Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

BONUS TIME!  Charli has Allison Smith on for a quick chat about social media marketing.

Allison Smith is the found of Allison Olivia Social. She started tinkering in social media marketing in 2013 but it wasn't until the pandemic that she made a career out of it.  She has always enjoyed social media and learning about the science behind it, how people interact with content and brands and how it connects people. 

In 2020 she was asked to help a small business with their social media immediately dove head first into the world of social media marketing. Through that company she was able to grow her skills and knowledge base of social media marketing and really begin to help small businesses market their business on social media. Her passion is to help small businesses and brands grow and thrive on social media without the overwhelm.

Allison Olivia Social can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest as well as allisonoliviasocial.com.

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Charli has Tiffany Vandemark on this week and the energy is contagious!

Tiffany is a renowned figure known for her motivaitonal and inspiring message, particularly in the arena of personal growth and development. She a is a multifaceted powerhouse who can call herself a Personal Brand Coach, Speaker, and Author, with her most notable work being her memoir, Inside The Ring.

 Her journey into personal branding was fueled by her own experience surviving a highly publicized celebrity marriage (and divorce), which leftr her feeling out of touch with who she was and what she wanted for her life. It took her several years to start over, discover and cultivate her own personal and professional brand.

Her mission serves to empower moment to regain their sense of self identity, which often gets overshadowed by the demands of life, motherhood, marriage, and professional responsibilities. Tiffany uses her story and voice to encourage women to reclaim their magic.

Tiffany believees the magic of a personal brand can boost confidence and self beliefe, allowing individuals to  harness opportunities and make well informed decisions about their careers and futures. A strong personal brand provides focus, clarity, and a strategic roadmap for future success.

Drawing on her 20 years of experience in marketing, branding, and life coaching, Tiffany brings a wealth of experience to the table. She offers practical skills and tools to help individuals develop and manage their personal brands, both online and in person. Her expertise serves as a guiding light for those seeking to create a strong and authentic personal brand that aligns with their goals, dreams and futures.

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Charli invites Kristina McMillan on this bonus episode to talk about Crew Collaborative.

Kristina is a motivational construction and engineering industry thought leader with over 20 years of experience in team leading, marketing strategy, workforce development, and operations know-how. She is a strong collaborator with a successful track record of forming powerful relationships, capitalizing on opportunities, and shining a light on industry.

Things you will find her writing about on LinkedIn include workforce development, bold leadership, balancing personal and professional roles, marketing for recruitment and employee retention.

 Kristina is a self-proclaimed construction obsessed single mom from the ‘burbs. She spends her downtime gardening, painting with watercolors and biking. 

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Ciji Masser joins Charli this week to talk Leadership.

With a robust background in both human resources and operations, Ciji Masser excels at creating synergies between departments, ensuring seamless workflows, and enhancing employee engagement. She is known for her ability to lead diverse teams through periods of change and growth, always with a focus on people-centric leadership and operational efficiency


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Bill Woodburn joins Charli today to talk about how he is literally Engineering Tomorrow, take a listen to learn just how

Bill is Founder and Chairman of the Board at Engineering Tomorrow, a public charity dedicated to inspiring high school students to pursue a path in engineering. He is a Founding Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners—a private equity fund focused on energy and transportation asset investing and ownership. Prior to the formation of GIP in 2006, Bill spent 23 years at GE, where he served as President and CEO of GE Infrastructure.

Before leading GE Infrastructure, he was President and CEO of GE Specialty Materials. In that role, he oversaw key acquisitions including those that led to the GE entry and expansion in the water technology business. Prior to joining GE, he held engineering and marketing positions at Union Carbide and was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. focusing on energy and transport industries.

Bill holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Engineering from Northwestern University and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, respectively. Bill is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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Kicking off July, Roger Wakefield brings his story to the podcast with Charli leading this awesome and fascinating conversation.

Roger Wakefield is a Texas Master Plumber and inspiring entrepreneur, with over 40 years of plumbing expertise and every Texas state endorsement. He's on a mission to showcase the trades as a lucrative and rewarding career. As a successful YouTube content creator, speaker, and trainer, Roger not only shares valuable insights for aspiring plumbers and other tradespeople but also empowers entrepreneurs to venture into social media marketing to grow their own businesses and make their phone ring. He is the most viewed plumber on YouTube. Roger is passionate about all things trades, firmly believing that tradespeople built America and deserve a new level of respect, that blue collar workers are the original thought leaders. He strives to create awareness and provide access to proven techniques, mindset skills, and action items to help individuals get into any of the trades, advance in their careers to make the most money, learn the things they need to know to start their own businesses, and how to start networking and using social media to make their phone ring, all of which can be life-changing. What sets Roger apart is not just his expertise and insights, but his deep sense of responsibility and duty to uplift the trades and show appreciation to all blue-collar workers who protect the health and safety of this great nation.

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It's BONUS EPISODE TIME! Charli sits down with Justin Hatfield in this special bonus episode of the Empowering Industry Podcast

Justin T. Hatfield is the President of HECO out of Kalamazoo, MI. He is a 20 year veteran on the electro-mechanical service space and has been involved with predictive maintenance since 2013. He serves as Chairman of EASA’s Emerging Technologies Committee and a member of EASA’s Marketing and Industry Awareness Committee. He is a Certified Maintenance and Repair Professional (CMRP) through SMRP – Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals as well as a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) from AMP- Association of Asset Management Professionals.  He is also on the Board of Directors for the KVCC Foundation, which provides scholarships to local students to attend Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

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John Todd joins Charli on this weeks episode.

John has 30+ years of business and technical experience in the Project Management, Process development/improvement, Quality/ISO/CMMI Management, Technical Training, Reliability Engineering, Maintenance, Application development, Risk Management, & Enterprise Asset Management fields. His experience includes work as a Reliability Engineer & RCM implementer for NASA/JPL Deep Space Network, as well as numerous customer projects and consulting activities as a reliability and spares analysis expert.

 When needed, John works closely with clients and their third-party validation teams to ensure implementations meet FDA requirements for hosted and cloud-based software solutions. He has honed his project management, business, engineering, functional and technical consulting skills through his engagements with clients across the spectrum of industry and Government.

 Recently, in the product research role, John is very active in the creation of content for TRM blogs, webinars, conference sessions, eBooks, YouTube, and other media.

Connect with John on LinkedIn

Check out TRM's Youtube Channel

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 Janette Luviano joins Charli this week for an insightful conversation about her journey through the field of media

Janette Luviano is a multilingual international journalist with over 25 years of experience in media, including radio, TV, and print. 

For most of her career, she has worked in broadcast media, starting with Univision, then on Telemundo, and NBCUniversal, where her last job was as the News Director for the television station in Washington, DC. Janette was awarded 5 New York Emmy® and 13 Capital Emmy® from the National Academy of Television Arts & Science. 

In 2023, she founded Luviano Consultant Media, a coaching and consulting firm, to share her knowledge with emerging and seasoned journalists. Her mission is to empower them with communication and critical thinking skills and help newsrooms achieve their goals through innovation focusing on DE&I, culture, and community. 

With a degree in Child Psychology and a Master's Degree in Early Education, she has worked with children worldwide, especially in China and Mexico. She volunteers with different non-profits to provide educational opportunities, counseling, and support. 

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This week is certainly going to be a treat, Charli has Brandon Myers on to talk about his second career in education in the largest school system in Georgia 

Brandon Myers is the manufacturing instructor at Maxwell High School of Technology in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Myers is a graduate of Lanier Technical College in Gainesville, Ga. In 2004, Myers joined Panoz Auto Development, a specialty vehicle manufacturer, where he was responsible for machine shop operations, production line assembly, and special projects for the engineering department and Panoz GTLM race team. Myers returned to Lanier Technical College as an adjunct instructor, where he taught evening classes on machine tool technology. Before joining Maxwell, Myers worked for Welding Services Inc , a specialty repair company, as the prototype specialist. He resides in northeast Atlanta with his wife and daughter.

Brandon's LinkedIn

Maxwell HS Manufacturing Instagram 

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