machinery Lubrication Technician (MLT), and is a certified RCM 2 & 3 Practitioner with The Aladon Network. 

He is a book author, conference speaker, thought leader, and published in domestic and international trade journals. Jeff is also the past Membership Services Director for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). Jeff was recently listed as one of the top one hundred professionals to follow by Upkeep.

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Bonus Episode Time!

Jim Nowakowski joins Charli to chat about Marketing.

Jim has been a business strategist, speaker, and author since starting his company in 1990. His business experience, along with his dynamic presentation style, is a key reason why companies utilize his firm for marketing and marketing communications. Jim presents business ideas in a variety of formats, including trade shows, webinars and in-company presentations to professionals, including architects, designers, engineers and showroom managers. In his eight recently published Survival Guides, which are available from Interline (guides.interlinegroup.com), Jim provides a comprehensive strategic platform that helps transform management teams using proven basics of marketing and advertising. A respected thought leader, Jim’s experience in business strategy and growing his business to a 25-person firm has formed the basis of his presentations that challenge other business owners to excel. His ad agency experience, combined with real-world client growth, brings a unique point of view to companies facing the issues brought about by today’s economy.

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Charli is joined on the pod this week by Mike Mancini to talk about his journey thought the industry.

Mike Mancini started his career in 1974 at Ingersoll-Rand designing pumps for the US Navy SSN 688 and Trident submarine program. He was Vice President of Worldwide Aftermarket Services for Ingersoll-Dresser Pumps. He had profit responsibility for a $370 million-dollar business and control of over 22 repair centers.

Mike went into business as an independent pump consultant in 2003. He worked with many customers in varied markets in the training of personnel, specification development, root cause analysis, and strategic planning and process improvement. Mike is now President of Total Solutions for Hydro, Inc. His job responsibilities mirror his consulting work, supporting customers in reducing their total cost of pump operation.

https://hydroinc.com/

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