Empowering Industry Podcast - A Production of Empowering Pumps & Equipment

Charlie is back from holiday and kicking off Reliable Plant week with Bennett Fitch!

 Bennett Fitch is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for Noria Corporation. His years of experience at Noria includes director of development for Lubrication Program Development (LPD) services and LubePM, the lubrication program management platform. Additionally, he serves as a senior technical consultant and is an instructor for Noria’s Machinery Lubrication and Oil Analysis courses with an interactive, yet relaxed approach to engage his audience. His expertise is established from years within oil analysis and machinery lubrication as the core of his career. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology with a concentration in applied tribology and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Tulsa. Bennett is also certified through the International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) as a Machinery Lubrication Engineer (MLE), Machinery Lubrication Technician Level II (MLT II) and Machine Lubricant Analyst Level III (MLA III).

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This week Charli brings Jessica Scanlan on for a chat about mining.

Jess is a rock loving geologist turned social media marketer. Her degree is in Geological Engineering from Montana Tech in Butte, Montana, with an emphasis in mining and a minor in geophysics. While living in Butte she discovered a passion for the mining industry, its rough history, and its bright future. During her time working at the Stillwater Mine in Montana, she continued to develop this enthusiasm for the industry, and began creating content to share it with others through social media. After a case of career burnout, she turned her whole career around and took a job as the Head of New Media for a mining based tech company, Prospector. In what spare time she has between work, travel, and her two dogs, she runs her own hard hat sticker company (Mine Design Creations) and is starting small social media management and content business for industrial companies.

Connect with Jess on social media

LinkedIn: @JessJScanlan 

Instagram: @minelifemediallc 

TikTok: @minelifemediallc 

Twitter: @minelifemt  

YouTube: @minelifemediallc 

 And check out her webiste  Website

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This week Charli has a fun talk with Dave Warnick
 
As a consultant and interim/fractional CHRO, Dave is committed to adding value as a business partner with strong financial acumen to company leaders and their global teams formulating and executing the People Strategy. This includes expertise in talent management and pipelines, compensation alignment, organization culture development and delivering on people capabilities to ensure long term success.  

Dave has 30+ years working for high growth multinational companies including Flowserve, Weir Group and SPM Oil and Gas, A Capterpillar Company, including 2 years living and working in the Middle East.  His experience includes numerous global M&A transitions and integrations.  

Dave is active in the Energy Workforce and Technology Council, previously chairing the Human Resources Committee and is a member of the Advisory Board.  He is also on the Board of Directors for the Nine 2 Ninety 2 Foundation for Mental Health.

Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management with an minor in Economics and a MBA from Utah State University.  He has also competed his SPHR, CCP and Executive Coaching certifications.

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Charli had the Beer Logic man himself on this week, Chad Pilbeam.

The founder and creator of Beer Logic Conferences and Events, Chad Pilbeam has built a reputation on being interesting, relevant, and exclusive.  He’s a marketer, public speaker, emcee, professional beer drinker, and radio show host who has worked in and with associations, corporations, and non-profits.  As an entrepreneur he has learned how to take his successes and failures and turn them into entertaining learning opportunities through his original presentation series, “Beer Logic – everything I ever needed to know, I learned from beer”.  There he presents case studies, facts, anecdotes, and humor that challenge audiences to be different and to be bold, taking calculated risks so they too can be interesting, relevant, and exclusive.  Chad has over 20 years experience in sales and marketing, is a Certified Cicerone®, and a graduate of Grand Valley State University with a degree in Advertising and Public Relations. 

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This week Charli has Benjamin Moss on for an enthusiastic conversation!

Benjamin is a self-proclaimed water nerd. Currently he leads the Garver’s water operations in Georgia and manages a variety of water projects for his clients. His civil engineering career started with travels across the country where he has visited every major city in the United States and most of the others ones too! He then moved into the municipal industry where he designed, helped construct, started-up, and operated large water/wastewater projects. He is a graduate of Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw State University. After receiving his master’s degree he served for 5 fives years as a professor where he taught Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (while consulting). Benjamin also currently serves as the chair of The Water Treatment Committee for the Georgia American Water Works Association and the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. He has been an active member of the Pumps Committee and GAWP in general. An adventurer at heart he and his wonderful wife (also a water engineer) and almost 4-yr son are his expedition crew these days. They are always out in nature every chance they get.

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Charli has Shae Eichele on this week.

Shae is the marketing coordinator for The HEH Group. During her time with The HEH Group, she has helped grow their social media following by over 500% and run multiple successful digital campaigns. Most notably during IMTS this past year. Her team shot, edited, and produced 17 different videos for their OEMs, one of the only companies to create this volume of content. Shae also works hard to build her personal social media following and utilizes it to promote The HEH Group and be an ambassador for the industry. 

Her short-term career goals are to continue to grow the company's social presence and learn more about digital ads and SEO. She is also launching a platform called Manufacturing Muscle, a YouTube podcast encouraging the young generation to consider manufacturing as a career. Long term, she looks forward to growing her skill set and learning more about management, decision-making, and business development.  

Manufacturing Muscle Website

YouTube

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Charli talks  has author Steve Richmond on this week to talk Working Smart 

Steve Richmond is the Founder of Projetech Inc, the most experienced provider of Maximo as a Service (MaaS) in the world. He was educated at the University of Cincinnati and embarked on a career in the mechanical contracting business. 

Steve has over 30 years of expertise in the field. From being a small consultant-based organization that pioneered IBM Maximo as a Service in 1999, he propelled Projetech to its status today as a globally recognized Maximo as a Service provider. Projetech currently leads the category as an award-winning IBM Business Partner, amongst many other industry accolades.  

Steve is an official member of the Forbes Technology Council, a published author of his best-selling book Working Smart: Success in Maintenance, Asset Management, and Reliability through Technology, and an experienced speaker recognized in the industry. He is also an active member of the Galanthus Partners board, where he continues to push forward the concept of Maximo as a Service.

Steve currently spends his time with his family in his homes in Ohio and Florida. 

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Charli talks with David about the Inland Marine Expo that is taking place in Nashville, TN May 31-June 2nd. You can get more information here: https://inlandmarineexpo.com/

David Brewer is regional manager, Atlantic Region, for SEPCO. Before this role, he served four years in the U.S. Navy and received three Letters of Commendation. He began his career in the fluid sealing industry with many manufacturers until he joined the SEPCO team. He has served many industries including pulp and paper, chemical processing, food and beverage, power generation, textile, and waste treatment. He graduated from Lees McRae College. David may be reached at [email protected].

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This week Charli has Cameron Rapoport on to talk Emerging Leaders

Cameron Rapoport has been with The Detection Group since 2021, and with Watts Water Technologies since 2017.

Cameron is a member of the Boston Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Chapter, where he participates in the Engineering and Emerging Professionals committees, and leads training on water damage risk mitigation best practices and technologies.

In his previous position on the Watts product management team, he was recognized industry wide for his expertise in Backflow technology and applications, and was often be found leading technical and application based Backflow training for Watts customers and industry trade associations. Prior to that, he worked with AW Chesterton as an engineer and product manager, focusing on pump, valve, and flange sealing along with pumping system optimization.

Cameron holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

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JIm Aubrey is Charli's guest this week!

 Jim Aubrey, P.E., is the Vice President of Sales for Hydro, Inc., the world’s largest aftermarket pump service provider.  Jim has spent 12 years in the aftermarket pump repair industry serving in a variety of capacities including: Engineering, Operations and Sales leadership.  He holds a BSME from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin. Jim resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL with his loving wife Megan.  He may be reached at [email protected].   

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